Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – February 14-20, 2022

President Biden has promised that if Russia invades Ukraine “there will no longer be” THIS natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. (#WACquiz)

Baltic Sea Gas Line

Nord Stream 2

Russo-Deutsche Gas Path

Northern Gas Route

Ukraine has charged that the Russian Navy is blocking its southern flank in the Sea of Azov and THIS body of water that leads to the Bosporus and on toward the Mediterranean Sea. (#WACquiz)

Caspian Sea

Red Sea

Black Sea

Sea of Marmara

When THIS European leader made headlines meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week he sat at the opposite end of a 13 feet long table making for an awkward image. The extreme distancing resulted from his team refusing a Russian Covid test, not wanting to yield his DNA. (#WACquiz)

Olaf Scholz

Boris Johnson

Emmanuel Macron

Victor Orban

A new gold-medal Olympian, born in California but representing China, has become endeared to the Chinese population. THIS 18-year old freestyle skier is called “Miss Perfect” by Chinese media but has attracted attention in the U.S. About motivations for Americans to compete for China. (#WACquiz)

Eileen Gu

Zhu Yi

Zou Kai

Ma Long

Tensions remained high along three sides of Ukraine’s border as Russian forces are poised to invade. These are the latest developments EXCEPT this one. (#WACquiz)

President Biden warned President Putin of “swift and severe” consequences in a phone call on Saturday.

The State Department ordered most of its Kyiv embassy staff to leave the country.

The UN Security Council will take up a “cease and desist” resolution on Monday.

Washington said a Russian invasion, led by an air assault, was possible any time.

The U.S. Government said it would use half of THIS country’s frozen bank assets, about $7 billion, for humanitarian aid and to satisfy outstanding 9/11 lawsuits (#WACquiz)

Iran

Iraq

Afghanistan

Syria

The Canada “Freedom Convoy” trucker protests are damaging businesses, especially the automotive industry, on both sides of the US-Canada border, now that the blockade includes the Ambassador Bridge connecting THESE two neighbors. (#WACquiz)

St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec and Champlain, New York

Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York

Douglas, British Columbia and Blaine-Peace Arch, Washington

Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario

The loss of habitat in Australia for THIS tree-climbing, herbivorous marsupial – a mammal with a pouch – has resulted in this creature, often wrongly called a bear, being placed on the endangered species list. (#WACquiz)

Kangaroo

Koala

Wombat

Wallaby

In an effort to dislodge protestors who have adopted tactics of the Canadian “Freedom Convoy” movement New Zealand police have started playing loud music amid the crowd outside Parliament in THIS capital city. The music to move the movement includes Barry Manilow’s greatest hits and the Macarena. (#WACquiz)

Auckland

Christchurch

Hamilton

Wellington

Russian figure skating phenom 15-year old Kamila Valieva won Olympic gold but her victory was challenged when it was announced February 8th, after her victory, that she failed a doping test taken during competition in December. A review is underway. Russian athletes are not playing under the flag or anthem of the Russian Federation but are known as THIS. (#WACquiz)

RUS

RSF

ROC

RFC

Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – February 14-20, 2022

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