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What is the most populous country that is not a member of the G-20?
Pakistan
Egypt
The Philippines
Nigeria
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The G-20 began in 1999 as a meeting of finance ministers. It became a forum for heads of government …
In November 2006, to discuss reform of the International Monetary Fund.
In November 2008, in response to the global financial crisis.
In April 2009, in response to the global financial crisis.
In September 2013, to discuss the civil war in Syria.
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The G-20 comprises 19 countries and one multinational body, which is:
The European Union
The United Nations
The International Monetary Fund
The World Bank
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Large protests are typical at the G-20 summit. What is the slogan of the anticapitalist demonstration that’s planned when world leaders arrive on Thursday?
Welcome to Heaven.
Welcome to Hell.
Welcome to Hamburg.
Welcome to Heartache.
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The nations in the G-20 produce what percentage of global gross domestic product?
20 percent
55 percent
80 percent
95 percent
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Every G-20 leader has a high-level aide who prepares plans before the summit meeting, is present during it and helps negotiate the declaration at its close. The aides, in turn, have assistants. What terms are used to describe these two roles?
Clerks and runners
Sherpas and yaks
Scouts and cubs
Geese and goslings
7 of 10
Which city has not hosted a G-20 leaders’ summit meeting?
Brisbane, Australia
Cannes, France
Cleveland, Ohio
Hangzhou, China
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After the United States, which G-20 country has the largest economy per capita (adjusted for purchasing-power parity)?
Australia
Canada
Germany
Saudi Arabia
9 of 10
Which of the following critiques of the G-20 is not based in fact?
Meetings are mostly conducted behind closed doors, and there is no permanent staff, so the workings of the group are largely hidden.
Membership is somewhat arbitrarily defined, and major economic players like Norway, Singapore and Spain are not directly represented.
The G-20 was supposed to reform global economic governance, but postwar institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank remain largely unchanged.
The G-20 fails to represent the places where the vast majority of the world's economic activity takes place.
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In most G-20 countries, rates of internet usage don’t vary greatly between genders. But in three of them, significantly fewer women go online than men. These countries are:
The United States, Saudi Arabia and Argentina
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Italy
China, Mexico and Indonesia
India, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia
