World Leaders in 2019 Trivia Quiz

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).

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.

Answer: Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson (born 1964) replaced Theresa May as the British Prime Minister who resigned as the Conservative leader on June 7, 2019. May and her predecessor David Cameron both resigned over the issue on Brexit. Johnson was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

Answer: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Modi (born 1950) served as the 14th Indian Prime Minister since 2014 when his party BJP won the general elections. In 2019, he led his party and political alliance part (NDA) to win 351 of the 543 seats. INC obtained the second most seats with 92. About 67% out of 900 million voters turned out at the polls, the largest number of voters in any country in the world.

BJP was formed in 1980 as the right-wing party and its policy is based on Hindu nationalist position. INC was founded in 1885, the first political movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.

Answer: Kazakhstan

Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) served as the President of Kazakhstan from 24 April 1990 until his resignation on 19 March 2019. Astana was immediately renamed as Nur-Sultan on the following day in his honour. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was appointed as acting president.

Answer: Ecuador

High government spending by Moreno's predecessor Rafael Correa and decline in oil prices left the nation heavily in debt. Moreno raised taxes, liberalized labor laws and reduced public spending to get more than more than $4 billion in emergency financing from the IMF.

On October 2, Moreno cut off subsidies which resulted in the drastic increase of gasoline and diesel. Foods and basic goods soared, with some products doubling in prices or more caused by panic and speculation.

Answer: Venezuela

The sharp fall in crude oil prices which Venezuela is heavily dependent caused inflation to reach an all-time high of 344509.50 percent in February 2019. According to the UN report in February 2019, more than 3 million people had left the country.

Interim President Juan Guaido attempted to lead an uprising against Maduro, trying to gain the support of the military with the backing of Donald Trump. Maduro won the presidential election in 2018 for another six-year term, with the military still backing him. In February 2019, he ordered the neighbouring land and maritime borders sealed to block aid from the U.S.

Answer: Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet (born 1957) served as the 4th chief executive of Hong Kong since 2017. She was the secretary for Development from 2007 to 2012 and chief secretary for Administration from 2012 to 2017.

The protest was over the extradition of criminals under the legal system of China. The bill was withdrawn in September 2019. The economy of Hong Kong was seriously derailed by the mass protests and riots since June 2019.

Answer: 46%

The 2019 Canadian federal election (43rd general election) was held in October 2019. No parties won 170 seats to form the majority government. Trudeau's party won only 155 seats, about 46% to form a minority government. In the 2015 general elections, his party won 184 seats. Conservative Party won 121 seats but garnered 34.4% of the popularity votes against Liberal Party's 33.1%.

Answer: Finland

Sanna Marin (born 1985) became the Finnish Prime Minister in December 2019. She had been a Member of Parliament since 2015, and Transport Minister from June to December 2019. She replaced Antti Rinne who resigned due to the political turmoil caused by a strike of postal workers.