"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz - Week of July 25, 2016

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was blocked this week by member nation Cambodia from issuing a statement regarding The Hague's ruling that denies a Chinese claim in the South China Sea. Besides Cambodia, which of the following nations is also a member of ASEAN?
Japan
China
South Korea
Brunei
In the wake of a failed coup attempt, and in his first decree under the state of emergency, Turkish president Erdogan ordered the closing of thousands of what?
Businesses
Private schools
Police stations
Public parks
A report released this week by the Carnegie Middle East Center explained that Egypt's authoritarian regime cannot launch the economic reforms it should, for fear of alienating its support base of public-sector employees, but if it does not undertake reforms, then the current economic crisis will undermine support for the government. Who, as the current leader of Egypt, has to resolve this dilemma?
Adly Mansour
Hosni Mubarak
Mohammed Morsi
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Islamic State claimed responsibility for two explosions that disrupted demonstrations by a Shi'ite minority and claimed 80 lives in which city?
Baghdad, Iraq
Manama, Bahrain
Kabul, Afghanistan
Teheran, Iran
A mass shooting that claimed 10 lives in Munich was determined to be the work of a lone gunman who was found to have what?
No ties to ISIL
Strong Ties to ISIL
Ties to white supremacy organizations
Ties to anti-EU organizations
In Thailand, two young girls who tore down voter lists because they liked the color of the paper were arrested and charged with interfering with campaigning. The campaign in question is for a referendum on what?
Voter reform
Educational reform
A military-backed constitution
Term limits for elected officials
On the eve of accepting the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States, Donald Trump said that he would set conditions for which, usually automatic, action?
Accepting his party's nomination
Defending NATO allies
Banning hate speech
Instituting immigration reform
The military of which country announced this week that it is training Syrian migrants for civilian posts that will help rebuild their war-torn nation?
Austria
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Playing which game, without paying attention to their surroundings, led two distracted young men to illegally cross the U.S.-Canadian border?
Downwell
Drop 7
Pokemon Go
Call of Duty
Alberto Fujimori, in prison since 2007, filed a request for a presidential pardon this week. Mr. Fujimori is the former president of which country?
Vietnam
Peru
Angola
Indonesia
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