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WHAT IN THE WORLD? QUIZ
Week of Jul 1-7, 2018
1. Rescuers have deployed sniffer dogs, drones, expert divers, and an international volunteer force to find 12 boys and their soccer coach, believed to be trapped inside a flooded cave network in THIS country:
A. China
B. Vietnam
C. Thailand
D. Cambodia
Correct Response: C. Thailand
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44652397
2. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won re-election last week. This was Turkey’s first presidential election after its citizens voted to reform their government’s structure by doing THIS:
A. Imposing term limits on all elected officials
B. Imposing a check on the presidency by granting the legislature more power
C. Bestowing sweeping powers to the executive branch, including the possibility of running for multiple terms
D. Abolishing the legislature
Correct Response: C. Bestowing sweeping powers to the executive branch, including the possibility of running for multiple terms
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/world/europe/turkey-election-erdogan.html
3. For the first time since 1969, an American will not head THIS UN agency. After three rounds of voting, Ken Isaacs, whose negative remarks about Islam drew widespread condemnation during his candidacy, lost his bid to head the agency in question to Antonio Vitorino, a former EU commissioner from Portugal:
A. Human Rights Council
B. International Organization for Migration
C. World Health Organization
D. International Monetary Fund
Correct Response: B. Internal Organization for Migration
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44661089
4. Citing the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum by the U.S. on imports from Europe, and the EU’s retaliatory imports on U.S. products, THIS iconic American company announced this week that it will be shifting some of its production overseas:
A. Levi Strauss
B. Jack Daniel’s
C. Harley-Davidson
D. General Motors
Correct Response: C. Harley-Davidson
http://fortune.com/2018/06/26/harley-davidson-moving-production-overseas/
5. Officials in Cape Town, South Africa announced this week that “day zero,” or the day the city runs out of THIS, would not occur in 2018, or in 2019, if citizens continue to follow strict conservation guidelines:
A. Water
B. Gas
C. Electricity
D. Wheat
Correct Response: A. Water
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/624397903/cape-town-averts-day-zero-by-limiting-water-use
6. After a weekend summit with other EU leaders focused on finding solutions to THIS issue, it seems likely that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be able to maintain her party’s coalition with Bavarian conservatives, the alliance currently keeping her in power:
A. Tariffs on U.S. products
B. How to handle migrants and refugees
C. The Syrian conflict
D. Brexit
Correct Response: B. How to handle migrants and refugees
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-germany/bavarian-csu-welcomes-merkels-migration-deals-ahead-of-sunday-crisis-meeting-idUSKBN1JQ0DQ
7. French President Emmanuel Macron’s government announced this week that it was modifying a government requirement abolished in the 1990s and replacing it with THIS new requirement for all 16-year olds:
A. Mandatory national service
B. Mandatory military service
C. Mandatory language training
D. Mandatory driver training
Correct Response: A. Mandatory national service
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/28/europe/france-national-service-trnd/index.html
8. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that upheld the Trump administration’s 2017 travel ban, which prohibits some travelers from certain countries from entering the U.S. Which of the following countries is NOT on the travel ban list?
A. Iraq
B. Venezuela
C. North Korea
D. Libya
Correct Response: A. Iraq
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-upholds-trump-travel-ban/2018/06/26/b79cb09a-7943-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html
9. Mexicans will head to the polls to elect a new president: Who currently holds that office?
A. Vicente Fox
B. Andrés Manuel López Obrador
C. Felipe Calderón
D. Enrique Peña Nieto
Correct Response: D. Enrique Peña Nieto
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ahead-elections-mexicans-say-they-want-change-stop-violence-n887421
10. THIS nation’s team won the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but failed to qualify for the second round in the 2018 tournament. This is the first time since 1938 that the national team in question will not participate past the first round:
A. Italy
B. Germany
C. Brazil
D. Argentina
Correct Response: B. Germany
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2018/06/27/defending-champion-germany-eliminated-from-world-cup/36423795/
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