The United Nations
History & Culture
Political Geography
Physical Geography
Potpourri
100
Who are the 5 permanent members of the U.N. Security Council?
China, France, Russia, United States, United Kingdom
100
First introduced by an American teacher in the late 19th century, yakyū (野球) is by far the most popular sport in Japan. Yakyū means this in English.
Baseball
100
Boris Yeltsin was the first democratically elected president of this modern nation.
Russia
100
This ancient mountain range is so old that it spans multiple continents.
Appalachian Mountains
100
This is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in any of the names of the 50 states of the USA.
Q
200
This many countries have a population > 200,000,000 people.
a. ) 5
b. ) 6
c. ) 7
d. ) 8
c.) 7 - India, China, The USA, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil
200
This artist and architect is famously known for the Statue of David and his painting of the Sistine Chapel, but more importantly serves as the namesake for this member of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
300
What are the 6 official languages of the United Nations?
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
300
This Northern Hemisphere nation has more than 200,000 km of coastline, greater than the coastlines of the next 3 largest nations combined.
Canada
300
House, Trance, and Synthwave are all examples of sub-genres of this genre of music that is a favorite of both Mr. Morrison and Mr. Decker.
Electronic Dance Music (EDM)
400
Name 2 countries with the word "Democratic" in their official name.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
400
With a record 23 individual Olympic gold medals, this former University of Michigan swimmer has more career Olympic golds than the entire nations of India, Indonesia, and Armenia combined.
Michael Phelps
500
Name the countries of origin of 3 of the 9 Secretary Generals of the United Nations.
(Bonus 500 points if you can name their countries of origin as well).
Norway - Trygve Lie - 1946-1952
Sweden - Dag Hammarskjöld - 1953-1961
Myanmar (Burma) - U Thant - 1961-1971
Austria - Kurt Waldheim - 1972-1981
Peru - Javier Perez de Cueller - 1982-1991
Egypt - Boutros Boutros-Ghali - 1992-1996
Ghana - Kofi Annan - 1997-2006
South Korea - Ban Ki-Moon - 2007-2016
Portugal - António Guterras - 2017-Present
500
This colonizing European nation formally apologized in 2002 for its role in the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the initial prime minister of the First Congolese Republic and pan-African independence leader.
Belgium
500
The U.S. State Department's School of Language Studies classifies languages in Tiers based on their difficulty level for native English Speakers. What are the 4 major languages that are considered Tier IV (most difficult to learn for English speakers)?
Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean