Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – August 1-7, 2022
President Biden was warned by China that “Those who play with fire will perish by it,” concerning Taiwan by THIS leader in a phone call.
Tsai Ing-wen
Li Keqiang
Xi Jinping
Li Zhanshu
Ukraine President Zelensky accused Russia of “gas blackmail” after THIS company announced deeper cuts in flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Western Europe.
Gazprom
RusGas
NordGas
Total
Washington proposed a prisoner swap with Russia to free THIS WNBA player and Paul Whelan, illegally detained in Moscow according to the State Department.
Breanna Stewart
Jonquel Jones
Courtney Vandersloot
Brittney Griner
Viktor Orban, the far-right prime minister of THIS NATO member country drew strong criticism for his remarks on “mixing” of races in Europe. An opposition leader said, “His statements recall a time I think we would all like to forget.”
Poland
Romania
Hungary
North Macedonia
The North African nation where the Arab Spring was launched in 2011 saw its democracy strangled by a new constitution giving President Kais Saied one-man rule. THIS country was considered the last place where those revolts against autocracies had survived.
Morocco
Libya
Tunisia
Egypt
President Jair Bolsonaro launched his reelection campaign against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in THIS Portuguese-speaking South American country.
Argentina
Mozambique
Venezuela
Brazil
The head of THIS Persian Gulf country’s atomic energy program said the country “has the technical means to produce a nuclear bomb but there has been no decision” to do so, boosting attention to talks to renew U.S. Participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a 2015 agreement scuttled by President Trump.
Iraq
Libya
Algeria
Iran
The first shipment of grain from Ukraine, a key supplier of grain to the global market, departed from THIS port under a deal signed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN.
Odesa
Mariupol
Sevastopol
Lviv
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, defacto leader of THIS country began, a visit to Europe signaling an ease in its isolation. The trip was the Crown Prince’s first trip to Europe since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an assassination the U.S. Says he directed.
Qatar
Libya
UAE
Saudi Arabia
The Lionesses soccer team representing THIS country defeated Germany 2-1 in extra time to win the European Women’s Championship. Their head of state congratulated the team saying, “You have all set an example that will be an inspiration for girls and women today, and for future generations.”
France
Italy
England
Spain
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