{"id":4794,"date":"2026-05-10T00:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4794"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:19:30","slug":"foreign-policys-weekly-international-news-quiz-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4794","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Policy&#8217;s Weekly International News Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-text\">\n<p>1. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will significantly reduce its military presence in Germany. Trump\u2019s remark came several days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Washington was being humiliated by what?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Its inability to totally halt Iranian oil shipping<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Its failure to destroy Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s ability to hack U.S. government databases<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response is-answer\"><\/p>\n<p>Its failure to advance peace talks with Iran<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-result\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-description\">\n<p>The war in Iran reveals that middle powers\u2019 cooperation does not lead to much influence on the global stage, FP\u2019s C. Raja Mohan <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/05\/04\/middle-powers-geopolitics-global-order-trump-war-iran-china\/\">argues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-text\">\n<p>2. This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a two-day cease-fire in his country\u2019s war in Ukraine for May 8 and 9 to mark the anniversary of what?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the Soviet Union<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response is-answer\"><\/p>\n<p>Nazi Germany\u2019s defeat in World War II<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Russian Tsar Peter the Great\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s first national electoral victory<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-result\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-description\">\n<p>Ukraine and its European partners are holding their breath on the future of U.S. military aid to Kyiv, which now appears dependent on the war in Iran, FP\u2019s Sam Skove <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/05\/04\/us-iran-war-ukraine-patriot-missiles-air-defense-purl\/\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-text\">\n<p>7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that \u201cno terrorist has immunity,\u201d a day after what happened?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response is-answer\"><\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces said they killed a Hezbollah commander<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces struck a military facility in Iran<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Israel attacked an Iranian-flagged ship<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>An Israeli airstrike targeted a suspected Hezbollah office in Syria<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-result\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-description\">\n<p>The precision strike in Lebanese territory was the first such attack on Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs since the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire went into effect last month, FP\u2019s Alexandra Sharp <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/05\/07\/uk-local-elections-labour-starmer-reform-uk-farage-greens\/\">reports<\/a> in World Brief.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-score\" data-score=\"5\">\n<p class=\"fp-quiz-your-score\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou scored <span\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a big world out there! Brush up on global goings-on by <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/morning-brief\/\">subscribing<\/a> to World Brief, <em>Foreign Policy<\/em>\u2019s flagship daily newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-score\" data-score=\"10\">\n<p class=\"fp-quiz-your-score\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYou scored <span\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Perfection! You\u2019re a pro who needs the in-depth insights offered in <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/situation-report\/\">Situation Report<\/a>, our newsletter on national security and defense.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2026\/05\/08\/news-quiz-us-drawdown-germany-taiwan-president-sudan-ethiopia-war\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will significantly reduce its military presence in Germany. Trump\u2019s remark came several days after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Washington was being humiliated by what? Its inability to totally halt Iranian oil shipping Its failure to destroy Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities Iran\u2019s ability to hack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politcical-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}