Last Week in Asia News & Events
A glacial mudslide caused massive flooding along the China border with this country last week resulting in at least 389 confirmed deaths, with nearly 1,000 people still missing and approximately 250,000 isolated.
What is Nepal
On August 27, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would rename this Great Lake shared with Canada to "Lake America."
What is Lake Ontario?
In mid-August, this Chinese rocket successfully completed the country's first-ever land-based recoverable landing of its first stage using landing legs.
What is Zhuque-3 (or朱雀三号)?
At a formal Western dinner, this is where you should place your napkin as soon as you sit down.
What is on your lap.
This is the SI unit used to measure force, named after the scientist who famously developed the three laws of motion.
What is a newton?
A devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Flores Island in this Southeast Asian country in late August, with the death toll reaching 111.
What is Indonesia?
On August 30, U.S. forces attacked two missile launchers on Larak Island in this country, after detecting preparations to launch mine-carrying missiles into the Strait of Hormuz
What is Iran
The second edition of this robotics competition opened at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval ("Ice Ribbon"), featuring over 2,000 robots from 16 countries.
What is the World Humanoid Robot Games?
In most dining settings, this way of chewing is considered very impolite, uncivilised and often off-putting.
What is "with your mouth open" / "lip smacking".
On the periodic table, elements in the same vertical column are called this, and they share similar chemical properties.
What is a group (or family)?
On August 20, this South Asian country held a presidential election, with ruling party candidate Alamgir elected as its 23rd president
What is Bangladesh?
In this West African country, at least 50 children were killed in a diphtheria outbreak in Kano State, prompting the state legislature to call for emergency measures.
What is Nigeria
At the most recent robotic games event in Beijing, this event saw a robot break the world record with a time of 8.64 seconds
What is the 100m dash.
When using a knife and fork in the Continental (European) style, you hold the fork in this hand while cutting, then keep it there to eat – unlike the American style where you often switch hands
What is the left hand?
This type of chemical reaction occurs when a substance combines with oxygen, often producing heat and light – for example, burning wood.
What is combustion?
Last week, 3 people were arrested in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province for their involvement using this cancer-causing chemical on cabbages to increase the length of their freshness.
What is Formaldehyde
On August 29, voters in this Nordic country rejected a proposal to resume European Union accession negotiations, with about 52% opposing the move
What is Iceland
On August 28, this major data industry expo opened in Guiyang, featuring five themed exhibition areas and over 300 participating companies
What is the China International Big Data Industry Expo (or 数博会)?
Placing or learning this part of your body on the table while eating is/was considered impolite.
What are elbows.
This type of wave does not require a medium to travel through – it can travel through a vacuum – and examples include light and radio waves.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
This person, formally one of China's richest men, was sentenced to life imprisonment last week for his role in the so called Evergrande Group property scandal.
Who is Hui Ka Yan
In response to new U.S. tariffs, the Canadian government announced retaliatory tariffs on over 700 U.S. goods valued at this many US dollars
What is +- 20 Million USD
In August, China achieved a breakthrough in high-altitude wind power with the S4000 system, which can reach this maximum altitude in meters, and the technology has been incorporated into the national "15th Five-Year" renewable energy plan.
What is 4,000 meters
In many Western countries, North America especially, this concept is strongly considered an important aspect of moving around in public. Keeping about an arm's length of distance when talking or walking past someone in public is important.
What is personal space.
In a chemical equation, these two numbers must always be balanced on both sides of the arrow – the total number of these for each element must be equal.
What are atoms (or the number of atoms)? (Accept: mass or atoms)