World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – November 7-13, 2022

Russian forces are rallying to reverse strategic setbacks against Ukrainian forces in the eastern region with advances in Donetsk at Bakhmut. The counter attack is led by THIS militia group headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin with a record of fighting for Moscow in Syria, Libya and the Sahel region of Africa.

Moscow Legion
Red Expeditionary Force
Homeland Victory Militia
Wagner Group

Famine is again gripping THIS east African nation but the government in Mogadishu has been slow to make an official declaration, unlocking international aid, to avoid giving a strategic advantage to the insurgent Al Shabab group.

Djibouti
Sudan
Somalia
Kenya
Some fans of World Cup participants have been offered free trips to THIS tournament host nation in exchange for endorsements, agreements to withhold criticism and reporting of others who are critical of the hosts humanitarian issues.
Brazil
Indonesia
Qatar
Spain
Israelis voted to return THIS former Prime Minister to power along with what critics fear will be a far-right ruling coalition.
Netanyahu
Herzog
Lapid
Ben-Ami

World leaders meeting in Egypt for the 2022 Conference of the Parties, known by THIS short title, are taking up the issue of compensation for developing nations harmed by generations of carbon producing industries in wealthy nations.

Paris 16
Cop 27
UNCAC
Climate SOS

Imran Khan, former prime minister of THIS country who has been challenging the government to restore his office, was shot in the leg in an assassination attempt while on a campaign parade.

Malaysia
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
South Korea and the United States extended military drills in the wake of THIS provocative action by North Korea.
Landing special forces by mini-sub to infiltrate a South Korean naval base
Firing over two dozen missiles in simulated attacks on the South and the U.S.
Seizure of South Korean fishing boats in the Yellow Sea
Test firing a nuclear weapon

The election victory of Lula da Silva has yet to be acknowledged by THIS incumbent President of Brazil, but his office said he would follow the transition of power.

Nicolas Maduro
Alberto Fernandez
Pedro Castillo
Jair Bolsonaro

China’s trade lost ground in October, the first downturn for imports and exports since May 2020, as a result of global recession and THIS domestic policy.

One child policy
Zero Covid
Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang
Fears of a Taiwan invasion

Ukraine President Zelensky charged THIS country with support to Moscow’s invasion by supplying drones, missiles and other weapons, including “kamikaze” drones currently targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

China
Iran
North Korea
Pakistan
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