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“What in the World?” Quiz – Week of August 5-11, 2018

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Check your global affairs awareness with these ten questions taken from the week’s news reports provided via @TNWAC #TNWACquiz.

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QUIZ WINNERS FROM LAST WEEK

David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL

Elaine Loughlin, Nashville, TN

Nondi Walters, Suwanee, TN

Kathy Ingleson, Nashville, TN

Deb Monroe, UK

Charles Bowers, Nashville, TN

Brandon Darr, Bangkok, Thailand

Jim Knight, Nashville, TN

(If you’re a weekly winner you’ll be entered for the monthly prize drawing but you must be a TNWAC member to win.  TNWAC.org/join)


JULY 2018 MONTHLY PRIZE WINNER

Nondi Walters, Suwanee, TN

“Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism”

by Ian Bremmer


AUGUST 2018 MONTHLY PRIZE

“All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the 21st Century & The Future of American Power”

by Thomas J. Wright

Reviews

“Wright makes a compelling case that the US and the world have benefitted from the liberal international order that Donald Trump threatens to discard, and also lucidly describes the challenges to US power around the world.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

“A bracing antidote to simplistic thinking about complex policies.”—Publishers Weekly

All Measures Short of War. . . offers a lively, engaging roadmap to a world that, as Wright notes, is characterized less by global convergence and more by rising nationalism and cutthroat national competition.”—Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy

“Important and timely. . . . Among the many virtues of this book are its clarity and precision. . . . An essential starting place to debate how the United States might mix confrontation and accommodation in an era of crafty revisionists, diminished resources, and ideological turmoil.”—Paul K. MacDonald, Political Science Quarterly

Thomas Wright’s All Measures Short of War: The Contest for the Twenty-First Century and the Future of American Powerhas been selected for the shortlist of the Council on Foreign Relations’ 2018 Arthur Ross Book Award!

All Measures Short of Warpresents a clear-eyed analysis of the return of geopolitics and points a way for U.S. foreign policy to navigate this new landscape.”—Francis Fukuyama, author of Political Order and Political Decay

About the Author

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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We’ll post the answers and the names of the winner(s) in next week’s quiz.

Here’s last week’s questions and answers:

WHAT IN THE WORLD? QUIZ

Week of Jul 29-Aug 4, 2018

1. Although there are still voices contesting the result, Imran Khan appears to have won elections in Pakistan, and will likely be that nation’s next prime minister. What was Mr. Khan’s former occupation?

A. General in the Pakistani army
B. CEO of the Adamjee Group
C. Cricket star
D. Airline pilot
Correct Response: C. Cricket star
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/world/asia/imran-khan-pakistan-election.html

2. Arson is the suspected cause of fires that raged near THIS European capital, destroying homes and prompting mass evacuations:

A. Madrid
B. Zagreb
C. Athens
D. Rome

Correct Response: C. Athens
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44971351

3. Citing THIS as the reason, the White House postponed a fall 2018 visit to Washington by Russian President Vladimir Putin:

A. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
B. Russia’s continued occupation of Crimea
C. The indictment of 12 Russian agents accused of hacking the Democratic National Committee
D. The downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine

Correct Response: A. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/25/632367019/white-house-postpones-proposed-putin-visit-citing-russia-witch-hunt

4. Donald Trump and the president of the European Commission agreed to resolve the issue of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe, and to impose no additional tariffs while a new trade deal is under negotiation. The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. Who is its president?

A. Donald Tusk
B. Jean-Claude Juncker
C. Martin Schulz
D. Frans Timmermans

Correct Response: B. Jean-Claude Juncker
https://slate.com/business/2018/07/trump-to-back-down-from-eu-tariffs-after-meeting-with-jean-claude-juncker.html

5. The exchange of threats between the U.S. president and senior Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani, has created anxiety all over the globe. The fear stems from the fact that Iran could disrupt oil supplies and cause prices to skyrocket by blocking THIS sea route, located between Iran and Oman, and through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes:

A. Persian Gulf
B. Strait of Hormuz
C. Red Sea
D. Gulf of Oman

Correct Response: B. Strait of Hormuz
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/26/iranian-army-chief-tells-trump-we-are-ready-to-stand-up-against-you

6. Pyongyang has begun complying with THIS agreement that came out of the June summit between the U.S. and North Korea:

A. Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula
B. Ending the Korean War
C. Reunification of the two Koreas
D. Returning the remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the Korean War

Correct Response: D. Returning the remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the Korean War
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44976947

7. A radar instrument on the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter has found signs of THIS on the red planet:

A. Bacteria
B. A lake
C. Debris from NASA’s Mars Rover
D. Debris from two French satellites

Correct Response: B. A lake
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44952710

8. Iraq’s prime minister suspended the nation’s electricity minister as protests over a 15-year lack of water and electricity continue to sweep the southern part of the country. Iraqis in the south are primarily followers of the Shia branch of Islam, the second-largest branch; Sunni Islam is the largest. Beliefs surrounding THIS constitute the difference between the two branches:

A. Whom the prophet Mohammed designated as his successor
B. Whether or not the faithful should pray more than five times per day
C. Where Mohammed was buried
D. How long to wait before the deceased are buried

Correct Response: A. Whom the prophet Mohammed designated as his successor
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/07/26/shias-in-southern-iraq-are-fed-up-with-the-government

9. Asia disasters have pummeled Asia over the last few days. A dam collapse, a typhoon, and an earthquake have all hit THESE nations, respectively:

A. China, Cambodia, South Korea
B. Laos, Japan, Indonesia
C. Singapore, North Korea, Malaysia
D. Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand

Correct Response: B. Laos, Japan, Indonesia
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-44982870/laos-dam-collapse-victims-speak-to-bbc
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44990966
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44996035

10. An Instagram video of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull eating THIS with a knife and fork created a firestorm of controversy among his fellow citizens:

A. A slice of pizza
B. Cookies
C. A meat pie
D. A sandwich

Correct Response: C. A meat pie
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/world/australia/australian-turnbull-pie.html

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