World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – March 21-27, 2022

Russia has demanded surrender of Ukrainian forces in THIS besieged southeastern city where hundreds of thousands of desperate people are trapped amid an extraordinary level of attacks on civilian targets.

 

Kyiv
Lviv
Mariupol
Kharkiv
Russian President Vladimir Putin, labeled a “war criminal” by President Biden, is assessed as driven to overcome the humiliation of the Soviet defeat in the Cold War. During that period Putin held THIS position.
Mayor of Moscow
Lieutenant Colonel in the KGB
Second Secretary to the Ukraine Oblasts
USSR Attache to West Germany
Japan and Australia, partners with India and the United States in THIS alliance, have pressed New Delhi on its position over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At a meeting with Indian PM Modi, Australian PM Morrison said, “The cooperation of like-minded liberal democracies is key to an open, inclusive, resilient and prosperous Indo-Pacific.”
 
AUKUS
Quad
SEATO
Indo-Pac Pact

Spain has changed its position regarding THIS former colony under dispute between Morocco and Algeria to favor Rabat’s claim. Algiers has recalled its ambassador from Madrid and said Morocco is using migrant flows into Spanish territory as blackmail.

Tripolitania
Maghreb
Ceuta
Western Sahara

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomed a visit by THIS Syrian President, his first trip abroad since the 2011 Arab Spring inspired civil war crippled the country. The meeting with UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) suggests the Gulf Arab states are bringing Syria back into the Arab fold, a move criticized by Washington.

Bashar Assad
Recep Erdogan
Najib Mikati
Hafez Assad
President Biden on Friday spoke for two hours with THIS Chinese counterpart, warning of “consequences” should Beijing provide material support to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kim Jong-un
Lee Hsien Loong
Xi Jinping
Tsai Ing-wen
Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, visited THIS Central American nation on a tour of the Caribbean region. The former UK colony was known as British Honduras until 1973 independence.
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Belize
Suriname

President Biden will travel to Belgium for talks with NATO leaders this week and will visit THIS front-line NATO nation.

Latvia
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Germany and THIS Persian Gulf nation, a top global exporter of gas (LNG), reached an agreement on energy supplies as Berlin seeks alternatives to Russian imports.
Kuwait
Bahrain
UAE
Qatar
A judge in Tegucigalpa approved extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez of THIS country to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges.
Belize
Panama
Honduras
Guatemala
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