World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – November 22-28, 2021
Chinese maritime units attacked Filipino vessels with water cannons to prevent resupply of units based in Philippine-claimed areas of THIS region. The United States said the act was, “dangerous, provocative, and unjustified," and could invoke U.S.-Philippines mutual defense agreements. [#WACquiz]
Iran has expanded its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, the building blocks for a nuclear weapon, many times more than the limits of the 2015 nuclear deal, according to the UN’s nuclear “watchdog” agency, known as THIS. [#WACquiz]
Moscow has amassed over 90,000 troops near the border of THIS neighbor and has American and allied leaders alert to the possibility of an invasion given the precedent of Russian takeover and annexation of Crimea in 2014. [#WACquiz]
Despite a dubious email in her name, Chinese athlete Peng Shuai has not been heard from after making sexual assault allegations against a top government official. The head of the association for THIS sport said the email raises more concerns. [#WACquiz]
President Joe Biden met with leaders of Canada and Mexico in the first such gathering since 2016. The talks which focused on migration, Covid-19 and trade were dubbed THIS name. [#WACquiz]
In July the President of THIS country changed the bright blue color of the flag which had been adopted in 1976 to match the EU flag color. The change to a different shade of blue recently raised concern that it is an anti-EU gesture. [#WACquiz]
More than a year of protests has led the government of THIS Prime Minister to repeal three controversial farm laws in a rare display of weakness. In making the announcement, he said, “Today, I beg the forgiveness of my countrymen and say with a pure heart and honest mind that perhaps there was some shortcoming.” [#WACquiz]
Students from the last Afghan music school left the country in the wake of the Taliban takeover as many are fearful music may be once again outlawed. This music school was in THIS city, Afghanistan’s capital. [#WACquiz]
On Tuesday, November 16th, in Uganda, three people were killed and thirty-six injured in the latest deadly bombing claimed by the Islamic State. In response THIS President of Uganda said, “Apart from hunting the terrorists, the country's strategy of vigilance, is helping to minimize damage." [#WACquiz]