World Leaders by Year Trivia

1. Jair Bolsonaro gained popularity when he stirred up the massive Petrobras scandal in 2017 which affected two former presidents. He began his four years term as the President of which South American nation in January 2019?

From Quiz World Leaders in 2019

Answer: Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro (born 1955) was elected as the 38th Brazilian president on October 2018 when he won 55.1% of the valid votes. He started his term on 1 January 2019. He was a former army captain who supported the military government that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. He came in power after building up the resentment on the massive Petrobras scandal over large kick-backs to politicians and officials of Petrobras. The scandal brought down the two former presidents, Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (better known as Lula).

From Quiz World Leaders in 2018

Answer: Cricketer

On 18th August 2018, Imran Khan became the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan when his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), won the most votes (although not an absolute majority) in the general election. Khan, who was born in 1952 in Lahore, was a former cricketer who became a national hero when he led his country to a Cricket World Cup victory in 1992.

From Quiz World Leaders Appointed in 2017

Answer: Portugal

Antonio Guterres (born 30 April 1949) became the 9th Secretary-General of the UN. He previously held the appointment as UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015, and was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.

From Quiz New Faces 2010-2015

Answer: Horacio Cartes

Cartes pursued studies in aeronautical engineering in America. As a young man of 19 years he started a currency exchange business that was extremely successful. He went on to buy or help establish 25 companies. Interestingly he served jail time while under investigation for currency fraud. In one case the case was dropped and in the other he was cleared by the court. Already a wealthy man, he stated in his inaugural speech that he had not entered politics as a career or to get wealthier but rather to serve his people. He was elected president of Paraguay on August 15, 2013.

From Quiz Right to the Top: World Leaders in the 2010s

Answer: Barack Obama

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, graduated from Harvard Law School, and worked as a community organizer in Chicago before entering politics. After serving in the United States Senate (2005-2008), he defeated Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination for President. He went on to defeat John McCain in the 2008 Presidential election and Mitt Romney in 2012. The United States of America is the largest economy in the world (World Bank 2012) and is the most technologically sophisticated, particularly in military terms.

From Quiz World Leaders of 2012

Answer: Cameron

David Cameron's Conservative Party formed a coalition with Liberal Democrats after a 'hung parliament' (i.e. no party got an overall majority of seats). The Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg was subsequently appointed Deputy Prime Minister.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 4

Answer: Shaka Zulu

Shaka was able to forge the Zulu people into a warrior force, along with social, cultural and political reforms Shaka laid the foundations for the establishment of the Zulu Kingdom. The kingdom lasted until 1897, when it was absorbed into (annexed by) the British colony of Natal.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 3

Answer: King John

King John, the brother of Richard the Lionheart, has become part of the legend of Robin Hood. Always cast as the villain, there is no evidence to show that King John was any worse or better than other monarchs of the time, including King Richard.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 2

Answer: Indira Gandhi

It is a common mistake to relate Indira Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi; there was no relationship. After studies in England, Indira returned to India in 1941 and become active in the Indian Independence Movement. As a member of the Congress Party she become Prime Minister for the first time in 1966. After losing the 1977 election, she was again elected Prime Minister in 1980 and served until she was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on 31st October 1984.

From Quiz Ruling in the 1960s Part I

Answer: Fidel Castro

Early in his Presidency, Castro spoke against communism, saying that he was for democracy. During the Eisenhower presidency, he was refused a meeting. He was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and then became President from 1976-2008. Castro attended Catholic universities before graduating from the University of Havana with a degree in law. He was well known (among other things) for his amazingly long and intense public speeches.

From Quiz Ruling in the 1960s Part 2

Answer: Patrice Lumumba

Because of where Lumumba was captured, the United Nations seem to have argued that he was captured outside of the realm of UN protection. His subsequent imprisonment and treatment became a part of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. It seems that he died by execution on January 17, 1961 after considerable mistreatment by his captors.

From Quiz World Leader 2006

Answer: Iraq

Although the United Iraqi Alliance won the Iraqi general election in December 2006, it was May 2006 before al-Maliki, who comes from the Shia majority, was able to take office. Ironically, al-Maliki's own party, the Dawa Party (or Islamic Da'wa Party) was once considered a terrorist organisation in the West.

From Quiz World Leaders by Country 2005

Answer: Jacques Chirac

As president of France, Jacques Chirac is also co-Prince of Andorra. Raffarin and de Villepin were prime ministers of France during 2005. Jospin was Raffarin's predecessor and also a defeated candidate in both the 1995 and 2002 presidential elections.

From Quiz World Leaders in 1914

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Wilson bowed to public pressure and the US navy occupied Vera Cruz for a couple of months. This was to show the dictator, Victoriano Huerta, that he had better do something about the bandit Francisco Villa. When Villa killed 17 Americans in New Mexico in 1916, General Pershing lead the expedition into central Mexico to try and catch him. Wilson issued a proclamation of neutrality in the European War on the 4th of August. Nevertheless, he ordered 800,000 rifles and some new battleships but made no other preparations for war. The view of Secretary of State Bryan was that the nation had needed no preparation, as it could "raise a million men between sunrise and sunset." Theodore Roosevelt was President earlier in the century.

From Quiz Identify the World Leader 2004 - Part I

Answer: Tony Blair

Thatcher was the British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Major was PM from 1990 to 1997, Chamberlain from 1937 to 1940.

From Quiz Political Leaders of the 1930s

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

The appeasement policy of British Prime Minister (1937-40) Chamberlain towards Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, I believe, encouraged Hitler to take what was left of Czechoslovakia and later launch WWII by attacking Poland.

From Quiz Do You Know the Arab Presidents? 1990s

Answer: General Abdelaziz Bouteflika

General Abdelaziz Bouteflika was a former foreign minister who enjoyed the support of the army.

From Quiz Famous Politicians in the 19th Century

Answer: Abdul Hamid II

He was forced to resign by the Young Turk party uner its leader Mustafa Kemal later to be renamed Atatürk as leader of Turkey.

From Quiz International Political VIPs 1945-1980

Answer: Truman

The Blockade began at 6:20 a.m. on the morning of June 24, 1948. A civilian population of about 2,500,000 soon became dependent on reserve stocks and airlift replacements.On July 1, ten-ton capacity C54s began supplying the city by airlift. General Curtis Le May was in charge of it. Lucius Clay was governor of the American zone of occupied Germany. Truman was the man in the White House.

From Quiz World Leaders, Year 2000

Answer: Argentina

Fernando de la Rua Bruno

From Quiz World Leaders in 2019

Answer: Nothing achieved

The second summit was held in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 27 to 28. However the summit ended after both leaders failed to agree on sanction and denuclearization.

From Quiz World Leaders in 2018

Answer: Fifth

Xi Jinping (born 1952) was the fifth supreme Chinese leader, after Mao, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. Jiang and Hu were the two previous leaders who served two five-year terms. In March 2018, he became the first overseas leader to meet North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un.

From Quiz World Leaders Appointed in 2017

Answer: Gambia

Adama Barrow (born 1965), a former real estate developer, was elected as the 3rd President of Gambia, having won the election against former President Yahya Jammeh who had been in power for twenty-two years. Barrow had to flee from Gambia to Senegal as Jammeh reneged on his obligation to step down. Military troops from Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria then entered Gambia to persuade Jemmeh to give up his power, with no resistance from the Gambian forces. Jammeh finally became the first president to peacefully hand over power in Gambia since independence from Britain in 1965.

From Quiz New Faces 2010-2015

Answer: Nicholas Maduro

Nicholas Maduro was employed as a bus driver for many years after leaving school. His political career began in the 1980s when he became an unofficial trade unionist for bus drivers of the Caracas Metro system. In the 1990s he founded a movement which was in support of Hugo Chavez who ran for presidency in 1998. Maduro served on the National Assembly and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In October of 2012, Maduro was appointed by Chavez as vice president. When Chavez announced that he was once again battling cancer he requested that should he succumb the people should vote for Maduro to replace him. Maduro became president on April 14, 2013.

From Quiz Right to the Top: World Leaders in the 2010s

Answer: Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping leads a country that is the second largest economy in the world (World Bank 2012). His policies call for continued market reforms and a renewed campaign against corruption. He is married to popular Chinese singer Peng Liyuan. The market based reforms, begun by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, have produced double digit growth rates for most of the past three decades. If such rapid economic growth continues, China will become the largest economy in the world in the next decade.

From Quiz World Leaders of 2012

Answer: Venezuela

Hugo Chavez was possibly the most well-known South American head of state in 2012. He was the leader of the United Socialist Party. Before that he led the Fifth Republic Movement.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 4

Answer: Urban II

The First Crusade was fought between 1096-1099. It was initiated following the massacre of 3000 christian pilgrims in Jerusalem, the crusade ended with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 3

Answer: Mao Zedong

Following the proclamation of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist leader, retreated with his followers to the island of Formosa where they established the country of Taiwan.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 2

Answer: Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin was chosen as John McCain's Republican running mate for vice-president at the 2008 Presidential Election.

From Quiz World Leaders Through The Ages # 1

Answer: Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Waldheim was also President of Austria in 1986, but in 1985 what was known as the "Waldheim Affair" broke. It was claimed that Waldheim had lied about his service in the German army during WWII.

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