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Who is Charlemagne?
This 8th/9th-century monarch is often jokingly cited as the creator of school.
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What is Othello
This Shakespeare play follows the titular character and the traitor Iago. And no, it's not Aladdin.
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What is the Internal Portfolio?
This portfolio is responsible for IRSAM's listserv, and is currently led by Del Team Alumni Cassia Nasralla.
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What is Fusion?
In the United States, the Founding Fathers enshrined the notion of the Separation of Powers. In Canada, we have "This" of Powers.
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Who is Ringo Starr.
"Octopus' Garden" and "With a Little Help from my Friends" were written by this Beatle
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What is Carthage?
The burning of this African city in 146 BCE lead Scipio Aemilianus to weep, and proclaim that "some day the same doom will be pronounced on my own country"
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What is Friends, Romans, and Countrymen
In Julius Caesar, Marc Antony asks these three categories of people to lend him their ears.
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What is the University of Pennsylvania?
This university's conference, which was attended by McGill's Delegation Team, was banned following the revelation of hazing on their competitive team.
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What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The Chinese Emperorship was legitimized by the Emperor holding this divine seal of approval.
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Who is Megan Thee Stallion
This American rapper was shot by Tory Lanez in 2020
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What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This 1494 treaty would serve to divide the world between Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence.
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What is Illyria
This region, which was also a Roman province with a similar name, is where the majority of the Shakespeare play "Twelfth Night" is set.
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What is the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) and the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)?
IRSAM has special consultative status on these two United Nations bodies.
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Who is Abiy Ahmed Ali?
This Ethiopian Nobel prize winner is currently embroiled in a Civil War.
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What is Colt 45
This song outlines the adventures of Afroman across the continental United States and his associated sexcapades.
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What is the House of Wisdom?
This Islamic center of learning was destroyed during the 1258 Siege of Baghdad.
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What is As You Like It?
This Shakespeare Comedy sees Jacques recite the famous monologue on the Seven Ages of Man
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What is the Gala
This IRSAM-favourite event is also a type of Apple
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What are the Maronites.
In Lebanon, the Taif agreement sets the required religion for many important political offices, with the President needing to be a member of this specific religious sect.
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What is Therefore I Am
This hit single, written by an 18 year old prodigy and currently #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, would have made René Descartes very happy.
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What is Quipu?
This unorthodox method of recording information with knots was used by the Incas.
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What is The Winter's Tale?
In this Shakespeare play, Antigonus' death is preceded by an unusual piece of stage direction: "Exit, pursued by a bear".
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What is the Specialized & Crisis Simulation at Yale (SCSY)
This was the suggestive name of the predecessor to YMUN.
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Who is Rita Johnston
This Premier assumed office in 1991, and was the first woman to fulfill that role
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What is Once Upon a Time in Shaolin
This Wu Tang Clan Album was sold at auction to American CEO Martin Shkreli, and cannot be commercially exploited before the year 2103.
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