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Political World Tour Trivia Quiz

This is a tour around the world of political leaders and events that have played a role in the history of their country.

A multiple-choice quiz by zambesi. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zambesi

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,318

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
461

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Question 1 of 10

1. New Zealand was the first independent country to give the right for women to vote. However, which was the first country to have women elected to Parliament?
Hint

Finland

Australia

Denmark

Norway

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Question 2 of 10

2. All of the 4 gentlemen named below were President of the United States. All of them did not finish their terms in office. Who is the odd one out?
Hint

William McKinley

James A. Garfield

Warren G. Harding

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 3 of 10

3. Clement Attlee and Anthony Eden were both Prime Ministers of the UK. Besides this achievement they also shared another thing in common. What was it?
Hint

They both succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister

They both attended Cambridge University

They were both from the Labour Party

They both served in the same regiment during WWI

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Question 4 of 10

4. Although there have been many female prime ministers, who was the very first to be appointed? Hint

Margaret Thatcher (United Kingdom)

Golda Meir (Israel)

Sirivamo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)

Isabel Peron (Argentina)

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Question 5 of 10

5. The French First Republic was from 1792 - 1804. What years were the French Fourth Republic?
Hint

1958 to the present

1947 - 1958

1870 - 1940

1848 -1852

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Question 6 of 10

6. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for over 30 years. Who took over as the Soviet Leader after Stalin's death in 1953?
Hint

Yuri Andropov

Nikita Khrushchev

Georgy Malenkov

Leonid Brezhnev

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Question 7 of 10

7. In postwar Germany who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?
Hint

Willy Brandt

Ludwig Erhard

Konrad Adenauer

Kurt Georg Kiesinger

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Question 8 of 10

8. The first President of the European Union was appointed in 1958. Who was he?
Hint

Jean Rey (BEL)

Sicco Mansholt (NETH)

Franco Maria Malfatti (IT)

Walter Hallstein (West GER)

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Question 9 of 10

9. I have the distinction of being Australia's shortest serving prime minister which was for 8 days. Who am I?
Hint

Frank Forde

Sir Earle Page

John McEwen

Arthur Fadden

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Question 10 of 10

10. Jiang Qing was a member of which famous Gang?
Hint

The Gang of Four

Hells Angels Gang

The Al Capone Gang

Hong Kong Dragons Gang

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. New Zealand was the first independent country to give the right for women to vote. However, which was the first country to have women elected to Parliament?

Answer: Finland

The world's first female members of Parliament where Finnish as a result of the 1907 elections when 19 females members took their seats in the Parliament of Finland.
Australia was the second country to give women the right to vote in 1902 then Norway in 1913 and Denmark 1915.

2. All of the 4 gentlemen named below were President of the United States. All of them did not finish their terms in office. Who is the odd one out?

Answer: Warren G. Harding

Harding(29th President) died while in office. All of the other three were assassinated while in office. Lincoln (16th President -died 1865), Garfield (20th President - died 1881) and McKinley (25th President- died 1901). JFK was the other President (35th) to be assassinated in 1963 while in office.

3. Clement Attlee and Anthony Eden were both Prime Ministers of the UK. Besides this achievement they also shared another thing in common. What was it?

Answer: They both succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister

Attlee succeeded Churchill as PM in 1945 and Eden also succeeded Churchill in 1955. Churchill had two terms as PM (1939-1945 and 1951 - 1955).
Attlee and Eden both attended Oxford University and Attlee was Labour and Eden was Conservative.
During WWI, Attlee served in the South Lancashire Regiment and Eden in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps.

4. Although there have been many female prime ministers, who was the very first to be appointed?

Answer: Sirivamo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)

Sirivamo Bandaranaike became prime minister of Sri Lanka in 1960. Golda Meir of Israel in 1969 and Margaret Thatcher of the UK in 1979. Isabel Peron (Argentina) was the world's first female president and was also the first ousted in a military coup.

5. The French First Republic was from 1792 - 1804. What years were the French Fourth Republic?

Answer: 1947 - 1958

The Fourth Republic was started in 1947 with Vincent Auriol as the first Post War President. 1848 - 1852 - Second Republic, 1870 - 1940 - Third Republic and 1958 to the present is the Fifth Republic.

6. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for over 30 years. Who took over as the Soviet Leader after Stalin's death in 1953?

Answer: Georgy Malenkov

Malenkov (1953 - 1955) took over from Stalin but was continually in a power struggle with Khrushchev (1955 - 1964). Brezhnev (1964 - 1982) and Andropov (1982 - 1984).

7. In postwar Germany who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany?

Answer: Konrad Adenauer

Adenauer (1949-1963), Erhard (1963 - 1966), Kiesinger (1966 - 1969) and Brandt (1969 - 1974).

8. The first President of the European Union was appointed in 1958. Who was he?

Answer: Walter Hallstein (West GER)

Hallstein (1958 - 1967), Rey (1967 - 1970), Malfatti (1970 - 1972) and Mansholt (1972 - 1973).

9. I have the distinction of being Australia's shortest serving prime minister which was for 8 days. Who am I?

Answer: Frank Forde

Frank Forde was Deputy PM when John Curtin died in office in 1945. He took over as PM for eight days but was beaten in a Leadership Ballot by Ben Chifley. Page was PM for 20 days, McEwen 23 days and Fadden 40 days.

10. Jiang Qing was a member of which famous Gang?

Answer: The Gang of Four

Mao Zedong's last wife, Jiang Qing, together with Zhang Chunqiao, Yoa Wenyuan and Wang Hongwen formed the Gang of Four. They effectively controlled the power of the Communist Party of China during the latter period of the Cultural Revolution. In 1981 the four were convicted of anti-party activities and
all served prison sentences in a trial in which none of the trial papers have ever been made public.

Source: Author zambesi

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