World Affairs Council of the Desert What in the World? Weekly Quiz – January 2-8, 2023 | Take the Quiz

Ukrainians hunkered down in shelters and continued to endure relentless terror attacks against cities across the country as Russian air strikes. Among the scores of missiles and drones launched, including Shahed-136 drones provided by THIS Russian ally, Ukraine air defenses shot down 22 over Kyiv in the latest attacks.

Iran

North Korea

China

Belarus

Tens of thousands of mourners filed past former Pope Benedict who was laying in state at St. Pete’s Basilica. Pope Emeritus Benedict, the first pope to resign in about 600 years, served from 2005 to 2013 as head of the Catholic church and THIS sovereign territory.

Holy See

Vatican City

Diocese of Rome

College of Cardinals

Missile strikes launched by Israel against THIS city’s airport killed two soldiers and wounded two others and shut down operations. It was the second Israeli attack there in seven months aimed to interdict arms shipments from Iran to militia groups.

Beirut

Baghdad

Doha

Damascus

Egypt’s President called Benjamin Netanyahu, returning to office as Prime Minister for a sixth-term, to offer congratulations and to warn against "any measures" that could inflame regional tensions. THIS former general said Egypt would continue to “maintain calm” between Israelis and Palestinians, as the most right-wing government takes power, vowing to expand West Bank settlements.

Najib Mikati

Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

Bashar al-Assad

Abdul Latif Rashid

The largest salary offer in the history of world football, over $200 million for two years, was offered to THIS international star player to sign with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr FC. The Portuguese star at Manchester United said he was “eager to experience a new football league in a different country.”

Cristiano Rinaldo

Kylian Mbappé

Lionel Messi

Neymar da Silva Santos

Crowds in Japan celebrated the new year outside the Imperial Palace with THIS Emperor waving to the crowd for the first time since the Covid pandemic halted many public celebrations. He was joined by his family including his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, who abdicated in 2019 handing the “Chrysanthemum Throne” to his son.

Kishida

Fukuda

Naruhito

Suga

North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military to develop new versions of THIS weapon to build up “overwhelming military power” in the face of what it called U.S.-orchestrated threats.

Nuclear powered submarines

ICBMs and nuclear weapons

Third generation fighter jets

New generation air defense systems

A surge of Covid cases in THIS country, estimated to lead to over one million deaths, has led the United States to impose new testing requirements for visitors entering the country.

India

Brazil

China

Indonesia

As Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated as President of Brazil THIS predecessor was absent. Presentation of the sash of office, normally passed on by the outgoing president was instead presented by a 33-year old garbage collector, representing the common Brazilian. Meanwhile the outgoing president fled to Orlando, Florida to wait out ongoing criminal investigations at home.

Guillermo Lasso

Nicolàs Maduro

Alberto Fernández

Jair Bolsonaro

The legendary football player Pele, the only player to win the World Cup three times, died at the age of 82. Pele who was named FIFA Player of the Century in 2000, was a native of THIS country.

Argentina

Spain

Brazil

Italy

World Affairs Council of the Desert What in the World? Weekly Quiz – January 2-8, 2023

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