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"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz -- Jun 24-30, 2018

This week Jacinda Ardern, prime minister of New Zealand, gave birth to her first child and became the first leader to take maternity leave while in office, but she's the second world leader to give birth while in power. Which of the following women was the first?

Margaret Thatcher, prime minister of the United Kingdom

Benazir Bhutto, prime minister of Pakistan

Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel

Dilma Rousseff, president of Brazil

The United States announced this week that it will withdraw from membership in THIS United Nations organization, because of what UN Ambassador Nikki Haley called the organization's, "disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel":

UN Human Rights Council

UN Security Council

International Court of Justice

General Assembly

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCR) issued a report this week stating that security forces in THIS nation carry out "unjustified killings without any apparent consequences," signaling that the rule of law is almost non-existent:

Honduras

Nicaragua

El Salvador

Venezuela

BMW and THIS major European manufacturer stated that, unless the Theresa May's government can come up with clear trade guidelines with the EU by the end of summer, they will shut down all their UK facilities and stop doing business there, ahead of Brexit. Their departure could mean the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in Britain:

Peugeot

Airbus

BASF

GlaxoSmithKline

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to THIS action, set for August:

Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula

Ending the Korean War

Reunification of the two Koreas

Reunions of families separated by the Korean conflict

Forty female inspectors finished their training and are ready to begin working in Saudia Arabia as the nation ends a ban that made it illegal for women to do THIS:

Traveling without a male family member

Driving

Working for the government

Voting in municipal and regional elections

After declaring bankruptcy in 2017, THIS three-time Wimbledon champion now finds himself embroiled in a scandal over a fake diplomatic passport from the Central African Republic (CAR). The tennis pro in question claims that the diplomatic passport he holds as a sports and culture attaché to the EU on behalf of the CAR grants him diplomatic immunity from any further judicial proceedings related to his bankruptcy filing:

Rafael Nadal

Andy Murray

Boris Becker

Ivan Lendl

This week, U.S. Officials announced that the North Korea would dismantle its ballistic missile test site, Sohae, as President Trump announced after his June 12 summit with Kim Jong-un. North Korea has not formally agreed to the dismantling of any weapons facilities, and independent watchdog groups report no activity indicating that the nation is doing so; when asked to comment on the purported dismantling of Sohae, THIS person, the US secretary of defense stated, "The detailed negotiations have not begun. I wouldn't expect that at this point":

Jim Mattis

Mike Pompeo

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Steven Miller

In retaliation for U.S.-imposed tariffs that began June 1 on steel and aluminum imported from the EU, U.S. products—from bourbon to electronics—are now subject to a range of tariffs when they arrive in Europe. A tariff of THIS percentage, levied on clothing, bedding, sun lamps and tanning beds, is the highest:

20%

40%

30%

50%

After public outcry, both at home and abroad, President Trump ended the unpopular practice of separating children from their parents, part of his administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on THIS issue:

Voter fraud

Opiod abuse

Illegal immigration

Hate crimes

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