“What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | October 16, 2023

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Last Week’s Quiz Winners

Yezzie Dospil, Nashville, TN
Charles Bowers, Nashville, TN
Maureen Melville, Cresthill, IL
Mark Himmelein, Alliance, OH
Tim Stewart, Nashville, TN
Steve Freidberg, Boston, MA
Gordon Perlmutter, Reading, PA
Adam Leff, Bethel, ME
John Bull, Nashville, TN
Desikan Gandarva, Rocky River, OH
Cathy Dopp, Grand Rapids, MI
David Nelson, Old Greenwich, CT
Jim Shepherd, Nashville, TN
Elmedina Brkic, Louisville, KY
Barbara Cleland-Salko, Weston, CT
Keeton Chestnut, Houston, TX
Paul Love, Marlboro, VT
Tim Douglas, Nashville, TN
Nick McCall, Knoxville, TN
Donald Dawson, Nashville, TN
Patricia Miletich, Ventura, CA
Lewis Bellardo, Nashville, TN
Jack Mahoney, Saco, ME
Mike Peek, Nashville, TN
Don Samford, Eureka, IL
Basil G. Smith, Jacksonville, FL
Christine Laemmar, Brookfield, WI
Morgan Russell, Norman, OK
Darlyn Janson, Virginia Beach, VA
Hannah Osborne, Chapel Hill, TN
Seth Osborne, Chapel Hill, TN
Keno Smith, Dallas, TX
Ellis Eggert, Bethel, ME

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OCTOBER QUIZ PRIZE

Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

Christian Brose

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America’s military might.

For generations of Americans, our country has been the world’s dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons that it fights with, have been uncontested. That old reality, however, is rapidly deteriorating. America’s traditional sources of power are eroding amid the emergence of new technologies and the growing military threat posed by rivals such as China. America is at grave risk of losing a future war.

As Christian Brose reveals in this urgent wake-up call, the future will be defined by artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies that are revolutionizing global industries and are now poised to overturn the model of American defense. This fascinating, if disturbing, book confronts the existential risks on the horizon, charting a way for America’s military to adapt and succeed with new thinking as well as new technology. America must build a battle network of systems that enables people to rapidly understand threats, make decisions, and take military actions, the process known as “the kill chain.” Examining threats from China, Russia, and elsewhere, The Kill Chain offers hope and, ultimately, insights on how America can apply advanced technologies to prevent war, deter aggression, and maintain peace.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of Oct 9-15, 2023

1. A spectacular attack by land, air and sea coupled with rocket attacks and cyber warfare by THIS terror group caught Israel by surprise early Saturday resulting in over 700 civilian and military deaths, thousands wounded and over 100 Israelis abducted.

A. Hezbollah
B. Islamic Jihad
C. ISIS
D. Hamas

Correct Response: D. Hamas
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895

2. The unprecedented Hamas terror attack on Israel was launched from THIS territory by militias breaking through border barriers, attacking from the sea and flying motorized paragliders.

A. Golan
B. West Bank
C. Gaza
D. Sinai

Correct Response: C. Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-67037895

3. The attack against Israel, the so-called “Al Aqsa Storm,” highlighted the role of THIS major patron of Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist and militia organizations.

A. Syria
B. Iran
C. Yemen
D. Lebanon

Correct Response: B. Iran
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/07/middleeast/israel-hamas-rocket-attack-what-we-know-intl/index.html

4. The Sabbath day surprise attack on Israel occurred 50 years and one day after an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched surprise strikes into Israel starting a three-week war known as THIS.

A. Yom Kippur War
B. The Second Arab Israeli War
C. The Sinai War
D. Desert Storm

Correct Response: A. Yom Kippur War
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/07/what-was-the-yom-kippur-war/71098719007/

5. The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was won by THIS person.

A. Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi
B. Members of the Peace in Tigray committee
C. World Central Kitchen director José Andrés
D. Anti-Putin dissident Alexei Navalny

Correct Response: A. Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/world/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2023-intl/index.html

6. Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed a permanent seat on the UN Security Council for THIS country that has supported Moscow’s oil sales despite calls for Ukraine-invasion sanctions.

A. Brazil
B. Indonesia
C. India
D. South Africa

Correct Response: C. India
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-06/putin-praises-modi-s-india-as-giant-backs-permanent-un-seat

7. A U.S. F-16 fighter shot down an armed Turkish drone over THIS country after it flew close to American forces and their Kurdish partners fighting ISIS. NATO ally Turkey considers all Kurdish forces and facilities in THIS country as legitimate counter terrorism targets.

A. Iraq
B. Iran
C. Syria
D. Lebanon

Correct Response: C. Syria
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/politics/us-downs-turkey-drone-syria/index.html

8. The complicated U.S.-led talks to bring THIS country into the so-called “Abraham Accords” normalization among Arab states and Israel, face new challenges with the unfolding Israel-Hamas war.

A. Iraq
B. Qatar
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Oman

Correct Response: C. Saudi Arabia
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-05/biden-middle-east-push-complicated-by-saudi-arabia-s-nuclear-ambitions

9. Italian PM Meloni and THIS British PM called for “creative Europe-wide solutions” at a European summit on the migrant crisis which this year has seen over 100,000 people landing in Italy and 20,000 in England.

A. Emmanuel Macron
B. Jeremy Hunt
C. Penny Mordaunt
D. Rishi Sunak

Correct Response: D. Rishi Sunak
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67007683

10. The United States sent the Ukraine over a million rounds of small arms ammunition, which had been seized from an illegal shipment from THIS country to fighters in Yemen.

A. Syria
B. North Korea
C. Iran
D. Sudan

Correct Response: C. Iran
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67014218

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