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Global Hot Spots 2003 Trivia Quiz

Ten questions on problem areas in 2003.

A multiple-choice quiz by chessart. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
chessart

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
140,894

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3353

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 75 (3/10), twlmy (9/10), Guest 136 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The number one hot spot for the year had to be Iraq, which was invaded by U.S.-led forces early in the year and which then was occupied for the rest of the year. Former ruler Saddam Hussein was finally found in December, hiding in a hole near his hometown of ____________. Hint

Tikrit

An Najaf

Baghdad

Ar Rutbah

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another hot spot was Liberia. Who was the ruler who finally bowed to international pressure and gave up power in Liberia and left the country? Hint

Idi Amin

Boris Yeltsin

Hugo Chavez

Charles Taylor

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first head of state to come under indictment for war crimes while still in office? Hint

Fidel Castro

Saddam Hussein

Slobodan Milosevic

Idi Amin

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Question 4 of 10

4. In July, 2003, Australia sent 2,000 troops and police to which South Pacific country? Hint

Marshall Islands

Indonesia

Tonga

Solomon Islands

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Question 5 of 10

5. Guerilla warfare in the Russian republic of Chechnya continued in 2003. Chechnya is located in which part of Russia? Hint

Northwest

Southwest

Central

South-central

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Question 6 of 10

6. Although peace talks continued during 2003, which country had been embroiled in a civil war for all but ten years since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1956? Hint

Zambia

Sudan

Singapore

Madagascar

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which country, that continued to be a hot spot in 2003 because of an ongoing dispute with neighboring Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh province, is the subject of this quote from writer William Saroyan: "I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy _________. See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a new _________."? Hint

Hungary

Austria

Georgia

Armenia

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which African country were Hutu forces continuing to battle the Tutsi-led government in 2003? Hint

Egypt

Algeria

Libya

Rwanda

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Question 9 of 10

9. In December a devastating earthquake hit the city of Bam, killing over 20,000 people. Bam is located in which country? Hint

Iraq

Iran

Afghanistan

China

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Question 10 of 10

10. Frederick Chiluba went on trial in 2003 for corruption and theft. Chiluba is the former leader of which country? Hint

Singapore

El Salvador

Nigeria

Zambia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Tikrit

Saddam was found about nine miles from his hometown of Tikrit and on the other side of the Tigris River from one of his lavish palaces.

2. Another hot spot was Liberia. Who was the ruler who finally bowed to international pressure and gave up power in Liberia and left the country?

Answer: Charles Taylor

Taylor, who had been indicted for war crimes for his actions in neighboring Sierra Leone, was granted asylum by Nigeria.

3. Who was the first head of state to come under indictment for war crimes while still in office?

Answer: Slobodan Milosevic

The trial against Milosevic, former leader of Yugoslavia, began in The Hague in February of 2002 and continued during the entire year of 2003. In December U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Wesley Clark testified. Clark was NATO's allied commander during the alliance's 1999 campaign which forced Milosevic's troops out of Kosovo.

4. In July, 2003, Australia sent 2,000 troops and police to which South Pacific country?

Answer: Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza issued a public invitation for the intervention to help stabilize this poor nation, which in recent years has been plagued with ethnic strife.

5. Guerilla warfare in the Russian republic of Chechnya continued in 2003. Chechnya is located in which part of Russia?

Answer: Southwest

It lies next to Georgia, in the southwest part of Russia.

6. Although peace talks continued during 2003, which country had been embroiled in a civil war for all but ten years since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1956?

Answer: Sudan

Since 1983 there have been more than 2 million deaths and over 4 million people displaced in Sudan due to the effects of war and famine.

Answer: Armenia

Saroyan was writing about the homeland of his parents. More than half of the world's six million Armenians live abroad, as a result of a centuries-long diaspora and step-by-step reduction of their national territory.

8. In which African country were Hutu forces continuing to battle the Tutsi-led government in 2003?

Answer: Rwanda

The Rwandan majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king in 1959. This led to ongoing strife which culminated in April 1994 in the genocide of roughly 800,000 Tutsis in April of 1994. The Tutsi rebels defeated the Hutu regime and ended the killing in July of 1994, but still there is no real peace in Rwanda.

9. In December a devastating earthquake hit the city of Bam, killing over 20,000 people. Bam is located in which country?

Answer: Iran

The historic walled Old City, parts of which date back 2,000 years, was destroyed.

10. Frederick Chiluba went on trial in 2003 for corruption and theft. Chiluba is the former leader of which country?

Answer: Zambia

Chiluba was president of Zambia from 1991 to 2002, when he had to step down due to term limits. Chiluba's trial is part of an anti-corruption crackdown launched by Chiluba's handpicked successor, Levy Mwanawasa.

Source: Author chessart

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