“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | Mar 15-21, 2021

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LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS (9s and 10s)

Judge Allison Hodgkins, Bangor, ME
Austin Travis, Nashville, TN
Barbara Gubbin, Jacksonville, FL
Lee Maki, Peoria, IL
An Bro, Bartley, UK
Gail Witherill, Cumberland, ME
Campbell Lahman, Nolensville, TN
Joseph Mendenhall, Bedford, TX

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March 2021 – Quiz Prize

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

By Anne Applebaum

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of Mar 8-14, 2021

1. On his historic visit to Iraq, Pope Francis met in Najaf with THIS 90-year old Grand Ayatollah, one of the world’s most eminent Shiite clerics.

A. Ali al-Sistani
B. Ali Khamenei
C. Ali Rouhani
D. Ali Ahmadinejad

Correct Response: A. Ali al-Sistani
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-islamic-state-group-ali-al-sistani-pope-francis-iraq-f95098b179f6a82157e87a7cb6cc0c3d

2. One of the strongest earthquakes – 8.1 magnitude – in the history of South Pacific Ocean temblors followed by tsunami warnings and after shocks rocked THIS nation last week.

A. Australia
B. Fiji
C. New Zealand
D. Papua New Guinea

Correct Response: C. New Zealand
https://apnews.com/article/new-zealand-earthquake-tsunami-warning-215ef80cf3eb9b2638d12bc81ed3e254

3. The United States condemed Sunday’s attack on Saudi Arabia by THIS group fighting against a Saudi led coalition in Yemen. The strike targeted Ras Tanura, the world’s largest offshore oil loading facility and a nearby Saudi Aramco residential area.

A. Houthi
B. ISIS
C. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
D. Al Shabab

Correct Response: A. Houthi
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/u-s-embassy-condemns-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-oil-heartland-idUSKBN2B01CM?il=0

4. Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary groups said they are temporarily withdrawing support from THIS agreement due to concerns over the Brexit deal, a move that puts pressure on British, Irish and European leaders, according to “Daily Chatter.”

A. 2001 European Union Compact
B. 1985 Irish Condominium
C. 1998 Good Friday Agreement
D. 2010 Belfast Charter

Correct Response: C. 1998 Good Friday Agreement
“Daily Chatter” March 5, 2021

5. Hundreds of thousands of farmers have been protesting new farm laws on the outskirts of THIS city, capital city India since September 2020. The prominent presence of women in what is perhaps the world’s largest ongoing protest movement, and certainly the biggest domestic challenge facing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, has put a spotlight on the important role women play in agriculture in this South Asian nation according to USIP’s Farida Nabourema. [US Institute of Peace Question]

A. Bombay
B. New Delhi
C. Calcutta
D. Islamabad

Correct Response: B. New Delhi
https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/03/india-women-propel-worlds-largest-protest-movement

6. THIS former President of France is the first to receive jail time – one-year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence – after being found guilty of corruption?

A. Emmanuel Macron
B. Jacques Chirac
C. Français Hallande
D. Nicolas Sarkozy

Correct Response: D. Nicolas Sarkozy
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-56241189

7. A Christian father protested because his daughter was ordered to wear a headscarf in a public school, leading to the government of President Joko Widodo outlawing the requirement for “uniforms with attributes of specific religions,” in THIS, the world’s largest Muslim nation.

A. Pakistan
B. Indonesia
C. India
D. Saudi Arabia

Correct Response: B. Indonesia
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/05/world/asia/indonesia-schools-head-scarves.html

8. The European People’s Party, a bloc in the European Parliament, was considering expelling THIS Hungarian President’s party Fidesz over charges of backsliding on democracy. The party preempted the expulsion and quit the EPP.

A. Victor Orban
B. Andrzej Duda
C. Miloš Zeman
D. Klaus Ionhannis

Correct Response: A. Victor Orban
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-suspension-rules-fidesz-european-parliament-viktor-orban-hungary/

9. The National People’s Congress of THIS country met last week with these notable outcomes: 6% economic growth expected, lower than most experts have projected; defense budget will grow by 6.8%; and it will make plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.

A. North Korea
B. China
C. Vietnam
D. Laos

Correct Response: B. China
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/05/china-economic-growth-peoples-congress/

10. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, THIS country’s representative to the United Nations urged the world body to use “any means necessary” to and the coup that ousted the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

A. South Korea
B. Bangladesh
C. Cambodia
D. Myanmar

Correct Response: D. Myanmar
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/myanmar-democracy-protests-police-1.5930635

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