“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | Jun 14-20, 2021

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LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS

Charles Bowers, Nashville, TN
Joseph Mendenhall, Bedford, TX
Peter Sharadin, Blandon, PA
David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL
Kevin O’Brien, Washington, IL
Katie Grandelli, Washington, DC
Angela Weck, Peoria, IL
Lee Tap, Hilton Head, SC
Mona Ali, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Roger French, Washington, IL
Rich Buck, Peoria, IL
Yezzie Dospil, Nashville, TN
Basil Smith, Jacksonville, FL
Gib Backlund, Murfreesboro, TN

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June 2021 – Quiz Prize

Undaunted: My Fight Against America’s Enemies, At Home and Abroad

John O. Brennan, Former Director of the CIA

In this brutally honest memoir, Brennan, the son of an Irish immigrant who settled in New Jersey, describes the life that took him from being a young CIA recruit enamored with the mystique of spy work, secretly defiant enough to drive a motorcycle and sport a diamond earring, and invigorated by his travels in the Middle East to being the most powerful individual in American intelligence. He details his experiences with very different presidents and what it’s been like to bear responsibility for some of the nation’s most crucial and polarizing national security decisions.

He pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of the Agency, describing the selfless, patriotic, and invisible work of the women and men involved in national security. He also examines the insularity, arrogance, and myopia that have, at times, undermined its reputation in the eyes of the American people and of members of other branches of government. Through topics ranging from George W. Bush’s intervention in Iraq to his thoughts on the CIA’s controversial use of enhanced interrogation techniques to his eye-opening account of the planning of the raid that resulted in Bin Ladin’s death to his realization that Russia had interfered with the 2016 election, Brennan brings the reader behind the scenes of some of the most crucial moments in recent U.S. history. He also candidly discusses the times he has failed to live up to his own high standards and the very public fallouts that have resulted. With its behind-the-scenes look at how major U.S. national security policies and actions unfolded during his long and distinguished career—especially during his eight years in the Obama administration—John Brennan’s memoir is a work of history with strong implications for the future of America and our country’s relationships with other world powers.

Undaunted: My Fight Against America’s Enemies, at Home and Abroad offers a rare and insightful look at the often-obscured world of national security, the intelligence profession, and Washington’s chaotic political environment. But more than that, it is a portrait of a man striving for integrity; for himself, for the CIA, and for his country.

John O. Brennan was one of President Obama’s most trusted national security advisors during all eight years of the Obama Administration, first as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and then as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Brennan had previously worked in the CIA from 1980 to 2005, where he specialized in Middle Eastern affairs and counterterrorism and served as President Clinton’s daily intelligence briefer. Mr. Brennan received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Fordham University in 1977 and a master’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of June 7-13, 2021

1. Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom this week on his first overseas trip as President to attend the Group of Seven summit meeting in Cornwall before the NATO summit in Brussels. These are G7 member states, accountable for 58% of global net wealth, EXCEPT THIS one.

A. Japan
B. Russia
C. Canada
D. Italy

Correct response: B. Russia
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/bidens-to-meet-with-queen-elizabeth-during-uk-trip-2/2835505/

2. G-7 finance ministers reached an historic agreement on Saturday to increase revenues through THIS measure.

A. a 20% Valued Added Tax (VAT) on information industry services like Facebook and Twitter
B. a per container surcharge on international maritime traffic from China
C. a new tax placed on Covid-19 vaccinations purchased by nations not participating in the Covax sharing program
D. a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15%

Correct response: D. a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15%
https://www.reuters.com/business/g7-nations-near-historic-deal-taxing-multinationals-2021-06-05/

3. THIS leader called for a “rebranding” of his country’s foreign image, including its so-called “wolf warrior diplomacy,” saying, “We must pay attention to grasp the tone, be both open and confident but also modest and humble, and strive to create a credible, lovable and respectable image.”

A. Xi Jinping
B. Recep Tayyip Erdogan
C. Kim Jong-un
D. Nicolas Maduro

Correct response: A. Xi Jinping
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/xi-wants-make-china-more-lovable-around-world-he-may-n1269458

4. Fire ravaged the container ship MV X-Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo on THIS Indian Ocean island nation, resulting in the potential release of oil and hazardous chemicals, the worst environmental crisis the nation has faced.

A. Madagascar
B. Sri Lanka
C. Mauritius
D. Seychelles

Correct response: B. Sri Lanka
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/02/sri-lanka-ship-environment-sink-beach/

5. A new smart phone operating system called HarmonyOS was launched by THIS Chinese telecommunications company aiming to be the “Internet-of-Things, and to work around U.S. sanctions made on national security grounds against the company.

A. Vodafone
B. Huawei
C. Telefonica
D. KDDI Corp.

Correct response: B. Huawei
https://www.reuters.com/technology/huawei-launches-new-operating-system-phones-eyes-internet-of-things-market-2021-06-02/

6. Thousands of citizens marched through THIS city in protest against plans for a Chinese University to open within the country’s borders claiming it will undermine their own higher education. The protests came against the backdrop of PM Orban’s close ties with Beijing and the government’s recent spiking of an EU statement criticizing China’s Hong Kong policies.

A. Warsaw
B. Budapest
C. Prague
D. Paris

Correct response: B. Budapest
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57372653

7. Armed men, believed to be Islamist vigilantes, violently attacked and murdered 132 people in a village east of THIS African country’s capital of Ouagadougou on Saturday, highlighting the worsening security situation in the Sahel region.

A. Burkina Faso
B. Chad
C. Djibouti
D. Kenya

Correct Response: A. Burkina Faso
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57368536

8. The most populous country in Africa banned the use of Twitter after President Buhari had a tweet deleted by the company. The U.S and other Western nations condemned the ban in THIS country saying in a joint statement that, “fundamental human right of free expression and access to information [was] a pillar of democracy.”

A. Egypt
B. Zimbabwe
C. Nigeria
D. South Africa

Correct Response: C. Nigeria
https://www.axios.com/nigeria-arrest-twitter-users-ban-buhari-93bfce15-3158-426b-8be0-d22f527a2510.html

9. The “Dirty War” in THIS South American country saw many of its citizens disappear during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, about the same time they battled Britain over the Falkland Islands. Now an international campaign seeks DNA matches for 600 unidentified bodies recovered from mass graves.

A. Uruguay
B. Chile
C. Colombia
D. Argentina

Correct Response: D. Argentina
https://www.axios.com/argentina-disappeared-dna-dictatorship-8c175955-e155-4ea9-b9a6-5bc747b685e1.html

10. Israel’s Director of Domestic Security, known as THIS organization, warned against incitement toward radicalization a day after Benjamin Netanyahu posted inflammatory biblical social media references to punishment of death from God about his political opposition.

A. MI-5
B. BND
C. Shin Bet
D. FSB

Correct Response: C. Shin Bet
https://www.axios.com/israeli-security-warns-january-6-violence-8142e896-7d01-4b72-81de-c68b07722bdc.html

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