Question
Before his ouster as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez strongly opposed the sale of F-16s to Turkey as a concession for Sweden’s accession to this alliance. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this military alliance currently led by Jens Stoltenberg. Finland joined this alliance in April 2023 after a swing of popular opinion following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
ANSWER: NATO
[10m] This country was the latest to join NATO before Finland. Bulgaria has blocked this country’s accession to the European Union due to claims of state-supported hate speech.
ANSWER: North Macedonia
[10h] North Macedonia’s NATO accession plan faced a naming challenge that was resolved by this agreement. This agreement added the qualifier “North” and stipulates that North Macedonia will not publicly use the Vergina Sun.
ANSWER: Prespa Agreement
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Chicago B | Purdue B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Illinois B | Notre Dame B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Indiana | Notre Dame A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |