Interesting Trivia about World Leaders Quiz

Answer: Austria

Adolph Hitler was born 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria, just across the border from Germany. Austria at that time was part of Austria-Hungary. He was raised near Linz, Austria, then moved to Germany in 1913 as a young adult. He became a German citizen in 1932, a year before he became Chancellor in 1933.

Answer: Mohandas

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born 2 October 1869. Mohandas means "servant of Mohana" (Mohana is one of the Hindu gods).
Aditya means "sun" or "beginning"
Vivaan means "the first rays of the sun"
Aarav means "peaceful and wisdom"

Answer: Temujin

Genghis Khan was born Temujin in approximately 1162 in Delüün Boldog in modern-day northern Mongolia
Chinggis is another name for Genghis
Temuge is one of Temujin's brothers
Jamukha is one of Temujin's boyhood friends and future rival

Answer: Francois Duvalier

Francois Duvalier was President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. Prior to his totalitarian rule of this island nation, he was a physician by profession, hence "Papa Doc."
Henri Désiré Landru was a French serial killer, a/k/a "The Bluebeard of Gambais"
Étienne de Vignolles was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War, a/k/a "La Hire"
Marie Joséphine Philippine Davaillaud was an accused serial poisoner of the mid-20th century, a/k/a "The Good Lady of Loudun"

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
Golda Meir is the former Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany from 2005 onward
Eva Peron is the former First Lady of Argentina

Answer: Corsica

Napoleon Bonaparte was born Napoleone di Buonaparte on 15 August 1804 1769 to a family of Italian descent in Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. Up to a year before his birth Corsica had been part of Italy. Napoleon was born the same year the Republic of Genoa, a former commune of Italy, transferred Corsica to France. His parents were descended from minor Italian nobility of Tuscan origin. So by birth he was Italian, not French.
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean is a part of Italy.
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands.

Answer: Aristotle

During his youth, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle from age 13 to 16.
Aristotle was a pupil of Plato.
Plato was a pupil of Socrates.
Sophocles was a Greek playwright and a contemporary of Socrates.

Answer: Georgia

Josef Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili) was born 18 December 1878 in Gori, Georgia. He was the ruler of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1953. Although he ruled from Russia, he was not Russian by birth. Georgia became a Soviet Republic under the Soviet Union.

Answer: Ukraine

Golda Meir (born Golda Mabovitch) was born 3 May 1898 in Kiev, Ukraine. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1906. She immigrated to Palestine in 1921. She was elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969 and served until 1974.

Answer: North Macedonia

Mother Teresa was born Anjezë (Agnes) Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on26 August 1910 in Skopje, then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, now the capital of present day North Macedonia. She was born into an Albanian family and served most of her life in Calcutta (Kolkata), India.