World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – January 16-22, 2023

Japan-US economic and political relations were on the table as THIS prime minister visited the White House.
Yoshihide Suga
Yukio Hatoyama
Yoshihiko Noda
Fumio Kishida
Russian President Putin said their troops were making advances after claiming to have taken the contested town of Soledor in eastern Ukraine. Putin labeled Russian military activities in Ukraine by THIS term.
Anti-fascist combat
Special military operations
Ukraine De-Nazification
Counter insurgency
In 2023 THIS country will take the title of most populous country from China.
Indonesia
Pakistan
India
Nigeria
Russia and THIS ally began military drills that has Kyiv worried about possible plans for a new ground attack across Ukraine’s northern border. Leaders in Minsk allowed Russia to use its territory last February as launching point for the first phase of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Romania
Moldova
Belarus
Crimea
The foreign ministers of France and Germany were in Addis Ababa to support a peace agreement between the rebels in the Tigray region and THIS government to end a civil war that has killed as many as six hundred thousand.
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Somalia
A panel of experts at the United Nations announced that THIS upper atmosphere protective layer shielding the planet from harmful UV rays is recovering thanks to banning of harmful chemicals under the Montreal Protocol of 1987.
Stratosphere
Ozone
Van Allen Belt
Troposphere
Christine Lambrecht, a member of Olaf Scholz’s SPD party, is resigning over a series of missteps, mismanagement and public relations gaffes. Lambrecht, THIS country’s Defense Minister, was due to meet other defense ministers this week to discuss aid to Ukraine.
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Belgium
The Biden Administration wants to push through a $20 billion arms deal for Turkey, including 40 F-16 fighter jets to be conditioned on Ankara’s ratification of Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO ascension. The deal faces stiff opposition from Congress over THIS Turkish president’s conduct.
Meral Akşener
Vahagn Khachaturyan
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The World Economic Forum, also known by THIS resort town where it is held, is in a transformation as globalized world icon to a meeting where international elites are grappling with the aftermath of Covid, the war in Europe, the surge of autocracies, great power conflicts and more.
Davos
Buenos Aires
Aspen
Whistler
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida toured several G-7 countries ahead of hosting its May summit in Hiroshima. He consulted on security concerns in the Indo-Pacific after Tokyo announced a boost in defense spending, new deployments of American military forces and a bilateral military pact with Britain in response to regional security threats from THIS country.
North Korea
China
Russia
All of the above
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