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   Message 32,606 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Game 2, Rounds 4,6: League   
   02 Oct 25 14:07:29   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 2, Round 4 - History - League of Nations   
   >   
   > 1. The concept of a peaceful community of nations had been proposed   
   >    as early as 1795, with this philosopher's "Perpetual Peace: A   
   >    Philosophical Sketch", which outlined the idea of a league of   
   >    nations to control conflict and promote peace between states.   
   >    He is a German philosopher who is best known for his work the   
   >    "Critique of Pure Reason".  Who was he?   
      
   Kant   
      
   > 3. The League of Nations was originally headquartered in London.   
   >    It quickly moved to which continental European city?   
      
   Geneva   
      
   > 4. Which US president received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role   
   >    in the founding of the League of Nations?   
      
   Wilson   
      
   > 6. There are 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council.   
   >    One of these permanent members *never* joined the League   
   >    of Nations.  We're not talking about countries that took over   
   >    the membership of what were in effect treated as just another   
   >    version of the same country.  Which Security Council permanent   
   >    member country *(in any version) was never* a League of Nations   
   >    member?   
      
   China   
      
   > 7. The League of Nations had a Council not unlike the UN Security   
   >    Council.  It had four permanent members.  Two of those countries   
   >    were Great Britain and France.  Name *either one of the other   
   >    two* countries.   
      
   United Kingdom   
      
   > 8. Which country was expelled from the League of Nations in 1939   
   >    for its invasion of Finland?   
      
   Soviet Union   
      
   > 9. Which European country withdrew from the League of Nations in   
   >    1939 following a dictator's rise to power?  This dictator   
   >    remained in power until 1975.  Name the country.   
      
   Spain   
      
   > 10. The League of Nations was not successful in that it utterly   
   >    failed to prevent World War II.  But it was successful in   
   >    mediating and resolving some lesser conflicts between nations.   
   >    One such example was its intervention in what is known as the   
   >    Incident at Petrich or the War of the Stray Dog, when Greece   
   >    invaded a neighboring country in October 1925.  This conflict   
   >    was resolved in 10 days.  What was the other country?   
      
   Turkey   
      
      
   > * Game 2, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1960s   
   >   
      
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