QUIZ BOWL DAHS GENERAL INFORMATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES

QUIZ BEE QUESTIONS ON GEN INFORMATION ON SOCIAL STUDIES

1. QUIZ BOWL

2. 1. When was establishment date of United Nations? October 23, 1945 October 24, 1945 October 23, 1946 October 24, 1946

3. 2. The United Nations was established on October 24, 1945. It was established on the purpose of saving future generations on the scourge of future wars. How many original member states composed the United Nations? 45 51 78 97

4. 3. What do you call the non- member states of the United Nations ? Outcast Overseer Original Members Observer

5. 4. The term United Nations is originally used to refer to the countries that are allied against ______. Triple Entente Axis Powers Allied Powers Triple Alliance

6. 5. What is the principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as implementation of internationally agreed development goals. This also serves as the central mechanism for activities of the UN system and its specialized agencies in the economic, social and environmental fields, supervising subsidiary and expert bodies. It has 54 Members, elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. It is the United Nations’ central platform for reflection, debate, and innovative thinking on sustainable development? The Economic and Social Council The Security Council The Trusteeship Council The International Court of Justice

7. 6. The following are permanent members of the United Nations except: China Philippines Russia United States of America

8. 7. What power does the permanent members posses which other non- permanent members don’t exercise? Voting power Opposing power Veto Power Certiorari

9. 8. What does UNICEF stands for? United Nation’s Child’s Fund United Nations Childs Fund United Nations Children’s Fund United Nations Childrens Fund

10. 9. The flag and emblem of the United Nations stands for ____. It speaks for the people’s hopes and dreams of peace and unity. It speaks for the people’s hopes for amity. It speaks for the people’s hopes for solidarity. All of the above.

11. 10. Each Member State may be represented by one person on each Main Committee - there are six in total - and on any other committee that may be established upon which all Member States have the right to be represented. What is the Fifth Committee of the United Nations? Disarmament and International Security Administrative and Budgetary Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Special Political and Decolinization

12. AVERAGE ROUND

13. 1. Who is the secretary general of the United Nations as of January 1, 2017? Answer : Antonio Guterres

14. 2. What is the main deliberative, policy making, and representative organ of the United Nations? Answer: General Assembly

15. 3. What is the date of admission of the Philippines as a member state of the United Nations? October 24, 1945

16. 4. Filipinos were known for their intelligence across the world. In the General Assembly of the United Nations, a Filipino diplomat served as its president in 1949- 1950. Who was he? Carlos P. Romulo

17. 5. Last October 22- 28, the UN Assistant Secretary General visited the Philippines. While she was in the country, she handed over equipment that are meant to help local communities in Mindanao to support sustainable livelihoods. What is the name if the UN Assistant Secretary General who visited the country? UN Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja

18. 6. Give at least one of the first six countries that composed the first ever security council in 1946? Possible answers: Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Poland, Egypt, and The Netherlands

19. 7. The first UN peacekeeping mission was authorized in 1948. today (in 2006) it’s also the longest running mission of the UN. With which conflict is it concerned? Israeli/ Palestine

20. 8. Who is the US president who inspired the creation of the United Nations? Franklin D. Roosevelt

21. 9. After which major war the United Nations Charter established? World War II

22. 10. Before the creation of United Nations, there was an effort to prevent the spark of World War II through the creation of ____. League of Nations

23. DIFFICULT ROUND

24. 1. Based on the United Nations Charter, Chapter 1. Give at least one of the purposes of the UN. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace; To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion; and To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

25. 2. The original Members of the United Nations shall be the states which, having participated in the United Nations Conference on International Organization in what city of the United States of America? San Francisco, California

26. 3. “A Member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.” What specific article of the United Nations Charter can you find the above passages? Article VI/ 6

27. 4. Which UN organization has a flag that contains a variation of the Athens’ and Parthenon above and below the initials of the organization upon a blue background? UNESCO( United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)

28. 5. What year were ethe number of seats in the security council increased from 6 to 10? 1966

29. 6. The Philippines and China have a long dispute of territory. It concerns the Spratly islands located on either the West Philippine Sea/ South China Sea. What UN organization governs the resolution of the conflict mentioned above? UNCLOS/ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

30. 7. At the beginning of “Operation Iraqi Freedom”, how many member nations did the UN have? 191

31. 8. As of 2005, which continent was ‘host’ to the majority of ongoing UN peacekeeping missions? Africa

32. 9. Who was the first ever secretary- general of the United Nations? Trygve Lie of Norway

33. 10. What disease was eradicated in the year 1980, which was led by the World Health Organization , a UN agency, after 13 years of immunization? This was considered as one of the top 5 achievements of the United Nations. Small Pox