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MUN Current Events Quiz
MUN Current Events Quiz
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A Quiz regarding recent international affairs, world geography, and the United Nations!
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1
Last month, the United States withdrew from what UN organization, alleging anti-Israel bias?
UNESCO
UNICEF
UNGA
UN Security Council
2
June marked the 50-year anniversary of what brief war between Israel and its Arab adversaries?
Six-Day War
Steve Bannon War
Beer Hall Putsch
Gaza War
3
Last week, the world commemorated the 100-year anniversary of what catalytic upheaval?
October (Bolshevik) Revolution
Russian Revolution
Holodomor
Battle of the Marne
4
Who has not won the Nobel Peace Prize (and is also on the no-fly list)?
Malala Yousafzai
Alan Hagedorn
Juan Manuel Santos
Barack Obama
5
Syria and Nicaragua both recently joined what agreement?
El Acuerdo de París
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
L'Accord de Paris
Paris Agreement
6
A historic peace accord was recently ratified between FARC rebels and government officials in…
Timor-Leste
Colombia
Honduras
Spain
7
Eleanor Roosevelt drafted the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
False
True
8
In May, he defeated Euroskeptic Marine Le Pen and won the French presidency in a landslide.
Emmanuel Macron
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
François Fillon
François Hollande
9
Which entity is NOT an organ of the United Nations?
International Court of Justice
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Economic, Cultural, and Social Organization
International Criminal Court
10
Who is she? She won a fourth term in September.
Angela Merkel
Jacinda Ardern
Theresa May
Michele Bachelet
11
Secession movements have recently gained momentum in…
Biafra, Nigeria
Scotland, United Kingdom
Catalonia, Spain
English Cameroon, Cameroon
12
Kim Jong-un is threatening to bomb the American territory of…
the Northern Mariana Islands
the Aleutian Islands
Guam
Wake Island
13
What set of rules do we use in MUN to govern debate and discourse?
United States Code
Robert's Rules of Order
Corpus Juris Civilis
Plato's Rules of Oratory
14
This country was the site of an ambush that killed four US servicemen last month.
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
Niger
Central African Republic
15
How many countries are in NAFTA?
None (the agreement was dissolved this morning)
3
8
2
16
The United States is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
True
False
17
Nobel winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been rebuked for ignoring the plight of minority Rohingyas in
Myanmar
Malaysia
Maldives
Cambodia
18
LGBTQ individuals have been arbitrarily jailed, harassed, and beaten in Chechnya, a region of..
Russia
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Belarus
19
On Wednesday, a coup d'état was initiated by the army of what country, raising global concerns?
Gabon
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Swaziland
20
This Pacific island nation is currently chairing the ongoing COP23 climate conference in Bonn.
Fiji
Kiribati
Palau
Vanuatu
21
On Wednesday, Australians voted overwhelmingly for a legal change that would allow…
Same-sex marriage
The sale of recreational cannabis
Euthanasia
Registered cohabitation
22
October 31st marked the quincentennial of what religious shift initiated by Luther's 95 Theses?
Counter-Reformation
Protestant Reformation
Copernican Revolution
Great Awakening
23
Australia has adamantly refused to admit refugees stuck in a detention facility on what island?
Bougainville
Cockburn Island
Manus Island
Tasmania
24
The largest Muslim nation in the world in terms of population is…
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Nigeria
25
Who has drawn rebuke for leading an extralegal drug war that has killed 1000s of innocents?
Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai premier
Bengino Aquino III, Papuan dictator
Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president
Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese premier
