TAGISAN 2K14:

THE 1ST ULTIMATE POLITICAL SCIENCE QUIZ CHALLENGE

GRUELING ROUND
1. INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGS.: A UN council of 54 members primarily
concerned with population, economic development, human rights, and criminal justice. This high
ranking body receives and issues human rights reports in a variety of circumstances. ECOSOC,
UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
2. PHILIPPINE HISTORY: At the end of the 15th century, Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan of
Johor introduced Islam in the island of Mindanao and he subsequently married Paramisuli, an
Iranun Princess from Mindanao, and established what? -SULTANATE OF MAGUINDANAO.
3. WORLD HISTORY: The departure of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia in 1991 was the result
of what non-violent transition of power event? -THE VELVET REVOLUTION OR GENTLE
REVOLUTION
4. TECHIES: What mobile phone giant stepped up its expansion in Europe on Monday by
unveiling a 6bn deal to buy Spanish cable operator Ono. VODAFONE
5. SOCIAL SCIENCE: A voluntary agreement among individuals to establish and secure their
rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules. SOCIAL CONTRACT
6. RELIGION: Due to no particular belief in deity, which religion is often regarded as a philosophy?
BUDDHISM
7. LAW AND ORDER: Efforts of an actor to dissuade the opponent from doing something
considered against the actor's interests by making the costs of action outweigh the benefits with
threat of punishment, the implicit or explicit purpose of this strategy was to avoid actually
fighting war. -DETERRENCE
8. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Drawn up in 1947 to codify the rules of conduct in trade for
its members, in this, states agreed to negotiate "reciprocal and mutually advantageous
arrangements directed to the substantial reduction of tariffs and other barriers to trade" and to
increase free and fair trade. -GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
9. NORTH KOREA: NoKor's Central Election Committee released a report that Kim was
unanimously elected as Deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK. What
percent of the turnout did Kim Jong Un get? -100% (- That North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
won his first parliamentary election with a clear 100% of the vote might not be remarkable, but
who he chose to cast his vote with certainly has sparked interest amongst Korea-watchers.)
10. LITERATURE: It is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel
Hawthorne. It is considered to be his magnum opus.Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston,
Massachusetts during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a
daughter through an adulterous affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.-THE SCARLET
LETTER
11. SPORTS: What is the world's oldest sport that uses a ball? POLO
12. FILM: 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 British-American historical drama film and an adaptation of the
1853 memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African
American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. What is
the name of its director and co-producer?-STEVE MCQUEEN
13. GEOGRAPHY: The Inca Empire or Inka Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian
America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in
what present-day country? PERU

14. PEOPLE: Which person revolutionized the mass-production process when, in 1913, he
introduced the first moving assembly line? HENRY FORD
15. POLITICAL SCIENCE: the power to change the rules of the game for others, the power to
structure the choices of other actors. -STRUCTURAL POWER
16. RELIGION: Which book of The Bible records the deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in
Egypt? EXODUS
17. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Development of nuclear weapons by nations that did not have
them before. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
18. MILITARY SCIENCE: A Spanish word meaning a group of individuals forming a government,
especially after a revolution or coup d'etat. JUNTA
19. PARLIMENTARY LAW: An announcement by the presiding officer to convene a meeting.
CALL-TO-ORDER
20. BASICS: Implies not the complete chaos or absence of structure or rules, but rather than lack a of
a central government that can enforce rules. ANARCHY
21. THE PHILIPPINES: What is the name of the Philippine Bureau of Customs Director? FRANKLIN JESUS BUCAYU

STRENOUS ROUND
1. HUMANITARIAN EFFORT: The Guardian Cities website offers a forum for debate and the
sharing of ideas about the future of cities across the world. All content is editorially
independent. The site is sponsored by what philanthropic organization and private
foundation? THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
2. LITERATURE: What is the title of the Shakespearian play which was featured in the 2002
historical drama film The Pianist? The line used was: "If you prick us, do we not bleed? It
you tickle us, we we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall
we not revenge? THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
3. SERBIAN RUN-OFF: What is the name of the ruling political party that has won a big
parliamentary majority in the Serbia general election? -SERBIAN PROGRESSIVE PARTY
4. WORLD POLITICS: He was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights
activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who
indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans;
detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the
greatest and most influential African Americans in history. MALCOLM X, MALCOLM
LITTE, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
5. TECHNOLOGY: 20-year-old Gian Scottie Javelonas claim to fame happened around two
years ago when he developed a mobile portal for his own university. Now, as the president
and CEO of Orange Apps, he continues to help the education sector through technology.
What is the name of the new learning platform he created which was recently released March
2014? KHAWNA
6. GEOGRAPHY: Before independence, Bangladesh was called? -EAST PAKISTAN
7. WORLD HISTORY: After his country gained independence from Britain in 1980, Robert
Mugabe became the first Prime Minister of what nation? ZIMBABWE
8. TECHNOLOGY: In the world of photography, what does SLR abbreviate? -SINGLE LENS
REFLEX
9. PERSONALITIES: Oliver Stone's 2008 film 'W' was a biography of what personal friend of
his, former classmate at Yale? -GEORGE W. BUSH

10. WORLD POLITICS: In 1958, Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the
Nobel Prize for literature, but negative Soviet reaction forced him to refuse the honor. For
which novel was Boris Pasternak awarded the Nobel Prize? DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
11. TECHIES: It is a luxury four-door saloon manufactured by Porsche. It is front-engined with
rear-wheel drive, with four-wheel drive versions also available. PANAMERA
12. LAW: What is the legal term for a voluntary written statement made under oath?
AFFIDAVIT
13. DEVELOPMENT: Belief that all actions, of individuals and governments, are subject to an
institutionalized set of rules and regulations. -RULE OF LAW
14. PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURE: Legislative committees appointed for special, temporary
purposes, such as to investigate a problem before the government prepares legislation on the
subject. SPECIAL COMMITTEE (AD HOC)
15. SOCIAL SCIENCE: A type of administration characterized by specialization,
professionalism, and security of tenure. BUREAUCRACY
16. MOTIONS: To separate a motion so that different parts may be considered individually. Each
part must be able to stand separately as a complete motion after the division. The incidental
motion must be seconded, is not debatable or amendable, and requires a majority vote to be
adopted. A speaker may not be interrupted to propose this motion. DIVISON OF
QUESTION
17. SOCIETY & CULTURE: The African-American Civil Rights Movement encompasses social
movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination
against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. It was the
inspiration of what American piece of literature? X-Men Comics
18. CURRENT, THE WORLD: What country will take control of the "southern vector" search
for the missing Malaysian plane as a multinational effort continues? AUSTRALIA
19. ITALY: Voting has begun in Venice and the surrounding region on whether to break away
from Italy. The poll was organised by local activists and parties, who want a future state
called what? -REPUBLIC OF VENETO.
20. EUROPE: Caribbean heads of government gathered in St Vincent last week to discuss
reparations from Europe for the enduring legacy of slavery. Professor Hilary Beckles, a
Barbadian historian who chairs a reparations taskforce for these governments, wants to open
talks with former slave-trading nations including the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and what
another European country? -THE NETHERLANDS.

BACK-BREAKING ROUND:
1. URBAN: Sexual encounters between people who barely know each other and where pleasure is
generated by excitement and novelty, or between people who have sexual encounters but have no
intention to develop the relationship into long-term commitment. This is also referred to
sometimes as recreational sex. -CASUAL SEX
2. POPULAR MUSIC: What is the FULL name of Eminem? Marshall Bruce Mathers III
3. SPORTS: In what athletic event do runners jump four hurdles and a water obstacle while running
3,000 meters around an oval track? STEEPLECHASE

4. GEOGRAPHY: The Armpit of Africa-This is a nickname that often refers to what country?
CAMEROON
5. THEATRE: Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical, Whistle Down the Wind, will hold its world
premiere this December in Washington, D.C., making it the second Lloyd Webber show to have
its world premiere outside England since the 1971 Broadway debut of which musical? JESUS
CHRIST SUPERSTAR
6. LITERATURE: The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online
journalism, literature, and musical composition. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the
will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by what
University in New York City? COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
7. ENVIRONMENT: What European city set car ban to start after pollution hits high in their place?
The smoggy conditions have been caused by a combination of cold nights and warm days, which
have prevented pollution from dispersing.PARIS
8. WORLD: The informal system of consultation set up by the Great Powers (Austria, Britain,
France, Prussia and Russia) to manage the balance of power at the end of the Congress system.
CONCERT OF EUROPE
9. POLITICAL SCIENCE: perceived rival and incompatible claims over some desired "good". CONFLICT
10. POLITICAL SCIENCE Involves the assumption that war will be fought with three aims in mind:
1. to punish the aggressor 2. to deny territorial gains 3. to limit the damage to oneself.
DEFENSE STRATEGY
11. A nuclear utilization strategy which legitimized the notion of limited nuclear war, involved two
dimensions: limited targetting ('counterforce strategy') and the use of battlefield nuclear
weapons. -DOCTRINE OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE
12. A strategic doctrine which guarantees that each side in a nuclear exchange would survive a first
strike by its opponent with enough arms intact to launch a second-strike sufficient to destroy the
aggressor MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION
13. DEBATE: The assumption that current policies will be maintained until someone makes a case
that another policy is a better option. PRESUMPTION
14. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: A contraceptive method used after unprotected intercourse
that is also known as the morning-after pill. -EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIN
15. ORGANIZATION: Loose organization of Third World countries which dealt with statements on
a wide variety of issues from nuclear proliferation to trade and development, first meeting:
Bandung, Indonesia, 1955, led by a few relatively strong, independent personalities: Tito, Nehru,
and Nasser (Yugoslavia, India, Egypt) - NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT
16. RUSSIA-UKRAINE: Upon getting 97% of the voters backed joining Russia, what is the term
used by the government in Kiev to describe the Moscow-backed referendum in Crimea backed a
split from Ukraine? CIRCUS PERFORMANCE
17. CULTURE: It is a procedure with non-medical reason by which victims in Burkina Faso are
struggling to get surgery to remove pain and increase pleasure during sex. A hospital for this
purpose was built by donors from the Raelian movement in America but never opened. FGM,
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
18. ENVIRONMENT: It was the UN Conference on the Human Environment, held 1972, and the
first worldwide environmental conference in history. -STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE

19. EL SALVADOR: What is the name of the former left-wing rebel who was confirmed by El
Salvador's electoral court as the victor in their tight presidential run-off election? SALVADOR
SANCHES CEREN
20. MIDDLE EAST: What is the name of the group in Lebanon who put out a statement on Twitter
claiming to be behind in the suicide car bomb attack that struck a petrol station in Al-Nabi
Othman village, saying it was "a quick response to the bragging and boasting of the party of Iran
over their raping of Yabroud". -AL-NUSRA FRONT