Some sample questions from this category:
* This Spanish dictator overthrew his country's elected leftist government in the 1930s with Hitler's help.
* This Romanian leader was gunned down after the fall of Communism in 1989.
* The last king of Rome in antiquity, overthown in 510 B.C.
* This Austrian ruled Mexico from 1864 through 1867.
* This military chief ruled Paraguay from a 1954 coup until his own overthrow by the military in 1989.
* This Indonesian nationalist-turned-dictator was overthrown in 1965-66 by one of his generals. He died under house arrest in 1970.
* This Greek-Syrian king's suppression of Jewish religious practices led to a revolt in Judea in 167 B.C.E.
* This former ruler of Congo came to power in a CIA-backed coup in 1966 and renamed his country Zaire.
* The likeness of this 20th-century tyrant was often projected onto huge airborne balloons so his smiling face could hover over national celebrations in his capital city.
* This Roman emperor was infamous for bedding the wives of his subjects, marrying his sister and naming his horse to an important government post.
* Who first said 'War is the continuation of politics by other means'?
* Who said about Queen Victoria 'Her Majesty is not a subject'?
* Who wanted to make the world safe for democracy in 1917 ?
* Who said that a week was a long time in politics?
* What did Winston Churchill have to offer the day he became Prime Minister?
* What did Sir Winston say to Hitler in a speech on 14 July 1941? You do your worst, and we will do our ______?
* What sort of communism did Alexander Dubcek promote in 1968?
* How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt define a radical? A man with both his feet firmly in ________?
* What was ,in that same U.S.A. President's opinion , the only thing the Americans had to fear ?
* With what remark did Joseph Stalin minimize the importance of the Roman-Catholic Church and its Pope ? By asking how many _______?
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