World (2000s)

Question 1

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands was set up in 2004 to protest what country’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriage? (It was dissolved in 2017 after same-sex marriage was finally recognized there)

Answer 1

Australia

Question 2

In 2007, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner succeeded her husband as President of what country?

Answer 2

Argentina

Question 3

The complicated protocol of diplomatic gifts can be tricky for politicians at even the highest levels of government. Veep’s Selina Meyer learned this when she was given a cumbersome clock by the Prime Minister of what country during trade negotiations in season 2? Life imitated art in 2013 when Selina’s kindred spirit, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked “Why are these birds angry? Does it not have a negative effect on the children?” on a visit to the same country.

Answer 3

Finland