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What country was the first to accuse Saudi Arabia of killing Jamal Khashoggi?
Turkey
Who is the current president of China?
Xi Jinping
Which southeast Asian country was hit by a tsunami in October?
Indonesia
What is the one dictatorship located entirely within Europe?
Belarus.
True or false: The Romani are from Romania.
False.
Name one of the two countries that have legend surrounding the rabbit in the moon.
Mexico/China
Viktor Orbán is the leader of which country?
Hungary
Which region in the U.K. held a referendum in October to repeal blasphemy laws?
Ireland.
In terms of population count, what is the largest city in North America?
Mexico City
Which Nigerian author wrote "Things Fall Apart?"
Chinua Achebe
In what year did the Taliban fall in Afghanistan? (Answer is correct to within one year)
2001
In which country did a comedian establish a populist party called the Five Star Movement?
Italy
Who is the current president of Brazil and who preceded him?
Bolsonaro and Lula.
Within 100 million, what was the population of the African continent in 2016?
1.216 billion.
True or false: Botswana is set to become the first Afircan country to host an Olympic event in 2022.
False. It's Senegal.
Beads made from the ashes of dead family members are prominent in what country?
What is the official name of Aung San Suu Kyi's position in Myanmar?
State Counselor
What is the name of the city that held the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Pyeongchang
Which of the following counties is the largest by land size: Greenland, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran.
India.
Ismail Kadare was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature five times. Which country is he from?
Albania.
What was the name of the general who seized power in Burma in 1962?
Ne Win
Name one of the three leaders of the European Union institutions.
Donald Tusk (president of the European Council)
Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the European Commission)
Antonio Tajani (President of the European Parliament)
Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018?
Israel
Name three countries located entirely within the Balkan peninsula.
Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro.
Name the country whose leader once gave President Obama a video game as a gift.
Poland.