All in the Family Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pitt

George Grenville was prime minister 1763-65, his son William was PM 1806-07. William Pitt the Elder was PM 1766-68. His son, Pitt the Younger became prime minister at the age of 24, the youngest person ever to hold the office. He was PM 1783-1801 and 1804-06.

Answer: His wife and his daughter

Bandaranaike's widow, Sirimavo, was the world's first female prime minister following her husband's assassination, serving 1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000. The couple's daughter, Chandrika Kumaratunga, was Sri Lanka's PM in 1994 before being elected president and appointing her mother as prime minister.

Answer: Francois & Jean-Claude

Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier was elected President of Haiti in 1957 and in 1964 made himself president for life. When he died in 1971 the presidency passed to his nineteen year old son, Jean-Claude.

Answer: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa)

The elder Kabila had overthrown Mobuto Sese Seko in 1997 but civil war continued in this huge African nation. When Laurent Kabila died of gunshot wounds in 2001 his thirty year old son, Joseph, was elevated to the presidency.

Answer: North Korea

Kim Il-sung was president of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. After his death his son, Kim Jong-il, emerged as North Korea's new leader. However, although often referred to as the "Dear Leader", Kim Jong-il's most senior title was General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea as his father was still considered to be the country's "eternal president".

When Kim Jong-il himself died in 2011, he was succeeded by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un.

Answer: Indonesia

Sukarno was Indonesia's first president (1945-67) and was deposed in a bloody coup by General Suharto. After Suharto's resignation Megawati became first vice-president and then, in 2001, president, serving in that capacity until her election defeat in 2004.

Answer: Zia ul-Haq

All of the above have been military dictators but it was Muhammed Zia ul-Haq who deposed Z.A.Bhutto in 1977. He became president of Pakistan, accused Bhutto of ordering the murder of an opponent and had him hanged in 1979. General Zia died in a plane crash in 1988, paving the way for Benazir Bhutto's election as prime minister.

Answer: Syria

Hafez Assad was originally grooming his son Basil to succeed him but Basil's death in a car crash lead to Bashar, an optometrist by trade, taking a more prominent political role. His father's death elevated the thirty-five year old to the presidency.

Answer: Harrison

I hope all you Americans got this. William Henry Harrison, who was president in 1841, is perhaps most famous for having held the US presidency for the shortest period of time - dying just 31 days after his inauguration. His grandson, Benjamin, was president 1889-1893.

Answer: Juan Peron, Argentina

Peron, who was president of Argentina 1946-55, returned to Argentina after a period of exile to become president again in 1973. His third wife, Isabel Martinez de Peron, was his vice-president and when Peron died in 1974 she became president, serving for two years before she was deposed in a military coup.

Answer: Papandreou

George Papandreou was prime minister in 1963 and again 1964-65. His son, Andreas, was prime minister 1981-89 and 1993-96. In turn, his son, George junior, was the Greek foreign minister 1999-2004. He led his party to defeat in the 2004 general election, failing to become the third generation of his family to hold the title.

That election was won by Costas Karamanlis, the nephew of Constantine Karamanlis who was prime minister four times and president twice.

Answer: Diosdado Macapagal

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo became president of the Philippines in 2001 and was re-elected to the post in 2004. Her father was president 1961-65.

Answer: Widow and daughter

Begum Khaleda Zia is the widow of Ziaur Rahman who overthrew Sheikh Mujibur in a coup in 1975. She served as prime minister from 1991-96 and was re-elected in 2001. Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur, was prime minister 1996-01.

Answer: Guyana

Cheddi was the Guyanan president 1992-97. His widow Janet became prime minister shortly after his death in 1997 and was elected to the presidency shortly after that, serving until 1999.

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving from 1947 until his death from a stroke followed by a heart attack in 1964. His talented and ambitious daughter was prime minister 1966-77 and 1980-84 until she was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards four months after ordering the Indian army to storm the Sikh Golden Temple.

Rajiv was prime minister 1984-89. He was assassinated by a Tamil nationalist in 1991 while campaigning in a general election. Originally an airline pilot, Rajiv might never have gone into politics at all had his brother Sanjay not died in a plane crash in 1980. Until his death Sanjay was a prominent politician and had been widely tipped to succeed his mother as prime minister.

Rajiv's widow, Sonia, led the Congress Party to general election victory in 2004 but after days of speculation declined the post of prime minister due to criticism over her Italian origins. Rajiv's son, Rahul was elected as an MP at that same election. Other members of the family who have been involved in poltics include Rajiv's daughter, Priyanka, as well as Sanjay's widow, Maneka, and their son, Varun.