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Quiz about International Political VIPs 19451980
Quiz about International Political VIPs 19451980

International Political VIPs 1945-1980 Quiz

Who were the Political VIPs of the first three decades after Second World War ? Have their names stuck in the international collective memory? This quiz gives you a chance to check for yourself.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
75,146
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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1020
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who was the U.S. President who was in office during the so-called 'Berlin Blockade' in 1948? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Of which USA State was commie-hunter Joe Mc Carthy the Senator from 1947 till 1954? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Who was the last Czechoslovakian President before the takeover by the Communists in 1948 ? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. One of the more flamboyant characters in Post-War Britain was certainly Tony Benn. In order to become a Member of the House of Commons he had to give up his seat in the House of Lords. What had been his title until then? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. On 29th of October 1965 one of Morocco's most important leaders was assassinated in Paris. He had been the founder of the Istiklal Party.Who was he? Hint


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6. What was the meaning of the nickname Jomo Kenyatta under which Johnstone Kama Ngungi,the historic leader of the Kenyan Mau Mau, was known to the world? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Where in the USA was Martin Luther King murdered in 1968? Hint


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8. What is the family relationship between the present King of Spain Juan Carlos and the pre-war King Alfonso XIII? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. Who was the first President of Iran after the Shah had left the country ? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Before he became involved in the Bolivian guerilla war in which he was eventually killed, Ernesto Che Guevara had been the President of the Cuban National Bank.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who was the U.S. President who was in office during the so-called 'Berlin Blockade' in 1948?

Answer: Truman

 The Blockade began at 6:20 a.m. on the morning of June 24, 1948. A civilian population of about 2,500,000 soon became dependent on reserve stocks and airlift replacements.On July 1, ten-ton capacity C54s began supplying the city by airlift. General Curtis Le May was in charge of it. Lucius Clay was governor of the American zone of occupied Germany. Truman was the man in the White House.
2. Of which USA State was commie-hunter Joe Mc Carthy the Senator from 1947 till 1954?

Answer: Wisconsin

 Joseph Raymond McCarthy, Grand Chute (Wisc.) born 14.11.1909,died 2.5.1957 Washington.More on him at mccarthy.cjb.net
3. Who was the last Czechoslovakian President before the takeover by the Communists in 1948 ?

Answer: Eduard Benes

 Eduard Benes was one of the co-founders of the CSR. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1918 till 1935. Prime Minister in 1921-22, President from 1933 till 1938. Resigned after the Munich Agreement. President of the Czechoslovakian government in exile in London. Again President of Czechoslovakia in 1945.

In June 1948 the Communists seized power and Benes was replaced by Klement Gottwald. Gottwald (1896-1953)was Prime Minister from 1946 till 1948 and President from 1948 till 1953. Fierlinger(1891-1976) was his predecessor as Prime Minister. Husak (1913-1991) became the new Party Secretary after the overthrow in April 1969 of Dubcek's Government. President of the CSSR in 1975. Succeeded to by Milos Jakes in 1987.
4. One of the more flamboyant characters in Post-War Britain was certainly Tony Benn. In order to become a Member of the House of Commons he had to give up his seat in the House of Lords. What had been his title until then?

Answer: Viscount Stansgate

 His full name is Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn. He was born in 1925, on various occasions he got a ministerial job in the Labour Governments under Wilson and Callaghan. Lord Home (aka Sir Alec Douglas-Home) also had to give up his title to become Prime Minister in 1963.

He had already played a role under Arthur Neville Chamberlain, was Foreign Secretary under Mac Millan, and later again under Edward Heath. Became Lord Home again in November 1974. Lord Denning has been called the greatest and most colourful judge Britain had in 20th century.

He was born in 1899 and died in 1999.
5. On 29th of October 1965 one of Morocco's most important leaders was assassinated in Paris. He had been the founder of the Istiklal Party.Who was he?

Answer: Ben Barka

 Mohammed Ben Bella (born at Maghnia in 1916) was PM and President of Algeria from 1962 till 1965. Ferhat Abbas ,born in 1899. Was PM of the Algerian Government-In-Exile before Algeria was given autonomy. Left Algeria one year after he had fallen out with Ben Bella. Ben Barka (born 1920,Rabat- died in Paris in 1965).On 14 of March 1965 he had been condemned to death by a Moroccon court after he had fled to France in 1960. Abu Nidal is the pseudonym of Hassan Sabri al Banna, the leader of the Palestinian guerilla-group Al Assifa (the Storm).Tried to assassinate Arafat and was in his absence condemned to death. Iraq and Syria are said to support Abu Nidal.
6. What was the meaning of the nickname Jomo Kenyatta under which Johnstone Kama Ngungi,the historic leader of the Kenyan Mau Mau, was known to the world?

Answer: Burning Spear

 Kenyatta was born at Ichaweri 1891 and died at Mombasa 1978. He was the son of a Kikuju-farmer.Studied in Moscow and in London where he met Nwame Nkrumah. Became PM in 1963, President in 1964.
7. Where in the USA was Martin Luther King murdered in 1968?

Answer: Memphis, Tennessee

 Atlanta is where King was born on 15th of January 1929. From 1954 on, he was a Baptist preacher at Montgomery. Was awarded Nobelprize in 1964. Memphis is where he was murdered on 4th of April 1968.
8. What is the family relationship between the present King of Spain Juan Carlos and the pre-war King Alfonso XIII?

Answer: grandson

 Alfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 till 1941. He supported Gen. Miguel Primo de Rivera in establishing a military dictatorship in 1923. When the municipal elections of 1931 yielded an overwhelming republican majority, he went into exile. His marriage to Victoria of Battenberg introduced hemophilia into the family.It was his wish that his third son Juan, who was free of the disease, would succeed to him. Franco preferred Alfonso's grandson Juan Carlos.
9. Who was the first President of Iran after the Shah had left the country ?

Answer: Bani Sadr

 Shapur Bakhtiar had been a supporter of Mohammad Mossadegh.He became the Shah's last Prime Minister (1979) but was boycotted by Ruhollah Musavi Khomeyni. Mehdi Bazargan(1907-1995) was also in the Mossadegh government.Khomeyni chose him as his Prime-Minister and substitute for Bakhtiar.PM in 1979 .Got into a conflict with Rafsanjani the President of Parliament. Abolhassan Bani-Sadr (born 1934)became President of Iran in 1980.When out of favour with Khomeyni he was dismissed as President. Managed to flee to France. Khamenei, was born in 1939 in the Holy City of Masshad.He was officially elected as successor to the late Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, which implies he is to be seen as in charge of the country's 'Islamic Revolution' , and has on principle the right to dismiss all other people in authority, including the popularly chosen President Khatami.
10. Before he became involved in the Bolivian guerilla war in which he was eventually killed, Ernesto Che Guevara had been the President of the Cuban National Bank.

Answer: True

Ernesto Guevara Serna aka Che Guevara was born at Rosario, Argentine, on 14th of June 1928. He died in Bolivia on 9 Oct. 1967. As a companion of Fidel Castro, he was involved in the guerrilla war against Batista. In 1959 he became President of the National Bank.In 1961 he was Minister of Industry and strongly involved in nationalisation and socialisation plans.Led Cuban troops during Pigs'Bay invasion in 1961.He gave up his Cuban citizenship in 1965 and became a full-time guerilla leader in South-America.Involved in Bolivian war fighting. Wounded on 8th of October,1967 . Killed while a Bolivian prisoner.
Source: Author flem-ish

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