IDSA QuizNight Part3

The United Nations was officially established in which year?

• 1918

• 1945

• 1962

• 1991

How many official languages does the UN have?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 6

Which of the following main organs of the United Nations can impose binding obligations on the 193 member states to maintain peace?

• Security Council

• Secretariat

• General Assembly

• Trusteeship Council

Under UNCLOS, the first twelve miles of water off a country’s coast is generally called what?

• Exclusive economic zone

• Sovereign seabed

• Territorial sea

• Zone of exclusion

What does the acronym “NATO” stand for?

• North American Treaty Organization

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• New Atlantic Treaty Organization

• None of the above

Which agreement allows borderless travel among many European countries?

• Treaty of Rome

• London Consensus

• Schengen Agreement

• Treaty of Versailles

Which European Union institution has the power to propose legislation?

• European Parliament

• Council of the European Union

• European Commission

• None of the above

This organization, focused on oil policy, brings together several of the world’s leading oil producers.

• IAEA

• OPEC

• IEA

• Arab League

What is diplomacy?

• The practice of sending experts in fields of aid to other nations

• A nation's external goals in relations with other countries

• The process by which states carry on relations with each other

• The policy of defence a nation maintains

What is "Pacta Sunt Servanda"?

• A version of the "Calvo Clause"

• A form of war declaration

• Treaties are by their very nature binding

• The creation of international fora