“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | May 1-7, 2023

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LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of April 24-30, 2023

1. The United States evacuated its diplomats and their families from THIS country as fighting between rival commanders worsened. The fighting has killed hundreds and many thousands are fleeing, and the country is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster and a broader conflict.

A. Saudi Arabia
B. Sri Lanka
C. South Sudan
D. Sudan

Correct Response: D. Sudan
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/sudan-army-okays-foreign-evacuation-khartoum-battle-rages-2023-04-22/

2. The United Nations estimates THIS country will have 1.4286 billion people by the middle of 2023, becoming the world’s most populous country. The demographic boom will likely present opportunities and challenges for the South Asian nation.

A. India
B. China
C. Pakistan
D. Indonesia

Correct Response: A. India
https://www.wsj.com/articles/indias-population-to-surpass-chinas-by-midyear-b6d6ce57

3. The recent major leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence materials disclosed Afghanistan was a staging ground for terrorist attack planning against America by THIS group.

A. ISIS
B. Al Qaeda
C. Taliban
D. PSS

Correct Response: A. ISIS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/22/afghanistan-terrorism-leaked-documents/

4. A comprehensive Defense Review released by THIS AUKUS member highlighted “radically different” security threats and positioned defense policy to deal with a “major conflict in the region that directly threatens our national interest.”

A. United Kingdom
B. Australia
C. India
D. Japan

Correct Response: B. Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/24/the-defence-review-says-australia-is-at-little-risk-of-a-land-invasion-but-thats-not-where-the-threats-end

5. Ukraine’s “rightful place” is in NATO according to THIS Secretary General of the alliance on a visit to Kyiv.

A. Stoltenberg
B. von der Leyden
C. Hahn
D. Schmit

Correct Response: A. Stoltenberg
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-stoltenberg-dd2432f52abc743a5f3592cec210a69e

6. Comments by THIS leader on a flight back from a Beijing summit calling for European strategic autonomy and warning about following Washington policy too closely continue to draw criticism from foreign capitals. Referring to the threat to Taiwan he said his country should avoid “getting caught up in crises that are not ours.”

A. British PM Sunak
B. French President Macron
C. German Chancellor Scholz
D. Turkish President Erdogan

Correct Response: B. French President Macron
https://www.voanews.com/a/france-seeks-to-calm-diplomatic-storm-over-macron-s-china-taiwan-comments-/7059463.html

7. A Russian warplane bombed the city of Belgorod causing concern because of THIS consideration.

A. Belgorod is a UNESCO World Heritage city
B. The target in Belgorod was a clearly marked hospital
C. The city of Belgorod is in Russia
D. Belgorod is a Russian occupied city in the Donbas

Correct Response: C. The city of Belgorod is in Russia
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-belgorod-bomb-4c806ca6765e018ffccef16c233013a7

8. Officials in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania summoned ambassadors from THIS country for clarification of comments made by its Ambassador to France that former Soviet countries lacked “effective status in international law,” questioning the sovereignty of many European nations.

A. India
B. Belarus
C. Turkey
D. China

Correct Response: D. China
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/china/china-ambassador-lu-shaye-baltic-soviet-states-europe-intl-hnk/index.html

9. Chile announced the state will take control of THIS industry, essential to the global production of electric vehicles. Chile has the world’s largest reserves and produces the second largest amount of the critical mineral.

A. Cadmium
B. Magnesium
C. Lithium
D. Cobalt

Correct Response: C. Lithium
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chiles-boric-announces-plan-nationalize-lithium-industry-2023-04-21/

10. Leaders of THIS 15-nation bloc agreed to introduce bans on assault-style weapons in their countries to curb the spike in gun violence and weapon smuggling. Bahamian Prime Minister and Chairman Phillip Davis said that nearly 99 percent of illegal guns collected in his nation could trace back to the US.

A. C-15
B. African Union
C. Caricom
D. ECWAS

Correct Response: C. Caricom
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/19/caribbean-assault-weapon-ban-caricom-rowley/f531ccbe-dee3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html

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