Living on One Dollar
What was Chino's dream?
To play soccer
What is the name of the 2026 U.S. operation that captured Venezuela’s president and his wife?
Operation Absolute Resolve
Which pipeline project that we discussed in lecture was halted due to the war?
Nord Stream 2
The Europeans divided the Middle East based on what resource?
Oil
What type of machines are forestry officials in Mexico using to help reseed portions of the woods that were scorched by fires last year?
Drones
At a summit, world leaders from China and the United States met to discuss the fate of what island nation?
Taiwan
What was unique about the thief who stole chips from a British grocery store?
He was a seagull
Recent data from Pew Research indicates that in recent decades – under Democratic and Republican leadership – fewer than 50 percent of Americans have had a great deal of trust in what?
News
What are pulgas?
Fleas
The U.S. seized control of two oil tankers – one in the North Atlantic and one in the Caribbean – and accused them of violating sanctions concerning what South American nation?
Venezuela
Which former Ukrainian president fled to Russia in 2014 after the Euromaidan protests?
Viktor Yanukovych
What had the British promised Arabs in WWI if they should rise up against the Ottomans?
Independence
In what South American nation would you find the ancient Inca site Machu Picchu, where recent protests in September had stranded hundreds of tourists and had contributed to a travel warning?
Peru
February 9 marked exactly 201 years since the U.S. House of Representatives chose what president – the sixth American leader, who ran in the 1824 election?
John Quincy Adams
What is the world’s largest island – a self-governing place that’s officially part of Denmark and that also has strategic importance to the U.S. and its rivals?
Greenland
What is the term for the religious divide between the Sunni and the Shi'a?
Sectarianism
According to the documentary, how many people around the world live on less than $1 per day?
1.1 billion
What is the name of the 19th-century policy declaring that foreign intervention in the Americas would be viewed as a threat to the United States?
The Monroe Doctrine
What is the name of the treaty organization whose membership Ukraine has sought repeatedly?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Who were the 'bad guys' who were not invited to discuss the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany, the Austro-Hungarians and the Ottoman Empire
In what nation are locals in the High Atlas Mountains trying to preserve their “whistle language,” though its use is dwindling as the remote population shrinks?
Morocco
What U.S. state has become the scene of unrest after controversial events involving immigration agents, protesters, suspects and politicians?
Minnesota
A state in Australia is expanding conservation efforts for what animal, though the logging industry says the new protections will negatively impact hundreds of jobs?
Koalas
How much of Ukraine’s energy-generating capacity had been lost by mid-2024 due to strikes on infrastructure?
About one-third (you can also answer 30-35%)
How much money did each person in Antony's savings club have to donate?
$12
What monetary amount was offered for information leading to the arrest of Maduro?
$50 million
Which major international organization's vote condemned Russia’s invasion or Ukraine shortly after it began?
The United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA)
The secret agreement signed between Britain and France that divided up part of the Ottoman Empire.
Sykes-Picot Agreement
What country, which is both an ally of Russia and a trading partner of the U.S., is now subject to a 50% tariff on goods it sells in America because of its continued purchase of Russian oil?
India
What has recently gone on display in France’s Musée d'Orsay, decades after Nazis stole it from European Jews?
Orphaned artworks
What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was passed in 1971 and ratified in less time than any other, lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th Amendment
Which country hosted the “Ukraine Defence Contact Group” meeting where the US Secretary of Defense spoke?
Germany
How many people lived in Pena Blanca?
300
What is the name of the person who was recognized as the legitimate leader of Venezuela after election fraud was reported?
Edmundo Gonzalez
What is the estimated percentage of Russian-missile/drone attacks that hit civilian rather than military targets in Ukraine?
About 97%
What treaty signed after World War I was not secret, and involved the dismembering of the Ottoman Empire.
Treaty of Sevres
What was the name of the hurricane that struck six U.S. states just over a year ago and had a devastating effect on parts of North Carolina and Tennessee, which saw heavy rain beforehand?
Helene
A suspected thief in the United Kingdom who recently tried to escape through a farm was surrounded and blocked by what animals, eventually leading to his arrest?
Llamas
On its list of vulnerable heritage sites, the World Monuments Fund recently included what location for the first time?
The moon
632 CE