“What in the World?” Quiz – Week of August 26-September 1, 2018

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Thomas Wright is a senior fellow with the Project on International Order and Strategy and Director of the Center for the U.S. and Europe at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was executive director of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and senior researcher for the Princeton Project on National Security. Wright has a PhD in government from Georgetown University, an M Phil in international studies from Cambridge University, and a BA and MA from University College Dublin. He has also held a pre-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a post doctoral fellowship at Princeton University. He has written and commented on world affairs for The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, NBC, CBS, BBC, NPR, and Bloomberg, amongst other outlets. His book All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century and the Future of American Power was published by Yale University Press in May 2017.

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Here’s last week’s questions and answers:

WHAT IN THE WORLD? QUIZ

Week of August 19-25, 2018

1.  This Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as United Nations Secretary General for two terms (1997-2006) died on Saturday. He rose through the ranks of the UN to become the first Secretary General from Africa. THIS native of Ghana received the Nobel prize for his efforts to reform the UN and increase attention on human rights.

A.  U Thant
B.  Kofi Annan
C.  Boutros Ghali
D.  Kwame Nkrumah

Correct Response: B.  Kofi Annan
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-annan/former-u-n-chief-and-nobel-peace-laureate-kofi-annan-dies-aged-80-idUSKBN1L30AP 

2.  Two women were referred to trial in Malaysia last week on charges of murdering Kim Jong Nam, estranged half brother of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, in February 2017. They are charged with committing THIS act:

A.  Deliberately struck Kim with a vehicle in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
B.  Smeared Kim with VX nerve agent at the airport.
C.  Stabbed Kim in a Kuala Lumpur nightclub.
D.  Shot Kim in a crowd at a Kuala Lumpur mall.

Correct Response: B.  Smeared Kim with VX nerve agent at the airport.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-malaysia-kim-court/women-charged-with-murder-of-north-korean-to-testify-in-malaysia-trial-idUSKBN1L02CT 

3.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a new effort to “ensure a coordinated, unified approach to address the (Iranian) regime’s hostile activity and support the Iranian people.”  What is this effort called?

A.  Special Project for Iran Transformation
B.  Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
C.  Iran Action Group
D.  Gulf Regional Assessment Committee

Correct Response: C.  Iran Action Group
https://blogs.state.gov/stories/2018/08/17/en/secretary-pompeo-announces-creation-iran-action-group 

4.  Over two million Muslims began the annual five-day holy pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the pillars of the Islamic faith, last week. The event which challenges crowd control, public health, and physical endurance, is called THIS:

A.  Ramadan
B.  Eid al Fitr
C.  Hajj
D.  Zakat

Correct Response: C.  Hajj
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-haj-health/muslims-begin-annual-haj-pilgrimage-amid-heavy-rains-idUSKCN1L40LL?il=0 

5.  American troops will stay in Iraq “as long as needed,” according to a US spokesman who said, “The main reason, after ISIS is defeated militarily, is the stabilization efforts and we still need to be there for that, so that’s one of the reasons we’ll maintain a presence.”  When did US troops enter Iraq?

A.   September 30, 2001, Operation Enduring Freedom
B.   March 19, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom
C.  December 11, 2007, Operation Inherent Resolve
D.  September 1, 2010, Operation New Dawn

Correct Response: B.   March 19, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-usa/u-s-forces-to-stay-in-iraq-as-long-as-needed-spokesman-idUSKBN1L408A 

6.  In the last fifteen months over a million Venezuelans have fled the country’s economic meltdown into next-door Colombia. Other countries receiving large number of fleeing Venezuelans include all of these EXCEPT:

A.  Ecuador
B.  Argentina
C.  Brazil
D.  Peru

Correct Response: B.  Argentina
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-venezuela-migration-colombia/desperate-venezuelans-defy-ecuadors-passport-rules-and-cross-border-idUSKCN1L40NC 

7.   Turkey’s battered economy took another downturn Friday after a court rejected the release of THIS American pastor who has become a cause célèbre at the White House with President Trump saying the NATO ally was holding the cleric “hostage.”  Who is the pastor?

A.  Andrew Brunson
B.  Franklin Graham
C.  Robert Jeffress
D.  A. R. Bernard

Correct Response: A.  Andrew Brunson
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45237372 

8.  On Monday Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov called for a four-way summit on Syria that would include all of these nations EXCEPT:

A.  United States
B.  France
C.  Turkey
D.  Germany

Correct Response: A.  United States
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-turkey/russias-lavrov-to-discuss-planned-four-way-syria-summit-in-ankara-idUSKBN1KY0CX 

9.  Pakistan members of this group that was routed in Iraq and Syria have returned home and gone underground and is “one of the most dangerous threats facing Pakistan” according to a counterterrorism official. What is the group?

A.  Al Qaeda
B.  Islamic State
C.  Jamaat-ud-Dawa
D.  Lashkar-e-Taiba

Correct Response: B.  Islamic State
https://apnews.com/e5c3dc41cb7b4a058333509a342e34a3 

10.  Taliban fighters have taken control of the center of THIS strategic city of 280,000 Afghans about 100 miles from Kabul and along the main highway to points south.  The setback for the Kabul government will complicate peace-talks with the Taliban.

A.  Farah
B.  Kunduz
C.  Kandahar
D.  Ghazni

Correct Response: D.  Ghazni
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/world/asia/why-the-talibans-assault-on-ghazni-matters-for-afghanistan-and-the-us.html 

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