“What in the World? Weekly Quiz” | Sep 12-18, 2022

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1. Scandal-plagued British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s successor will be THIS former Conservative Party politician and Foreign Secretary.

A. RIshi Sunak
B. Liz Truss
C. Amanda Greene
D. Theresa May

Correct Response: B. Liz Truss
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/liz-truss-wins-uk-prime-minister-conservative-leader-boris-johnson-rcna45455

2. A UN report from the human rights chief charged China said the detention of Muslin minority Uyghurs in THIS province may ““constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity”

A. Xinjiang
B. Sichuan
C. Hong Kong
D. Hunan

Correct Response: A. Xinjiang
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/08/un-human-rights-office-issues-assessment-human-rights-concerns-xinjiang

3. Engine trouble forced NASA to cancel the launch of the first of THIS project’s rockets that are set to take people back to the moon by 2025.

A. Apollo
B. Artemis
C. Archimedes
D. Athena

Correct Response: B. Artemis
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/03/1120742884/nasa-artemis-1-launch-saturday-time-moon-mission-rocket-orion-sls

4. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres blamed ciimate change for the flooding that has blanketed a third of THIS country last week. He said world leaders were “sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet,” as more than a 1,300 people there lost their lives and a half million were forced from their homes to live in camps.

A. Bangladesh
B. Timor-Leste
C. Sri Lanka
D. Pakistan

Correct Response: D. Pakistan
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/5/death-toll-in-devastating-pakistan-floods-crosses-1300

5. A Chinese drone was shot down by THESE armed forces as they warned of counter attacks against Chinese forces entering its territory. China has conducted unprecedented, provocative military exercises around its territory since the visit of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

A. South Korea
B. Hong Kong
C. Taiwan
D. Hainan

Correct Response: C. Taiwan
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-shooting-down-drone-near-china-was-appropriate-premier-says-2022-09-02/

6. Beijing protested Washington’s announced $1.1B arms sale to Taipei saying it would “resolutely take legitimate and necessary counter-measures.” The sale was announced just days after two U.S. warships transited THIS international waterway, another irritant to China.

A. South China Sea
B. Taiwan Strait
C. East China Sea
D. Hong Kong Harbor

Correct Response: B. Taiwan Strait
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-us-warships-carrying-out-taiwan-strait-passage-first-since-pelosi-2022-08-28/

7. A right-wing gunman attempted to assassinate Cristina Fernández, leftist-populist Vice President of THIS country but the gun he stuck in her face failed to fire. Fernández who was returning to her home in Buenos Aires is being pursued on corruption charges.

A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. Chile
D. Ecuador

Correct Response: A. Argentina
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/man-arrested-after-attempted-shooting-of-argentina-vice-president-cristina-fernandez/BGLZJ7R7TN344EM2FW2MKKB3IA/

8. Russian energy supplier Gazprom announced an implausible technical glitch as reason to stop shipments via THIS pipeline driving gas prices up over a third in Western Europe. The G7 had just announced a plan to cap Russian oil export prices.

A. Trans-Ukraine-Pipeline
B. Nordstream 1
C. Druzhba Pipeline
D. Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline

Correct Response: B. Nordstream 1
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/05/gas-prices-pound-euro-fall-russia-nord-stream-pipeline

9. A manhunt is underway in THIS Canadian province following a murder spree said to be carried out by two man that left ten people stabbed to death and over a dozen more sent to hospitals.

A. Saskatchewan
B. Manitoba
C. Alberta
D. British Columbia

Correct Response: A. Saskatchewan
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-saskatchewan-mass-stabbings-suspects-sanderson-b2159992.html

10. Voters in THIS South American country rejected a new left-leaning constitution replacing the 1980s version passed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. Chile
D. Ecuador

Correct Response: C. Chile
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/americas/chile-constitution-vote-intl/index.html

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