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Quiz about Global Hot Spots 2004
Quiz about Global Hot Spots 2004

Global Hot Spots 2004 Trivia Quiz


Ten questions on world hot spots in 2004.

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
chessart
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
175,503
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. On January 4th Mikheil Saakashvili was elected President of which country, receiving 97% of the votes cast? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left his country on February 29th, in the face of a widespread rebellion. After 200 years of independence, Aristide was the first freely elected president for which country? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that genocide was committed during 2004 in the region of Darfur, located in which country? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In March NATO gained a number of new members, bringing the total membership to 26 countries. How many countries joined NATO in March? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Impeachment proceedings were initiated in February against Rolandas Paksas, who was President of which country? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached and removed from office in March, only to be reinstated by the court system in May. Roh Moo-hyun is President of which country? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Similar to the expansion of NATO mentioned in question 4, the European Union also accomplished a major expansion. How many new countries joined the EU on May 1, 2004? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In November France sent 4,000 troops to help quell civil unrest in which African country? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In November massive protests erupted in which country, after a disputed runoff election between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In September Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became the first president directly elected by the people of which country? Hint



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1. On January 4th Mikheil Saakashvili was elected President of which country, receiving 97% of the votes cast?

Answer: Georgia

Former President Eduard Shevardnadze had been forced out 45 days earlier. Saakashvili, who is fluent in four languages, has his work cut out for him, as Georgia is one of the poorest of the former Soviet Union countries.
2. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left his country on February 29th, in the face of a widespread rebellion. After 200 years of independence, Aristide was the first freely elected president for which country?

Answer: Haiti

Aristide claimed that troops sent by the US and France forced him to leave, and he went into exile in the Central African Republic.
3. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that genocide was committed during 2004 in the region of Darfur, located in which country?

Answer: Sudan

Arab militias have committed widespread atrocities against black villagers; however, it is unclear whether or not the Sudanese government has the power to stop the genocide.
4. In March NATO gained a number of new members, bringing the total membership to 26 countries. How many countries joined NATO in March?

Answer: 7

The 7, all former Soviet-bloc countries, are Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. It was the largest ever expansion of NATO.
5. Impeachment proceedings were initiated in February against Rolandas Paksas, who was President of which country?

Answer: Lithuania

Formal impeachment proceedings were initiated by the Lithuanian parliament, which listed six counts accusing Paksas of various sorts of wrongdoing.
6. President Roh Moo-hyun was impeached and removed from office in March, only to be reinstated by the court system in May. Roh Moo-hyun is President of which country?

Answer: South Korea

In reinstating Moo-hyun, the South Korean court followed the same philosophy which exists in the U.S. and the U.K., which is that the ground for a valid impeachment must be serious wrongdoing, and not just political partisanship.
7. Similar to the expansion of NATO mentioned in question 4, the European Union also accomplished a major expansion. How many new countries joined the EU on May 1, 2004?

Answer: 10

The countries that joined are Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
8. In November France sent 4,000 troops to help quell civil unrest in which African country?

Answer: Ivory Coast

The tense situation boiled over when the government launched air strikes against the rebel-held north. The French troops supplement a 6,000-troop strong U.N. contingent in this former French colony, which gained its independence from France in 1960.
9. In November massive protests erupted in which country, after a disputed runoff election between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko?

Answer: Ukraine

Election officials reported that Yanukovych had a narrow lead, but the election was widely believed to be fraudulent. The controversy dramatized the split existing in Ukraine, between the pro-Russian east part of the country, and the pro-Western west part.
10. In September Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono became the first president directly elected by the people of which country?

Answer: Indonesia

Indonesia's 32-year dictatorship ended in 1998, but the three presidents prior to 2004 were chosen by the legislature, rather than directly by the voters.
Source: Author chessart

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