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

In the wake of the failure of denuclearization talks in Hanoi between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un THIS was the latest development.

 
Japan detected the test launch of a North Korean submarine launched ballistic missile.
Pyongyang’s suspension of negotiations and a forthcoming decision on nuclear weapons and missile testing.
Secretary of State Pompeo announced new sanctions against Chinese and Russian banks doing business with Pyongyang.
The United States and South Korea announced the resumption of amphibious assault exercises at Inchon.

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.

Venezuela
Russia
Canada
Nigeria

Israeli warplanes struck about 100 Palestinian targets in THIS territory following the launch of rockets into Israel. Officials believe the rocket strikes were accidental launches during maintenance.

 

Sinai
Gaza
Golan Heights
West Bank

The US Senate has voted to end American support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition’s war in Yemen, invoking the decades-old War Powers Resolution. Nearing its fifth year the war in Yemen has seen the deaths of thousands and the near-starvation of millions of Yemenis resulting from conflict between the recognized government and THIS armed movement.

 
Ba’athists
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Houthis
Al-Islah

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.

 

Tunisia
Morocco
Libya
Algeria

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.

Nationwide landslides caused by torrential rains
Striking by the Bolivarian National Police
The collapse of the national power grid
An influx of refugees from neighboring states

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?

India and Ethiopia
Indonesia and Ethiopia
Egypt and Nigeria
Egypt and India

Responding to a statement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deeming China “in a league of its own when it comes to human rights violations,” the Chinese State Council issued criticism of the United States for attacks on press freedom, racial discrimination, and high levels of gun crime. China has been under international scrutiny for its policies towards the Uighur ethnic minority in THIS western province.

 

Semi-autonomous region of Tibet
Yunnan Province
Xinjiang Province
Gansu Province

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.

 

Syria Peace Council
Geneva II Roundtable
Ankara Convention
Brussels III Conference

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.

Greta Thunberg
Alva Myrdal
Laila Freivalds
Anna Lindh
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