20th Century Political History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What country does the so-called African 'Arusha-tribunal' have its seat in? Uganda Rwanda Tanzania Burundi

2. Which Asiatic country had been ruled on 1st January 2000 for nearly a half century by one and the same King? Malaysia Thailand Laos Myanmar

3. Who became the third wife of Nelson Mandela? Winnie Mandela Graca Machel Nadine Gordimer Myriam Makeba

4. Under how many U.S. presidents did John Edgar Hoover serve as the FBI boss? 5 7 6 8

5. In which decade of the 20th century were the Saudi Arabian oil reserves discovered? 30s 40s 20s 50s

6. Who was the first woman PM in world history? Indira Gandhi Mrs Bandaranaike Margaret Thatcher Anne Robinson

7. Which of these ex-Belgian Congolese politicians is the only one not to have been (or rumoured to have been) assasinated? Laurent Kabila Patrice Lumumba Joseph Desire Mobutu aka Mobutu Sese Seko Moise Tshombe

8. What was the name used by the Thsombe rebels for the province of Katanga after it had seceded from the rest of ex-Belgian Congo? Shaba Katanga East Kasai Maniema

9. Who ruled Zambia (ex-Northern Rhodesia) from 1964 to 1991 ? Dr Hastings Banda Julius Nyerere Kenneth Kaunda Milton Obote

10. In what country did Joshua Nkomo (Zapu) and Bishop Muzorewa (UANC) lose the decisive first real free elections from the present-day political leader? Namibia Zimbabwe (ex-Southern Rhodesia) Nyassaland Northern Rhodesia