A Revolution in Leadership Trivia Quiz

Answer: Canada

Pack Limb Elm = Kim Campbell

Avril "Kim" Campbell served as Canada's first female prime minister, 19th overall, from June to November 1993. She was born in British Columbia in 1947 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative party when she was in office.

Answer: Canada

Larry Nib on Emu = Brian Mulroney

Born in 1939 in Baie Comeau, Quebec, Brian Mulroney was a member of the Progressive Conservative party, and served as Canada's 18th prime minister from September 1984 until June 1993, when he was succeeded by Kim Campbell, as both party leader and prime minister.

His son, Ben Mulroney, is a well known Canadian television personality.

Answer: Canada

Peel Tress Roan = Lester Pearson

Usually known as Lester B. Pearson, and nicknamed "Mike", it was Pearson (1897-1972) who oversaw the selection of Canada's new flag in the 1960s. His party was the Liberal party, and he served as Canada's 14th prime minister from 1963-1968, when he retired. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his part in solving the Suez Crisis of the previous year, and in establishing United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. Toronto's international airport was renamed in his honour in 1984.

Answer: Canada

Junta Site Ruud = Justin Trudeau

Ruud is a Dutch masculine forename, an example being soccer player and manager Ruud Gullit.

Born on Christmas Day 1971, to then (15th) prime minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife Margaret, Justin Trudeau became Canada's 23rd prime minister in 2015. Like his father, his party is the Liberal Party of Canada.

Answer: United Kingdom

Bar Yin Lot = Tony Blair

Tony Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1953 and became leader of the Labour Party in 1994, at which time he became Leader of the Opposition in Parliament. He became prime minister in 1997 when Labour won the election, and remained in that role until 2007, when he resigned.

Answer: United Kingdom

Harm Jonjo = John Major

Jonjo is a diminutive masculine forename, for example Northern Irish actor Jonjo O'Neill.

John Major was born in London in 1943, and became prime minister when he took over leadership of the Conservative Party from Margaret Thatcher, in 1990. His time as prime minister ended in 1997, and he gave up the party leadership soon after.

Answer: United Kingdom

The Same Ray = Theresa May

Born in Eastbourne in 1956, Theresa May served as Prime Minister, as leader of the Conservatives, from 2016 to 2019. She was the country's second female prime minister, and was deeply involved in the arrangements for Brexit (withdrawal of Britain from the European Union).

Answer: United Kingdom

Graham Ret Ratchet = Margaret Thatcher

To ret is to soak flax.

Britain's first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) earned the nickname "The Iron Lady" with her bold, no nonsense style of leadership. She served as Conservative PM from 1979 until 1990, and was tested early on by the war in the Falkland Islands in 1982. Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, she had studied chemistry at Oxford.

Answer: USA

Shrub Go Gee = George Bush

Two for the price of one here, as both the 41st president and his son, the 43rd president, can be described as "George Bush". The father, usually called George H.W. Bush (1924-2018) was president from 1989 until 1993, having served two terms as vice-president under Ronald Reagan. The son, styled George W. Bush, born in 1946, was president from 2001 until 2009, having previously been governor of Texas.

Both father and son represented the Republican party when in office.

Answer: USA

Read Jigs Flame = James Garfield

James Garfield's term as 20th president lasted only six months, from March to September 1881, when he died as a result of an infected bullet wound. The bullet had been fired two months earlier by the assassin Charles Guiteau. Garfield, described as a Radical Republican, who had been born in 1831 in Ohio, was succeeded by his vice-president, Chester Arthur.

Answer: USA

Rail Blam Nah Con = Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the US, and led the Union throughout the American Civil War, his term as president running from 1861 until 1865, when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. A Republican, he is also remembered for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in the rebel states.

Answer: USA

Back Roam Baa = Barack Obama

Barack Obama, born in Hawaii in 1961, served as the 44th American president from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American to hold that position. A member of the Democratic Party, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his work towards strengthening international diplomacy.

Answer: Germany/India/Ireland

Dig Ran Hid Ain = Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) served two separate terms as prime minister of India, 1966 to 1977 and 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's third prime minister, and the daughter of the country's first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru. She was succeeded in the post by her son Rajiv, who was himself assassinated in 1991.

Answer: Germany/India/Ireland

Lake Mare Glen = Angela Merkel

Born in Hamburg, West Germany, in 1954, Angela Merkel was chancellor of Germany from 2005 until 2021, as a member of the Christian Democratic Union. She was the first woman to serve as chancellor. When she left office, only Otto von Bismarck and Helmut Kohl had held the position longer than she had.

Answer: Germany/India/Ireland

Moor Barns Yin = Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson became Ireland's seventh president, the first female in that role, in 1990 and served until 1997. Born in Ballina, County Mayo in 1944, she served in the office of president as a member of Ireland's Labour Party. She subsequently served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 until 2002.