Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 25-31, 2022

Ukraine

Russian missiles struck THIS Ukraine port city on Saturday, one day after an agreement was signed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN to permit shipment of grain through the port. Ukraine is a key supplier of grain to the global market.

Odesa

Mariupol

Sevastopol

Lviv

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency, the highest level of alert, as the Monkeypox virus spread accelerated. THIS WHO director chose to issue the warning after a committee of experts was deadlocked.

António Guterres

Tedros Ghebreyesus

Ursula von der Leyen

Rafael Grossi

A long-term investigation of THIS Chinese telecommunications company recently showed its cell towers placed near sensitive U.S. Military installations in the Midwest may have been used to intercept and potentially disrupt American strategic nuclear forces’ communications.

Weibo

Alibaba

Tencent

Huawei

President João Lourenço called for voters to back the ruling Popular Movement party in next month’s elections to honor the memory of President Eduardo dos Santos who died on July 8^thto return him to power. The Popular Movement has dominated politics in the capital of Luanda since THIS country gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

Zimbabwe

South Africa

Angola

Mozambique

The announcement that THIS American politician was planning a visit to Taiwan drew extremely sharp warnings from China that could prompt a military response according to officials who spoke with “Financial Times.”

Nancy Pelosi

Donald Trump

Ron DeSantis

Mitch McConnell

Britain issued a first-ever emergency order in this category as it faced THIS.

Massive influx of asylum-seekers

Extreme heat

Monkeypox epidemic

Post-Brexit recession

Jonas Vingegaard won the 109th Tour de France, a 2,068 mile bicycle race with a starting line in THIS country.

France

Spain

Italy

Denmark

Over 1,200 migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Ethopia and Somalia made the dangerous crossing of THIS body of water in a 24-hour period with more than 500 brought to the island of Lampedusa.

Aegean Sea

English Channel

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

The party of Imran Khan, Prime Minister of THIS country until a no-confidence vote in April, scored a political upset in the Punjab region, boosting prospects for the former cricket star to return to power.

Malaysia

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Brunei

China continued work on THIS project it has called the “Heavenly Palace” expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Space station

Beijing Disneyland

Long-duration deep sea habitat

Built from scratch industrial city on the high Tibetan Plain

Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 25-31, 2022

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