Naples Council on World Affairs What in the World? Weekly Quiz – August 28-September 3, 2023

Two months to the day after he staged a mutiny in Russia, THIS failed leader, his right-hand man, and eight other people died on a private plane that mysteriously crashed with no survivors.

Sergei Shoigu, Russian Defense Minister

Valery Gerasimov, Russian Chief of the General Staff

Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Wagner mercenary chief

Alexey Navalny, Russian opposition leader

Russia fulfilled its threat to place nuclear weapons in THIS regional ally as part of its challenge to NATO and its nearby neighbors. Meanwhile the State Department warned Americans to leave the country due to rising regional tensions.

Kaliningrad

Moldova

Crimea

Belarus

China announced a ban on fish imports from Japan due to THIS development.

Japanese ban on rice imports from China

Passage of legislation calling for nationalizing the disputed Senkaku islands

Imposition of export taxes on fish production

Release of treated radioactive water from a damaged nuclear plant

In a push to reshuffle the world order, the BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed to admit THESE six countries aimed at leveling a global playing field they see as rigged against them.

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and UAE

Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Namibia, and Angola

Mexico, Philippines, Nigeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Argentina

Mexico, Turkey, Indonesia, Nigeria, Egypt, and Vietnam

A new UAV, the Mohajer-10, was unveiled by President Raisi of THIS Middle East nation. The drone based on the American MQ-9 Reaper can stay aloft for 24 hours, with a range of 2,000 km at an altitude of 7,000 meters. The country has been providing Russia with drones to use for attacks in Ukraine.

Jordan

Syria

Qatar

Iran

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of THIS country claimed victory in elections widely considered plagued by fraud that will keep his party in power, which it has held since the country, formerly called Southern Rhodesia, gained independence from the British.

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Tanzania

Botswana

An unmanned moon lander operated by THIS space agency and known as the Chandrayaan-3 made history by becoming the first to reach the lunar south pole. The country is the fourth to successfully soft-land a spacecraft on the Moon.

China National Space Administration (CNSA)

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

After 15 years of occupation of the separatist South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, about 20 percent of THIS nation, Moscow has threatened to annex them.

Moldova

Georgia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

A Russian court extended the pre-trial detention of Evan Gershkovich charged with espionage, who was in Moscow for THIS purpose.

Contractor on electronic equipment at the U.S. Embassy

Wall Street Journal correspondent

Business advisor from McKinsey global consultants

Freelance reporter provided Kremlin coverage for the BBC

A series of thefts from THIS world-famous museum has shaken its reputation for the scrupulous care of artefacts which originated in other countries, such as the Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes.

The Louvre

The British Museum

The Rijksmuseum

The Prado

Naples Council on World Affairs What in the World? Weekly Quiz – August 28-September 3, 2023

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