Play The Diplomat’s Quiz: October 13, 2019, 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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   1. Question

   Which Asian country celebrates its national day on October 1?

   • Japan
   • The Philippines
   • China
   • Pakistan
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   Who is the head of the Vietnamese Communist Party?

   • Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
   • Nguyễn Phú Trọng
   • Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
   • Phan Văn Khải
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   Which of the following weapons did North Korea not test during the summer of 2019?

   • A short-range quasi-ballistic missile resembling the Russian Iskander-M
   • A medium-range, solid-fuel ballistic missile
   • A 600 mm multiple launch rocket system
   • A short-range quasi-ballistic missile resembling the U.S. ATACMS
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   4. Question

   Which of the following design features is China’s new indigenously designed Type 002 aircraft carrier not likely to possess?

   • Nuclear propulsion
   • A catapult-based aircraft launch mechanism
   • A gross tonnage of more than 80,000 tons
   • An air-wing comprising the J-15
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   What year did Japan and South Korea normalize diplomatic relations?

   • 1945
   • 1960
   • 1965
   • 1972
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   Which two countries abandoned their official diplomatic ties with Taiwan for China in September 2019?

   • Haiti and Honduras
   • Guatemala and Solomon Islands
   • Solomon Islands and Kiribati
   • Kiribati and Marshall Islands
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   Which three countries participate in the Malabar military exercise?

   • United States, India, Australia
   • United States, India, Japan
   • United States, India, China
   • United States, Japan, Australia
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   When are Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections scheduled?

   • November 2019
   • December 2019
   • January 2020
   • February 2020
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   What is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?

   • India’s ruling national party
   • A Hindu nationalist political organization in India
   • India’s main opposition party
   • An Indian student movement
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    What is the source of the deadly haze that regularly accumulates over parts of peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia?

    • Illegal crop-burning by Indonesian farmers
    • Excessive vehicular traffic in Malaysia
    • Volcanic eruptions in Indonesia
    • Pollution sweeping over from India and China
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