“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | Mar 14-19, 2022

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FEBRUARY 2022 QUIZ PRIZE WINNER

DON MOORE, Mount Juliet, TN

Tomorrow the World

By Stephen Wertheim

MARCH 2022 QUIZ PRIZE

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

By M. E. Sarotte

Based on over a hundred interviews and on secret records of White House–Kremlin contacts, Not One Inch shows how the United States successfully overcame Russian resistance in the 1990s to expand NATO to more than 900 million people. But it also reveals how Washington’s hardball tactics transformed the era between the Cold War and the present day, undermining what could have become a lasting partnership.

Vladimir Putin swears that Washington betrayed a promise that NATO would move “not one inch” eastward and justifies renewed confrontation as a necessary response to the alliance’s illegitimate “deployment of military infrastructure to our borders.” But the United States insists that neither President George H.W. Bush nor any other leader made such a promise.

Pulling back the curtain on U.S.–Russian relations in the critical years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and Putin’s rise to power, prize-winning Cold War historian M. E. Sarotte reveals the bitter clashes over NATO behind the facade of friendship and comes to a sobering conclusion: the damage did not have to happen. In this deeply researched and compellingly written book, Sarotte shows what went wrong.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of March 7-13, 2022

1. Over 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country. Many have traveled through THIS major city in the west of the country.

A. Lviv
B. Prague
C. Krakow
D. Tbilisi

Correct Response: A. Lviv
https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-a-friday-night-in-lviv-ukraine-when-a-synagogue-became-a-sanctuary/

2. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought significant sanctions against Moscow except for THIS commodity, a major source of Russian income. Discussions are underway to add it to the sanctions list.

A. Wheat
B. Aluminum
C. Oil and gas
D. Corn

Correct Response: C. Oil and gas
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60125659

3. The President of France warned Russia not to use ongoing nuclear negotiations with THIS country to lessen the impact of Ukraine invasion related sanctions.

A. North Korea
B. Iran
C. Kuwait
D. Pakistan

Correct Response: B. Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-shamkhani-says-tehran-is-evaluating-new-components-nuclear-talks-tweet-2022-03-07/

4. The presidential campaign in THIS Asian American ally has turned so negative – mudslinging, lawsuits and “toxic” rhetoric – that observers have taken to call it the “Squid Game” election.

A. Myanmar
B. India
C. South Korea
D. Taiwan

Correct Response: C. South Korea
https://apnews.com/article/elections-asia-presidential-elections-seoul-south-korea-3e102da44c68b0c9a4c3ecd0ecb36d24

5. The emergency powers enacted in response to the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” were revoked by THIS prime minister.

A. Pierre Trudeau
B. Jason Kenney
C. Justin Trudeau
D. Isabelle Jacques

Correct Response: C. Justin Trudeau
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/23/canada-trudeau-revokes-emergencies-act/

6. Global oil prices are surging, topping $115 a barrel as oil producers have been seen as dragging their feet on increasing production to meet demand. Russia and THIS leading producer joined together in 2016 to form a cartel known as Opec-Plus.

A. Mexico
B. Kuwait
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Nigeria

Correct Response: C. Saudi Arabia
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/business/oil-prices-opec.html

7. Ukraine has brought a case against Russia over genocide charges at the International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest court, located in THIS city.

A. New York City
B. Brussels
C. The Hague
D. Geneva

Correct Response: C. The Hague
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-russia-face-off-world-court-over-genocide-claim-2022-03-06/

8. American intelligence officials have said China asked Russia not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Russian President Putin traveled to China to meet with THIS president before the opening ceremony.

A. Tsai Ing-wen
B. Jiang Zemin
C. Kim Jong-un
D. Xi Jinping

Correct Response: D. Xi Jinping
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

9. A delegation of American officials traveled for talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s government about easing oil production sanctions in THIS country.

A. Mozambique
B. Colombia
C. Nigeria
D. Venezuela

Correct Response: D. Venezuela
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/06/venezuela-american-officials-visit/

10. In Managua a “political” trial of opponents of President Daniel Ortega found them guilty of conspiracy. Many were arrested during THIS country’s presidential election.

A. Bolivia
B. Honduras
C. Nicaragua
D. Belize

Correct Response: C. Nicaragua
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-60508171

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