Rules of Procedure
This word is used to describe if ALL "present and voting" members of a certain committee agree to pass a resolution with no abstains or Nays.
What is unanimous?
UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
This is country has veto powers in the United Nations Security Council. Any of the 5 work.
What is US or France or Russia or China or UK?
Queequeg throws a harpoon off the Pequod. It fails, free falling downwards. This is the numerical value of the acceleration due to gravity on Earth, with correct units to three(3) significant figures.
What is 9.81 m/s2?
A mishmash of U.S. geography and music, this company produces most of the item that is the unofficial mascot of STEM.
What is Texas Instruments?
This is what I am formally supposed to call for and say in committee when I need to use the restroom.
What is a point of personal privilege?
This is what UNESCO stands for.
What is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization?
From un.org: "The correct interpretation and translation of these six languages, in both spoken and written form, is very important to the work of the [UN], because this enables clear and concise communication on issues of global importance."
What are English, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, and French? (Chinese acceptable)
This organelle has been unofficially crowned as the 'powerhouse of the cell,' despite never actually running for office.
What is the mitochondria?
This Dutch artist, known for his bold brushstrokes and vibrant colors, painted Starry Night while in a mental asylum in 1889.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
When delegates are being too loud and committee session needs to start, the dais will often bang the gavel and declare this to get everybody to quiet down. In modern English, this word means "behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety".
What is decorum?
Apparently a key term in the "list of main acronyms" for the UN report on Least Developed Countries, this phrase is what PCR stands for, also used when you need to find out who the Daddy is, according to PCR song.
What is polymerase chain reaction?
This Middle Eastern country has recently fallen to rebels who don't like authoritarian government there; the UN has called for emphasis on the humanitarian crisis.
What is Syria?
You slip on a puddle of water. You go to show your mom the next day, but it isn't there. This stage of the water cycle is why your puddle isn't there anymore.
What is evaporation?
This epic fantasy drama, originally released on HBO and based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R.R. Martin, aired from 2011 to 2019 and became a cultural phenomenon, known for its complex characters, shocking deaths, and political intrigue.
What is Game of Thrones?
A form of debate where all delegates receive a short amount of time to voice their views on a specific topic. Delegates will speak in roll call order with a default speaking time of 30 seconds. Delegates must specify the topic.
What is a round table?
The acronym for this committee sounds like something straight from Spongebob - but in reality, it focuses on social, humanitarian, and cultural topics.
What is SOCHUM?
On December 3 2024 Local Time, the Republic of Korea's president declared martial law. He was from this right wing party.
What is the People Power Party?
Young boys are always secretly in love with their mother in the Oedipus Complex, according to this Austrian neurologist known for inventing psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud? (Freud acceptable)
"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them."
What is Hamlet?
This is what dais will rule a point or motion when it is not conducive to the flow of debate. It will either make debate too slow, or is just unnecessary at this point in time under their discretion. (Ex: That will be ruled ____ at this time; All other points or motions will be rules ______ at this time)
What is dilatory?
This committee plays a crucial role in global climate policy, including organizing international negotiations like the Paris Agreement.
What is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change? (UNFCCC acceptable)
This former first lady of the United States was one of the main contributors in the drafting committee for the Universal Declaration of Human rights in 1948.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This intermolecular force, nicknamed after a German physicist who actually has the last name of another European city, is present between all molecules, no matter their polarity.
What are London Dispersion Forces? (induced dipole-induced dipole forces accepable)
This is the name of the song by the oldest member of a South Korean boy band, gaining over 100 million views for his solo song about an "exquisite fish species"
What is "Super Tuna"?