NewsTracker Answers for week of Feb. 16, 2015

Q: Danish police said they shot and killed a man who they believe had killed two people and wounded at least five officers in weekend attacks on a cafe and a synagogue. Where is Denmark?

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Q: Denmark's prime minister said the attacks in the nation's capital were politically motivated and therefore terrorist attacks. What is the capital of Denmark?

A. Copenhagen

B. Helsinki

C. Oslo

D. Stockholm

A. With a population of 1.2 million people, Copenhagen is also Denmark's largest city. Helsinki is the capital of Finland; Oslo is the capital of Norway; and Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.

Q: The first attack took place on Saturday, when a gunman sprayed bullets into the cafe where a Swedish cartoonist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad was speaking. Sweden and Denmark are both . . .

A. NATO members

B. Baltic states

C. Scandinavian countries

D. All of the above

C. The term "Scandinavia" is historically used for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which share common cultural roots and Germanic languages that are considered mutually intelligible with one another.

Q: Thirty shots were fired into the cafe at a public seminar on “Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression,” intended to discuss the January attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper that had reprinted Danish cartoons of Muhammad. Where did that attack take place?

A. London

B. Madrid

C. Oslo

D. Paris

D. All of these European capitals have been hit by terrorists, but last month's Charlie Hebdo attack took place in Paris. The French ambassador to Denmark was at Saturday's cafe event. “They fired on us from the outside,” he said. “It was the same intention as Charlie Hebdo, except they didn’t manage to get in.”

Q: The attacks in Paris and Copenhagen both began with attacks on cartoonists followed by attacks on Jewish targets. The leader of which country is urging Jews to leave Europe?

A. France

B. Germany

C. Israel

D. Saudi Arabia

C. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Jewish people in Europe to migrate to Israel following attacks on Jews in recent weeks. But, Denmark's prime minister said, "The Jewish community belong in Denmark.” She visited the attacked synagogue and promised Denmark would do everything it can to protect its Jewish community.