Play The Diplomat’s Quiz: February 4, 2017 Edition

Welcome to The Diplomat‘s weekly quiz.

Each week, we will curate a list of 10 questions on recent events in the Asia-Pacific region (with occasional historical questions thrown in for variety).

These questions will cover all the topics we cover here at The Diplomat, including the politics, economics, security, culture, and history of the vast Asia-Pacific region.

Rest assured, the answers to each question come straight from our pages. Usually, the answer to any given quiz question will be found in a recent article we’ve run. So, as long as you keep up with The Diplomat, you should be on your way to an easy 100 percent score on each of these quizzes.

You’ll get to see your score and the average score across all our readers at the end of the quiz.

Well? What are you waiting for? Have a go at our quiz and find out just how well you know the Asia-Pacific this week.

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   What missile defense system did Japan recently decide to deploy on its soil in the coming years?

   • THAAD
   • Aegis Ashore
   • Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
   • PAC-2
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   Who is Fang Fenghui?

   • A member of China's 18th Politburo
   • A recently purged Chinese general
   • A member of China's 19th Politburo
   • The director of China's state-run overseas mining corporation
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   Which Asian country is the largest supplier of tramadol to the Middle East and Africa?

   • China
   • The Philippines
   • Japan
   • India
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   Which Central Asian leader visited Washington, D.C., last week?

   • Sooronbay Jeenbekov
   • Nursultan Nazarbayev
   • Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
   • Emomali Rahmon
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   India recently tested the Agni-V ballistic missile? Which of the following is not true about the Agni-V?

   • It is launched from a canister
   • It is a liquid-fueled missile
   • It is an intercontinental-range ballistic missile
   • It has not entered operational deployment
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   India recently canceled an arms deal with Israel. What kind of weapon was India seeking to import?

   • A cruise missile
   • An anti-tank guided missile
   • An armed drone
   • A tank
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   According to official data, how much did China’s economy grow by in 2017?

   • 6.6%
   • 6.7%
   • 6.8%
   • 6.9%
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   What kind of vessel did China send to contiguous zone of the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands for the first time in January 2018?

   • A Type 093 SSN
   • A Type 815 AGI
   • A Type 054A frigate
   • A Type 039 SSK
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   Which Asian country is planning to procure 20 additional F-35A stealth fighters?

   • South Korea
   • Japan
   • Japan
   • Australia
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    What kind of weapon is China’s DF-17?

    • A solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile
    • An intercontinental-range ballistic missile
    • A hypersonic glide vehicle-equipped ballistic missile
    • An anti-ship ballistic missile
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