1. Israeli Defense Force troops surrounded THIS hospital in Gaza which they say Hamas has been using as a command center. The IDF showed press the entrance to what they say is a network of Hamas tunnels under the complex.
A. al Raffa
B. al Shifa
C. al Gaza
D. al Mansour
Correct response: B. al Shifa
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/11/16/the-rights-and-wrongs-of-israel-and-hamas-at-al-shifa-hospital
2. Chinese leader Xi Jinping met with President Biden at the APEC summit in San Francisco. Biden said the meeting included “some of the most constructive and productive discussions we’ve had.” Xi agreed to help curb the production of THIS deadly illicit drug component afflicting the United States.
A. Sudafed
B. Fentanyl
C. Arsenic
D Methamphetamine
Correct response: B. Fentanyl
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-xi-jinping-takeaways-c8384d40661a32aa276ec8ca97f35003
3. After decades of falling short of the NATO alliance’s 2% of GDP expectation of military spending, THIS European country will meet that target and announced it will double military aid to Ukraine in 2024. It has been surpassed only by the United States in military support to Kyiv.
A. France
B. Spain
C. Germany
D. Italy
Correct response: C. Germany
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-11/germany-set-to-double-its-ukraine-military-aid-under-scholz-plan
4. The newly elected populist government in THIS country is bucking the European trend by publicly announcing an end to “lethal” support to Ukraine. The previous government in Bratislava was a solid backer of Kyiv and was the first country to send fighter jets to Ukraine.
A. Croatia
B. Slovakia
C. Romania
D. Poland
Correct response: B. Slovakia
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231026-slovakia-announces-halt-of-military-aid-to-ukraine
5. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific. THIS country is NOT among the 21 members.
A. India
B. Russia
C. Vietnam
D. Mexico
Correct response: A. India
https://www.apec.org/about-us/about-apec
6. The leaders of THESE countries met in San Francisco to discuss regional security issues, bilateral economic relations, and the tension over the release of radioactive wastewater from a damaged nuclear power plant.
A. Japan and China
B. China and the Philippines
C. Japan and South Korea
D. The Philippines and Indonesia
Correct response: A. Japan and China
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/APEC/Kishida-and-Xi-agree-to-seek-ways-to-end-Fukushima-wastewater-spat
7. The Supreme Court in THIS country ruled that the government’s plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda was unlawful.
A. Italy
B. Greece
C. Poland
D. The United Kingdom
Correct response: D. The United Kingdom
https://www.economist.com/britain/2023/11/15/the-supreme-court-rules-against-britains-rwanda-policy-what-next
8. In a move aimed at decolonizing the Soviet Union’s era in THIS country, the Prosecutor-General in Astana plans to open secret service archives containing the records of thousands of people convicted during the repressive regime of Joseph Stalin.
A. Kazakhstan
B. Uzbekistan
C. Kyrgyzstan
D. Tajikistan
Correct response: A. Kazakhstan
https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-opens-kgb-archives-russian-criticism/32681381.html
9. Pedro Sanchez was re-elected Prime Minister of THIS EU country after months of political uncertainty and widespread protests after the center-left politician promised amnesty for Catalan separatists in exchange for their support.
A. Peru
B. Venezuela
C. Portugal
D. Spain
Correct response: D. Spain
https://apnews.com/article/spain-sanchez-government-catalonia-amnesty-5dbc03d49474e0a12647afce86980c86
10. President Biden and THIS leader agreed to work together against security threats to the United States and Mexico on the final day of the APEC summit.
A. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
B. Daniel Ortega
C. Alberto Fernandez
D. Gustavo Petro
Correct response: A. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-migrants-mexico-fentanyl-d39861ee91b91656be23e8d1068ec993
