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<section><h2>GZERO&#39;s End-of-Year Mega Quiz, December 29, 2023</h2><p><p dir="ltr">Have you been paying attention this year and think you know your way around geopolitics? Here&#39;s your chance to prove it. We revisit GZERO quiz questions from each month in this mega quiz. Let us know how you do.<br/></p></p></section><section><h2><p dir="ltr">Back in January 2023, when Berlin finally agreed  to send tanks to Ukraine, Russian TV barker Vladimir Solovyov called the Germans what?</p><rid-attribution image="image"><br/></rid-attribution></h2></section><section><h3><p>In February 2023, what did a South Korean court recognize for the first time this week?</p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">Water covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, but how much of our food supply comes from beneath the waves?</p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">Last April, we asked you about cannabis seizures by American authorities at the US-Canada border. How much had they increased since Ottawa legalized marijuana in 2018? </p><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">In May, Jordan launched airstrikes into Syria, killing Merhi al-Ramthan, a man that Jordanian officials say is a kingpin in the trade of a highly addictive amphetamine similar to speed which has spread like wildfire across the Middle East. The drug is called ...</p><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">In June, which dormant disease was identified in the US for the first time in 20 years?</p><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">What did we learn in July that we&#39;ll soon be able to do in Paris, France, for the first time in 100 years?</p><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">During a visit to Beijing last summer, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reportedly ate a magic mushroom-based dish known by the hallucinogenic-sounding name Jian shou qing. In English, that translates as …</p><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution></h3></section><section><h3>In early September, we learned that a Russian helicopter pilot  got a $500,000 reward for doing what?</h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">In October, Argentina&#39;s then-presidential frontrunner Javier Milei (he&#39;s now president) was touting some unusual policy ideas. Which of the following was NOT one of his proposals?</p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">New York Mayor Eric Adams, we learned in November, was embroiled in a campaign finance investigation centering on potential improper influence from which country? </p><rid-attribution image="image"></rid-attribution></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">What country left China’s Belt and Road initiative this week? </p></h3></section><section><h2></h2><p>Thanks for playing. Better luck next time.</p></section><section><h3></h3><p>Score! Well done!</p></section>

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<section><h2>GZERO&#39;s Weekly News Quiz, Jan. 17, 2025</h2><p><p dir="ltr">Have you stayed atop GZERO’s news coverage this week? Here&#39;s your chance to prove it. <br/></p></p></section><section><h2><p dir="ltr">What is Xiaohongshu?</p></h2></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">President Joe Biden has announced that he’s removing Cuba from the list of US State Sponsors of Terrorism  in a deal between Washington and Havana that will see the gradual release of political prisoners in Cuba. Who helped broker the deal?<br/><br/></p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">Lebanon this week picked a new what?</p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">What process is the US Senate partaking in this week ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration? </p></h3></section><section><h3><p dir="ltr">How many people has South Africa arrested after they emerged from a mine where they had been hemmed in by police since August?<br/></p></h3></section><section><h2></h2><p>Thanks for playing. Better luck next time.</p></section><section><h3></h3><p>Score! Well done!</p></section>

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