***"What in the World?" Weekly Quiz -- March 18-24, 2019***

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo gave the keynote address at one of the world’s largest petroleum industry conferences in Houston last week touting the growing American position in global energy markets. Meanwhile leading OPEC member Saudi Arabia is coordinating production levels with THIS country to pursue ideal oil pricing levels.

After mass demonstrations brought millions of citizens into the streets to protest the extension of his twenty-year reign, Abdelaziz Bouteflika has postponed next month’s scheduled election and announced he will not seek a fifth term as president of THIS North African country.

Citing deteriorating conditions in the South American country, the United States has announced it is pulling all remaining staff from its embassy in Caracas. This announcement comes as Venezuela has been crippled by THIS.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority has joined the European Union, Australia, and others in grounding all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft following catastrophic crashes in WHICH two countries?

Air strikes have intensified in the Syrian city of Idlib, the last rebel-held enclave, as the international community gathered for THIS peace-making session to reaffirm support for the Syria’s people and neighbors and to achieve a lasting political solution to the nine-year crisis.

THIS Swedish student has been nominated for a Nobel peace prize for launching an international movement, which inspired climate change demonstrations in over 1,600 cities across over 100 countries on Friday.