World Events in 2019 Trivia Quiz

Answer: First spacecraft to land on the dark side of the moon

The Chang'e 4 spacecraft successfully landed on the far side of the moon to become the first man-made object in history to land on the lunar surface unseen on Earth. The mission was launched in early December and took three days to reach the moon. The craft spent a few weeks orbiting to prepare for touch-down on Van Karman crater and eventually landed on a relatively flat spot on the moon's far side.

Answer: Arabian Peninsula

Pope Francis arrived in the United Arab Emirates on 3 February. He was welcomed at the airport by The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Dr Ahmed El-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar university and mosque in Egypt. Dr El-Tayeb accompanied the Pope for much of the visit.

Answer: North Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia broke away from the federation of Yugoslavia in 1991. After more than two decades of dispute with Greece, it officially renamed itself as Republic of North Macedonia in February 2019, as a result of the Prespa Agreement signed in June 2018 by the two countries (subsequently approved by each country's parliament).

Answer: Notre-Dame Cathedral

During Holy Week, a massive fire engulfed the famous building in Paris which destroyed the roof and the spire. The 95-m (315-ft) Notre Dame was opened in 1345. The French President appealed to the nation and internationally for funding to repair the structure.

Answer: Taiwan

The Taiwanese legislature approved the bill on 7 May 17. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen tweeted after the vote: "We took a big step towards true equality, and made Taiwan a better country."

Answer: June

The protest was the largest protest in Hong Kong since the handover on 1st July 1997. The mass protest was against the bill which can extradite criminals under the legal system of mainland China. The extradition includes territories, Taiwan and mainland China which Hong Kong, none of which has an extradition agreement with the other.

The people in Hong Kong claimed the bill undermined the one country, two-system agreement for 50 years with China.

Answer: New Zealand and Sri Lanka

On March 16, 50 people and 50 wounded in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. This was first time in history terrorist shooting events occurred in this peaceful nation in the Pacific.

On April 12, terrorists carried out attacks on churches and hotels on Easter Sunday in three Sri Lankan cities, Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa. More than 253 people were killed, with several hundreds injured.

Answer: Highest ever temperatures recorded in Europe

On June 26, the week-long heat wave in Europe resulted in the highest ever June temperatures recorded in Germany (38.6C), Poland (38.2C) and the Czech Republic (38.9C). On June 28, France recorded its highest ever temperature at 45.9C in Gallargues-le-Montueux in southern France. According to The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average worldwide temperature of 16.4 C was the hottest June historically.

Answer: Near Balikpapan

Jakarta is overcrowded with about 10.8 million people (2019 estimate), badly polluted, heavily congested with traffic and subject to frequent floods. The city is sinking by up to 10 centimetres per year in some places. The construction of new capital is due to be complete in 2024.

The location would be be situated in Penajam Paser Utara regency and Kutai Kertanegara regency located in East Kalimantan province. The name of the city was not announced. The location near Balikpapan was selected as the region suffered very few earthquakes, floods, forest fires and offered a large area to build the new capital.

It is also the central region of Indonesia.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

State-owned company ARAMCO is the world's largest producer of crude oil. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced in 2016 that he wanted the company to go public in 2017 and valued the company at $2 trillion. However the final valuation by the auditor was around $1.5 trillion. The world's largest producer supplies about 10% of the world's crude oil. In 2018, the company made a profit $111 billion, the highest in the world.