Here are the answers to this week’s news quiz.
1. A video about this rebel leader went viral last week.
a. Robert Mugabe
b. Joseph Mobutu
c. Robert Taylor
d. Joseph Kony
2. In which country has this rebel leader lived in and committed a lot of human rights abuses?
a. Mozambique
b. Namibia
c. Angola
d. Uganda
3. Alabama and this state held primaries last Tuesday.
a. Mississippi
b. Georgia
c. South Carolina
d. Arkansas
4. This country exports 97% of the rare earth elements that are found on the Earth.
a. Afghanistan
b. China
c. Russia
d. Libya
5. This movie director is attempting to go to the deeper into the ocean than any previous explorer.
a. Martin Scorsese
b. Catherine Bigelow
c. Tim Burton
d. James Cameron
6. Who won the Hawaii caucus last week?
a. Newt Gingrich
b. Mitt Romney
c. Ron Paul
d. Rick Santorum
7. A major religious figure in this country passed away last week. This figure had helped navigate sectarian tensions in this country for over four decades.
a. Israel
b. Egypt
c. Turkey
d. Iraq
8. This major Libyan government official was arrested over the weekend.
a. The former foreign minister
b. The former defense minister
c. The former spy chief
d. The head of the country’s parliament
9. George Clooney was arrested last week in attempt to make the world aware of atrocities happening in this part of the world.
a. Romania
b. Italy
c. Indonesia
d. Sudan
10. What notable trait do Germany’s new president, Joachim Gauck, and Chancellor Angela Merkel share?
a. They both fought in the Second World War
b. They oppose the European Union’s integration efforts
c. They do not want to bail out the Greek economy
d. They are both from former communist East Germany