World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – Oct 17-23, 2022

 
The Communist Party of China convened THIS once-every-five-years meeting Sunday and is expected to give President Xi Jinping a norm-breaking third term.
National Party Congress
Politburo Standing Committee
Central Committee of the CCP
General Assembly

Russia has launched a new campaign of air strikes against Ukraine featuring guided drones provided by THIS country.

China
North Korea
Iran
Belarus

In a United Nations General Assembly vote Russia was condemned, 143-5, over THIS action.

Blockading grain exports from Ukraine
Annexing four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine
Launching missile and drone strikes across Ukraine
Abducting Ukrainian children and putting them up for adoption in Russia

Liz Truss has stumbled early as British Prime Minister but the replacement of Kwasi Kwarteng by Jeremy Hunt in THIS senior position is aimed at reassuring markets and steadying the Truss government.

Finance Minister
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Minister of the Bank of England
Chief of the Finance Committee
The de-facto leader of the Opec oil cartel backed production cuts which will boost global energy costs, a move interpreted as a political strike at the Biden Administration. THIS country’s foreign ministry pushed back saying the move was based purely on economic need.
Russia
UAE
Iraq
Saudi Arabia

European Union expansion has been called for by THIS German Chancellor who told a conference, “An EU with 27, 30, 36 states, with then more than 500 million free and equal citizens, can bring its weight to bear even more strongly in the world."

Christian Lindner
Olaf Scholz
Robert Habeck
Annalena Baerbock

China’s response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been lockdowns, quarantining and border controls in cities and regions when there are virus outbreaks. The measures, called THIS, has strangled the economy and made normal life more difficult.

Xi’s Decree
Zero-Covid
People’s Lockdown
Wuhan Resistance

The nation hosting the World Cup, starting next month, announced media restrictions on where news crews may film while in THIS nation. The move, according to “The Guardian” appears aimed at making difficult interviews about mistreatment of migrant or subjects like LGBTQ+ rights.

Malaysia
Qatar
Yemen
Pakistan
Taiwan Map

Taiwan Map

In his address to the CCP National Party Congress President Xi Jinping said he would “never promise to renounce the use of force” regarding THIS, and the “complete reunification of our country must and will be realized,” which was met with sustained applause.

Mongolia
Tibet
Taiwan
South China Sea

The seven-members of THIS group, the world’s biggest boy band, will enter South Korean military service. The K-Pop band had been allowed to defer service until the age of 30.

EXO
BlackPink
Seventeen
BTS
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