“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | May 30-June 5, 2022

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Nick McCall, Knoxville, TN
Bernie Drake, Peoria, IL
Patricia Miletich, Nashville, TN
H. Osborne, Chapel Hill, TN
Cathy Dopp, Grand Rapids, MI
Tim Stewart, Nashville, TN
Yazzie Dospil, Nashville, TN
David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL
Mark Himmelein, Alliance, OH
Mary Ellen Hamed, Louisville, KY
Barbara Gubbin, Jacksonville, FL
Steve Freidberg, Boson, MA
Roanna Wiser, NY
Catherine Kelly, Nashville, TN
Russell Peterson, Nashville, TN
Peter Sharadin, Brandon, PA
Thomas Day, Peoria, IL
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Lewis Bellardo, Nashville, TN
Charles Bowers, Nashville, TN
Heike Kranz, Germany
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Alfonse Masi, Peoria, IL
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Rich Buck, Peoria, IL
Nancy Williams, Rochester, NY
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Jim Shepherd, Nashville, TN
Barb Drake, Peoria, IL
Erik Hunt, IN
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You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

By Elizabeth Becker

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of May 23-29, 2022

1. More than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces after an 82-day siege at the Azovstol Iron and Steel Works in THIS strategic city.

A. Kyiv
B. Mariupol
C. Kharkiv
D. Odessa

Correct Response: B. Mariupol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/21/ukraine-mariupol-azovstal-siege-timeline/

2. President Joe Biden, on a visit to Japan, said that Beijing was “flirting with danger” over military provocations against THIS island and he said the U.S. would support it if attacked by China.

A. Hong Kong
B. Philippines
C. Taiwan
D. Senkaku

Correct Response: C. Taiwan
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-61548531

3. Leader Kim Jung Un of THIS country was seen mask less at the funeral of a military official as his country battles its first acknowledged Covid outbreak that has infected as many as 2.5 million people. Nevertheless, Pyongyang has not yet accepted medical assistance offered from the United States.

A. South Korea
B. Taiwan
C. North Korea
D. Malaysia

Correct Response: C. North Korea
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61533715

4. Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party defeated Scott Morrison’s conservative Liberal Party and the new PM was sworn in just time to represent THIS country at a meeting of the “Quad” alliance with the U.S., Japan and India.

A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. United Kingdom
D. Hong Kong

Correct Response: A. Australia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61546470

5. The UK Foreign Minister announced legislation will be introduced to change the Northern Ireland protocol, a Brexit-related agreement regarding UK-EU trade. Meanwhile, the Northern Ireland Unionist leader said the protocol would destroy THIS agreement negotiated by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, which brought peace to the region after decades of sectarian violence.

A. Belfast Protocol
B. Brexit Amendment
C. United Ireland Agreement
D. Good Friday Agreement

Correct Response: D. Good Friday Agreement
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-61538242

6. Sweden and Finland have applied to join NATO. Accession requires all current members’ approval. THIS country is balking at the application over unfounded charges Sweden supports PKK terrorists.

A. Belgium
B. Romania
C. Turkey
D. Poland

Correct Response: C. Turkey
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/why-turkey-doesnt-want-sweden-finland-to-join-nato.html

7. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added THIS newly identified virus outbreak to the list of extreme health challenges such as Covid and Ebola. While the risk to general populations are extremely low, the quickly spreading disease has led countries like Belguim to mandate three week quarantines for those infected.

A. Monkeypox
B. Guinea worm
C. Hepatitis D
D. Goatpox

Correct Response: A. Monkeypox
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-61546199

8. A Federal judge in Louisiana ruled that the Biden Administration could not end THIS Trump era Covid emergency rules that allowed for rapid expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers.

A. Title 96
B. U.S. Code Title 18, Sec 242
C. Title 42
D. Executive Order 20156

Correct Response: C. Title 42
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/title-42-migrant-expulsion-covid-19-to-stay-in-place-judge-rules/

9. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will be the first global leader to speak at the World Economic Forum, a meeting of international financial elite, at THIS Swiss resort, the first meeting since 2020. This year the Russian delegation was not invited.

A. Gstaad
B. Davos
C. Lake Lucerne
D. Saint Moritz

Correct Response: B. Davos
https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/may/23/davos-day-one-ukraine-mps-support-sanctions-zelenskiy-wef-food-crisis-economy-business-live

10. The U.S. State Department has launched a “Conflict Observatory,” to collect and analyze open-source and satellite information to document THIS.

A. Russian war crimes
B. Armenian genocide
C. Ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
D. Uighur concentration camps in China

Correct Response: A. Russian war crimes
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2022/02/18/a-new-era-of-transparent-warfare-beckons

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