"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz - Week of June 6, 2016

This group announced near blanket sanctions that go beyond UN efforts against North Korea, citing the pariah nation’s nuclear weapons and strategic missile programs as destabilizing.

Organization of American States (OAS)

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

European Union (EU)

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

President Obama shared what meal with CNN travel personality Anthony Bourdain while on a recent trip?

Noodles in Hanoi.

Puffer fish in Kyoto.

Kimchi in Seoul.

Balut in Manila.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded angrily to a vote in the German parliament last week saying, "I am addressing the whole world. You may like it, you may not. Our attitude on [this] issue is clear from the beginning. We will never accept the accusations of genocide." What group was referred to in the charges?

Azeris

Kurds

Chechens

Armenians

Starting on Sunday evening June 5th and lasting a (lunar) month the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims will fast during daylight hours. The holy month, which is meant to be a time of purification of the body, mind and soul, is known as:

Safar

Shawwal

Ramadan

Muharram

The Seine River peaked in Paris at a level not seen in the last 35 years, causing extensive flooding. Elsewhere in France floodwaters were at 100-year historic record levels. Beside France the other countries hit by flooding in Europe included Germany, Belgium and Romania. Where are these four countries on the map?

#3, #6, #1, #2

#2, #7, #4, #5

#6, #4, #2, #1

#1, #2, #3, #7

On June 4th 125,000 people flocked to Victoria Park in Hong Kong in remembrance of this event.

The Cultural Revolution

The founding of the Chinese Communist Party

The anniversary of Hong Kong reverting from Britain to China

The crackdown at Tiananmen Square

Two former Polish presidents led massive demonstrations in Warsaw opposed to:

Stationing US troops in Poland to support NATO

Policies of the new right-wing government

Poland’s exit from the European Union

Currency transition from the Zloty to the Euro

An off-shoot of Al Qaeda is gaining traction in southern Pakistan, in and around the port city of Karachi according to Pakistani officials. Last week one said they are “planning something big.” This group is known as:

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)

Al Qaeda in Pakistan (AQIP)

Al Qaeda in Sindh (AQIS)

Al Qaeda in Baluchistan (AQIB)

Retired US Air Force Colonel Thomas E. Schaefer passed away last week. Schaefer was the senior military officer at the U.S. Embassy during the 1979-1980 hostage crisis. How many days were the Americans held in Tehran?

1 year, 79 days

2 years, 3 months

85 days

11 months, 3 days

Western Sahara independence movement chief Mohammed Abdelaziz died last week after leading a decades-long struggle against Spain and then Morocco for self-determination of the so-called Sahrawi Republic. The movement Abelaziz headed is known as:

Ogaden

Riffian

Sahrawi Front

Polisario

"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz - Week of June 6, 2016

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