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Last Updated: July 23, 2016

Quiz

1

A United Nations tribunal dismissed China's claims to the South China Sea. Against the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), China has built artificial islands and military bases. In which year did China sign UNCLOS?

	1994
	1976
	1982
	1979

2

The Chinese government opposed the UN tribunal which dismissed China's claims on the South China Sea. Per Part XV, Section 3 - Article 298 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), countries can exclude themselves from "compulsory binding procedures for the settlement of disputes" . When did China exercise this right?

	May 2004
	August 2006
	December 2009
	April 2001

3

Claire Perry resigned from the post of British Rail minister after continuing problems with Southern Rail. The mayor of London said he was "calling on the government to strip Southern of its franchise and take over the temporary responsibility of running these services." Who is the mayor of London?

	Ted Gatsas
	Sadiq Khan
	Tony Lloyd
	Patrick McLoughlin

4

In a deal worth £24 billion (US$32 billion), ARM Holdings announced accepting acquisition by Japanese company SoftBank. The CEO of ARM Holdings confirmed its headquarters would not change. Where is ARM Holdings's headquarters located?

	Greater Manchester
	Liverpool
	London
	Cambridge

5

More than 80 people were killed by a truck in Nice, France on Bastille day. The state of emergency in France was to be lifted on July 26 because of attacks in November. Which city suffered the attacks?

	Paris
	Marseille
	Lens
	Bordeaux

6

The UK Labour Party's Angela Eagle dropped out of the party leadership contest after losing to Owen Smith in an informal contest. Which of the following policies does Owen Smith not support.

	A £200 billion investment plan
	A referendum on any deal on leaving the European Union
	A referendum on any deal on leaving the G7
	Reintroducing the 50 percent top tax rate

7

More than 250 people were killed in an unsuccessful coup attempt in Turkey. Officials claimed Fethullah Gülen, who is currently in exile, was responsible for the coup. To which country did Gülen go in exile?

	The United States of America
	Belgium
	South Africa
	Malaysia

8

Which political figure proclaimed on his candidate statement provided to the California Secretary of State, "[w]e [Americans] are at war with Islam!" ?

	Donald Trump
	Alan Spears
	Robert Ornelas
	Cory Bookers

9

The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union has affected the forthcoming 2016 United States Presidential Elections. Last year, Barack Obama wrote an editorial and met UK's Prime Minister David Cameron. For which news media did Barack Obama write the editorial?

	The New York Times
	BBC
	The Guardian
	The Telegraph

10

Billionaire Mark Cuban decided to offer himself as a candidate for Vice-President in the United States. Who said about Cuban, "he's  a  political  novice  who  doesn't  bring  much  to  the  table  in  terms  of shoring  up  Hillary's  left  flank,  appealing  to  independents,  or  being  a  governing  partner"?

	James Pethokoukis
	Julian Castro
	Dan Judy
	Kyle Kondic