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100
This Northern European island country once controlled more territory than any other nation on the planet. Nowadays, it's still a force to be reckoned with - this nation is one of only eight with nuclear weapons.
What is the United Kingdom?
Also accepted: UK, Britain
100
After the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones controlled by these four countries. Name all of them.
What are the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and France?
100
You know them, you love them - you must always write one of these prior to a committee in order to be eligible for awards.
What is a position paper?
100
We will be meeting on this day every week starting next year.
When is Wednesday?
100
Five nations hold seats on the UN Security Council. Name all five.
What are the USA, UK, Russia, China, and France?
200
While not a major power, this square-flagged Western European nation has a few claims to fame: its capital doubles as that of the European Union, and has the honor of being the true home of French fries - not France!
What is Belgium?
200
In the Treaty of Paris (1898), which settled the Spanish-American War, the United States gained a new overseas territory in East Asia from Spain, known by this name.
What is the Philippines?
200
Often forgotten by many delegates (in truth, me included), the agenda is set using this type of speech.
What is an opening speech?
200
Our MUN elections are being held in this month.
When is April?
200
Over the 2024-25 school year, Mount Si MUN has brought home this many awards.
What is 4?
300
Known for its particularly close historical ties to France, this North African nation gained its independence in the 1950s after France waged an exceptionally brutal campaign to hold on to it. However, today, the nation is a major player in North Africa and boasts the continent's largest military budget.
What is Algeria?
300
This party, headed by Keir Starmer and one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, received a historic result in the last election - it won 416 seats!
What is the Labour Party?
300
You are forbidden to refer to yourself (and certainly not your country) by these during moderated debate.
What are personal pronouns?
300
There were two original founders of Mount Si Model UN, both of whom have since graduated, with one going to Stanford and the other to UW. Name both of them.
Who were Amelia and Olivia?
300
In 2021, a civil war wracked this Southeast Asian nation after a military coup, made especially famous through a video in which a woman gives a dance class while armored cars drove to the capital behind her.
What is Myanmar?
400
Sometimes nicknamed and known in other languages as "White Russia", this former Soviet republic gained its independence for the first time since the Middle Ages in 1991 with the collapse of the USSR. However, its unusually close relationship with the Russian Federation has led to accusations that it's a modern Russian satellite state.
What is Belarus?
400
The United States is occasionally contested for the invention of the airplane by a little-known inventor from this South American nation.
What is Brazil?
400
Spell the name of the piece of laminated white paper bearing your country's name that you have to raise in order to be recognized to speak at committee.
What is P-L-A-C-A-R-D?
400
Mrs. Steiner wasn't always MSHSMUN's advisor - the club actually started off with this teacher, known for teaching AP US History.
Who is Mr. Reynier?
400
Name the historical event referenced in this song.
Madison was mad - he was the President, you know / He thought he'd tell the British where they'd ought to go / He thought he'd invade Canada - he thought that he was tough / But instead we went to Washington and burned down all his stuff!
What is the sacking/burning of Washington, D.C. in the War of 1812?
(Also accept just the War of 1812.)
500
Sometimes jokingly referred to as "the Xbox flag", this Central Asian nation's flag depicts a yurt, a traditional nomadic tent from the nation and a symbol of its unique culture, despite only recently gaining its independence from the Soviet Union.
What is Kyrgyzstan?
500
Pablo Picasso's famous abstract painting "Guernica" depicts a battle in which 20th-century war?
What was the Spanish Civil War?
500
Occasionally, in smaller and higher-level committees, experienced delegates will motion for a "round robin", which means this.
What is a caucus in which every nation speaks in a circle?
500
At its lowest point in Spring 2023, Mount Si MUN had this many members.
What is 3?
500
A statue of this stands outside the UN Building in Manhattan, symbolizing peace and a desire for disarmament.
What is a gun with a twisted barrel?