World Leaders Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Who was born Karl Herbert Frahm?
A: Willy Brandt.
Errol Flynn's Last film was a documentary tribute to which world
leader?
A: Castro.
Who was the first Prime Minister of independent
South Africa?
A: Louis Botha.
In what year did Hussein become king of
Jordan?
A: 1952.
Which leader did Churchill say was like a "female llama surprised
in her bath?"
A: Charles de Gaulle.
Who did Lionel Jospin replace as French Prime Minister?
A: Alain Juppe.
Which part of Lenin was preserved after his death?
A: Brain.
In what year was the world's first
woman Prime Minister elected?
A: 1960.
Which British Prime Minister was Rudyard Kipling's cousin?
A: Stanley Baldwin.
What did Mao Tse Tung call the "Great leap forward"?
A: Enforced industrialization.
Who became Russian Prime Minister in September 1998?
A: Yevgeni Primakov.
Who was described by his foreign minister as having, "a nice
smile. but he has got iron teeth?"
A: Mikhail Gorbachev.
Who succeeded Brezhnev as President of the USSR?
A: Andropov.
Who became president of Zambia in 1991?
A: Chiluba.
Who was Nigeria's first President and has been described as the
father of modern Nigeria?
A: Nnamdi Azikiwe.
Who was chairman of the Organization of African Unity from
1975-76?
A: Idi Amin
Gorbachev introduced the expression perestroika but what does it
mean?
A: Reconstruction.
Who received the Nobel Peace prize in 1998?
A: John Hume and David Trimble.
How was Papa Doc also known?
A: Francois Duvalier.
Who was the last leader of Communist East
Germany?
A: Egon Krenz.
What name was given to the period of rule of Emperor Hirohito?
A: Showa.
Who said, "We are not at war with
Egypt. We are in armed
conflict?"
A: Anthony Eden.
Who was the leader of ZAPU?
A: Joshua Nkomo.
Who said, "We have the happiest Africans in the world?"
A: Ian Smith.
Which newspaper originally coined the term Iron Lady about
Margaret Thatcher?
A: Red Star.
