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154 Foreign Policy Trivia Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)
- Pretty much the opposite of a monarchy, what R-word type of government is defined as "the power held by the people and those who they elect"?
Answer: Republic
- The poverty-fighting agency Oxfam was founded in the relative comfort and safety of what guessable English university town?
Answer: Oxford
- After the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, Gaelic culture no longer faced a major threat from what seafaring Norse people?
Answer: Vikings
- In 2021, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged partial French responsibility for the 1994 genocide in what African nation, where members of the Tutsi were murdered during a civil war there?
Answer: Rwanda
- Nigel Farage is a name most often associated with what 2016 event that shocked the globe?
Answer: Brexit
- The ANZUS Agreement of 1951 is a non-binding security agreement between Australia, the United States, and what guessable island nation?
Answer: New Zealand
- Corridors to Mongolia and Russia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and India are a few parts of the massive Belt and Road Initiative carried out over the past two decades by what ginormous country?
Answer: China
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, is headquarted in what country?
Answer: Sweden
- What group, responsible for global medical well being, was formed by the United Nations after World War II, combining the efforts of groups like the International Sanitary Conferences? Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, their three-letter acronym looks like a question.
Answer: World Health Organization
- On August 2, 2022, Nancy Pelosi arrived in what "T" capital city, leading to an angry response from the government of the People's Republic of China?
Answer: Taipei
- A metonym is a figure of speech in which a thing is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing. Cool, with that definition out of the way, K Street is typically a DC metonym for what industry?
Answer: Lobbying
- "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For" is a 2019 book by what former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama?
Answer: Susan Rice
- Formally established as distinct governing areas in the Lateran Treaty of 1929, what European country encircles Vatican City?
Answer: Italy
- Olaf Scholz heads the Social Democratic Party that narrowly edged out the Christian Democratic Union in the 2021 elections of what EU nation?
Answer: Germany
- FTZ is an acronym for ______ trade zone and refers to a place where goods aren’t subjected to customs duty.
Answer: Free
- In December 2018, the U.S. angered China by arranging for the detainment in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, an executive of what telecom company?
Answer: Huawei
- Celebrated every February 6, what is the name of the national day of New Zealand, which celebrates a collection of Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown signing a treaty of the same name?
Answer: Waitangi Day
- At a May 23, 2022 press conference in Japan, President Joe Biden caused controversy by indicating he would be willing to get involved militarily if China invades what island?
Answer: Taiwan
- What crop, the most common to be rotated with corn, was the focus of China trade war discussions because of the fact that 60% of the U.S. crop was exported to China in 2016?
Answer: Soybean
- What current Prime Minister was born on Christmas Day 1971 in Ottawa?
Answer: Justin Trudeau
- In 1961, US President John F. Kennedy met with Soviet premier Nikita Kruschev to discuss Cold War issues relative to their nations, at a summit in what Austrian city?
Answer: Vienna Summit
- This president resided in his mansion at Monticello and was a famed inventor. He controversially enforced the Embargo Act, but also successfully led a raid against Barbary pirates. Who was this president?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- "Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us" is a quote from what U.S. president, who ironically was killed by a former U.S. Marine?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
- On May 27, 2022, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that what nation "is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the...power to do it?"
Answer: China
- The sentencing of American Michael Fay to six strokes by caning in 1994 led to strained relations between the United States and what Asian republic?
Answer: Singapore
- Diplomat George Kennan coined what "C" word to refer to the U.S. strategy designed to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the post-World War II world?
Answer: Containment
- If you were to list the members of the United Nations in alphabetical order, which country would be last?
Answer: Zimbabwe
- NATO headquarters are a short bike ride from the Atomium statue in what Belgian city?
Answer: Brussels
- Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence activist that served as the first holder of what central role in Indian politics? Nehru served in this role from 1947 to 1964.
Answer: Prime Minister
- What organization was the only recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize during World War I?
Answer: International Red Cross
- The "N" in the acronym of the organization NATO stands for "North." What does the "A" stand for?
Answer: Atlantic
- The 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties guaranteed the transfer of control of the Panama Canal from which country back to Panama after 1999?
Answer: U.S.
- Since 1952, what international organization has had its headquarters in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan at a complex that stretches more than six blocks?
Answer: United Nations
- The Opium Wars were primarily fought between the British Empire and what country?
Answer: China
- As of 2020, how many female prime ministers has New Zealand had?
Answer: 3
- With the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, the United States was able to negotiate the acquisition of Florida from what European power?
Answer: Spain
- At what 1945 conference did Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the fate and future of European countries following World War II?
Answer: Yalta Conference
- Officially known as The Reconciliation and Cooperation Policy Towards the North, the Sunshine Policy is a foreign policy of which East Asian country towards its neighbor?
Answer: South Korea
- The Mt. Washington Hotel in what New Hampshire village is best known for being the location of the 1944 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference that led to the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund?
Answer: Bretton Woods
- What French word meaning "relaxation" means a period of eased relations between rival countries, and is most often applied to President Richard Nixon's policies toward the Soviet Union?
Answer: Detente
- In 1945, world leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met what other man in Yalta from February 4-11 to discuss postwar plans?
Answer: Joseph Stalin
- What was the name of the military campaign launched by the Viet Cong in 1968 that, while a military failure, is seen by most as having been shocking to the US Public and a turning point in the US support for the Vietnam War?
Answer: Tet Offensive
- What "meaty" term is used to refer to the act when a politician appropriates government spending for localized projects? This is often considered a legal method for bringing money to a representative's district.
Answer: Pork barrel
- What four-word phrase spoken by Ronald Reagan in Europe in 1987 received relatively little media coverage at the time but exploded into ubiquity two years later when the phrase became reality? The phrase eventually became shorthand for an entire speech and foreign policy achievement.
Answer: Tear down this wall
- During 2021's UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, activists dressed as Pikachu to protest the continued use of coal by what Asian nation?
Answer: Japan
- In 1997, two major nations signed an agreement to hand over a piece of land with restrictions that would expire in 50 years. Events in 2019 and 2020 have seemingly accelerated the timeline on those expirations. What is this land?
Answer: Hong Kong
- Located about 60km from Dhahran, the massive Ghawar Oil Field is found in what Middle Eastern country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia
- "When in the Course of human events" is the opening phrase of what famed political document?
Answer: The Declaration of Independence
- Former child star, Shirley Temple, served as the United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia and what West African country?
Answer: Ghana
- Thomas Jefferson did not believe in keeping a standing army or navy until attacks by what “b”rash attacks by what Muslim pirates from North Africa led the United States into an 1801 war?
Answer: Barbary
- What foreign policy directive, laid out by the 33rd president of the United States, emphasized the containment of communism and provided the basics for American military backing of anti-communist groups within foreign countries during the Cold War?
Answer: Truman Doctrine
- Which E-word describes a person chosen by their country to go abroad as a representative, though with less power than an ambassador?
Answer: Envoy
- What "K" man served as the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford? He was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938 and he later received a controversial Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 after negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam.
Answer: Henry Kissinger
- Since 1993, Russia has technically been a democracy, but before that government was put in place the country was known by another name. What does U.S.S.R stand for?
Answer: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- 2360 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 2306 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, and 2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW are all addresses of what type of building in Washington, DC?
Answer: Embassies
- Darren Woods is an American businessman that publicly endorsed the Paris climate accord and wrote a personal letter to Donald Trump urging him to keep the U.S. in the agreement. Somewhat counterintuitively, Woods is also the CEO of what company?
Answer: ExxonMobil
- The U.S. National Cyber Security Division opened for the first time in 2003 and is currently housed within what Federal Department? John Kelly, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Kevin McAleenan all served as Secretary of this Department during the Trump administration.
Answer: Department of Homeland Security
- What Department of the U.S. Federal Government deals with cyber security threats such as denial of service attacks?
Answer: Department of Homeland Security
- The South Korean town of Daesong-dong is one of a small number of municipalities that lie inside a 2.5-mile wide strip typically known by what three-letter initialism?
Answer: DMZ
- The deaths of four college students on May 4, 1970 at a school in Ohio became a flashpoint moment in Vietnam War protests. On what school's campus did this tragic event occur?
Answer: Kent State
- Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution kicked off a wave of early-2011 Middle East protests now known by what two-word name that sounds like a pretty decent soap?
Answer: Arab Spring
- Hot on the heels of First Nations treaty changes in an omnibus bill, the Idle No More protest movement started in 2012 during the tenure of what prime minister?
Answer: Stephen Harper
- The International Criminal court is located in which city, the third largest by population in the Netherlands?
Answer: The Hague
- Czechia is landlocked by four neighboring European countries: Germany, Poland, Austria, and what fourth country whose capital city is Bratislava?
Answer: Slovakia
- New Orleans was originally founded by the French. What country took possession of it via the Treaty of Paris in 1763?
Answer: Spain
- There's a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration typically referenced with a well-known two-word phrase. However, in the other country who was party to the event, it is known as the McFarlane affair. What is this event?
Answer: Iran-Contra Affair
- Transvaal was the English name for a Boer republic from 1856-1902 which is now part of what country? In one of the first wars involving this land and European powers, Canada sent more than 7,000 troops to aid the British cause.
Answer: South Africa
- It has been tradition for the Irish taoiseach to give the US president shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day since ambassador John Hearne gave them to which US president in 1952?
Answer: Harry Truman
- Although Woodrow Wilson was essential to its creation, the United States never ratified or joined what United Nations predecessor in existence between World War I and World War II?
Answer: The League of Nations
- In what decade was Hong Kong transferred back under the control of China? The region had been under British control for 155 years.
Answer: 1990s
- Who is the American general who planned and led Operation Desert Storm and the UN coalition backing Kuwait in the Gulf War?
Answer: Norman Schwarzkopf
- In November 2020, what former national security adviser did Joe Biden nominate to become America's 71st Secretary of State?
Answer: Antony Blinken
- Named after a US president, what foreign policy introduced in 1823 asserted that European powers should no longer colonize the Americas and in return, the United States planned to stay neutral in wars between European powers?
Answer: The Monroe Doctrine
- Among recent threats to the UN's Agenda 2030 "Zero Hunger" goal is a swarm of what Biblical pest threatening East African and Indian food supplies?
Answer: Locusts
- In 1997, Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. Albright served as the U.S. Secretary of State under which U.S. president?
Answer: Bill Clinton
- A trilateral trade bloc between Canada, Mexico, and the United States was formed by what agreement in 1994?
Answer: NAFTA
- In 1956, Israel invaded Egypt, followed by the UK and France, forcing outside pressure from the United States. This crisis is referred to by what name? It refers to the canal the Western powers were hoping to control.
Answer: Suez Crisis
- The Rush-Bagot Pact of 1817 negotiated the removal of British ships from what U.S. bodies of water? It is a collective term for five lakes, and their collective name makes them sound pretty good.
Answer: Great Lakes
- What “B” Maine congressman of the late 19th century expanded US relations across the Americas with the Inter-American Conference?
Answer: Blaine
- In 1775, the United States sent Silas Deane to what European country, to rally support for the American Revolution?
Answer: France
- In October 1973, many members of OPEC placed an oil embargo on the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom due to their support for Israel in what Middle Eastern conflict?
Answer: Yom Kippur War
- What is the three-letter acronym of the organization of countries founded in 1961 that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc?
Answer: NAM
- What 1994 book with a one-word title by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger mixes a sweeping history of international relations management with Kissinger's own personal stories?
Answer: Diplomacy
- Which creature with the binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca precedes “diplomacy” in the name of diplomatic practice undertaken by China in which these creatures are gifted to other countries?
Answer: Panda
- What is the continent below Europe?
Answer: Africa
- In 1962, the Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba to intimidate the United States. The “push-them-the-limit” strategy could be considered an example of which practice?
Answer: Brinkmanship
- Malthusianism (also called the Malthusian Dilemma or Malthusian crunch) states that the growth of what will outpace available resources and ultimately lead to a global catastrophe?
Answer: Population
- Which A-word title is given to an important person who is chosen to go abroad and represent the interests of their home country’s people?
Answer: Ambassador
- Also notable as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which Founding Father and third U.S. President served as America's first Secretary of State from 1790 to 1793?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
- The Peace Arch, a monument to peaceful relations built in 1921, sits on the longest international land border in the world. What TWO countries share this border?
Answer: Canada and the United States
- Congress enacted a joint resolution called the Authorization for the Use of Military ______ (AUMF) in 2001 after the September 11th attacks.
Answer: Force
- Which member of the Executive Branch of the United States government generally gets the “final say” on any matters of foreign policy (for example, it’s their responsibility to meet with leaders of other countries and sign treaties)?
Answer: President
- Commonly called the “treaty on treaties,” the Vienna ______ on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is sort of like the “rule book” for states around the world.
Answer: Convention
- In 1973, the War ______ Resolution made it federal law that the U.S. president would be limited in what they could do in terms of starting a war without getting approval from Congress.
Answer: Powers
- In global politics, what "H" word is defined as leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others?
Answer: Hegemony
- A 2015 climate change agreement is named for what European capital city, which also gives its name to the treaties that ended the Spanish-American War and the American Revolutionary War?
Answer: Paris
- "Prague Winter," "Madam Secretary," and "Fascism: A Warning" are all books by what former Secretary of State?
Answer: Madeleine Albright
- Many scholars trace the core principles of international relations back to the 1648 "Peace of" what German region? The treaty with this name ended the Thirty Years' War.
Answer: Westphalia
- According to Democratic senator Mike Mansfield, "Only Nixon could go" to what country, which he literally did in 1972?
Answer: China
- What “i” is used to refer to a national foreign policy that advocates avoiding political or economic engagement with other countries?
Answer: Isolationism
- BRIC is an acronym for four nations that are considered to be at similar stages of economic development and may come to dominate the global market in the coming decades: Brazil, Russia, India, and ______.
Answer: China
- Herbert Simon’s theory of decision in foreign policy analysis states that people have a limited ability to process information and rather than searching for the best outcome, they’ll choose whatever one is “good enough” and stop looking?
Answer: The Cybernetic Theory of Decision-Making
- On New Year's Eve 2022, a ceasefire was reached between former members of FARC, as well as the National Liberation Army, and leaders of what country?
Answer: Colombia
- Following the 1990 abolition of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the President of Russia position was established the following year. Who became Russia’s first president in 1991?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
- In what country is the region of Darfur located?
Answer: Sudan
- 2004's Annan Plan tried and failed to resolve the contentious Greek-Turkish divide of what Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus
- Which American war ended with the Treaty of Ghent?
Answer: The War of 1812
- The first time the U.S. Congress declared war was on June 17 of what year? The declaration was the start of a war against Great Britain.
Answer: 1812
- Between 1915 and 1934, U.S. Marines were part of an occupation of what Caribbean nation? The military was first sent there by Woodrow Wilson following the murder of the nation's dictator and other politically-driven murders led to widespread instability.
Answer: Haiti
- Who succeeded David Cameron as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Theresa May
- In the UK, Theresa May's Conservative governments were propped up in their coalition by which party from Northern Ireland?
Answer: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
- A November 2020 trilateral agreement ended the Nagorno-Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and what other A-country?
Answer: Armenia
- Iranian general Qasem Soleimani who was killed by a drone strike in January 2020, had spent more than two decades as commander of what "Force" that was primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations?
Answer: Quds Force
- Elon Musk offered to send StarLink terminals to what Pacific island nation after its internet got conked out by an early 2022 volcano and tsunami?
Answer: Tonga
- On February 7, 2022, President Joe Biden vowed that what Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline will be blocked if Russia continues aggression against Ukraine?
Answer: Nord Stream
- Which term (“stopping arms” in Latin) describes when two groups who are currently at war make a formal agreement to pause their fighting for a time so they can discuss making peace?
Answer: Armistice
- In 2017, the World Health Organization revoked Robert Mugabe's recently-awarded title of Goodwill Ambassador after public outcry. At the time, Mugabe had been president of what country for over 30 years?
Answer: Zimbabwe
- Thomas Barclay negotiated a treaty in 1786 that was then signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Muhammad III. This treaty is now the longest-standing US treaty. What nation (besides the US) was part of this "Treaty of Friendship"?
Answer: Morocco
- Causing an immediate backtracking by White House officials, President Joe Biden ad-libbed of Vladimir Putin, "This man cannot remain in power," in a March 2022 speech given in what world capital city?
Answer: Warsaw
- In 2017, Costa Rica signed a United Nations treaty that had been signed by hundreds of other nations which was a "Prohibition of" what type of weapons?
Answer: Nuclear weapons
- What port city, the third-largest in Belguim, was the site of the final negotiations to end the War of 1812?
Answer: Ghent
- 1795’s Pinckney’s Treaty between the United States and what European nation allowed the US to traverse the Mississippi River? The treaty is also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo.
Answer: Spain
- In 2020, the United States, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates signed a series of peace agreements. Which religious figure was it named for?
Answer: Abraham
- In 2006, the remains of the ex-president of Argentina who died in 1974 were exhumed to test whether Martha Holgado was a secret child of the former leader. Alas, she was not. Who was this former world leader?
Answer: Juan Perón
- David Malpass, Kristalina Georgieva, and Jim Yong Kim are the three most recent leaders of what international financial institution formed in 1945 with a current stated goal of "reduction of poverty?"
Answer: The World Bank
- Looking to stimulate a stagnant Soviet economy in the '80s, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced what P-word political movement that's just Russian for "reconstruction" or "restructuring"?
Answer: Perestroika
- What 2021 security pact unites the United States, the UK, and Australia against potential threats from Asia, including supplying Australia with nuclear submarines? Its five letter name is derived from the three member nations.
Answer: AUKUS
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was formed in 1944 by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes with objectives to secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. In what American city is the IMF headquartered?
Answer: Washington
- What country has the longest-standing treaty with the U.S.? This "Treaty of Friendship" with an African nation was negotiated by Thomas Barclay, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Muhammad III in 1786.
Answer: Morocco
- After 60,000 troops surrendered in Singapore in February 1942, "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in ______ history" was declared by a well-known and often-quoted world leader. What word fills in the blank?
Answer: British
- In the early 1900s, the relationship between Canada and the U.S. was tense, with Canadian manufacturers concerned about larger American factories controlling Canadian markets if trade protections were not in place. This led to the popular phrase in Canada: "No truck or trade with the _____." What word fills in the blank?
Answer: Yankees
- In October 1884 in Washington, U.S. President Chester Arthur hosted an international conference to discuss the choice of "a ______ to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world". What word fills in the blank?
Answer: Meridian
- The now-famous Schengen Agreement which permits freedom of movement across the European continent is named for a tiny village in what tiny country?
Answer: Luxembourg
- In February of 1945, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met for a conference in what Crimean city to discuss the post-war organization of Germany and Europe?
Answer: Yalta
- Taking office in 2011 but impeached in 2016, Dilma Rousseff was the first woman president of what country?
Answer: Brazil
- Strasbourg, France is home to the parliament of what ginormous international organization with a main HQ in Belgium?
Answer: European Union
- Considered by many to be an early work on foreign policy, the "History of the Peloponnesian War" was written in the early 4th century B.C. by what ancient Greek author?
Answer: Thucydides
- In contrast to nationalism, which can be described as more peaceful patriotism, what policy describes using diplomatic or military force to extend a nation's power or control?
Answer: Imperialism
- Which term is used for putting limits on making, testing, or using weapons? (Hint: It sounds like what you’d need if your upper limbs were waving around wildly).
Answer: Arms Control
- Though Franklin D. Roosevelt was not the first to use this phrase, the proximity of the U.S.A to Latin America was a likely inspiration for the name of which non-interventionist foreign policy implemented by his administration?
Answer: Good Neighbor Policy
- Workers’ compensation laws were first introduced and implemented in the 1880s by what "Iron Chancellor" of Germany?
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
- What J-word means extreme nationalism, often expressed by pursuing a belligerent foreign policy?
Answer: Jingoism
- Thomas Barclay negotiated a treaty in 1786 that was then signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Muhammad III. This treaty is now the longest-standing US treaty. What nation (besides the US) was part of this "Treaty of Friendship"?
Answer: Morocco
- The United Kingdom was the first country on which the U.S. formally declared war. What was the second?
Answer: Mexico
- In 2008 Canada officially established a TRC with the purpose of documenting the history and lasting impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system on indigenous students and their families. Other well-known TRCs include post-apartheid South Africa and multiple in Latin America. What does TRC stand for?
Answer: Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- What new economic program did China's Mao Zedong announce in 1958?
Answer: The Great Leap Forward
- What directional Channel, sometimes called the Irish Channel, is the strait between Northeastern Ireland and Southwestern Scotland?
Answer: North Channel
- The Westerdam cruise ship was turned away from ports in 5 countries before a southeast Asian country opened its port for the 2,257 passengers on Valentine's Day 2020. Only after disembarkations began did one of the passengers test positively for coronavirus (COVID-19), stirring fears of a spreading disease in what country?
Answer: Cambodia
- There was a treaty signed in Versailles that stripped Germany of colonies, gave the Polish Corridor to Poland, placed the Saar Territory under French administration, and placed the Rhineland under Allied occupation. In what year was this treaty SIGNED? The actions did not take place until the subsequent year.
Answer: 1919
- What was the 1904 addition to the United States' 1823 Monroe Doctrine which suggested that it was the United States' responsibility to enforce legitimate claims from European governments within the Western Hemisphere and was a key component of 'Big Stick Diplomacy'?
Answer: Roosevelt Corollary
- What “D” foreign policy technique involves amassing enough military force to intimidate another state out of a potential action? Examples include the presence of US armaments dissuading Soviet expansion during the Cold War.
Answer: Deterrence
- The Treaty of Angra de Cintra was signed by Morocco and which other country in 1958, helping to end the Ifni War?
Answer: Spain
- "Seward's Folly" was the contemporaneous nickname for The Alaska Purchase in 1867, which was technically a treaty with the Russian Empire later signed by what president?
Answer: Andrew Johnson
- Consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, G7 is short for what international intergovernmental organization comprised of seven of world’s largest developed economies?
Answer: Group of Seven
- The year 1672 is referred to as the Rampjaar (or Disaster Year) in what country? Because of the outbreak of multiple wars, this country's "Golden Age" of commerce, art, and science came to an end during this year.
Answer: Netherlands
- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for "his important work to promote reconciliation, solidarity and social justice." Ali was the first winner of a Nobel Prize from what African country?
Answer: Ethiopia
- The doctrine that any outside force attempting to control the Persian Gulf region would be seen as an assault on American interests is named for what U.S. President?
Answer: Jimmy Carter
- Which declaration of 1917, named after a British Prime Minister, stated that the British government supported "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" and is often seen as a starting point for the Arab-Israeli conflict?
Answer: Balfour Declaration
- On May 1, 2019, who became the reigning emperor of Japan, following the abdication of his father Akihito?
Answer: Naruhito
- On June 4, 1961, President John F. Kennedy and USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev famously met in what European capital city to discuss the relationship between their two countries?
Answer: Vienna
- Indian politician (and the country's second prime minister) Lal Bahadur Shastri famously promoted the White Revolution which was a national campaign focused on the production of what item?
Answer: Milk
- The "Era of Good Feelings" is a period in the political history of the U.S. typically considered as having a unified sense of national purpose and a desire for unity. This "Era" was in the aftermath of what war?
Answer: The War of 1812
- Sharing a first name with JFK, what noted economist served as ambassador to India during JFK's presidency?
Answer: John Kenneth Galbraith
- As per the terms of the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to halt colonization efforts in what region?
Answer: Central America
- In January 2017, President Trump issued an executive order restricting immigration to the U.S. from seven countries. A lawsuit opposing this order eventually made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. Which of the 50 states filed this lawsuit and was thus included in the court case's name?
Answer: Hawaii
- What was the most populous city in the Confederate States of America?
Answer: New Orleans
- What Q-word, meaning traitor or collaborator, comes from the surname of the Norwegian Prime Minister who collaborated with Hitler's Germany?
Answer: Quisling
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