Wednesday, September 03, 2008
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Genocide Quiz: Part I
by mr maple
Rules: Answer off the top of your head; no wikipedia or sources allowed (including other people's responses)! Answers and commentary in next post. We'll get harder as we go... you can just cut & paste the questions below into the comments.
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust?
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory?
Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust?3) The movie "Hotel Rwanda" featured genocide of what ethnic group?
Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide?4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region?
Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted?5) What is the definition of genocide?
6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country?
Bonus: What film was made about it?7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)?
Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide?
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country?
10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide?
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide?11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers)
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?Super bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign?
What are your answers? Remember to answer them off the top of your head!
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1) The Jewish People
2) I can't remember the specific name, but it basically taught that the Nordic race was superior. Edit: Wait! What is Eugenics?
3)The Tutsie People
5) The general killing of a mass of people
6) Cambodia
9) Iraq, specifically Iraqi Kurdistan
That's all I know so far.
1. Jews
2. Social Darwinism. Nietzsche.
3. Tutsis
4. Darfur
5. Systematic eradication of a people group
6. Cambodia. The Killing Fields.
7. Gypsies?
8. 2,500,000
9. Northern Iraq (by Chemical Ali)
10. Bonus: Tutsi, Kurds
11. Geneva Convention
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust? The Jewish people
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory? Eugenics (great exhibit on this at the Holocaust museum in Washington - appalling.)
Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust?
3) The movie "Hotel Rwanda" featured genocide of what ethnic group? Tutsis
Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide?
4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region?
Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted? Sudanese?
5) What is the definition of genocide? Killing of a people
6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country? Cambodia
Bonus: What film was made about it?
7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)?
Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?
8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide? over 1 million
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country? Iraq
10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide?
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide? Tried to ignore the Clinton Administration, too horrific
11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers) My, these are getting harder...
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?
Super
bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her
work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama
campaign? Maya Angelou? Just kidding. She should be. She's amazing.
Even though my answers probably are mostly wrong, my heart is very much in this....my nephews were adopted five years ago from Congo, where their family experienced genocide firsthand. They lost both parents and their sisters, and were rescued by the refugee ministry at my sister's church in Evanston, IL. This church has supported many refugees from many Asian and African countries, especially Libya, Sudan and Congo, and has done hands-on mission work in Rwanda. Please, get involved in this type of mission work if you can. These families are so appreciative and really need our love, support and a fresh start - and safety.
I'm interested to see exactly how this will be related to Christianity....I'm at least assuming that it will in a future post...
1) Jews
2) Eugenics.......
3) Tutsies
4) Darfur
5) Mass killings with the intention of completely wiping something out.
6) Cambodia
7) ............
8) 2 million?
9) Iraq
10) ........................
11) ........................
Super
bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her
work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama
campaign?.........................
Wow... didn't know many answers... xP
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Jews
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Survival of the fittest?/ Nietzche? Darwin?<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust?
3) The movie "Hotel Rwanda" featured genocide of what ethnic group?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Tutsis (sp?) <li class="item item-1 item-odd">Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide?
4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Darfur<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted?
5) What is the definition of genocide?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Mass murder based on a stereotype like race or religious beliefs<li class="item item-1 item-odd">6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Cambodia/ Killing Fields<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Bonus: What film was made about it?
7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?
8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide?
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country?
<li class="item item-1 item-odd">Iraq<li class="item item-1 item-odd">10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide?
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide?
11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers)
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?
Super
bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her
work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama
campaign?
PS: Thanks for raising awareness with this quiz. I'm determined to discover the answers myself. :)
1 jews
2 eugenics
3 Tutsies
4 Darfur
5 the extermination of a people race culture or religion
6 Cambodia but that was not a genocide. It was a generic mass murder, not aimed at any one people
7 The Armenians
8 not sure over a 100,000
9 Iraq
10 Bosnia
11 got me there
you forgot to mention the mass genocide of the Native Americans when we stole their land and killed their people. Funny how no one seems to talk about THAT genocide (especially in American schools).
I was just browsing, and wanted to put my two cents in.
I'll take a stab at it:
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust?
Jews
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory?
Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust?
That they were sub-human.
BONUS – Charles Darwin
3) The movie Hotel Rwanda featured genocide of what ethnic group?
Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide?
Hotel Rwanda featured the genocidal actions between the Tutsi and Hutu peoples of Rwanda
BONUS – US Intervention in Somalia to render aid to the starving masses
4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region?
Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted?
Darfur
BONUS – Unsure, but they are Christians in the vast majority
5) What is the definition of genocide?
The purposeful destruction and extermination of a race of people.
6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country?
Bonus: What film was made about it?
Cambodia
BONUS – The Killing Fields (There is a book by the same name)
7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)?
Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?
Ethnic Armenians in Turkey
BONUS – UCLA
8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide?
400,000
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country?
Iraq
10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide?
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide?
Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo by Serbians
BONUS – Rwandan Genocide
11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers)
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?
Super bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign?
The Geneva Convention, the Hague Convention
BONUS – President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Adlai Stevenson
SUPER BONUS – Madeline Albright
@imississippiyou@xanga - I completely agree. Funny how that always gets swept under the rug. We ought to all be talking about it more, since we grew up on spoon-fed and falsified American History in our schools. It pains me deeply what happened to the Native Americans. "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee" should be required reading before exiting HS in the U.S. I just read it this summer and I'm OLD.
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust?
Jewish people
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory?
Eugenics
Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust?....
not sure!
3) The movie "Hotel Rwanda" featured genocide of what ethnic group?
Tutsi people
Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide?
Somolia (US went in to take out a "minor" militia group, and they turned out to be well organized and had a surprising level of loyalty from the local people....as featured in Black Hawk Down) After several US soldiers (9 maybe) were killed in that conflict the Clinton administration was gun shy to intervene in a genocide that the US public knew little about. they feared the US public would not support any more us intervention in Africa after Somalia.
4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region?
The Darfur region in western Sudan
Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted?
That sort of depends how you ask but Darfuri Christian and Black Muslims
5) What is the definition of genocide?
The Systematic killing of a people group based on their race, religion, or social status/association.
6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country?
Cambodia
Bonus: What film was made about it?
The Killing Fields
7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)?
Armenians (my good friend is Armenian, he's not forgotten)
Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?
No idea
8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide?
Somewhere between 800,000 and 1 million depending on who you ask.
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country?
Iraq (it's also taken place in turkey though if we want to be technical)
10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide?
Bosnian (in kosovo)
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide?
Rwandan genocide
11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers)
The original UN Pacts
Geneva convention
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?
Not sure
Super bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign?
Not sure
@trunthepaige@xanga -
actually, the atrocities that occured in cambodia from 1975-1979 are considered genocide. pol pot (the khmer rouge leader) aimed his killings towards all cambodians who were city dwellers, educated, had an ties to industrialism or american affairs (even if people who wore glasses). basically anyone who was not a farmer was sent to a concentration labor camp.
my parents were survivors of this genocide.
@Soapie@xanga - Not somthing for me to argue about, what happened was as evil a deed as has ever happened.
1) the jews.
2) ...
3) hutus killing the tsusis. (spelling?)
4) darfur
5) massive killing or attempt to destroy a group of people, to annihilate all parts of their cultural/societal/ethnic/tribal/ background and beliefs
its actually a really very scary definition and S. Power took a whole chapter to define this one word.
6) cambodia. the killing fields.
7) armenian genocide.
8) 1 million in 99 days? am i totally wrong here?
9) turkey???
10) [you mean they actually curbed a genocide?!]
Bonus: RWANDA
11) [i should know this also...]
samantha power! (i have an autographed copy of her book... just started it)
thanks for initiating this post!!! its SUCH an important topic for christians to be aware of previous accounts of genocide, active in promoting awareness, preventing and helping end current and ongoing genocide, as God calls us to :
"...loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke? " - is. 58:6
1) Jews (also Gypsies or 'Roma', Slavs and other groups).
2) EugenicsBonus: Not sure, perhaps Nietchze (can't spell) or even Darwin?3) TsutsisBonus: Not sure, either in Kosovo or the Gulf War?
4) DarfurBonus: Don't know but most of them are black or Christian.
5) I don't recall the technical definition but it should be something like "the deliberate attempt to exterminate an entire group of people".
6) CambodiaBonus: No idea.
7) The Armenians, a genocide still denied by the Turkish government (and others) to this day.Bonus: Not a clue.
8) 800,000, but I've seen higher estimates.9) Iraq.
10) The uh...one in the Balkans (don't know what it is called officially).Bonus: Rwanda
11) Hmmm...the Geneva Conventions, The ICC Court and the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Charter. I'm sure at least some of them do anyway.Bonus: Lets see...where any of them set up with major US involvement?
Super Bonus: No idea.
Tough quiz, I feel bad now for knowing so little.
I'm so glad that you mentioned the Armenian genocide.
It's pathetic, really... It's called the "forgotten genocide" and for a good reason: just as hinted at in your question, the Holocaust and other current genocides stay in people's minds, but do most people know about the genocide? Nope. The Turkish government has not apologized for it, even after 90-ish years since the genocide took place (don't you think that's enough time to put distance between the perpetrators and the humble apologizers?)-- and no one wants to force them to, especially the Americans, since they don't want to upset Turkey. Which just proves that we need more Christ-like humility in the world today.
I just want to answer the bonus question to number 2
Martin Luther.
Alright... following your rules I'm going to show a little ignorance here
1) Jews
2) Natural selection
Bonus: Charles Darwin (or maybe that guy whose theory was opposite of Kant... what's his name?)
3) The Tuti's
Bonus: don't know
4) The northern region - Darfur
Bonus: don't know
5) The killing of another based off their ethnicity
6) don't know
Bonus: don't know
7) Armenians?
Bonus: don't know
8) 100,000???
9) Afghanistan
10) Bosnian/ Balkan conflict?
Bonus: Rwanda
11) UN International Human Rights Act?
Bonus: don't know
Super bonus question: don't know
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust? Jewish People
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory?
Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust? Nietzsche
3) The movie "Hotel Rwanda" featured genocide of what ethnic group? Tutsi
Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide? The Bosnian Conflict.
4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region? Darfur
Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted?
5) What is the definition of genocide?
6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country? Cambodia
Bonus: What film was made about it? The Killing Fields
7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)? Armenians
Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?
8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide?
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country? Iraq
10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide? Rwanda
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide? Bosnia
11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers) The UN Charter, Geneva Conventions
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?
Super bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign? Samantha Power
What are your answers? Remember to answer them off the top of your head
@hubbaduh@xanga - The discussion of genocide (and making ourselves aware of it) is intrinsically related to Christianity because of the value of human life. I think it would be true regardless of whether there was a follow-up post on this or not. I look forward to the follow-up post, but not so I can see how it relates to Christianity, it's just good discussion to have.
@thepurpleporpoise - I get what you're saying, and I actually agree, it's just that every other post that I've read on here has been OVERTLY "Christian"...this is the first one that I've read that hasn't been (not saying that there haven't been others that weren't). I'm just curious about how they're going to "tie it all together."
1) What ethnic group is most widely recognized to have been persecuted in the Holocaust?
Jews, though there were actually many different groups persecuted
2) Nazi doctors justified the extermination of certain people groups based on what pseudo-scientific theory?
Eugenics
Bonus: What philosopher is credited for providing the utilitarian justifications for the Holocaust?
3) The movie "Hotel Rwanda" featured genocide of what ethnic group?
Bonus: What US military conflict immediately predated and influenced involvement this genocide?
Crap, I should know this since I recently read a book about it
4) The current genocide in Sudan is primarily taking place in what region?
Darfur
Bonus: What is the name of the people group being persecuted?
The name, don't know, but it is made up of both Christians and Muslims
5) What is the definition of genocide?
The attempt to exterminate a people based on race, religion or other distinguishing factor
6) The Khmer Rouge is responsible for genocide in what country?
Cambodia
Bonus: What film was made about it?
The Killing Fields
7) What ethnic group was persecuted in the Forgotten Genocide (hint: 1910)?
Not sure, want to say Turkish Armenians but I thought that was later, during WWI. I know during WWI the Turks killed something like 2 million Armenians, not sure if they did before the war also.
Bonus: What university is informally known as the "Center for _____ Genocide Deniers"?
8) What is the approximate death toll of the Rwandan genocide?
300,000-500,00 dead, untold injured, raped, etc
9) The use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish people took place in what country?
Iraq, Northern Iraq specifically
10) The Clinton Administration is best known for its actions in curbing which genocide?
Bosnians and Serbs in Bosnia (as part of UN, was not Unilateral)
Bonus: The same administration failed to intervene in which genocide?
Rwanda, again, UN refused to be involved
11) What international documents are most widely recognized for their explicit denunciation of genocide? (multiple answers)
The Geneva Convention and UN Charter?
Bonus: Who were the principal US authors/contributors of each?
No Clue
Super
bonus question: What Pulitzer prize winning author, recognized for her
work on genocide, was formerly a foreign policy adviser to the Obama
campaign?
No clue
As an addendum, I note there are no questions on the extermination of the native peoples of America by Europeans and there is nothing about the genocide of the Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos and other native populations by the Japanese during WWII. Look up the Rape of Nanking, the Rape of Manila, the Japanese use of comfort women, etc. Just as horrific as what the Germans did but hidden by consensus by both the Allies (specifically American leadership) and the Japanese because of post-war concerns.