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Jun 14 '05

2:44 PM

Peace Quiz

l.  The Nobel Peace Prize is named after the Swede Alfred Nobel.  What lucrative armament product did this inventor's companies and labs in 20 countries produce?

2.  What's the name of the Greek play written by Aristophanes about the Peloponnesian War and the efforts of the women of Greece to stop it?

3.  What's another term for fratricide?

4.  Who was the first President of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedome in l9l5 and later the first American woman to earn the Nobel Peace Prize?

5.  Who was Voltaire referring to when he wrote: "It was the only treaty made by the settlers with the Indians that was never sworn to and the only one that was never broken."

6.  Which is the first British university to offer a Peace Studies Degree?

7.  What organization was begun in l983 by a group of university students in Japan, who organized a voyage to hear first-hand about Japan's war history in a people-to-people exchange?

8.  When is/was/will be the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for The Children of the World?

9.  When was the Department of War (War Office) renamed The Department of Defense?

l0.  Who walked over 25,000 miles between l953-l98l and remained "a wanderer until manking has learned the way of peace, waking until given shelter and fasting until given food."?

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