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World Leaders & Heads of State Quiz

World Leaders & Heads of State Quiz

20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice

World leaders and heads of state are the individuals who hold the highest executive power in their countries, shaping domestic policy and representing their nations internationally...

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All 20 questions in this World Leaders & Heads of State quiz
  1. Which British Prime Minister led the UK through most of World War II?

    • A. Neville Chamberlain
    • B. Clement Attlee
    • C. Winston Churchill
    • D. Anthony Eden
  2. Which former metalworker and trade unionist served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 and returned to the presidency in 2023?

    • A. Jair Bolsonaro
    • B. Luiz Incio Lula da Silva
    • C. Dilma Rousseff
    • D. Fernando Henrique Cardoso
  3. Which military dictator seized power in Chile following a US-backed coup d'tat in 1973?

    • A. Salvador Allende
    • B. Jorge Rafael Videla
    • C. Manuel Noriega
    • D. Augusto Pinochet
  4. Who was the first African American US President?

    • A. Barack Obama
    • B. Al Sharpton
    • C. Jesse Jackson
    • D. Colin Powell
  5. Which general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party was violently overthrown and executed on live television in 1989?

    • A. Nicolae Ceauescu
    • B. Erich Honecker
    • C. Todor Zhivkov
    • D. Jnos Kdr
  6. Which world leader was known as 'El Comandante'?

    • A. Daniel Ortega
    • B. Fidel Castro
    • C. Hugo Chavez
    • D. Che Guevara
  7. Who was the first female head of government in the world?

    • A. Margaret Thatcher
    • B. Golda Meir
    • C. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
    • D. Indira Gandhi
  8. Which President signed the Americans with Disabilities Act?

    • A. Ronald Reagan
    • B. Jimmy Carter
    • C. George H.W. Bush
    • D. Bill Clinton
  9. Who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

    • A. Margaret Thatcher
    • B. Tony Blair
    • C. Robert Walpole
    • D. William Pitt the Younger
  10. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, often nicknamed the "Iron Lady"?

    • A. Theresa May
    • B. Liz Truss
    • C. Mary Robinson
    • D. Margaret Thatcher
  11. Who was the first President of the United States to be imepeeached?

    • A. Richard Nixon
    • B. Andrew Johnson
    • C. Donald Trump
    • D. Bill Clinton
  12. Who was the final leader of the Soviet Union, known for his policies of glasnost and epeerestroika?

    • A. Leonid Brezhnev
    • B. Mikhail Gorbachev
    • C. Nikita Khrushchev
    • D. Yuri Andropov
  13. Who was the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India?

    • A. Indira Gandhi
    • B. Sonia Gandhi
    • C. Pratibha Patil
    • D. Sushma Swaraj
  14. Who was the first Black President of South Africa?

    • A. Cyril Ramaphosa
    • B. Jacob Zuma
    • C. Nelson Mandela
    • D. Thabo Mbeki
  15. Who was the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, assassinated in 1961 just months after taking office?

    • A. Mobutu Sese Seko
    • B. Laurent-Dsir Kabila
    • C. Flix Tshisekedi
    • D. Patrice Lumumba
  16. Who became the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority nation when she was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988?

    • A. Sheikh Hasina
    • B. Megawati Sukarnoputri
    • C. Benazir Bhutto
    • D. Tansu iller
  17. Which leader is associated with 'Perestroika' meaning restructuring?

    • A. Leonid Brezhnev
    • B. Mikhail Gorbachev
    • C. Nikita Khrushchev
    • D. Yuri Andropov
  18. Which Canadian Prime Minister is the leader of the Liberal Party and the son of a former Prime Minister?

    • A. Stephen Harepeer
    • B. Jean Chrtien
    • C. Brian Mulroney
    • D. Justin Trudeau
  19. Who was the first Prime Minister of India, deeply instrumental in establishing the country as a secular, sovereign republic?

    • A. Mahatma Gandhi
    • B. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    • C. B. R. Ambedkar
    • D. Jawaharlal Nehru
  20. Who was the first US President?

    • A. John Adams
    • B. George Washington
    • C. Thomas Jefferson
    • D. Benjamin Franklin