Q 01/05

Which Canadian finance minister, later prime minister, was chosen as the G20's first chairman in 1999?

A) Jean Chrétien

B) Paul Martin

C) Jim Flaherty

D) John Manley

Answer · why

B) Paul Martin

Paul Martin went on to serve as Canada's 21st prime minister from 2003 to 2006, and a Brookings scholar later called him the crucial architect of the ...

Q 02/05

Alongside finance ministers, which officials make up the G20's finance track that prepares each leaders' summit?

A) Trade ministers

B) Foreign ministers

C) Central bank governors

D) Budget directors

Answer · why

C) Central bank governors

Central bank governors sit beside finance ministers at every ministerial meeting, and that finance track prepares the leaders' summit and carries out ...

Q 03/05

Where did George W. Bush convene the first G20 leaders' summit in November 2008, at the National Building Museum?

A) New York City

B) Philadelphia

C) Los Angeles

D) Washington, D.C.

Answer · why

D) Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. hosted the inaugural leaders' meeting on 14–15 November 2008 under the formal title Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy...

Q 04/05

Which country was the first non-G8 nation to host a G20 leaders' summit, in November 2010?

A) South Korea

B) Mexico

C) Turkey

D) Australia

Answer · why

A) South Korea

South Korea staged the fifth summit on 11–13 November 2010, in a year when leaders still met twice, following Canada's meeting that June.

Q 05/05

Which regional bloc joined the G20 as its newest member at the September 2023 summit chaired by Narendra Modi?

A) Arab League

B) Andean Community

C) African Union

D) Pacific Alliance

Answer · why

C) African Union

The African Union became the second regional union in the group after the EU, and was fully represented for the first time at the 2024 summit in Brazi...