Revised | “What in the World? Weekly Quiz" | Apr 4-10, 2022

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LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS

David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL
Steve Freidberg, Boston, MA
Heinzelmann Kranz, Heidelberg, Germany
Yezzie Dospil, Nashville, TN
Peter Sharadin, Blandon, PA
Annie Payne, Forest Hills, TN
Mike Nelson, Saco, ME
Tim Stewart, Nashville, TN
Tom Dalluge, Old Mission, MI
Yas Jar, Saudi Arabia
Michelle Eaton, Peoria, IL
Peter Barclay, Peoria, IL
Rich Buck, Peoria, IL
Donna Hefner, Ponte Vedrà Beach, FL
Patricia Miletich, Nashville, TN
Patricia Paiva, Nashville, TN
Roger French, Washington, IL
Michael Weiss, Rockville, MD
Laurie Bergner, Normal, IL
Ilya Ivanishchev, Sunny Isles Beach, FL

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MARCH 2022 QUIZ PRIZE WINNER

AUSTIN TRAVIS, NASHVILLE, TN

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate

By M. E. Sarotte

APRIL 2022 QUIZ PRIZE

The Fight for Climate After Covid-19

By Alice C. Hill

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit our world on a scale beyond living memory, taking millions of lives and leading to a lockdown of communities worldwide. A pandemic, much like climate change, acts as a threat multiplier, increasing vulnerability to harm, economic impoverishment, and the breakdown of social systems. Even more concerning, communities severely impacted by the coronavirus still remain vulnerable to other types of hazards, such as those brought by accelerating climate change. The catastrophic risks of pandemics and climate change carry deep uncertainty as to when they will occur, how they will unfold, and how much damage they will do. The most important question is how we can face these risks to minimize them most.

The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 draws on the troubled and uneven COVID-19 experience to illustrate the critical need to ramp up resilience rapidly and effectively on a global scale. After years of working alongside public health and resilience experts crafting policy to build both pandemic and climate change preparedness, Alice C. Hill exposes parallels between the underutilized measures that governments should have taken to contain the spread of COVID-19—such as early action, cross-border planning, and bolstering emergency preparation—and the steps leaders can take now to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Through practical analyses of current policy and thoughtful guidance for successful climate adaptation, The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 reveals that, just as our society has transformed itself to meet the challenge of coronavirus, so too will we need to adapt our thinking and our policies to combat the ever-increasing threat of climate change.

Unapologetic and clear-eyed, The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 helps us understand why the time has come to prepare for the world as it will be, rather than as it once was.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What in the World? Quiz – Week of March 28-April 3, 2022

1. In a major foreign policy speech during his visit to Poland, President Biden stirred controversy when he called for THIS vis a vis Russia. (#WACquiz)

A. NATO sending fighter jets to Ukraine
B. Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
C. “Not one inch” of NATO territory will be forsaken by the United States
D. Ukraine President Zelensky should acknowledge with the annexation of Crimea

Correct Response: B. Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.”
Source: Economist “World in Brief”

2. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, called the violence – killings, mass rapes and arson — by THIS government a “genocide” against the Rohingya people. (WACA WWNU)

A. Myanmar
B. Mozambique
C. Timor-Leste
D. Sri Lanka

Correct Response: A. Myanmar
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60820215

3. Israel hosted a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and representatives of Egypt, Bahrain, UAE and Morocco — Arab countries it holds diplomatic relations with – to develop consensus in opposition to THIS neighboring country. (#WACquiz)

A. Syria
B. Lebanon
C. Iran
D. Iraq

Correct Response: C. Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blinken-joins-rare-israel-arab-summit-iran-deal-looms-2022-03-28/

4. China has ordered a two-stage lockdown of THIS financial hub city of 26 million to combat a surge of Covid-19 cases. The sudden lockdown will divide the city into two sectors for nine-days of intensive testing. (#WACquiz)

A. Beijing
B. Wuhan
C. Chengdu
D. Shanghai

Correct Response: D. Shanghai
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-reports-record-asymptomatic-covid-cases-lockdowns-begin-2022-03-28/

5. Protestors took to the streets in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital demanding THIS prime minister resign over charges of corruption and a bungled economy. (#WACquiz)

A. Imran Khan
B. Narendra Modi
C. Amanullah Khan
D. Benazir Bhutto

Correct Response: A. Imran Khan
Source: Economist “World in Brief”

6. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led a former prime minister in THIS country, which had enshrined nuclear non-proliferation in its post-WWII constitution, to call frorn a debate about acquiring nuclear weapons. Many there are worried about nuclear and missile advancements in nearby North Korea. (#WACquiz)

A. South Korea
B. Taiwan
C. Philippines
D. Japan

Correct Response: D. Japan
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60857346

7. North Korea launched a new “monster missile” last week that reached an altitude of over 3,700 miles before splashing down in the Sea of Japan. The Hwasong-17 ICBM is estimated to have a range of 8,000 miles, able to reach across the Continental United States. The launch was overseen by THIS enigmatic leader. (#WACquiz)

A. Kim Il-sung
B. Kim Jong-un
C. Xi Jinping
D. Kim Jong-Il

Correct Response: B. Kim Jong-un
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60860441

8. French President Emanuel Macron enjoyed a lead (27%) in the pre-election polling with THIS rival leader of the far-right National Rally party holding at 21% after distancing from support of Vladimir Putin. First round voting is set for April 10th. (#WACquiz)

A. Marine Le Pen
B. Jean-Luc Mélenchon
C. Valérie Pécresse
D. Anne Hidalgo

Correct Response: A. Marine Le Pen
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/27/french-urged-to-vote-in-presidential-election-as-win-for-macron-not-guaranteed

9. President Biden was in Europe last week for meetings and visits in response to the war in Ukraine. He met with all of THESE EXCEPT. (#WACquiz)

A. OSCE
B. EU
C. G-7
D. NATO

Correct Response: A. OSCE
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/23/1087872606/biden-and-u-s-allies-plan-to-step-up-sanctions-on-russia-over-its-war-in-ukraine

10. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned last week that the water scarcity issue in THIS region was worsening and was contributing to conflict and refugee flows. Eleven of 17 most water-stressed countries are here. (#WACquiz)

A. Southeast Asia
B. Central America
C. Mideast and North Africa
D. Sub Saharan Africa

Correct Response: C. Mideast and North Africa
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/03/un-releases-dire-warning-about-water-scarcity-middle-east-and-north-africa

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