“What in the World?” Quiz – Week of April 25th Answers / Monthly Winner

“What in the World” Quiz – Answers & Winners

Congratulations to this week’s “What in the World” quiz winners.

Week of April 25th Winners

Patricia Miletich

Charles Bowers

Jocelyn Hartley

Carlos Ruiz

Well done all!

THE WINNER OF THE MONTHLY PRIZE

Jocelyn Hartley

CONGRATULATIONS

Thanks to everyone who played the quiz.

Good luck next week to all.

Well done!

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April “What in the World?” Quiz Prize

This month’s prize is the gift of a Friends and Family membership to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville.  The membership, valued at $100.00, is valid for one year and the benefits include:

UNLIMITED admission to the museum galleries and Taylor Swift Education Center for TWO named adults and children ages 12 and under in your household.
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DISCOUNTED tours of Historic RCA Studio B, home of 1,000 hits, and Hatch Show Print, Nashville’s legendary letterpress shop.
10% DISCOUNT at The Museum Store, Circa, Hatch Show Print store, Bajo Sexto, and Two Twenty Two Grill.
SUBSCIPTION to Inside the Circle email newsletter and montly postcards.

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“What in the World” Quiz – Week of April 25, 2016

1. President Barack Obama wrapped up a trip that included stops in Saudi Arabia and the UK with a stop in Germany last week for a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel. What city did he visit there?

A. Berlin
B. Munich
C. Bonn
D. Hanover

LINK: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/04/25/remarks-president-obama-address-people-europe

2. Japanese Prime Minister Abe directed the government to put together an economic relief package for areas hard hit by earthquakes that killed about 50 people and damaged about 5,000 houses, forcing about 80,000 people from their homes. The earthquakes struck in:

A. Kyushu
B. Honshu
C. Hokkaido
D. Okinawa

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-quake-budget-idUSKCN0XL00I

3. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against foreign infiltration through what phenomenon?

A. Capitalism
B. Religion
C. Cultural “hegemony”
D. Internet

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion-idUSKCN0XL075

4. The former Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk, who chairs European Union summits while visiting a refugee camp near the Syrian border last week said Turkish President Erdogan needed a “thicker skin” in reacting to:

A. Refugee crisis
B. Armenian genocide claims
C. Greek and Turkish disputes on Cyprus
D. Criticism in the press

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-turkey-eu-idUSKCN0XL0L6

5. Italian protestors clashed with police at the border of this neighbor over a crackdown on the free flow of refugees.

A. France
B. Slovenia
C. Austria
D. Switzerland

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-obama-syria-idUSKCN0XL0OH

6. British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond said he couldn’t “rule out” sending UK troops to support stability in this troubled country.

A. Libya
B. Syria
C. Afghanistan
D. Yemen

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-libya-britain-idUSKCN0XL0HK

7. President Obama, on his travel to Europe, said the EU must move forward with a free trade agreement that could boost the respective economies by about $100 billion. The pact is called:

A. TTP
B. TTIP
C. PTT
D. WTO

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-obama-trade-idUSKCN0XL0O7

8. North Korea claimed to have developed this new military capability that could make its nuclear weapons arsenal more dangerous to the United States.

A. A class of long range bombers.
B. An Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
C. A submarine launched missile.
D. A long range cruise missile

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missile-idUSKCN0XK08U

9. A far right party in this European country won enough votes in a presidential election to make it to a run off, in the process knocking out the two main political parties and demonstrating the rising role of the far right in Europe.

A. Poland
B. Austria
C. Hungary
D. Bulgaria

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-qamashli-idUSKCN0XL0FH

10. President Obama was in London last week and expressed concerns that the UK leaving the European Union would be harmful. What is the nickname for the prospects for UK ending its membership in the EU?

A. Devolution
B. EU Sunset
C. UnstUK
D. Brexit

LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-obama-security-idUSKCN0XL089

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