Play The Diplomat’s Quiz: December 30, 2018 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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   Who is San E?

   • A Sri Lankan painter
   • A South Korean rapper
   • A Burmese monk
   • A Singaporean chef
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   What is the name of the military exercise India and China are slated to resume in December 2018 after a one-year gap?

   • Saath Chale
   • Hind-Chini Bhai Bhai
   • Hand-in-Hand
   • Elephant-Dragon 2018
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   How many indigenous languages are spoken in Bhutan?

   • 1
   • 3
   • 11
   • 21
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   Near which of the following features did the United States Navy conduct a freedom of navigation operation in the first week of December 2018?

   • Fiery Cross Reef
   • Peter the Great Bay
   • Scarborough Shoal
   • Sentinel Island
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   5. Question

   What is the poverty rate in Cambodia, according to September statistics released by UNDP?

   • 10 percent
   • 25 percent
   • 35 percent
   • 50 percent
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   What is Uzbekistan’s propiska?

   • A national food ration system
   • A type of housing permit program
   • A national exam for post-secondary education
   • The name for Shavkat Mirziyoyev's reforms
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   What does the ‘1992 Consensus’ refer to?

   • An understanding between North Korea and China on their 1961 treaty and its applicability to mutual defense
   • An ASEAN decision on making Southeast Asia a nuclear weapon-free zone
   • An understanding between China and Taiwan on the meaning of China
   • A trilateral U.S.-Japan-South Korea declaration in 1992 on military cooperation
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   Who is Meng Wanzhou?

   • A member of the Chinese Communist Party's senior leadership
   • The chief financial officer of Huawei
   • The chief executive officer of Tencent
   • A senior Hong Kong municipal government official
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   Which of the following North Korean officials is considered a virtual ‘number two’ to Kim Jong Un in the country’s political system?

   • Hwang Pyong So
   • Kim Yo Jong
   • Choe Ryong Hae
   • Kim Yong Nam
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    What kinds of weapons did the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty prohibit the United States and the Soviet Union from possessing?

    • All missiles with ranges between 3,000 km and 5,500 km
    • Nuclear weapons within 1,000 km of each other's borders
    • All ground-launched cruise and ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 km and 5,500 km
    • All non-ballistic missiles with ranges between 500 km and 5,500 km
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