Twentieth Century World Leaders 1. What was the nationality of Adolf Hitler ? answer 2. Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb ? answer 3. Who wrote his thoughts in a little red book ? answer 4. Who has been in power in Cuba since declaring the country a socialist nation over 30 years ago ? answer 5. Which British Prime Minister said, 'You've never had it so good' and spoke of the 'wind of change' ? answer 6. Where did the burglary that led to the resignation of an American President take place ? answer 7. Who was the first female Prime Minister of Isreal ? answer 8. Who said, 'Je suis la France' ? answer 9. What was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's maiden name ? answer 10. Which Iraqi leader ordered the invasion of Kuwait ? answer 11. Which musical instrument does President Bill Clinton play ? Saxophone 12. By what name was Indian political leader Mohandas Gandhi better known ? answer 13. Who declared war on Britain and France in June 1940 ? answer 14. What was the slogan of Martin Luther King's famous speech made at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington in 1963 in which he looked forward to understanding between races ? answer 15. Which African leader emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his party again ? answer 16. Which President of the Soviet Union died in 1953, aged 73 ? answer 17. What political position did Ronald Reagan hold before becoming President of the United States ? answer 18. Which wartime leader said, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' ? answer 19. By what military rank is the President of Libya known ? answer 20. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) had the first female head of government in the modern world when she succeeded her husband after his assassination in 1959. What was her name ? answer 21. In 1941, the Deputy Chancellor of Germany flew to Britain to try to sue for peace. He was later imprisoned in Spandau prison. Who was he ? answer 22. Richard M. Nixon was President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. What does 'M' stand for ? answer 23. Which Third world leader was assassinated by members of her bodyguard in 1984 ? answer 24. Which Russian leader introduced glasnost and perestroika ? answer 25. Which British Prime Minister said, 'A week is a long time in politics' ? answer HOME | ABOUT US | CONTACT US | HELP Copyright © Quiz.co.uk Site Sponsored by Image Internet

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