What in the World? Weekly Quiz – Dec 7-13, 2020

THIS nation began vaccinating health care workers, teachers, and social workers against COVID-19 over the weekend. The vaccine being used is called Sputnik V:

Farmers have gathered around THIS city, India’s capital, to protest new agricultural laws that remove government officials from acting as intermediaries between growers and large food companies.  The farmers are afraid that without government regulation, the companies will be able to take advantage of them and force them either to sell at lower prices, or go out of business:

Bangladeshi authorities are preparing to relocate refugees to Bhasan Char – a flood-prone island off its coast in THIS body of water that emerged from the sea 20 years ago – in order to resolve overcrowding in its refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, home to more than one million Rohingya Muslims. [“Daily Chatter,” Dec 4th]

Iran enacted a new law this week to begin enriching uranium at levels equal almost to weapons-grade.  The law also provides for the expulsion of international nuclear inspectors, if U.S. sanctions aren’t lifted by February 2021. The new law might be a reaction to THIS event:

With news of a breakthrough in Afghan peace talks, USIP’s Scott Smith warns that future troop withdrawal should be based on THIS approach because if the Taliban believe withdrawal is inevitable, “they have no incentive to compromise.” [USIP Question of the Week]

THIS giant object, believed to be the world’s largest at 93 miles long and 30 miles wide, and called A68a by scientists, is headed from Antarctica to South Georgia Islands.  The object in question began its journey in 2017, and is now 130 miles from the British territory:

Israel might be heading toward its fourth election in two years as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing partner, Benny Gantz, backed an opposition bill last week to dissolve parliament. TRUE or FALSE: In a fragile unity deal brokered in May 2020, Netanyahu and Gantz agreed to share the post of prime minister, with Netanyahu governing until November 2021:

THIS south Asian city-state became the first country in the world to approve the sale of lab-grown chicken. The lab-produced meat could signal the beginning of the end of factory farming, often considered inhumane, and know to be a significant contributor to climate change: 

China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe is returning to Earth after a successful landing, and a fruitful mission collecting soil and rock samples. Chang’e-5 also planted its nation’s flag on the moon’s surface, making it only the second nation after WHICH one to have done so?

Venezuelans went to the polls last week to elect a new National Assembly. For the last two years, the National Assembly has been led by Juan Guaidó, who heads the opposition against THIS man, Venezuela’s current president.  Mr. Guaidó’s party is expected to lose its majority in the National Assembly, which has been the only government body in recent years not controlled by those loyal to the current president: