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“What in the World” Quiz
Congratulations to this week’s “What in the World” quiz winners who will be entered in a drawing for a prize at the end of the month.
Week of November 23rd Winners
Jennifer Shirley, David Hillinck and Dick Bowers
Well done!
Monthly Prize Drawing/Announcement following the November 30th quiz.
The prize this month: a signed copy of “Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama” by Dennis Ross — speaker at the November 12 session on the future of the Middle East at the 2015 World Affairs Councils of America National Conference.
Check for the answers below. How did you do?
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“What in the World” Quiz
1. President Obama is attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit this week, which is being held in which country?
A. Japan
B. Singapore
C. Thailand
D. Malaysia
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/22/remarks-president-obama-press-conference
2. In order to downplay this group’s authenticity as both a government and a representative of Islamic thought, French President François Hollande and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have begun using which term to refer the group that claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks of 13 November?
A. ISIS
B. Daesh
C. ISIL
D. Islamic State
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/14/9734894/daesh-isis-isil
3. Earlier this week President Obama called on which nation to stop its construction efforts in the South China Sea?
A. South Korea
B. North Korea
C. China
D. Japan
4. Gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in Bamako this week, taking 170 people hostage. Bamako is the capital of what country?
A. Mali
B. Ghana
C. Burkina Faso
D. Niger
https://espresso.economist.com/26c5edc2037093d3339c8a46b3ae5d39
5. Voters in which South American country will go to the polls on Sunday, November 22, to elect a new president?
A. Suriname
B. Chile
C. Bolivia
D. Argentina
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/22/argentina-election-second-round-vote-could-spell-end-for-kirchnerism
6. The U.S. government this week released Johnathon Pollard, who, since 1987, had been serving time for spying for which country?
A. Russia
B. Israel
C. Germany
D. Canada
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34876060
7. A study this week by the Pew Research Center found that since 2009, immigration to the U.S. from which country has reversed itself?
A. Mexico
B. Guatemala
C. Haiti
D. Ireland
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/citing-jobs-family-mexicans-leaving-us-coming-reversing-35305376
8. Thursday, November 19 was declared what by the U.N.?
A. Gender Equality Day
B. World Toilet Day
C. Universal Children’s Day
D. World Science Day for Peace and Development
9. In an article published this week, journalist Thomas Lippman states that the key to ending conflicts in the Middle East lies in the U.S.’s relationship with which country?
A. Israel
B. Egypt
C. Iran
D. Syria
10. Spain, citing war crimes from 2010, issued an arrest warrant this week for which world leader?
A. Barack Obama
B. Xi Jinping
C. Bashar Al-Assad
D. Benjamin Netanyahu
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-issues-arrest-warrant-for-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-over-2010-gaza-flotilla-a6736436.html
“What in the World” Quiz
ANSWERS
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. D
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