Science, People & Politics. Issue three 2017.

QUIZ THREE
1 What is the name and job title of the politician whom UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson met in Triploli, Libya on 23rd August, 2017.

2 On August 1st, 2017 Virgo joined LIGO. What are these two organisations studying?

3 What is the capital of Morocco?

4 In which town in Germany did the G20 meet in July, 2017?

5 General relativity has __X__ space time. Special relativity has ___Y___ spacetime. Supply the missing words.

6 What is the name of France's biggest bank?

7 What occasion prompted the US Secretary of State to send good wishes to Muslims globally on 31st, 2017?

8 Against which country did US President Donald Trump in August 2017 threaten retaliation in the event of attack?

9 What does the acronym UNCCD stand for?

10 What are Special Drawing Rights?

ANSWERS
1 Libyan Prime Minister, Fayyez Al-Serraj

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-visits-libya--3

2 Gravitational waves.

3 Rabat. Reputable news outlets this quarter reported trouble in Northern Moroccan locales.

4 Hamburg.

5 GR has CURVED spacetime. SR has FLAT spacetime.

6 BNP Paribas.

7 Eid al-Adha. Source: https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/08/273763.htm

8 North Korea.

9 The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

10 An international reserve asset (Financial) created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
http://www.imf.org/en/About/Factsheets/Sheets/2016/08/01/14/51/Special-Drawing- Right-SDR
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