I am looking for some ideas for UNIQUE trivia questions that have some political or cultural significance that would result in good information for diplomats to know. Please don’t give me copy-and-pasted questions. They can deal with anything that happened BEFORE 2012 from anywhere in the world. You don’t have to provide the answer, just the question, unless you want to 
Chosen Answer:
when and why the ‘united nations’ was formed.
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details about the 2011 tsunami and nuclear meltdown in japan. then and now.
“In many ways, Japan is still reeling from the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, and the nuclear crisis and huge leaks of radiation it set off.
The earthquake and tsunami, which killed as many as 20,000 people, led to soul searching in a nation already worn down by two lost decades of economic growth, a rapidly aging and shrinking population, political paralysis and the rapid rise of its longtime rival, China.
When the earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, it churned up a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland in the northern part of the country and prompted warnings as far away as the West Coast of the United States and South America. Recorded at 9.0 on the Richter scale, it was the most powerful quake ever to hit Japan.
As the nation struggled with a rescue effort, it also faced the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. Explosions and leaks of radioactive gas took place in three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that suffered partial meltdowns, while spent fuel rods at another reactor overheated and caught fire, releasing radioactive material directly into the atmosphere…”
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the world trade center disaster
by: jeanette
on: 28th June 12