“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | Dec 26, 2022-Jan 1, 2023

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DECEMBER QUIZ PRIZE

China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China’s turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping’s political authority unmatched, Xi’s sense of mission to restore what he believes is China’s natural position as a great power drives the current course of the nation’s foreign policy. When China was weak, it was subordinated to others. Now, China is strong, and it wants others to subordinate, at least on the issues involving what it regards as core national interests. What are the primary forces and how have these forces driven China’s reemergence to global power? This book weaves together complex events, processes, and players to provide a historically in-depth, conceptually comprehensive, and up-to-date analysis of Chinese foreign policy transition since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), arguing that transformational leaders with new visions and political wisdom to make their visions prevail are the game changers. Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping are transformational leaders who have charted unique courses of Chinese foreign policy in the quest for security, prosperity, and power. With the ultimate decision-making authority on national security and strategic policies, these leaders have made political use of ideational forces, tailoring bureaucratic institutions, exploiting the international power distribution, and responding strategically to the international norms and rules to advance their foreign policy agendas in the path of China’s ascendance.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of December 19-25, 2022

1. The 2022 World Cup final produced a dramatic victory for Argentina in a penalty shoot-out over THIS national team. The final match showcased global talents Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé.

A. Italy
B. France
C. Brazil
D. Nigeria

Correct Response: B. France
https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/world-cup-final-argentina-france-12-18-22/index.html

2. The end of the most stringent of “Zero-Covid” measures in THIS country is seeing widespread disease outbreaks in major cities yet many people remain vaccine skeptics. The country has rejected effective Western vaccines in favor of those like the Sinovac CoronaVac.

A. Russia
B. China
C. India
D. Brazil

Correct Response: B. China
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/i-dont-trust-it-vaccine-hesitancy-lingers-even-china-covid-cases-surge-2022-12-19/

3. Indian troops battled forces from THIS rival it said had “encroached into Indian territory” along the Arunachal Pradesh mountain region in the northeast of India. The two nuclear armed states have sought to deescalate in the area since the 2020 clash that killed over 20 troops.

A. Afghanistan
B. Pakistan
C. China
D. Kazakhstan

Correct Response: C. China
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63953400

4. Tariffs imposed during the Trump Administration on steel and aluminum imports by the United States were found to violate global trade rules according to THIS organization. The Biden Administration said it has no plans to change the tariff scheme which was originally based on national security concerns.

A. International Labor Organization
B. UN Committee on Global Trade
C. World Trade Organization
D. Group of Twenty

Correct Response: C. World Trade Organization
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63920063

5. Vladimir Putin is visiting Minsk to urge THIS former Soviet republic and ally to participate in an expanded ground campaign on a new front against Ukraine.

A. Moldova
B. Crimea
C. Belarus
D. Romania

Correct Response: C. Belarus
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-heads-belarus-amid-fears-new-assault-ukraine-2022-12-19

6. The nearly 200 countries represented at the United Nation’s COP15 conference in Montreal reached a landmark agreement in THIS critical area of global survival.

A. Climate change
B. Sea level rise
C. Meteorology
D. Biodiversity

Correct Response: D. Biodiversity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/12/19/cop15-biodiversity-wildlife-extinction/

7. World leader Binance reported $6 billion in withdrawals over several days last week as THIS phenomenon continued to collapse.

A. International currency exchange
B. SWIFT banking system
C. Crypto
D. Exchange traded funds

Correct Response: C. Crypto
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143086648/binance-cz-ftx-crypto-bankruptcy-fallout-alameda-bitcoin

8. President Biden met with leaders representing 49 nations in the first summit of its kind in eight years as the United States sought to reassert its influence in an area where China has advanced its soft power efforts. Biden pledged to support THIS organization’s permanent membership in the G-20.

A. African Union
B. Association of South East Asian Nations
C. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group
D. Organization of American States

Correct Response: A. African Union
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63982818

9. Millions of fans of the K-pop super band BTS were sent into a frenzy, according to the BBC, at news that Jin, the band’s oldest member, entered the military in THIS country. Observers opined that Jin would likely not be assigned to serve on the DMZ.

A. Japan
B. Malaysia
C. South Korea
D. Bangladesh

Correct Response: C. South Korea
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63944860

10. The legend of Santa Claus is traced to the monk St. Nicholas believed to have been born around 280 A.D. near modern-day Myra on THIS country’s Mediterranean coast.

A. Turkey
B. Romania
C. Netherlands
D. Lebanon

Correct Response: A. Turkey
https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus

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