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President Trump talked about the U.S. Relationship with China and Beijing’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In his recent remarks all of these are TRUE EXCEPT WHICH ONE?

There will be consequences if China was “knowingly responsible” for the pandemic.

China and the World Health Organization “have been very transparent about the origins of the pandemic.”

The pandemic “could have been stopped in China before it started and it wasn’t”

Referring to China culpability, Trump said, “If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake.”

The number of cases of Covid-19 are falling in many countries and some are still on the rise. WHICH ONE of these countries has seen record increases in Covid-19 infections in recent days?

Spain

Russia

China

Italy

The Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia asked Muslims around the world to pray at home during Ramadan – the holy month in the Islamic faith that starts April 23^rd this year – if their homelands require social distancing measures in response to the Covid-19 virus. What direction do Muslims face when they pray?

Toward their local mosque

Toward the Ka’bah in the Great Mosque

Toward the holy city of Qom

None of the above

Vietnam is demanding China reverse a decision by Beijing to establish administrative units on island in THIS body of water, where China has accelerated its campaign to claim sovereignty including militarization of some islands.

East China Sea

South China Sea

Yellow Sea

Philippine Sea

United Nations Security Council resolutions have called for trade restrictions against North Korea in response to its nuclear weapons program. On Friday the UN released a report that showed North Korean flouting maritime trade restrictions through lax enforcement by THIS COUNTRY.

China

South Korea

Russia

Vietnam

Last week 11 naval vessels from THIS FORCE intercepted a group of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels operating in the Persian Gulf and engaged in what the Americans said were “dangerous and provocative” actions.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps

Liberation Navy of Yemen (Houthis)

Coast Guard of the Sultanate of Oman

Islamic Navy of Iran

Police arrested 15 activists over the weekend in a continuation of its crackdown on dissent, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, in THIS region Beijing sees as a semi-autonomous region.

Macau

Tibet

Hong Kong

Taiwan

International auto manufacturing is an important element of the Tennessee’s economy affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week THIS automaker with a major footprint in Tennessee announced it will extend its U.S. Plant shutdown until mid-may. It previously announced temporary layoffs of 10,000 hourly workers in the U.S.

Hyundai

Toyota

Nissan

Mitsubishi

Health ministers from this collection of global economic leaders met Sunday to forge a common response to the pandemic at an “urgent Covid-19 taskforce meeting.” THIS group rose to prominence during the 2008-09 economic crisis and it has called itself the “premier” body for dealing with economic cooperation.

G-20

G-8

G-7

G-12

The World Health Organization was about to declare an end to THIS deadly pandemic when a flare up of cases was noted in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

SARS

Ebola

Covid-12

H2-N5

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