"What in the World?" - Week of Mar 26- April 1, 2017

Police in which European capital gunned down a lone attacker after he used his car to run down pedestrians, killing three, before he stabbed a police officer?
London
Rome
Berlin
Paris
The government of which country, set to host the Eurovision singing contest in May, has banned former contestant Julia Samoilova, because she allegedly entered the region of Crimea directly from Russia?
Moldova
Russia
Ukraine
Georgia
The death of which former Irish Republican Army commander turned peacemaker this week added an extra layer of uncertainty to the survival of the fragile Good Friday Peace Accord that ended decades of sectarian fighting in Northern Ireland?
Gerry Adams
Michelle O'Neill
Ian Paisley
Martin McGuinness
People in Minsk took to the streets to march against the establishment of a $230 tax levied on people who have been unemployed for more than six months. Minsk is the capital of which nation?
Belarus
Moldova
Ukraine
Georgia
Based on intelligence that the Islamic State is developing new types of bombs, it was announced that passengers on direct flights to the U.S. and Britain from 10 Muslim-majority countries will no longer be allowed to have what in their carry-on luggage?
Batteries
laptops
Cellphones
All liquids
Which former Egyptian leader was cleared of murder charges and allowed to go free this week after having spent the last six years in prison?
Adly Mansour
Mohammed Morsi
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Hosni Mubarak
2017 marks the tenth anniversary of Earth Hour, an event sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. In 170 countries around the world, all non-essential lights at monuments such as the Kremlin, the Acropolis, the Petronas Towers, and the Eiffel Tower were switched off to draw attention to which issue?
Endangered wildlife
Climate change
Food security
Human rights
Which country announced this week that thousands of gay men who were prosecuted and jailed under an anti-homosexuality abolished in 1969 would receive compensation?
Mexico
Thailand
Germany
South Africa
European leaders meeting in the Italian capital this week signed the Rome Declaration to emphasize their unity, as well as to mark the 60th anniversary of what?
The Eurovision singing contest
The European Union
NATO
The end of WWII
Demonstrators marched in Hong Kong this week to express their opposition against the perceived interference of which nation in the territory's election of a new leader?
Russia
Taiwan
China
United States
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