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? Rwanda Uganda Burundi Tanzania

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? East Kasai Shaba Katanga Maniema

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

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? Zimbabwe (ex-Southern Rhodesia) Nyassaland Namibia Northern Rhodesia