World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – June 6-12, 2022

The so-called “Party-gate” scandal – social gatherings in violation of pandemic rules – has led THIS European leader’s party to call a “no-confidence” vote.

 

Emmanuel Macron
Olaf Scholz
Boris Johnson
Sergio Mattarella

President Vladimir Putin warned the West that delivery of THIS type of weapon system to Kyiv could result in Russia striking targets it has avoided so far. President Biden announced on May 31st that the U.S. would provide them to Ukraine.

Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Patriot surface to air missiles
Mobile artillery rocket systems
Stryker armored fighting vehicles

President Biden is set to visit Saudi Arabia in July to pursue better relations – and increased oil production -- with THIS crown prince, the de facto leader. The visit is a turnaround for Biden who promised to make Riyadh’s leaders the “pariah that they are” following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit team in 2018.

Mohammed Bin Salman
Abdulaziz Al Saud
Mohammed bin Zayed
Ali Khamenei

Hundreds of men were executed in the village of Moura, Mali by government forces accompanied by THIS Russian mercenary group that has operated on behalf of Moscow in Ukraine, Syria, Libya and other conflict zones.

Wagner Group
Russkaya Militsiya
Arm of the Empire
Silovaya Proyektsiya

President Yoon Suk-yeol said North Korea’s efforts in THIS area posed a heightened threat to regional peace, as U.S. and South Korean forces conducted large-scale exercises and test-fired eight surface to surface missiles in a demonstration of resolve.

Infiltration of special forces across the DMZ
Surface to surface missile launches
North Korean fighters penetrating the DMZ
North Korean submarines entering South Korean waters

The European Union approved a Russian oil embargo but it exempted THIS EU member, whose prime minister, Viktor Orban, has a long-standing close relationship with President Vladimir Putin.

Poland
Hungary
Latvia
Slovakia

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee last week. She became Queen during the Administration of THIS U.S. President.

Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy

Los Angeles is the site for THIS regional group gathering but prospects for results are poor. Presidents of Mexico, Honduras and Bolivia are skipping the summit over Washington’s exclusion of Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Summit of the Americas
Summit of APEC
Summit of ASEAN
Summit of the Western Hemisphere
Voters in THIS former Soviet Central Asian nation chose to void powers former long-standing strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev gave himself when he stepped down. Last year over 200 protestors died in challenges to the government in the capital of Nur-Sultan, named for the former autocrat.
Uzbekistan
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Fires and explosions wracked a shipping container facility near the port city of Chittagong in THIS south Asian nation for over three days leaving more than 40 people dead.
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Myanmar
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