What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 27-August 2, 2020

In a major escalation of tensions with Beijing the U.S. State Department ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas. In retaliation the Chinese Foreign Ministry ordered the closure of the American consulate in THIS city, a newly minted sister city to Nashville, Tennessee.

THIS group reached agreement on a major stimulus plan, over $2 trillion, to be raised from grants and loans. The funds will be distributed among members with 30% of the fund committed to combat climate change.

Egypt’s parliament has authorized President Abdel-Fatteh al-Sisi to conduct military operations abroad opening prospects for intervention in THIS country, already riven by civil war and extensive foreign interference.

The United States announced a $5 million reward for the arrest or conviction of the justice minister of THIS country. The U.S. Previously offered a reward of $15 million for the arrest of the president for “narco-terrorism.”

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy has constructed a mock aircraft carrier, a replica of an American Nimitz class ship, that will likely be used for training naval forces for attacks on the U.S. Navy which has maintained a continuous carrier presence in the region. On Sunday the faux carrier was seen under tow from its base at Bandar Abbas toward THIS strategic choke point connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.