Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – February 7-13, 2022

The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing was criticized when China chose an athlete from THIS oppressed Muslim minority in Xinjiang. The U.S. Government has labeled their treatment by the Beijing government as genocide (#WACquiz)

Vladimir Putin and THIS leader issued a statement that “friendship between the states has no limit” as the Russian leader sought partners in his fights against NATO enlargement and the battle between Western democracies and authoritarian nations like his. (#WACquiz)

President Biden hosted Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, leader of THIS country, the first Persian Gulf leader invited to the White House, as Washington worked to bolster natural gas supplies for a Europe facing the loss of Russian energy supplies. Biden named THIS, the number two LNG exporter behind the United States, as a “major non-NATO ally.”  (WACA WWNU)

An American official warned American Olympians this week. WHO said, “I would say to our athletes: You’re there to compete. Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government, because they are ruthless.” (#WACquiz)

Uber-rich Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has had a 417’ sailboat with 131’ masts built in Europe that will necessitate THIS city removing a section of a historic bridge to allow it to pass from the shipyard to the sea. (#WACquiz)