February 28, 2003, 00:04
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Global Politics Quiz
Hello everyone. I don't drop into OT too often, so if this quiz was previously posted I apoligize
Answers will be posted in a day or 2. You will get 5 points for every correct answer.
Global Politics Quiz
1. Which country has dropped bombs on over 20 different countries since 1945?
2. Which is the only country to have used nuclear weapons to takes the lives of thousands of civilian women and children?
3. Which country was responsible for a car bomb which killed 80 civilians in Beirut in 1985 in a botched assassination attempt, thereby making it the most lethal terrorist bombing in modern Middle East history?
4. Which country's illegal bombing of Libya in 1986 was desribed by the UN Legal Committee as a "classic case" of terrorism?
5. Which country rejected the order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to terminate its "unlawful use of force" against Nicaragua in 1986, and then vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling on all states to observe international law?
6. Which country was accused by a UN-sponsored truth commission of providing "direct and indirect support" for "acts of genocide" against Mayan Indians in Guatemala during the 1980s?
7. Which country unilaterally withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missle (ABM) Treaty in December 2001?
8. Which country renounced the efforts to negotiate a verification process for the Biological Weapons Convention and brought an international conference on the matter to a halt in July 2001?
9. Which country prevented the United Nations from curbing the gun trade at a small arms conference in July 2001?
10. Which two countries have refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
11. Which is the only Western Country which allows the death penality to be applied to children?
12. Which was the only G7 country to have refused to sign the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, forbidding the use of landmines?
13. Which was the only G7 country to have voted against the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 1998?
14. Which two countries opposed a 1987 General Assembly resolution condemning international terrorism?
15. Which country refuses to fully pay its debts to the United Nations yet reserves its right to veto United Nations resolutions?
Good Luck !
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February 28, 2003, 00:06
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Hey, isn't that avatar from the Church of the Sub-Genius?
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February 28, 2003, 00:07
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Those f*****g Norwegians!
You know, someone should really sort them out.
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February 28, 2003, 00:09
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The answer was "Norway?" I answered "Canada" to all fifteen questions. Damn, I guess I didn't score very well... 
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February 28, 2003, 00:14
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I see a pattern occuring
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February 28, 2003, 00:17
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Originally posted by loinburger
The answer was "Norway?" I answered "Canada" to all fifteen questions. Damn, I guess I didn't score very well...
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If anybody else was the military hegemon of the whole world you'd act like Canada does. Don't get so high and mighty.
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February 28, 2003, 00:20
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Church of the Sub-Genius
Slacking is a religion for some of us.
If more people in the world were slackers... well... you know...
(btw - My support for the US military adventurism can be bought. I was thinking of starting negotiations @ $30K US. You'll find I'm much more reasonably priced then other allies ! )
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February 28, 2003, 00:21
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The only one I have a problem with is #3, and given the tone of the quiz, I'd have to see proof. Do you have it?
Correction, 5 & 6 too.
Last edited by Berzerker; February 28, 2003 at 00:27.
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February 28, 2003, 00:28
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It's gotta be San Marino!!!
Those bastards. 
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February 28, 2003, 00:30
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Re: Church of the Sub-Genius
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Originally posted by Uncle Sparky
Slacking is a religion for some of us.
If more people in the world were slackers... well... you know...
(btw - My support for the US military adventurism can be bought. I was thinking of starting negotiations @ $30K US. You'll find I'm much more reasonably priced then other allies ! )
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If you cut the same deal Turkey has then you can get 650 000$US for letting a US serviceman stay at your house for a few weeks...
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February 28, 2003, 00:31
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Originally posted by Berzerker
The only one I have a problem with is #3, and given the tone of the quiz, I'd have to see proof. Do you have it?
Correction, 5 & 6 too.
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I know 5 happened. The US owes Nicaragua a couple billion dollars...
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February 28, 2003, 00:37
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USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
YEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAWWWW!!! 
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February 28, 2003, 01:01
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Questions #10 & #14 require the names of two countries, so you only earn 1/2 points if you name one correctly.
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February 28, 2003, 01:12
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I know 10.
For 14 I have to guess...
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February 28, 2003, 01:14
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The main objection in #12 was specific to the necessity of maintaining minefields in depth immediately behind the Korean DMZ (in clearly delineated areas unpopulated by civilians) for area denial of invasion routes by DPRK forces.
Given the current saber rattling and irrationality of the Dear Leader, I'm rather glad those mines are still there.
There were two main flaws in that treaty:
An unconditional ban, rather than one which banned most illegally (by the rules of land warfare) destructive applications (like the Soviet seeding of river banks in rural Afghanistan with helo-dropped non-lethal (maiming by types B and D wounds) APM's designed to look like typical water washed river stones) while allowing strictly limited types of clearly marked defensive deployments.
The other problem was adequately addressing the issue of mine detection and removal assistance in the 40 or so countries with significant landmine problems, even going back to WW2 or earlier.
Just because the US refuses to do something, doesn't mean it's wrong by definition.  At least all the time.
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February 28, 2003, 01:14
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Ah! My ironic sense was right on 14...
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February 28, 2003, 01:15
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10. Which two countries have refused to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?
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Let me guess, Iraq signed it. 
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February 28, 2003, 01:31
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US has not ratified #10.
The main US objection is that the convention, as written, would have essentially banned international adoptions. The US is by far the largest home for international adoptees. Better provisions are being worked out in a current round of negotiations. But don't let the facts get in the way of a good troll. 
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February 28, 2003, 01:58
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Questions #10 & #14 require the names of two countries, so you only earn 1/2 points if you name one correctly.
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I know Israel is the other #14 answer.
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The only one I have a problem with is #3, and given the tone of the quiz, I'd have to see proof. Do you have it?
Correction, 5 & 6 too.
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ICJ ruling:
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/icases...t_19860627.pdf
I can't find a direct source for the UN Security Council veto, but it can be found in secondary sources.
6:
http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/re...glish/toc.html
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February 28, 2003, 02:27
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Uncle Sparky: You're a jack ass and you wouldn't understand the real situation if it bite you in the ass.
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February 28, 2003, 02:34
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Uncle Sparky: You're a jack ass and you wouldn't understand the real situation if it bite you in the ass.
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What a miracle for an argument! 
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February 28, 2003, 02:38
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Uncle Sparky, there has just been an attempt at biting your arse.
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February 28, 2003, 02:45
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If one was attempting to argue the facts they would present reasons why certain actions were taken and not just tid-bits which fit your own bigotry. I'm through with this troll of a thread. Tupmerehu, Urban Ranger, and Uncle Sparky are jack asses who just made the ignore list.
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February 28, 2003, 03:02
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I hope I don't make the ignore list.
You can disagree with people, ignore them, or consider them trolls. I might even agree with your selections 90% of the time. However, chill with the name calling.
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February 28, 2003, 03:23
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Tupmerehu, Urban Ranger, and Uncle Sparky are jack asses who just made the ignore list.
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February 28, 2003, 23:21
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I have just one thing to say to Oerdin: An African or European swallow?
Oerdin: I don't know! ( flies off cliff to his certain death)
That settles that !
Gee, I post an innocent geopolitical quiz and some people go to red alert!
UR: I've had my arse bitten by better men than him... maybe I should rephrase that!
So, has there been a thread started on Hussein Kamel yet?
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February 28, 2003, 23:43
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14. Which two countries opposed a 1987 General Assembly resolution condemning international terrorism?
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What's the text of this resolution? The reasons for the objections would be helpful as well.
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February 28, 2003, 23:48
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The reason the US and Israel objected was that the text included a section on the fundamental right of all populations to self-determination. 
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February 28, 2003, 23:48
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DD - see above...
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February 28, 2003, 23:51
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That answered none of my questions.
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