ThinkDifferent Trivia - 9: Politics

[JoshuaR]

He's getting them right but the sass is making CM mark him wrong, lol.

[Comrade Milton]

oh. it actually didn't occur to me that those were meant as answers because the other answers were straightforward. :|

[Levistus]

I SHEEPed the Cuban Missile Crisis because I didn't know what you were looking for. There are so many things that came to mind as political fall out and repercussions that the idea that there were only 4 threw me and I used my drop and SOS elsewhere.

[Comrade Milton]

5. Six treaties have been necessary to developing the European Union to its current state. Name one. BONUS: Name the date of that treaty.


SHEEP: Treaty of Rome - 4
Baltus
King Brandon
alyster
Gym


Treaty of Lisbon - 3
Levistus
MYSTERYSTRANGER
Lusitan


Treaty of Paris - 2
Chaoshawk
Optimistic


SINGLETONS:
Maastricht Treaty - Zombie Lanae


A number of people went with one of the special answers. DylanCarter and Kill DROP'ed; Criminally Stylish went with SHEEP for 4 points; and JoshuaR, VL, Goldie and rabonnobar went with some fantastically strategic SOSes.


BONUSes: alyster, Levistus and MYSTERYSTRANGER were all correct and receive -1 to their scores.


WRONG: 
European Community - emphix (the European Community is a thing, but it was ambiguous if this was a treaty name or the name of the community itself)
the treaty that ended the 30 years war, 1666 - Hereno
League of Nations - jeff744
European Economic Council - Albionate


STANDINGS:
47 Levistus
46 MYSTERY STRANGER
35 Baltus
33 Chaoshawk
30 Lusitan
28 King Brandon
26 Optimistic
25 Kill
25 JoshuaR
24 emphix
23 VL
22 alyster
22 Hereno
19 Criminally Stylish
18 Goldie
18 jeff744
18 rabonnobar
16 Albionate
15 DylanCarter
13 Gym
10 Zombie Lanae

[Comrade Milton]

6. Name the author, or authors of one of the political texts listed below. Include the letter you're answering in your answer. // a. The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx AND Friedrich Engels) / b. The Little Red Book (Mao Zedong) / c. The Green Book (Muammar Gaddafi) / d. The Doctrine of Fascism (Benito Mussolini) / e. Politics (Aristotle) / f. The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli) / g. What is Property? (Pierre-Joseph Proudhon)


SHEEP: f. Machiavelli - 5
Levistus
MYSTERY STRANGER
Criminally Stylish
jeff744
DylanCarter


c. Muammar Gaddafi - 3
Baltus
Chaoshawk
VL


a. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - 2
JoshuaR
Lusitan


b. Mao Zedong - 2
Kill
Zombie Lanae


SINGLETONS:
g. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon - Optimistic
d. Benito Mussolini - Goldie


WRONG:
Marx - King Brandon (needed both authors.)
Marx - emphix
Engels - alyster
Engels - Hereno
Engels - rabonnobar
Marx - Albionate
Marx - Gym


STANDINGS:
52 Levistus
51 MYSTERY PERSON
38 Baltus
38 King Brandon
36 Chaoshawk
34 emphix
32 Lusitan
32 alyster
32 Hereno
28 rabonnobar
27 Optimistic
27 Kill
27 JoshuaR
26 VL
26 Albionate
24 Criminally Stylish
23 jeff74
20 DylanCarter
19 Goldie
12 Zombie Lanae

[Kill]

ay

[Levistus]

Milton, your scores are messed up.

[Baltus]

I went from 19 to 35 somehow between question 4 and 5. I demand an investigation until my points are fixed.

[Comrade Milton]

don't worry, some people seem to have also lost like twenty points. checking them now and rescoring. doing it by hand and watching a movie....which may not be an ideal situation, really. anyway, fixing.

[Levistus]

57 rabonnobar
56 Hereno
43 King Brandon
41 Criminally Stylish
40 emphix
34 Albionate
32 Gym
30 jeff744
29 Goldie
28 Kill
28 alyster
26 Chaoshawk
26 Baltus
24 Levistus
21 Optimistic
21 DylanCarter
20 Zombie Lanae
20 Lusitan
18 MYSTERYPERSON
17 JoshuaR
13 VL

think that's right, check my math though.

[Comrade Milton]

wow, you totally beat me, but that does, indeed, look like what i'm getting. fortunately, helping me figure out where the errors were is helped by my having not saved recently. ugh. thanks, though! that'll save me quite a bit of time.

[goldielax25]

I liked the old scoring better.

[Comrade Milton]

7. Select a group and name the number of countries which are full members. Include the letter of your selection in your answer. // a. NAFTA (3) / b. EU (28) / c. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (6) / d. Commonwealth of Independent States (9)  / e. NATO (28) / f. African Union (54)


SHEEP: a. 3 - 10
Levistus
Kill
JoshuaR
emphix
Hereno
Goldie
rabonnobar
jeff744
Albionate
DylanCarter


c. 6 - 2
Baltus
Chaoshawk


e. 28 - 2
Gym
King Brandon


No singletons this round. This question was apparently a bit more difficult than intended and given the SHEEP size the incorrect answers will be painful to the scoring.


MYSTERY STRANGER DROP'd for zero points and Lusitan went with an SOS that turned out to be zero points, too.


WRONG:
b. 26 Optimistic
b. 27 VL
b. 27 alyster
b. 27 Criminally Stylish
E. North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Zombie Lanae


STANDINGS:

67 rabonnobar
66 Hereno
61 Criminally Stylish
50 emphix
48 alyster
45 King Brandon
44 Albionate
41 Optimistic
40 jeff744
40 Zombie Lanae
39 Goldie
38 Kill
34 Levistus
34 Gym
31 DylanCarter
28 Chaoshawk
28 Baltus
27 JoshuaR
27 VL
20 Lusitan
18 MYSTERYPERSON

[Comrade Milton]

8. Name one of the active major wars or places of civil unrest (greater than 1,000 deaths per year). Correct answers include: the Mexican Drug War, the Syrian Civil War, Ethnic violence in South Sudan, South Sudanese Civil War, Israel/Palestine Conflict, Afghan Civil War, Somali Civil War, Islamist Insurgency in Nigeria, War in North-West Pakistan, the Egyptian Crisis, the Iraqi Insurgency, Post-civil war violence in Libya, Central African Republic Conflict, and the Ukranian Civil War.

SHEEP: Syrian Civil War - 5
Gym
Albionate
DylanCarter
Optimistic
Criminally Stylish

South Sudanese Civil War - 4
MYSTERY PERSON
King Brandon
Kill
emphix

Somali Civil War - 2
Lusitan
jeff744

Mexican Drug War - 2
Baltus
VL

Central African Republic Conflict - 2
Chaoshawk
alyster

SINGLETONS:
Afghan Civil War - Goldie
Post civil war violence in Libya - JoshuaR

No SHEEP, SOS, or DROP used.

WRONG: (I did this based on whether your descriptive answer could be understood by me to be one of the correct answers.)
Rwanda - Levistus
naxal insurgency in india - Hereno
Sudan - rabonnobar (Wrong country, unfortunately)
Sudan - Zombie Lanae

STANDINGS:
77 rabonnobar
76 Hereno
66 Criminally Stylish
54 emphix
50 alyster
50 Zombie Lanae
49 King Brandon
49 Albionate
46 Optimistic
44 Levistus
42 jeff744
42 Kill
40 Goldie
39 Gym
36 DylanCarter
30 Chaoshawk
30 Baltus
29 VL
28 JoshuaR
22 Lusitan
22 MYSTERYPERSON

[Comrade Milton]

9. Select an IATA code below and submit the proper name of that airport (i.e. JFK, not New York City Airport) and the letter of the code. // a. CPT (a. Cape Town International Airport) / b. FPO (Grand Bahama International Airport) / c. HAV (Jose Marti International Airport) / d. ACA (General Juan N. Alvarez International Airport) / e. MLB (Melbourne International Airport) / f. EWR (Newark Liberty International Airport) / g. AEP (Aeroparque Jorge Newbery) / h. BSB (Brasilia-Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport) / i. SHA (Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport) / j. MAA (Chennai International Airport) / k. TLS (Toulouse Blagnac Airport) / l. ADJ (Amman Civil Airport)


NO SHEEP, EXACTLY. Everyone was either wrong, a singleton, or used SHEEP or DROP as an answer. I counted the singletons as Co-SHEEP for the purposes of scoring.


SINGLETONS:
c. Jose Marti International Airport - MYSTERYPERSON
e. Melbourne International Airport - JoshuaR
f. Newark Liberty International Airport - rabonnobar
j. Chennai International Airport - Zombie Lanae


jeff744, DylanCarter and Optimistic SHEEP'd for one point and Lusitan, Baltus, Goldie and Albionate DROP'd.


WRONG: (These lacked the detailed part needed, ex: Newark LIBERTY, not just Newark)
i. SHA (Shanghai Airport) - Criminally Stylish
i. Shanhai - alyster
k. Toulouse - VL
major league baseball - Hereno
i. Shanghai International Airport - emphix
f. Newark International Airport - Kill
F. EWR is Newark airport in Newark, NJ/ - Gym
Blank - Chaoshawk
d. Alcapulco International - Levistus



STANDINGS:
78 rabonnobar
78 Hereno
68 Criminally Stylish
56 emphix
52 alyster
51 Zombie Lanae
51 King Brandon
49 Albionate
47 Optimistic
46 Levistus
44 Kill
43 jeff744
41 Gym
40 Goldie
37 DylanCarter
32 Chaoshawk
31 VL
30 Baltus
29 JoshuaR
23 MYSTERYPERSON
22 Lusitan