"What in the World?" - Week of June 25-July 1, 2017 | Take the Quiz

Saudi King Salman changed his designated successor, naming his son, Mohammed bin Salman, to succeed him as Saudi Arabia's head of state. King Salman had previously named Mohammed bin Nayef to the role. What is King Salman's relationship to Mohammed bin Nayef?

Father

Uncle

Grandfather

Cousin

THIS NATO-member nation decided to double the one-year trial period for U.S. Marines to be stationed on its soil, drawing sharp criticism from Russian diplomats:

Latvia

Denmark

Norway

Estonia

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson went against assessments of senior diplomats, established protocol, and the terms of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 this week when he announced that both Iraq and THIS nation would be dropped from the U.S. List of nations considered the world's worst offenders in the use of child soldiers:

Myanmar

North Korea

South Sudan

Syria

Just as the holy month of Ramadan is ending, Saudi Arabian officials foiled a suicide bombing plot that targeted THIS sacred site in the city of Mecca:

Masjid al-Haram Mosque

Hira Cave

Zamzam Well

Qu'ran Gate

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called June 23, 2017 a "historic day" for his country because of THIS event:

The settling of a long-term border dispute with neighboring Ecuador

A Colombian-brokered agreement between Venezuela's government and groups protesting a proposal to rewrite that nation's constitution

Colombia's entry into OPEC

The disarmament of the FARC, Colombia's largest rebel organization

Jerusalem's Magistrate Court ruled this week that Israel's El Al airline cannot accommodate THIS request from some of its passengers without engaging in discrimination:

Waiving extra baggage fees for those traveling on Jewish pilgrimages

Giving preferential seating to Israeli soldiers and their families

Asking female passengers to sit elsewhere

Requiring that all meals served on a flight be kosher

In a move that surprised many last week, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates suspended air, land, and sea traffic with Qatar, in addition to imposing sanctions against it. This week, the four nations issued a list of demands with which Qatar must comply before relations are once again normalized. Which one of the following demands is NOT on that list?

Qatar must shut down the media network Al-Jazeera

Qatar must curb its business dealings with China

Qatar must sever relations with Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood

Qatar must restrict its relations with Iran

THIS natural disaster in China's Sichuan province has resulted in double-digit fatalities, with scores still missing and feared dead:

Flooding

Wild fires

Landslide

Earthquake

THIS sports governing body announced that it would change its name because, in the digital age, the resulting acronym has come to mean something quite different from what the organization represents:

League of Lacrosse (LOL)

World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)

Syndicate for Modern Handball (SMH)

Organization of Male Gymnasts (OMG)

Members of THIS governing body were unable to access their email accounts after a cyber attack that resulted in their log-in credentials being sold online:

European Union

British Parliament

National Diet of Japan

Russian State Duma

"What in the World?" - Week of June 25-July 1, 2017

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