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Preliminary Round

15 questions.2 starred questions worth 2 points each. 6 teams qualify to the finals.

1"none of the troops moved. 'It's not our mandate,' said one, leaning against his jeep as he watched the condemned woman, the driving rain splashing at his blue United Nations badge. The 3,000 foreign troops now in X are no more than spectators to the savagery which aid workers say has seen the massacre of () people"

Which event, deemed one of the biggest failures of the United Nations, is being described here?

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Article 1 of the1907 Hague ConventionIII The Opening of Hostilitiesprohibited the initiation of hostilities against neutral powers "without previous and explicit warning, in the form either of a reasoneddeclaration of waror of anultimatumwith conditional declaration of war" and Article 2 further stated that "[t]he existence of a state of war must be notified to the neutral Powers without delay, and shall not take effect in regard to them until after the receipt of a notification, which may, however, be given by telegraph."A declaration of war lost in translation.A day which will live in infamy.We have done nothing but awoken a sleeping giant.

Identify the event which connects all the above.

3This incident happened on Friday, 24 December 1999. The incident involved an aircraft which was finally landed in Afghanistan. One person was killed in the entire process.

Identify the incident.

4The sleepy town of Lillehammer, Norway, saw one of the most infamous shootouts in Intelligence history where a Moroccan waiter was gunned down, mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh on July 21, 1973. Widely quoted as Xs first ever goof-up, the event took the clandestine operations of X into the spotlight for the very first time. X has also been credited with taping Bill Clintons NSFW conversations with Monika Lewinsky and then blackmailing him with them.

Identify X.

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5This is the Strait of Hormuz. Observe the narrow passage, for which this Strait is famous for notable strategic reasons as a choke point. On the north coast is X, and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates. In 2002, Y initiated the Millennium Challenge 2002, a series of war game simulations designed to identify Ys response to X blocking the Strait.

Identify X and Y.

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Connect, and explain your connect.

7Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast wascivis romanus sum["I am a Roman citizen"]. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is"Ich bin ein Berliner! (I am a Berliner)"This is one of the most famous speeches of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, delivered 22 months after an event which divided Europe for three decades.

Identify the event.

8X got featured in TIME magazines list of the 100 most important people of the Century in 1998, along with people like Einstein and Bart Simpson. X was also featured in Life magazines list of 100 photographs that changed the world. The British Tabloid Sunday Express named him Wang Weilin (wrongly, I must add).

Identify X.

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Connect, and explain your connect. (1+1)

10The most recent veto in the UN Security Council was exercised by the Russian Federation on July 29, 2015 on a draft resolution which was seeking to set up an international criminal tribunal, under which Russian indictment would have had severe consequences. The tribunal was related, surprisingly, to an incident which involved neither a Ukrainian citizen, nor a Russian citizen, but still saw a Russian veto.

What incident am I talking of?

Hint: Think Schipol.

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Identify the person and the incident.

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Connect.

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After which animal are the Canary Islands named?

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14The International Federation for Human Rights has called X a vehicle for human rights violations. X is important in the context of India and Pakistan in 2016.

Identify X.

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15These two maps together represent one of the longest standing conflicts in the history of international relations.

Which conflict am I referring to, and how does it link to these two maps?

1"none of the troops moved. 'It's not our mandate,' said one, leaning against his jeep as he watched the condemned woman, the driving rain splashing at his blue United Nations badge. The 3,000 foreign troops now in X are no more than spectators to the savagery which aid workers say has seen the massacre of () people"

Which event, deemed one of the biggest failures of the United Nations, is being described here?

The Rwandan Genocide

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Article 1 of the1907 Hague ConventionIII The Opening of Hostilitiesprohibited the initiation of hostilities against neutral powers "without previous and explicit warning, in the form either of a reasoneddeclaration of waror of anultimatumwith conditional declaration of war" and Article 2 further stated that "[t]he existence of a state of war must be notified to the neutral Powers without delay, and shall not take effect in regard to them until after the receipt of a notification, which may, however, be given by telegraph."A declaration of war lost in translation.A day which will live in infamy.We have done nothing but awoken a sleeping giant.

Identify the event which connects all the above.

The Pearl Harbor Attacks of December 7, 1941

3This incident happened on Friday, 24 December 1999. The incident involved an aircraft which was finally landed in Afghanistan. One person was killed in the entire process.

Identify the incident.

The Hijack of IC 814

4The sleepy town of Lillehammer, Norway, saw one of the most infamous shootouts in Intelligence history where a Moroccan waiter was gunned down, mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh on July 21, 1973. Widely quoted as Xs first ever goof-up, the event took the clandestine operations of X into the spotlight for the very first time. X has also been credited with taping Bill Clintons NSFW conversations with Monika Lewinsky and then blackmailing him with them.

Identify X.

Mossad

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5This is the Strait of Hormuz. Observe the narrow passage, for which this Strait is famous for notable strategic reasons as a choke point. On the north coast is X, and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates. In 2002, Y initiated the Millennium Challenge 2002, a series of war game simulations designed to identify Ys response to X blocking the Strait.

Identify X and Y.

X- The Islamic Republic of Iran

Y- The United States of America

6*

Connect, and explain your connect.

Sierra Leone

-Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)-Diamond mining-Revolutionary United Front-Executive Outcomes

7Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast wascivis romanus sum["I am a Roman citizen"]. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is"Ich bin ein Berliner! (I am a Berliner)"This is one of the most famous speeches of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, delivered 22 months after an event which divided Europe for three decades.

Identify the event.

The erection of the Berlin Wall

8X got featured in TIME magazines list of the 100 most important people of the Century in 1998, along with people like Einstein and Bart Simpson. X was also featured in Life magazines list of 100 photographs that changed the world. The British Tabloid Sunday Express named him Wang Weilin (wrongly, I must add).

Identify X.

The Tank Man

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There are two connects possible. Identify both. (1+1)

Idi Amin or Operation Entebbe

-Caricature of Idi Amin-Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)-Air France Flight 139-Israel ran Operation Entebbe

10The most recent veto in the UN Security Council was exercised by the Russian Federation on July 29, 2015 on a draft resolution which was seeking to set up an international criminal tribunal, under which Russian indictment would have had severe consequences. The tribunal was related, surprisingly, to an incident which involved neither a Ukrainian citizen, nor a Russian citizen, but still saw a Russian veto.

What incident am I talking of?

Hint: Think Schipol.

The shooting down of MH17

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Identify the person and the incident.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in the UNSC, at the onset of the Bangladesh war of 1971

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Connect.

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The Non Aligned Movement

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After which animal are the Canary Islands named?

Dogs

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14The International Federation for Human Rights has called X a vehicle for human rights violations. X is important in the context of India and Pakistan in 2016.

Identify X.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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15These two maps together represent one of the longest standing conflicts in the history of international relations.

Which conflict am I referring to, and how does it link to these two maps?

The Israel Palestine Conflict

-International recognition of Israel-International recognition of the State of Palestine