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Test your knowledge on some of history's most notorious figures and uncover intriguing tidbits along the way. Brace yourself for a journey through power, intrigue, and unexpected stories.
26 quizzes and 315 trivia questions.
1.
  The Great Dictator(s)   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
This quiz has nothing to do with the Charlie Chaplin film. We're dealing with actual dictators. See if you can match these despots with the nations over which they held sway.
Easier, 15 Qns, wilbill, May 22 17
Easier
wilbill
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  Twentieth Century Dictators   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
There have been some very unpleasant political leaders throughout the ages. Here I'm asking you to identify some of the dictators from the twentieth century. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, bracklaman, Jan 19 21
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bracklaman
Jan 19 21
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3.
  Taking Dictation - Part 1   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Can you match these brutal dictators with the countries they tyrannized?
Easier, 15 Qns, nyirene330, Aug 29 16
Easier
nyirene330
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  The 'Great Dictators'   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
The twentieth century saw the rise and fall of many a dictator, in all parts of the world. A dictator is anyone who has absolute power in a country without being democratically elected. My sources are the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Wikipedia.
Average, 25 Qns, queenofsheba, Sep 29 22
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queenofsheba
Sep 29 22
3808 plays
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  Questionable Motives   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
This quiz features some of the worst political figures to have led a nation. Can you match the questionable event to the leader who was responsible (fully or partially) for it?
Easier, 10 Qns, apathy100, Jul 16 18
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apathy100 gold member
Jul 16 18
564 plays
6.
  More Of The Great Dictator(s)   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
It's taken me a while to write this second Great Dictators quiz. That's my fault and not due to a shortage of dictators. Here are a few more chances to match notorious despots with the nations they controlled.
Easier, 15 Qns, wilbill, Aug 16 17
Easier
wilbill
410 plays
7.
  Dictator, President, King, or Outlaw?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz you are given a historic event and a person related to it. You will have to decide which title best describes the person listed - dictator (one who seizes power), president (elected leader), king (monarch or emperor) or outlaw (criminal).
Average, 10 Qns, tazman6619, Mar 22 24
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Mar 22 24
3682 plays
8.
  Run from Tyrants and Dictators!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Remember that one man's tyrant can be another man's hero. Here's a look at just a few of my favourite tyrants!
Easier, 10 Qns, playmate1111, May 30 16
Easier
playmate1111 gold member
2445 plays
9.
  Taking Dictation - Part II   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Yet another set of dictators to be put in their place!
Easier, 10 Qns, nyirene330, Aug 31 16
Easier
nyirene330
565 plays
10.
  "Sic Semper Tyrannis"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this quiz, we'll explore how some nefarious world leaders and other well known rogues met their demise.
Easier, 10 Qns, Nealzineatser, Aug 20 24
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Nealzineatser gold member
Aug 20 24
585 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who obtained the remains of Juvénal Habyarimana and promised his family a proper burial?

From Quiz "Dictator of Rwanda: Juvénal Habyarimana"




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  Dictators' Wives   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Behind every dictator, there is usually a wife wielding considerable power. This quiz looks at some famous, or infamous, First Ladies.
Average, 10 Qns, MotherGoose, Aug 23 13
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MotherGoose editor
3191 plays
12.
  He Won't Go   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A change can be very nice. Some world leaders take their sweet time about leaving their post however and refuse to step down. See what you know about these ten examples that had their people going "he won't go".
Easier, 10 Qns, James25, Apr 22 15
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James25 gold member
705 plays
13.
  Absolute Power ...   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Power tends to corrupt, but absolute power corrupts absolutely". (Lord Acton, 1834-1902). A quiz on some of the most corrupt and murderous world leaders of the twentieth century.
Average, 10 Qns, trident, Nov 25 19
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trident editor
Nov 25 19
4070 plays
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  Bad Leaders From Different Countries    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
These men used their political power to abuse and kill their fellow countrymen. Match them with the country where they lived.
Easier, 10 Qns, Babilonia, Feb 12 18
Easier
Babilonia gold member
Feb 12 18
698 plays
15.
  The Wrong Guy Was In Charge - Crazy Dictators   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Dictators are often vicious megalomaniacs. They commit crimes against those they govern but they also do things that cause head shaking, eye rolling and laughter. Can you name these loony leaders and the countries they ruled?
Average, 10 Qns, wilbill, Jan 05 15
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wilbill
657 plays
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  Personality Cults   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Repressive regimes indulge in personality cults sustained by an adoring mass media to create the image of the leaders as being larger than life and wise in all things. See if you can identify these characters or their claims to fame.
Difficult, 10 Qns, mstanaway, Feb 05 11
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mstanaway
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17.
  Despot Calling the Kettle Black   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Choose the correct dictator I describe in each question. Note that a couple have somewhat vague descriptions because I would be giving away the answer if I went into further detail.
Easier, 10 Qns, AlexT781, Nov 11 13
Easier
AlexT781
734 plays
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  Dictators, Tyrants And Other Oppressors    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ruling with an iron fist somehow seems to be a good recipe for an (ambiguous) type of popularity. See how well you remember some of the more fearsome rulers in human history.
Tough, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Sep 21 11
Tough
flem-ish
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  Dictator of Romania: Nicolae Ceaușescu    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Nicolae Ceaușescu will understandably be remembered by history as one of the most hated men in Romania. A dive into his brutal regime.
Average, 15 Qns, LuH77, Aug 29 21
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LuH77
Aug 29 21
130 plays
20.
  Mussolini and Friends   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Surprise....surprise! Not only Hitler was his "friend"....Take this quiz and learn more about some of Benito Mussolini's life and friends.
Average, 10 Qns, VANEYK, Sep 06 24
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VANEYK
Sep 06 24
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  Dictator of Rwanda: Juvénal Habyarimana    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Juvénal Habyarimana rose to power as the second President of Rwanda in 1973. Suspected of cheating in every single one of his elections, his brutal dictatorship still haunts Rwanda, and its neighbouring countries. A dive into his regime.
Average, 15 Qns, LuH77, Sep 06 24
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LuH77
Sep 06 24
86 plays
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  The Quotable Tyrant   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Say what you will about dictators, warlords and despots, most of them had some vaguely interesting things to say! See if you can match the quote with the autocrat!
Difficult, 10 Qns, TriviaGod0, May 11 08
Difficult
TriviaGod0
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  The Cruel Dictator: Teodoro Mbasogo    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a short quiz about the President of an African nation. Play the quiz to find out which nation, and more about the man himself. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, Pejikr, Nov 12 12
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182 plays
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  If I Were A Dictator......    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The top 10 greediest and bloodiest "liberators" of Africa, as listed by AfricaNews.com. The list starts at number ten and ends with Numero Uno.
Average, 10 Qns, gillyz, May 12 23
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gillyz
May 12 23
461 plays
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  Sic Semper Tyrannis    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Greed. Power. Megalomania. It's good to be king. Can you name these great dictators?
Tough, 10 Qns, rockets-DJ, Oct 24 12
Tough
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  Coup d'etat    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This quiz is probably the first of its kind. It pertains to the major coups that have been staged in the past in different parts of the world. Lets see how well are you acquainted with them.
Difficult, 25 Qns, swashbuckler, Dec 13 16
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Dictators & Tyrants Trivia Questions

1. Juvénal Habyarimana was born where in what is now Rwanda?

From Quiz
Dictator of Rwanda: Juvénal Habyarimana

Answer: Gisenyi

Gisenyi is located in Rwanda's Western Province (one of the five provinces of Rwanda) and is situated on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Juvénal Habyarimana was born in 1937 to an affluent Hutu family, when what is now Rwanda was part of the territory Ruanda-Urundi, which existed from 1916-1962, ruled by various colonial forces. He was born when Ruanda-Urundi was under Belgian rule. He went to university in 1958 in Léopoldville, which is now Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1960, the Rwandan Revolution happened, and he quit university to train as an officer in Kigali.

2. Nicolae Ceaușescu was part of a youth movement in the 1930s made up of Romanian Communists. While imprisoned in the 1930s for this, he became a follower of a fellow prisoner, a future Romanian leader. Who was this?

From Quiz Dictator of Romania: Nicolae Ceaușescu

Answer: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej became the first leader of Communist Romania, becoming prime minister from 1952-55, and president of Romania's State Council from 1961-65. Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej escaped from prison in 1944, after being sentenced to 12 years labor for his participation in the 1933 Grivița railwaymen's strike. Communism was illegal in Romania at this time. While in prison for joining the Communist party and serving 30 months in prison, Ceaușescu was in the same jail as Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and later joined the latter's government.

3. To get us started, how would you translate the quiz title, "Sic Semper Tyrannis"?

From Quiz "Sic Semper Tyrannis"

Answer: Thus always to tyrants

Some have speculated that this Latin pronouncement was originally uttered by Marcus Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. Plutarch, the most widely accepted historian of the time, does not confirm this. However, the popular mythology persists, and there is no doubt the phrase has been used worldwide over the years to call out tyranny and rally people against perceived tyrants. It appears on the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a patriotic rejoinder to the British during the Revolutionary War, adopted as the state motto in 1776. Most notably in American history, it was shouted by Southerner and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth after he shot president Abraham Lincoln on the evening of April 14th, 1865.

4. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born the 29 July 1883 in a small Italian town in Forli. In which Italian province is Forli located?

From Quiz Mussolini and Friends

Answer: Emilia Romagna

His father Alessandro was a blacksmith and a socialist, and his mother Rosa was a devoutly Catholic schoolteacher. Interestingly, Mussolini was named "Benito" after Mexican revolutionary reformist President Benito Juárez.

5. Who was born in Arthington, Liberia and educated at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts? He took over the leadership of his country in 1997 after becoming one of the most prominent warlords in Africa.

From Quiz If I Were A Dictator......

Answer: Charles Macarthur Taylor

Before becoming the leader of his country, he was a warlord and leader of the rebel group the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. On 29 May 2012, he was sentenced to 50 years in jail by the UN backed "Special Court for Sierra Leone".

6. Which member of the infamous Borgia family became Pope Alexander VI?

From Quiz Run from Tyrants and Dictators!

Answer: Roderigo Borgia

Roderigo Borgia was actually born Roderigo Lancol, in Spain 1431. His mother, Isabella Borgia, was the sister of Alfonso Borgia, who later became Pope Callixtus III. In many ways Roderigo Borgia does appear to have been a bad man. He helped to restore law and order to Rome and heard petitions from the population in weekly courts. However, his personal life was not very becoming for a Pope. He was involved in wild orgies and accused of having several illegitimate children. Tales that he poisoned his enemies and had sexual relations with his daughter, Lucrezia, are no longer taken seriously by many historians.

7. Teodoro Mbasogo became the President of which country in 1979?

From Quiz The Cruel Dictator: Teodoro Mbasogo

Answer: Equatorial Guinea

As of October 2009, the President of Egypt is Hosni Mubarak, the President of Namibia is Hifikepunye Pohamba, and the President of Cameroon is Paul Biya. In a coup on August 3rd 1979, Teodoro Mbasogo forcibly removed President Francisco Macías Nguema from power, officially taking office as President on October 10th 1979.

8. Entebbe Raid/Operation Thunderball - Idi Amin

From Quiz Dictator, President, King, or Outlaw?

Answer: Dictator

Although Amin declared himself president of Uganda, he was never elected by the people. The Entebbe Raid was an operation in July 1976 by Israeli commandos to free hostages held by Palestinian terrorists. It was a complete success. Idi Amin had supported the terrorists and the raid humiliated him. This raid was the beginning of his fall from power and he was eventually deposed in 1979.

9. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. Who succeeded him as Germany's Reichspräsident for a period of 23 days?

From Quiz The 'Great Dictators'

Answer: Karl Doenitz

Karl Dönitz (1891-1980) was a German naval commander during World War I and II. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for war crimes. He died of a heart attack on Christmas Eve 1980.

10. Which failed artist went on to become a dictatorial Chancellor of Germany?

From Quiz Twentieth Century Dictators

Answer: Hitler

Hitler was able to take advantage of the scheming and secret agendas of many factions in the German establishment of the day. For instance, Papen and many non-Nazis thought having Hitler as chancellor was to their advantage. Other conservative members of the former aristocratic ruling class desired an end to the republic and a return to an authoritarian government that they thought would restore Germany to glory and bring back their old class privileges. For them, putting Hitler in power was just the first step toward achieving that goal since they thought it was likely he would wreck the republic.

11. 'Der Fuehrer' was one of the greatest tyrants of history, causing the death of millions during the World War II. 'Der Fuehrer' was literally...?

From Quiz Personality Cults

Answer: The Leader

Adolf Hitler, known as 'Der Fuehrer' or 'Leader', led Germany with his Nazi party from triumph to ruin between 1933 and 1945. Hitler surrounded himself with a retinue of fawning sycophants who would try to outdo each other in their attempts to interpret the will of 'Der Fuehrer'. His aura of authority and fiery speeches created a focus in the lives of many of these flawed individuals many of whom were psychopaths. These people implemented the will of the 'Fuehrer' with unquestioning obedience and committed some of the greatest crimes of the 20th Century in the process. A large portion of the population fell under his spell as a result of an unremitting propaganda campaign, and few dared question his authority.

12. "I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable amount of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. However I am indifferent to that what people think of me."

From Quiz The Quotable Tyrant

Answer: Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan said this just after he ordered the sacking of Samarkand, one of the world's foremost trading centers. Genghis Khan finally won after a savage, week-long battle in which the Mongols used their slaves as decoys and and entered the the city by stealth where they pillaged and raped at will.

13. A dictator's wife said "When they opened my closets, they only found shoes - not skeletons. That's why I'm still here." Who is/was she?

From Quiz Dictators' Wives

Answer: Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippines dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, was famous for her collection of shoes. She is said to have possessed over 3000 pairs of designer shoes, including a pair of battery-powered sling-backs that twinkled when she danced.

14. Which Ghanaian politician seized power in a bloodless coup in 1979?

From Quiz Coup d'etat

Answer: Jerry Rawlings

He first took power in a bloodless coup 1979, and, having returned power to a civilian government, staged another coup 1981. He then remained in power until 1992, when he was elected president under the new multiparty constitution. He was re-elected for a second term December 1996.

15. This Spanish dictator overthrew his country's elected leftist government in the 1930s with Hitler's help.

From Quiz Sic Semper Tyrannis

Answer: Francisco Franco

Franco, nominally neutral during WWII, ruled until his death in 1975.

16. Who was Juvénal Habyarimana's wife?

From Quiz Dictator of Rwanda: Juvénal Habyarimana

Answer: Agathe Kanziga

Agathe Kanziga was regularly regarded as an influencer of Habyarimana, her opinion carrying significant weight with him during his 20 years as President of Rwanda. Her family were wealthy, well-connected Hutus, who are alleged to have provided Habyarimana with resources during his time in power. In 2010 during a visit to France, long after her husband's death in 1994, Agathe Kanziga was arrested by French police after French President Nicolas Sarkozy had visited Rwanda. Having been in France since 1998, she remains there since France refused to extradite her to Rwanda in 2011. However, she is not there receiving asylum status, as France understandably suspect her of having a considerable part of one of the most horrific genocides in human history. She if often accused of being part of the "Akazu" - the Hutu group who planned and orchestrated the genocide.

17. In which notorious Romanian prison (now closed) was Ceaușescu imprisoned?

From Quiz Dictator of Romania: Nicolae Ceaușescu

Answer: Doftana Prison

Once striking fear and dread into the citizens of Romania, Doftana prison is currently in a state of disrepair as an abandoned building. Ceaușescu received harsh treatment in the prison and developed a stammer because of this. He escaped from prison in 1944.

18. John Wilkes Booth may have considered Abraham Lincoln a tyrant, but history generally does not agree with his assessment of the president, nor with his justification for assassinating him. What best describes Booth's violent death?

From Quiz "Sic Semper Tyrannis"

Answer: He was shot by Union troops whilst hiding in a barn

After delivering his famous line about tyrants and shooting President Lincoln, who was attending a play at the Ford Theater, Booth did in fact jump down onto the stage, possibly breaking his leg in the process. He was still able to get out the back of the theater and escape on horseback, leaving the fatally wounded president, his horrified wife, and the stunned theater audience behind as he fled toward southern Maryland. There he hoped to find safety among fellow Confederate sympathizers. The date was April 14, 1865, five days after General Lee had surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. Booth, with an accomplice named David Herold, was able to get his leg treated, row across the Potomac River to Virginia, and evade capture for twelve days. But Union military were swarming the area, further motivated by a reward which eventually rose to $100,000. With the help of a tip, they tracked him down at Richard Garrett's farm, where he was sleeping in the barn. With the barn surrounded, Herold gave himself up, but Booth refused to come out. The soldiers set the barn on fire, and Sergeant Boston Corbett, who had gone in the barn to flush Booth out, ended the suspense by shooting him in the neck. Although he claimed Booth had raised a pistol at him, Corbett was disciplined by his commanding officer for "acting without orders" and preventing the troops from taking Booth alive. The nation was in mourning, and even most southern news sources, who generally despised Lincoln, decried the assassination. History has definitively judged Booth harshly, as he clearly failed in his attempt to rally the Confederacy, and only exacerbated the deep divide in the country.

19. In 1902, Mussolini emigrated to this country where he could not find a permanent job but became very active in the Socialist Party organizing meetings, giving speeches and calling for general strikes.

From Quiz Mussolini and Friends

Answer: Switzerland

Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland to avoid military service. He was deported in 1903 for false papers; he came back again for a little while, but in 1904, he returned to Italy to take advantage of an amnesty for desertion, for which he had been convicted.

20. Who was one of the leading figures in the fight for the end of colonialism in West Africa and one of the primary forces behind Guinea's acceptance of the offer of independence from France?

From Quiz If I Were A Dictator......

Answer: Ahmed Sekou Toure

He was one of the founding members of the RDA (African Democratic Rally) which was the driving force behind independence in Africa from French rule. He died in 1984 in the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, whilst undergoing surgery.

21. Which Spanish Conquistador expedition leader conquered the Aztec Empire?

From Quiz Run from Tyrants and Dictators!

Answer: Hernando Cortes

Hernando Cortes was born in western Spain in 1485. After briefly studying law he set off for the Americas. In 1511 he helped Diego Velázquez in the conquest of Cuba. He then left for Mexico and the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán. Initially, he was welcomed by the Aztec king, Montezuma II, but relations turned sour and the Spanish were driven out. He returned in 1521 and took Tenochtitlán, building Mexico City on the ruins. His cruelty to the native population, and Western diseases introduced by the Spaniards, caused the death of tens of thousands.

22. 2002 Venezuelan Coup - Hugo Chavez

From Quiz Dictator, President, King, or Outlaw?

Answer: President

Although many consider Chavez to be a dictator he was in fact elected by the people of Venezuela. He was involved in an earlier attempted coup in 1992 but it failed and he was sent to prison. After two years in prison he was pardoned and in 1998 he was elected president. In 2002 a coup was attempted against him but it failed within 48 hours and he was returned to power.

23. What elite corps of the NSDAP was sometimes nicknamed the Blackshirts?

From Quiz The 'Great Dictators'

Answer: SS

SS stands for Schutzstaffel. This name, which means 'protective squad', dates from the time which the SS was Hilter's personal boydyguard. After the assassination of Roehm in 1934, the SS expanded to include the entire Nazi terror apparatus, including the Gestapo. The Waffen-SS was added in the late 1930s. Heinrich Himmler was appointed head of the SS in 1929, and held the post till 1945.

24. When Joseph Stalin died in 1953 it was global news. Do you know which famous Russian composer also died that day?

From Quiz Twentieth Century Dictators

Answer: Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) was a Russian composer and pianist who came from the Ukraine. Many children have had their first real experience of orchestral music through listening to his musical story 'Peter and the Wolf'. He also wrote many other great works including symphonies, concertos, piano sonatas, ballets and operas. Prokofiev died of a brain haemorrhage on 5 March 1953. His death was hardly mentioned in the newspapers because the dictator Stalin died on the same day.

25. During the Cultural Revolution in China the personality cult of Mao Zedong, 'The Great _________', assumed religious proportions as rival bands of Red Guards outdid each other purporting to be the true representatives of Maoist thought.

From Quiz Personality Cults

Answer: Helmsman

'The Great Helmsman' was a title bestowed on Mao during the Cultural Revolution which he launched in 1966 in response to his perception that capitalist roaders were in the ascent and he wanted to give the youth a revolutionary experience. To this end schools were closed and students were urged onto the streets to identify counter-revolutionaries and backsliders. The disruption to the country was profound and the movement was declared ended in 1969 but Mao supporters, most notably the 'Gang of Four', continued the turmoil till his death in 1976. They created an all pervading personality cult with politicised art and all party members were required to carry at all times, the 'Little Red Book', a collection of Mao's quotes. Nearly 30 years after his death there are some in China who still revere Mao at family altars and temples.

26. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

From Quiz The Quotable Tyrant

Answer: Mao Tse-Tung

This quote was said to have originally been coined at jokingly by Mao after a large rally outside Tiananmien Square, celebrating the fall of Chiang Kai-Shek's Kuomintag, or Nationalist Army. The rest, as they say, is history.

27. Another dictator's wife with a passion for shoes is the wife of president/dictator Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. What is her first name?

From Quiz Dictators' Wives

Answer: Grace

While millions of Zimbabwe citizens do not own any shoes, Grace Mugabe spends thousands of dollars on Ferragamo designer shoes because, she says, "I have narrow feet and Ferragamos are the only shoes I find comfortable". Grace's international shopping sprees are legendary.

28. Whom did Jerry Rawlings depose in 1980?

From Quiz Coup d'etat

Answer: Frederick Akuffo

Frederick Akuffo was deposed in a bloodless coup led by Flight-Lt Jerry Rawlings. Coincidentally, Akuffo also seized power in a coup after deposing Ignatius Acheampong in 1978 and even Acheampong came to power after replacing President Edward Akufo-Addo in a coup in 1972.

29. This Romanian leader was shot after the fall of Communism in 1989.

From Quiz Sic Semper Tyrannis

Answer: Nicolae Ceausescu

Ceausescu was one of the more repressive, and megalomaniacal, Eastern Bloc despots. His wife, an active partner in his tyrannical rule, was shot with him.

30. After he returned to Rwanda from university, whose government did Juvénal Habyarimana join?

From Quiz Dictator of Rwanda: Juvénal Habyarimana

Answer: Dominique Mbonyumutwa

Dominique Mbonyumutwa was a Rwandan politician who served as the first President of Rwanda (while it was still part of part of Ruanda-Urundi), who held the post for 9 months in 1961. This was following the abolition of the Rwandan monarchy, when King Kigeri V of Rwanda was away from the country. He lost the election of October 1961, the first election in the country. In 2010, Dominique Mbonyumutwa's son, Shinguiro Mbonyumutwa, protested against the government orders to exhume the remains of his father, who died in 1986. The exhumation was ordered because Dominique Mbonyumutwa was buried in Gitarama town's sports stadium, Democracy Stadium, which was in the process of being renovated. This stadium is where Rwanda's Hutu leader announced the abolishment of the Hutu monarchy.

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