What in the World? Weekly Quiz - January 6-12, 2020

President Trump ordered the killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani on Thursday. Soleimani was the head of THIS organization.

The Quds Force
The Iranian Army
The Popular Mobilization Force
Hezbollah

The Iranian Quds Force, or Jerusalem Force, is part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a combined arms force – ground, navy, and air forces, special forces, intelligence and missiles. Who is the new commander of the Quds Force following the killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani.

Mohammed Javad Zarif
Esmail Ghaani
Mohamed bin Salman
Abdullah Abdullah
An international coalition led by the United States in Iraq and Syria announced cessation of operations against THIS group as a result of Iran-backed militias’ attacks against Americans, with a spokesman using the Arabic name for the group in a statement saying, “We remain ready to return our full attention and efforts back to our shared goal of ensuring the lasting defeat of Daesh.”
ISIS
Al Nusra
Al Qaeda
Baathists

What country was President Trump referring to when he spoke to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday and said, “"we will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before, ever. It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."

Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Qatar

A consequence of the US-Iran crisis is Tehran’s abandonment on limits for enrichment of uranium, a key component of THIS nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group (US, UK, France, Russia, China, Germany and the EU).

USMCA
INF
TPP
JCPOA

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro physically blocked opposition leaders from parliament as a new head of Congress was elected, replacing THIS leader who was recognized by the United States as the legitimate head of state last January.

Juan Valdez
Juan Hererra
Juan Guaido
Juan Sanchez
Masked men attacked student protestors at Jawaharlal Nehru University as demonstrations continued in India against Prime Minister Modi’s citizenship law criticized as religious discrimination. The law seen by observers as one more sectarian action by the Indian government dominated by followers of this religion.
Muslims
Sikhs
Buddhists
Hindus

President Trump spoke by phone with THIS leader last week to receive thanks for intelligence said to be “information the United States provided that helped foil a potential holiday terrorist attack,” according to the White House.

Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the UK
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
President Vladimir Putin of Russia

Vice Premier Liu He of China will travel to Washington for a January 13th meeting with U.S. officials for this purpose.

Deliver a pair of young pandas to the Washington National Zoo.
Sign Phase I of a trade deal with the United States.
Lead Chinese delegation observing the impeachment trial of President Trump.
Open talks on Sino-American cooperation in a manned mission to Mars.
Rains provided brief relief in THIS country battling catastrophic brush fires that have led to a national emergency. The nationwide fires have been worsened by record high temperatures and months of drought.
Portugal
Brazil
Myanmar
Australia
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