Milestones in UN History
Due to issues of apartheid, in November 1977, the UN issued an arms embargo against this African nation.
What is South Africa?
You can find Trafalgar Square, Parliament, and Big Ben in this capital city.
What is London?
Known in Italy as Venezia, this entire city of canals is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
What is Venice?
It is “freezing cold” at this degree Fahrenheit or colder.
What is 32 degree Fahrenheit?
George Orwell’s “other” book, not 1984, was once mandatory reading in high school.
What is Animal Farm?
Beginning on November 5, 1974, the UN held its first World Food Conference, seeking to resolve this issue.
What is world hunger?
The Pilgrims landed in this spot in Massachusetts.
What is Plymouth Rock?
Italians eat this after a meal.
What is Salad?
The opposite of the “dog days of summer,” this term refers to the coldest part of winter.
What is the dead of winter?
This is one of two popular series of amateur teenage detective franchises for leisure reading. (Name both titles)
What is Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys.
On May 8, 1980, two years after the last reported case, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this disease eradicated.
What is smallpox?
This part of the body shares its name with a place of worship.
What is the temple?
Italians never order this beverage after 11 a.m.
What is a cappuccino?
When snow is forecasted, every child prays to get one of these in the morning, meaning school will be closed.
What is a snow day?
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times,” begins this novel by Charles Dickens
What is A Tale of Two Cities?
On December 15, 1981, the fifth secretary-general was appointed: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, from this South American nation with the capital of Lima.
What is Peru?
If you cut this fruit horizontally, you’ll find the seeds of this fruit aligned in a star shape.
What is apple?
This Italian island, home to Mount Etna, is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
What is Sicily?
At work, when someone has been disciplined so often that a pink slip might be in their future, they are said to be skating on this.
What is skating on thin ice?
The Importance of Being Earnest was written by this author.
Who is Oscar Wilde?
On September 16, 1987, this protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed, named after this city in Quebec.
What is Montreal?
This is the term for non-native plant species that take over and force out indigenous plants.
What is invasive?
This largest Baroque fountain in Rome was featured in the 1954 film Three Coins in the Fountain.
What is Trevi Fountain.
This is a colorful term for SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, which can manifest as depression and lethargy.
What is “winter blues”?
The Diary of a Young Girl’s author began most of her entries with this inscription.
What is "Dear Kitty"?