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Ultra Quiz Warriors: The Reckoning
Ultra Quiz Warriors: The Reckoning
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1
Greece's new prime minister is
Alexis Tsipras
Titus Andronicus
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Yanis Varoufakis
2
the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey restricted state laws that created
"undue burdens" on women seeking abortions
"perverse incentives" for women seeking abortions
any red tape for women seeking abortions
"actual malice" against a woman's right to an abortion
3
since the end of World War II, Italy has had ___ different governments
61
22
30
49
4
the UK's ambassador to the United States just resigned over his
lewd speculation about the Queen's knickers
leaks of classified military intelligence
sexual harassment of interns
emails in which he criticized the Trump Administration
5
international relations between Japan and South Korea are fraught with tension over
the legacy of Japanese imperialism
the fact that Japan, but not South Korea, is a US ally
Japan's support for China's claim to the Senkaku Islands
Japan's support for North Korea's nuclear program
6
in 2017, US healthcare spending per capita was over
$10,000
$5,000
$30,000
$15,000
7
Queen Elizabeth II belongs to the royal House of
Romanov
Stuart
Windsor
Hanover
8
this man founded the Fifth Republic, France's current republican system, in 1958
Charles de Gaulle
Jean Paul Sartre
Jacques Chirac
Francois Mitterand
9
The America First Committee advocated
against American aid to the Allied Powers in World War II
against American involvement in the Vietnam War
for President Trump's election in 2016
American withdrawal from NATO after the Cold War
10
the goal of Quantitative Easing by a central bank is to
tamp down excessive borrowing by raising interest rates
lower the trade deficit
grow the money supply by purchasing government securities
unwind the asset side of the bank's balance sheet
11
the outcome of the 2000 presidential election was ultimately decided in
a trial by combat
the streets
the Supreme Court
Congress
12
among other things, Joe Biden has been criticized for his central role in intensifying the
War in Vietnam
War on Drugs
War on Women
First Gulf War
13
all of the following countries are NATO members EXCEPT
Poland
Montenegro
Ukraine
Hungary
14
the top echelon of Chinese Communist Party leadership is called the
Politburo
Council of Ministers
Politburo Standing Committee
Central Economic Commission
15
the United States ended the military draft in
1973
1980
1969
1992
16
Zionism refers to the belief that Jews
are God's chosen people
should have their own nation-state in what is now Israel
should lobby governments for their interests
should recognize Jesus as the messiah
17
The policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell barred ____ from serving in the military
pacifists
openly gay and lesbian individuals
gamers
African Americans
18
Stalin ordered him assassinated in Mexico City in 1940
Leon Trotsky
Lev Kamenev
Yuri Andropov
Nikolai Bukharin
19
this landmark Supreme Court case established the "actual malice" standard in libel cases
Korematsu v. United States
Tinker v. Des Moines
New York Times v. Sullivan
Kramer v. Kramer
20
Kashmir is claimed by both India and Pakistan, but over 2/3rds of its population practices
Hinduism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Islam
21
she just announced a campaign to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Martha McSally
Chelsea Clinton
Kelli Ward
Amy McGrath
22
The US ambassador to the Russian Federation is
Terry Branstad
Richard Grenell
Robert Johnson
Jon Huntsman
23
if California were a country, its economy would be the ____ largest in the world
fifth
tenth
fourth
twelfth
24
In the history of South Asia, Partition refers to events in 1947 when
relations soured between Pakistan and Bangladesh
India won its war of independence against Great Britain
The former British Raj was split into India and Pakistan
Bangladesh became an independent country
25
Jerome Powell recently indicated that an interest rate cut is ____ at the Fed's next meeting
definitely going to happen
more likely than not
definitely not going to happen
unlikely
26
Harvard just suspended this star economics professor over sexual harassment allegations
N. Gregory Mankiw
John Searle
Austan Goolsbee
Roland Fryer
27
according to the UN and Arab League, deaths from the Syrian Civil War total about
200,000
400,000
800,000
100,000
28
the suicide rate in the US for girls ages 10-14 ____ between 1999 and 2014
doubled
decreased slightly
tripled
stayed the same
29
this 1978 Supreme Court case upheld the legality of race-based college admissions
Harvard University Corporation v. Jackson
University of Virginia Trustees v. Klein
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
University of Chicago v. Ponticelli
30
Marianne Williamson made waves in the Democratic debate for her ardent advocacy of
the power of love
universal basic income
racial gerrymandering
socialist revolution
31
Xi Jinping visited the US state of ____ as part of an official Chinese delegation in 1985
Arkansas
Indiana
Montana
Iowa
32
"Performance Legitimacy" is when a regime is considered legitimate based on
the goods and opportunities it provides its population
the intrinsic justness of its political institutions
the extent of its recognition by the international community
the quality of its propaganda
33
Aceh is a semi-autonomous region of ____ which officially practices Sharia law
The United States of America
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Myanmar
34
the first chancellor of a reunified Germany after the end of the Cold War was
Heinrich Himmler
Angela Merkel
Helmut Kohl
Konrad Adenauer
35
the busiest airport in the world is in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Atlanta, Georgia
Los Angeles, California
Beijing, China
36
this bank plans to cut almost 20,000 jobs as it engages in massive corporate restructuring
Wells Fargo
JP Morgan Chase
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
37
this Israeli prime minister was assassinated for his role in pushing the Oslo Peace Accords
Ariel Sharon
Yitzhak Rabin
David Ben-Gurion
Ehud Barak
38
the president of Taiwan is
Xi Zhongxun
Ma Ying-jeou
Tsai Ing-wen
Han Kuo-yu
39
the largest private employer in the United States is
General Electric
Bush's Baked Beans
Wal-Mart
Amazon
40
the largest Christian denomination in the world is
Episcopalianism
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholicism
Baptist
41
prior to its independence in 1954, Vietnam was a(n) ____ colony
Belgian
American
British
French
42
Indonesia began transitioning into a democracy in ____ with the fall of the dictator Suharto
2003
1945
1998
1989
43
China is allegedly holding over ____ Uighurs and other Muslims in detention camps
250,000
500,000
100,000
a million
44
the State Department recently announced ___ in arms sales to Taiwan
$50 billion
$2.2 billion
$1 billion
$3.5 billion
45
Leon Trotsky derided him as the "outstanding mediocrity of the [Bolshevik] party"
Lavrenti Beria
Georgy Zhukov
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
46
the world's most profitable company in 2018 was
Exxon Mobil
Wal-Mart
Saudi Aramco
Apple
47
Tom Steyer, the billionaire who just entered the 2020 field, is best known for advocating
universal basic income
the impeachment of President Trump
Medicare for All
reparations for slavery
48
Mom and Dad/legal guardian: I, [name], had a/an ____ experience at ISD over the last two weeks
rather excellent
ineffably wonderful
exceedingly good
deeply edifying
49
of the 7 members of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, ____ are women
2
3
none
1
50
the term "Hobbesian" -- as in, "a Hobbesian international system" -- denotes
an anarchic competition of all against all
a multipolar power distribution
a world where economic concerns predominate
a world governed by international organizations
51
Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke was arrested in 1998 for
possession of child pornography
statutory rape
drunk driving
espionage
52
The Supreme Court case that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states was
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
Obergefell v. Hodges
Plessy v. Ferguson
53
The 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia struck down all state laws against
interracial marriage
pornography
desegregated schools
sodomy
54
according to empirical research, most authoritarian regimes in history have ended through
peaceful transitions to democracy
coups
revolutions
foreign-imposed regime change
55
China joined the World Trade Organization in
2001
1978
2009
it's not in the WTO
56
the leading cause of death for men in the US is
cancer
diabetes
homicide
heart disease