World Leaders Trivia Questions
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Which Israeli prime minister was sworn in on March 17, 1969?
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golda meir
Which country was Prince Rainier III the head of state of?
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monaco
Which country did Jacques Chirac lead as head of government?
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france
Which country was Prime Minister Brian Mulroney the head of government for?
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canada
Which president did Michael DeBakey recently advise Russian doctors to perform bypass surgery on?
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boris yeltsin
In which country did Charles Haughey, who is the son-in-law of former prime minister Sean Lemass, serve as prime minister?
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ireland
In which country did Benjamin Netanyahu used to be in charge?
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israel
Which country has President Mitterand as its head of state?
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france
Which country was led by President and Prime Minister Saddam Hussein?
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iraq
Since 1986, Kurt Waldheim has held the position of president in which country?
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austria
Which country was led by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi?
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japan
In Austria, what is the title of the head of the government?
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chancellor
Which country was led by President Jacques Chirac?
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france
Which country did Pieter Willem Botha serve as head of government?
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south africa
Which country's president is Ernesto Perez Balladares, and can be associated with the phrase 'Hats Off'?
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panama
Which Baltic nation, situated between Lithuania and Estonia, elected Vaira Vike-Freiberga as its president in 1999?
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latvia
Which country was Aleksander Kwasniewski the president of?
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poland
Which country did Pham Van Dong serve as prime minister from its unification until 1986?
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vietnam
Who was the Kenyan leader whose first name meant 'burning spear' and whose last name was Kikuyu for a fancy belt?
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jomo kenyatta
In which country did Brian Mulroney serve as Prime Minister?
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canada
Which country did F.W. De Klerk become president of in 1989, share the Nobel Prize in 1993, and quit politics in 1997?
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south africa
Who became the first reigning Japanese monarch to travel abroad when he went to Europe in 1971?
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hirohito
Which country is led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
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israel
Which African country had Thabo Mbeki as President?
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south africa
Which country's government was headed by State President Pieter Willem Botha?
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south africa
Which country has Hassan II been king of since 1961?
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morocco
Who is the Yale-educated economist serving as the president of Mexico?
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ernesto zedillo
In which country was Lt. General Raoul Cedras ousted as coup leader in 1994?
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haiti
Which world leader returned to the Russian Orthodox Church on June 14, 1992 after years as an atheist?
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boris yeltsin
Who resigned as Israeli prime minister in 1974 after serving for 5 years?
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golda meir
Who became the first president of Indonesia in 1945?
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sukarno
Which country was led by President Hashemi Rafsanjani?
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iran
In which country did President Suharto serve as a head of state?
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indonesia
In May 1957, President Eisenhower met in Washington with the leader Ngo Dinh Diem of which country?
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south vietnam
Which country had Gerhard Schroeder serving as Chancellor?
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germany
Which country did Miguel de la Madrid, who earned a Master's degree from Harvard in 1965, later become president of?
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mexico
Which leader received the Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth during her 1995 visit to South Africa?
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nelson mandela
Which country was led by President Mubarak?
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egypt
Which country was Costis Stefanopoulos the president of?
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greece
Which country in Europe had Bertie Ahern as its Prime Minister?
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ireland
Which country has been ruled by kings named Talal, Hussein, and Abdullah II?
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jordan
Who is the Nicaraguan president who studied for 4 years at a Roman Catholic high school for girls in San Antonio, Texas?
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violeta chamorro
In which country did John Howard serve as Prime Minister?
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australia
Which country was Bob Hawke once in charge of?
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australia
Who declared Indonesia's independence in 1945 and became its first president?
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sukarno
Which country was led by President Emil Constantinescu?
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romania
Who was banished by Gorbachev from the Politburo in 1988 and was elected president of Russia in 1991?
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boris yeltsin
In Gaelic, what country refers to its prime minister as the taoiseach, and the current prime minister is John Bruton?
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ireland
In which country did Malcolm Fraser serve as prime minister after being a rancher in Victoria?
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australia
Which country was led by President Ernesto Perez Balladares?
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panama
Which Mideast country had Christian leader Amin Gemayel become president in 1982 after the assassination of his brother?
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lebanon
What surname, meaning 'sharp thorn' or 'thistle,' was adopted by Polish-born Yitzhak Jazernicki?
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yitzhak shamir
In 1989, Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed as dictator and executed in which country?
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romania
Who was elected as Chile's president with both Communist and Socialist support and served from 1970 to 1973?
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salvador allende
Which country was Carlos Salinas de Gortari president of?
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mexico
Who became president of Chile in 1970 after trying four times and was overthrown in a coup in 1973?
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salvador allende
Which country did Lee Kuan Yew serve as Prime Minister both before and after its involvement in the Federation of Malaysia?
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singapore
Which country was led by Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti?
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iraq
In 1990, Goh Chok Tong succeeded Lee Kuan Yew as the second Prime Minister of which city-state?
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singapore
Which country is ruled by Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah?
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brunei
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