"What in the World?" - Week of October 31, 2016

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake, the fourth in three months, hit which nation this week?
Italy
Japan
Nepal
Haiti
Citing security concerns, the government of which nation fired 10,000 civil servants and shut down 15 media outlets, all suspected of having links to terrorist organizations, or of having participated in July's coup d'état?
India
Venezuela
Turkey
Myanmar
The Pirate Party, founded in 2012 by Internet activists, fell short of expectations in which country's general election?
United Kingdom
Somalia
Spain
Iceland
A labor tribunal in the UK has ruled that persons employed by which company are indeed, employees, and not independent contractors, as the company claimed?
Amazon
Uber
Air BnB
Google
An influence-peddling scandal surrounding the President of South Korea, has caused top aides to resign. Who is the President of South Korea?
Lee Myung-bak
Park Geun-hye
Kim Jung Un
Roh Moo-hyun
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte vowed this week to stop doing what?
Smoking
Seeking out alliances with China and Russia
Swearing
Allowing extrajudicial killings
Twenty-four nations and the European Union agreed to make the Ross Sea the largest marine sanctuary in the world: Where is the Ross Sea located?
Between Europe and Africa
Asia
Between Europe and North America
Antarctica
Pope Francis traveled to Sweden this week to kick off a year-long celebration marking the 500th anniversary of which event that rocked the Catholic Church?
The beginning of the Inquisition
The fall of Constantinople
The Protestant Reformation
The schism with the Greek Orthodox Church
France and the UK are currently disputing what should be done with 1,500 minors after the dismantlement this week of "The Jungle," a large migrant camp in which French city?
Calais
Rouen
Caen
Cherbourg
After ten months of deadlock, Mariano Rajoy got approval from lawmakers to form a minority government in which country?
Brazil
Colombia
Spain
Portugal
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