Are+You+Smarter+Than+Sarah+Palin

Are You Smarter Than Sarah Palin? 1. What do the following acronyms stand for. a. IMF: International Monetary Fund b. WHO: World Health Organization c. ASEAN: Association of South East Asian Nations d. OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries e. NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization f. PLO: Palestinian Liberation Organization – now Palestinian National Authority g. NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement h. G7: 7 leading industrial nations i. OAS: Organization of American States j. CIA: Central Intelligence Agency k. NSA: National Security Agency l. WTO: World Trade Organization 2. What are the six nations in the Six Nations Talks? North Korea United States South Korea Russia China Japan 3. Who are the permanent members of the UN Security Council? Who are the other current members? __Permanent__ __Current (as of 01/09)__ United States Austria China Japan Russia Mexico France Turkey Great Britain Uganda 4. Name the members of the US Supreme Court __Conservative__ __Liberal__ John Roberts (Chief) Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito John Paul Stevens Antonin Scallia Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clarence Thomas David Hackett Souter Anthony Kennedy 5. How many countries are there in the European Union? 27 6. Who are Hamas and Hezbollah? Hamas are terrorists, major party in power in Palestinian National Authority. Suni Hezbollah based in Lebanon, “rabble raisers”, funded by Iran. Shia Briefly identify who these people are: Alvaro Uribe: Columbia Hamid Karzai: Afghanistan Raul Castro: Cuba Nicolas Sarkozy: France Hu Jintao: China Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran Stephen Harper: Canada Felipe Calderon: Mexico Kim Yong-il: North Korea Dmitry Medvedev: Russia Vladimir Putin: Russia Gordon Brown: England Harry Reid: Senate Majority Leader, US  Nancy Pelosi: Speaker of the House, US