World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – August 22-28, 2022 | Take the Quiz

Iran dropped demands for the U.S. To delist the Revolutionary Guards from its terrorism organizations list as an impediment to restoring THIS 2015 agreement known as the Iran nuclear deal.

The 2015 Geneva Accord

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Milestones

Camp David Agreement

Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

Pakistan has charged THIS former Prime Minister under the terrorism act. He has worked to get back in office since being ousted by a no-confidence vote in April.

Narendra Modi

Imran Khan

Arif Alvi

Shehbaz Sharif

A bomb planted in a car intended for Putin ally Alexander Dugin killed his daughter Darya. Ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin, nicknamed THIS for his support of Putin, made a last-minute change of cars and escaped the murder attempt blamed on Kyiv. Ukrainian officials claimed they were not responsible

�Putin’s Banker”

�Putin’s Brain”

�Putin’s Crown Prince”

�Putin’s Deputy”

U.S. Military planners worry THIS upcoming activity will spur North Korean missile and nuclear weapons tests.

Major air, ground and sea military exercises with South Korea

Increased sanctions on grain supplies to Pyongyang

Japan declared itself as a nuclear power

South Korea deployment of short range ballistic missiles

Cuba is opening its wholesale and retail sectors to foreign investments in an effort to tackle a severe shortage of basic goods. The country nationalized the sector in 1960 under THIS revolutionary leader.

Raul Castro

Daniel Ortega

Fidel Castro

Hugo Chavaz

Taiwan’s “Porcupine Strategy” of island defense against prospects of a Chinese invasion have been updated to include tactics observed in THIS conflict which featured asymmetric anti-air and anti-tank warfare tactics against a larger invader.

China-India border skirmish

Ethiopia-Tigray conflict

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Anti-government rebels in Syria

Five of China’s largest corporations have announced THIS action as a way to forestall American regulators claims for access to audits. China prohibits foreign inspection of company records and requires them to keep their paperwork inside China.

Relocate headquarters’ operations to Hong Kong

Delisting from the New York Stock Exchange

Open Board of Directors membership to Americans

Offshore headquarters operations to Fiji

Shelling at and around THIS facility in southeast Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, has continued and authorities are worried about catastrophic damage resulting from the attacks.

Zaporizhzhia

Mariupol

Kharkiv

Odesa

Following weeks of unrest that included protesters storming his official residence, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka for THIS island country in the Indian Ocean, an archipelago located southwest of the southern tip of India.

Comoros

Seychelles

Maldives

Diego Garcia

Opposition leader Raila Odinga is challenging last week’s election results to THIS country’s supreme court. Odinga said the victory of Deputy President William Ruto was "not complete, accurate, verifiable or accountable and cannot be the basis for a valid and legitimate declaration."

Ethiopia

South Africa

Ghana

Kenya

World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – August 22-28, 2022

More Quizzes