'What in the World?' Weekly Quiz -- August 5-11, 2018

What country accused Washington of trade blackmail as it announced retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods Friday that they characterized as rational restraint? The response follows the Trump administration’s proposal of a 25-percent tariff on $200 billion worth of THIS country’s imports and follows July’s tit for tat $34 billion tariff levies.

United Kingdom

China

Mexico

The European Union

At last week’s ASEAN regional ministerial meeting US Secretary of State Pompeo announced a $300 million pledge for security funding -- humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping capabilities and counter “transnational threats” -- in THIS region:

Indo-Pacific

Arabian Peninsula

Horn of Africa

West Bank and Gaza

North Korea’s foreign minister was critical of US calls for maintaining sanctions on Pyongyang until it gives up its nuclear weapons program at a regional ministers meeting last week. All of THESE circumstances continue in the wake of the June summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un except THIS one:

North Korea has yet to return of remains of MIA US servicemen lost in the Korean War.

Detection of renewed activity at a North Korean ICBM factory.

Pyongyang continues to produce weapons grade nuclear materials.

Trump and Kim exchanged letters last week.

Post-election violence roiled Harare following presidential elections hoped to transform THIS country following decades of Robert Mugabe’s authoritarian rule and international isolation. The opposition to a Mugabe protégé claimed election rigging and protests were put down by troops shooting civilians in the streets.

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Angola

Saudi Arabia resumed seaborne shipments of oil through THIS 12 nautical mile wide chokepoint between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea following attacks on its ships in the area late last month.

Strait of Hormuz

Malacca Strait

Bab al-Mandeb Strait

Suez Strait

Demonstrators in front of THIS country’s parliament building shouted, “Death to freeloading bigwigs,” as protests and strikes continued over the weak economy, strict Islamic rules, water shortages, religious disputes, and local grievances. The currency has lost 80% of its value since last year and renewed economic sanctions following Washington’s cancellation of the JCPOA suggests the economy has not found bottom yet.

Iraq

Russia

Iran

Pakistan

What American action-thriller actor received a passport from Vladimir Putin in 2016 to show US-Russian goodwill and was named by the Foreign Ministry last week as a special representative for Russo-American humanitarian ties at a time when relations are “under siege.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dolph Lundgren

Sylvester Stallone

Steven Seagal

President Trump said he would meet with this world leader without “preconditions” following an exchange of insults that included Trump tweeeting further threats would have, “CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.”

Qasem Soleimani

Hassan Rouhani

Ali Khamenei

Bashir al Assad

Leader/capital city match game. Pick the incorrect match.

Justin Trudeau / Toronto

Guiseppe Conte / Rome

Narendra Modi / New Delhi

Ashraf Ghani / Kabul

THIS new Mexican leader traded polite greetings with President Trump and meetings with senior officials from the White House following his recent electoral victory. However, cordiality aside the Mexican-American relationship is headed for rocky times. The Mexican president told Mr. Trump any improvements in migration, security and commerce would depend on his country’s economic advancement – including investment from Washington.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Enrique Pena Nieto

Vincente Fox

Nicolas Maduro

"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz -- August 5-11, 2018

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