If you announce yourself to be "Present and Voting" you may not....
A) Abstain in procedural matters
B) Vote against something
C) Abstain in substantive matters
D) Leave the room before voting
C) Abstain in substantive matters
100
How many UN member states are there?
193
100
In 2009 Switzerland was the first country to send a woman as Ambassador to Iran
(Note: since the 1979 Islamic revolution)
True or False?
True
100
Columbus reaches the New World
A) 1491
B) 1495
C) 1456
D) 1492
D) 1492
100
That thing you use to dot your lowercase "i" is called a:
A) Attle
B) Tittle
C) Dotty
D) Widdle
B) Tittle
200
In the event there are more than one unfriendly amendments to a resolution, the amendments are voted on in order of :
A) Order of submission
B) Furthest removed from the substance of the resolution to the least removed
C) Least removed from the substance of the resolution to the most removed
D) Decision lies with submitter(s) of the resolution
B) Furthest removed from the substance of the resolution to the least removed
200
The United Nations were founded in what year, and by how many countries?
Founded: 1945
Number of countries: 51
200
WikiLeaks was launched in?
A) 1997
B) 2012
C) 2006
D) 2001
C) 2006
200
The Renaissance began in Italy in the:
A) 1300s
B) 1400s
C) 1500s
D) 1600s
A) 1300s
200
Only male mosquitoes will bite you.
True or False?
In addition to the member states, the UN also invites non-member states. Currently these are?
The Holy See and Palestine
300
Gandhi's civil disobedience movement leads to an independent India
A) 1922
B) 1947
C) 1963
B) 1947
300
Newton's theory of universal gravitation?
A) 1701
B) 1745
C) 1664
C) 1664
300
Fredric Baur, intenvor of the Pringles can, died in 2008. His ashes were buried in a Pringles can.
True or False?
True
400
Which of these are real MUN motions?
A) Expression of Personal Opinion
B) Consultation of the Whole
C) Expulsion from Committee (of other delegate)
D) Substitution of Chair
B and C
400
Which of these countries were not original members of the UN?
Switzerland, France, Argentina, El Salvador, Haiti, Turkey, Peru, Uganda, Italy, Iraq, Lebanon, Cuba.
Switzerland, Uganda and Italy were not original members of the UN
400
Coups overthrew how many elected governments in the second half of the twentieth century?
A) 28
B) 32
C) 46
D) 120
C) 46
400
Who invented the electric light?
Edison
400
After an online vote in 2011, Toyota announced that the official plural of Prius was ....
The plural of Prius is Prii
500
Come up with the best MUN pickup line (points will be awarded in purely scientific manner)
Examples:
- Is that a placard in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
- I'll Czech your Republic
- I Ecuador you
.....
500
The seating order at the UN is done alphabetically.
Which of these countries is listed under "T"?
A) United Republic of Tanzania
B) The Democratic Republic of the Congo
C) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
D) The Republic of Moldova
C) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
500
The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is?
A) Crassos
B) Starton
C) Gonsalves
c) Gonsalves
500
Who discovered penicillin?
A) Hubble
B) Curie
C) Fleming
D) Pasteur
C) Fleming
500
The Vatican Bank is the world's only bank that allows ATM users to...