“What in the World?” Quiz – Week of March 4-10, 2018

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Here’s last week’s questions and answers:

WHAT IN THE WORLD? QUIZ

Week of Feb 25-Mar 3, 2018

1. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security chief John Kelly met with Mexico’s president last week: who currently holds that office?
A. Enrique Peña Nieto
B. Vicente Fox
C. Felipe Calderón
D. Ernest Zedillo
Correct answer: A. Enrique Peña Nieto
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-idUSKBN1621X2

2. Omar Abdel-Rahman, aka “The Blind Sheikh,” died in a North Carolina prison at the age of 78. He was convicted of conspiracy related to which terrorist act?
A. the Oklahoma City Bombing
B. the attack on the Pentagon
C. the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
D. the Charlie Hebdo attack
Correct answer: C. the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tradecenter-rahman-funeral-idUSKBN1612DO?utm_campaign=Brookings+Doha+Center&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43225749

3. The Yemeni army lost its second-in-command when he was killed in a Houthi missile attack. The Houthis are backed by which nation?
A. Saudi Arabia
B. Qatar
C. Yemen
D. Iran
Correct answer: D. Iran
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN1610ND?utm_campaign=Brookings+Doha+Center&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43225749

4. The Malaysian government announced this week that tests on Kim jong nam’s skin showed that the half-brother of North Korea’s leader died from exposure to which banned chemical weapon?
A. VX
B. Sarin
C. Tabun
D. Ricin
Correct answer: A. VX
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/23/asia/kim-jong-nam-vx-nerve-agent/

5. For the first time in three years, leaders from Syrian president Bashar Assad’s government met with representatives of the Western-backed rebels for peace talks. This diplomatic initiative, known as what, follows three failed attempts to permanently end the conflict?
A. The Cairo Declaration
B. Geneva I
C. Moscow Protocol
D. Geneva IV
Correct answer: D. Geneva IV
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sponsored-syria-talks-resume-geneva-10-months-45680772

6. Iran announced plans to purchase 950 tons of uranium ore from Kazakhstan to turn into nuclear fuel, with the help of which nation?
A. France
B. Russia
C. Saudi Arabia
D. China
Correct answer: B. Russia
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSKBN1640DO

7. The world’s oldest leader turned 93 this week: Who was it?
A. Queen Elizabeth II of England
B. Béji Caïd Essebsi of Tunisia
C. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
D. Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait
Correct answer: C. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSKBN1640HF

8. A man drove into a crowd, killing one person and injuring two others in which German city?
A. Berlin
B. Heidelberg
C. Frankfurt
D. Hamburg
Correct answer: B. Heidelberg
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-attack-idUSKBN1640NW

9. Tensions between Morocco and the Polisario Front over the disputed territory of Western Sahara threaten the 1991 ceasefire that ended a decades-long armed conflict; this week Morocco’s king called on the United Nations to intervene to keep the situation from deteriorating any further. What mineral is known to exist in abundance in Western Sahara, and is likely at the root of the renewed tensions?
A. Copper
B. Coltan
C. Iron ore
D. Phosphate
Correct answer: D. Phosphate
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-westernsahara-morocco-idUSKBN1640OY

10. The scandal over misuse of public funds by which French presidential candidate accused of paying family members for fake parliamentary jobs deepened this week when France’s financial prosecutor appointed a magistrate to investigate the charges?
A. Marine LePen
B. Benoît Hamon
C. François Fillon
D. Emmanuel Macron
Correct answer: C. François Fillon
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-fillon-idUSKBN1632AC

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