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Which country did Marshal Jozef Pilsudski rule as a dictator from 1926 to 1935?

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poland

Who served as the prime minister of Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896 and later became the namesake of an African country?

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cecil rhodes

Which country was ruled by Jean-Jacque Dessalines as Emperor Jacque I from 1804 to 1806?

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haiti

Who was the leader of Cuba who resigned and fled on January 1st, 1959?

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fulgencio batista

Which king of the Franks did Leo III seek refuge with after being attacked on the streets of Rome in 799?

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charlemagne

In 1958, Nasser was elected president of the United Arab Republic, which was a union between Egypt and which other country?

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syria

Which first emperor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China made Buddhism the state religion?

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kublai khan

Who became the leader of the Mormon church in 1844, despite being challenged by Sidney Rigdon?

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brigham young

Who was elected governor of Oaxaca in 1847 and became the provisional president of Mexico by the end of the 1850s?

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benito juárez

In which country did Vigdis Finnbogadottir become the first female president in 1980?

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iceland

Who was the King of the Franks said to be advised by Theodulf the Visigoth and Elissaeus the Eunuch?

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charlemagne

Which country had both Vasco da Gama and Lord Mountbatten serve as viceroys, despite the centuries between their terms?

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india

Who was the Ugandan political leader known as a 'strongman' and also the heavyweight boxing champion of Uganda from 1951 to 1960?

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idi amin

Which Caribbean island's independence movement was led by Tomas Estrada Palma, who became its first president in 1902?

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cuba

Who was the U.S. President during World War I?

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woodrow wilson

Which country had Lothar de Maiziere as its last prime minister in 1990?

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east germany

Who was the first freely elected Marxist president in the western hemisphere, taking office in Chile in 1970?

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salvador allende

Who was replaced by Yitzhak Shamir as prime minister of Israel in 1983?

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menachem begin

Who led his final campaign for France in the Franco-Prussian War and was known for his redshirts?

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giuseppe garibaldi

In which country did Hassan II serve as the commander of the royal army before becoming its king?

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morocco

In the 1980s, which Soviet leader died on November 10, 1982, paving the way for Yuri Andropov to succeed him?

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leonid brezhnev

Who was the dictator whose last-used presidential palace in Cuba is now called The Museum of the Revolution?

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fulgencio batista

Which country was Kurt von Schuschnigg the chancellor of in the 1930s, known for his support of restoring the Hapsburgs to the throne?

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austria

Which country was Venustiano Carranza formerly in charge of?

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mexico

Which South American country did General Gomez lead as president from 1908 to 1935, during which he granted oil concessions to foreign firms?

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venezuela

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