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Financial Entry 6th August 2020 Nuclear Actuary

Welcome to this evenings edition of the quiz show Mastermind 1st contestant please Name ? Joost Doing Myjob Occupation ? Actuary Department of Financial Responsibility Ministry of Defence Specialist Subject ? Nuclear weapon spending Question 1, The 6th of August is the anniversary date of what event Joost The dropping of the 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima Correct Question 2, How many countries have since then ceased there nuclear weapons program Joost, 1 South Africa Correct Question 3, Has government spending on nuclear weapons increased or decreased since Joost, Increased quite substantially year on year Correct Question 4, Currently how many nuclear weapons are there in existence Joost, That's a trick question no one knows in fact thousands and thousands enough to blow the world to pieces 10 times over to still be able to leave 1 for each of the remaining survivor's Correct Final question Can you explain why ? Joost, Joost ( elongated pause ) Sorry need an answer have to hurry you Because of our enemies like Iraq with Weapons of mass destruction And North Korean dictator Kim be Illin the cartoon character Sorry No Incorrect The answer in fact i have on my card is Because arms and war munitions manufacturing is the profitable enterprises in the world Correct A small price we need to pay in order to keep the country and our loved one's safe Incorrect And remember kid's guns don't kill people do Correct With the very same bullets and guns you sold to them

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Date: 8/7/2020 11:51:00 AM
Sardonic and true Christopher weapons sales are huge business, governments buy them to keep themselves in power while the population starve, I think South Africa may have had a hand in Israel testing their nukes, cheers David
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 8/7/2020 12:15:00 PM
Bush Snr & Bush Jnr & D.C Spring to mind So does the phrase Conflict of interest
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 8/7/2020 12:11:00 PM
You are probably right David. I know that Mosad used to train the S.A defense force in bush warfare tactics they had close ties. Just showing another bit of or your wide breadth of knowledge here my mate . Kudos David a rare true blessing and gift
Date: 8/6/2020 3:54:00 PM
Money money money, uhuh, uhuh, yup yup yup yup yup...
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Christopher Flaherty
Date: 8/6/2020 4:32:00 PM
Yup , Yup , Yup Take 3 stars over money any day XxX

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