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Academic World Q uest 2012

Academic World Q uest 2012. We wish to thank the staff of the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home for their generous assistance and historic setting.

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Academic World Q uest 2012

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  1. Academic World Quest 2012

  2. We wish to thank the staff of the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home for their generous assistance and historic setting.

  3. Special thanks toIBM and the Handel Foundation for their generous contributions toward making the Academic World Quest 2012 possible.

  4. Participating High Schools Arlington High School Roy C Ketcham High School Oakwood Friends School Roosevelt High School Kingston High School Poughkeepsie Day School Washingtonville High School Cornwall High School

  5. Academic World Quest Committee Rita Alterman  Martin Charwat Joe Lombardi Matt Murray Zoë Fruchter

  6. Judges Rita Alterman Martin Charwat Matt Murray MC Sheila Appel

  7. Any team found with any means of assistance other than brain power will be DISQUALIFIED. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELLULAR PHONES AND REMOVE ANY HAND-HELD DEVICES. The only items on your table should be the answer sheets and the pad and pencil supplied by the committee.

  8. Current EventsRound 1

  9. 1. What city will host the 2012 summer Olympics? • Rio • Paris • London • Johannesburg

  10. 2. BokoHaram is a terrorist group operating in what country? • Yemen • Nigeria • Somalia • Libya

  11. 3. What country recently passed a resolution making it a crime to deny that Armenians in the Ottoman Empire were victims of genocide? • United Kingdom • Italy • France • Norway

  12. 4. Politics have played an unexpected role in the modern Olympic Games.  In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Adolf Hitler's attempt to demonstrate the superiority of his 'master race' was dealt a crushing blow by which of the following? A. Mark Spitz winning 7 Gold medalsB. Jesse Owens winning 4 Gold medals **C. Tommy Smith and John Carlos dominating the track and field eventsD. Jack Armstrong winning the Decathalon

  13. 5. Cultural and religious repression of ethnic minorities in China is widespread in: • Inner Mongolia • Manchuria • Yunnan • Xinjiang

  14. 6. The Olympic torch relay was created in 1936. In 2012 how many torchbearers are expected to carry the torch? • 2,500 • 6,000 • 8,000 • 10,200

  15. 7. Which of the following states was responsible in great part for the release of the three US hikers who strayed over the Iranian border while hiking in Iraq? • India • Oman • Saudi Arabia • Turkey

  16. 8. In which Olympic Games did the terrorist group known as 'Black September' kill members of the Israeli wrestling team? A. 1964 B. 1968 C. 1972 * D. 1996

  17. 9. The United Nations Special Tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri was recently renewed for three more years. What country did RafiqHarir lead? • Syria • Tunisia • Lebanon • Morocco

  18. Middle EastRound 2

  19. 1. Since the Arab Spring began, leaders of all of the following countries have been overthrown EXCEPT: • Tunisia • Egypt • Jordan • Yemen

  20. 2. Sunni Muslims are the largest religious group in all of the following countries EXCEPT: • Saudi Arabia • Iraq • Egypt • Syria

  21. 3. All of the following countries export oil through the Strait of Hormuz EXCEPT: • Iraq • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Syria

  22. 4. The Jordan River flows through all of the following countries EXCEPT: • Turkey • Syria • Lebanon • Israel

  23. 5. Which of the following countries has the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita? • Saudi Arabia • Israel • Iran • Egypt

  24. 6. The Euphrates River flows throw which three countries: • Syria, Lebanon, Jordan • Turkey, Lebanon, Israel • Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq • Turkey, Syria, Iraq

  25. 7. Substantial numbers of the Kurdish ethnic group are found in all of the following countries EXCEPT: • Syria • Lebanon • Iran • Iraq

  26. 8. Which of the following led to the cancellation of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)? • The 1956 Suez War • Palestinian militant attacks into Israel from Gaza • The nationalization of the Suez Canal Company • The introduction of Soviet military advisors into Egypt

  27. 9. In Lebanon the Prime Minister is a: • Maronite Christian • Shia Muslim • Sunni Muslim • Druze

  28. NATORound 3

  29. 1. All of the following are NATO countries EXCEPT: • Albania • Turkey • Georgia • Slovenia

  30. 2. Article V of NATO’s founding treaty is an example of: • Collective Defense • Preemptive Self-Defense • Unilateral Disengagement • Responsibility to Protect

  31. 3. How many founding members did NATO have? • 8 • 12 • 18 • 22

  32. 4. NATO’s Article V has only been invoked once. When? • Just prior to the launching of Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm • Just after NATO announced its intervention in Kosovo in 1999 • Just after the 9/11 attacks • On the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

  33. 5. Which of the following HAS NOT been part of the Obama Administration’s “reset” with Russia? • The deployment of sea-based SM-3 missiles to the eastern Mediterranean • US-Russian agreement to reduce their nuclear stockpiles • The slow path to NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia • The US’ declaration that Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz is a “red line”

  34. 6. What non-NATO member has contributed to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan? • Japan • Australia • Israel • Mexico

  35. 7. According to the report, The Future of NATO, prior to 2009 the forces comprising ISAF were evenly split between American and non-American members. What has been the trend since 2009? • Non-Americans make up a relatively larger proportion of ISAF • Americans make up a relatively larger proportion of ISAF • The ratio has remained the same • Non-NATO members have become the largest troop contributors

  36. 8. Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a speech criticizing some members of the NATO alliance. What were his two criticisms? • Lack of troop contribution in Afghanistan and slow acceptance of new NATO members • Lack of support from key NATO members in Libya and low levels of defense spending • Lack of will to implement a land-based nuclear missile shield and a lack of coherence over Iran • The inability of members to proactively engage Russia and the acceptance of Albania into NATO

  37. 9. What two countries were supposed to be part of NATO’s land-based missile shield? • Turkey and Greece • Estonia and Norway • Albania and Germany • Poland and Czech Republic

  38. US Economic CompetitivenessRound 4

  39. 1. The United States was ranked 4th in overall competitiveness in 2010-11 according to the World Economic Forum. Which of the following was not among the three countries ranked ahead of the US? • Germany • Singapore • Switzerland • Sweden

  40. 2. In 2010, President Obama proposed the creation of a ______ to enhance America’s economic competitiveness by leveraging public and private capital to fund improvements. In 2011, a group of US Senators put forward a similar measure. What was it? • The National Export Initiative • Privatization of municipal bridges and toll roads • Block grant awards for innovations in clean energy transportation • National Infrastructure Bank

  41. 3. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in 2011 the US budget deficit amounted to __ of GDP • 2.5% • 6.2% • 9.8% • 13.3%

  42. 4. In 2011, the US federal government’s budget was approximately how many times larger than it had been when President Clinton left office? • It had declined by half • It was about the same • It had doubled • It had tripled

  43. 5. Manufacturing accounts for what percentage of US GDP? • 8% • 14% • 18% • 22%

  44. 6. Between 1977 and 2002 productivity gains in the US manufacturing sector ____ other sectors of the economy? • outpaced • lagged • closely resembled • were epiphenomenal relative to

  45. 7. Manufacturing jobs as a percentage of total employment ___ between 1977 and 2002. • fell • rose • remained the same • was difficult to determine

  46. 8. Technological innovation contributed to the doubling of US agricultural yields since the beginning of the 20th century. The percentage of the population involved in agriculture declined from ___ at the beginning of the 20th century to ___ in 2000. • 42%; 1% • 55%; 8% • 65%; 7% • 38%; 3%

  47. 9. Modern sewage treatment in the US helped eliminate all of the following water-borne diseases EXCEPT: • Typhoid fever • Diarrhea • Polio • Cholera

  48. Child HealthRound 5

  49. 1. Of all deaths worldwide among pregnant women, infants, and under five children, what percentage occurs in developing countries? • 35% • 50% • 75% • 99%

  50. 2. Although the total number of under-five deaths is declining worldwide, how many under-five children died in 2009? • 4 million • 6 million • 8 million • 10 million

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