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If I Were A Dictator...... Trivia Quiz

The top 10 greediest and bloodiest "liberators" of Africa, as listed by AfricaNews.com. The list starts at number ten and ends with Numero Uno.

A multiple-choice quiz by gillyz. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gillyz

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,710

Updated
May 12 23

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was born in Arthington, Liberia and educated at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts? He took over the leadership of his country in 1997 after becoming one of the most prominent warlords in Africa. Hint

Samuel Doe

Ramsey Clark

William R Tolbert Jr.

Charles Macarthur Taylor

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was one of the leading figures in the fight for the end of colonialism in West Africa and one of the primary forces behind Guinea's acceptance of the offer of independence from France? Hint

Felix Houphouet-Boigny

Ahmed Sekou Toure

Ahmed Ben Bella

George Poiret

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was born and raised in Kano, Nigeria before being trained at Aldershot in England? He held power from 1993 until his death in 1998. Hint

Ibrahim Babangida

Lasana Conte

Seydou Keita

Sani Abacha

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was educated at the University of Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania where he forged associations with other future African presidents? His son succeeded him in 2001 following his death as a result of being shot by his own body guard. Hint

Laurent Kabila

Patrice Lumumba

Mobutu Sese Seko

Yoweri Museveni

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first president of what had previously been the British colony Nyasaland and was educated at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio? Hint

Hastings Kamuzu Banda

Hanock Msokera Phiri

Bakili Muluza

Vincent Chegutu

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who first taught in Ghana in the late 50s where he became involved in Marxism and African nationalism before returning home to oust the Rhodesian Front government led by Ian Smith? Hint

Joshua Nkomo

Arthur Mutambara

Edgar Tekere

Robert Mugabe

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who became President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1965 but was overthrown as President of Zaire in 1997? Hint

Mobutu Seso Seko

Alberic Gbemeni

Patrice Lumumba

Yemo Lusala

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, which was created when he declared himself Emperor for Life in 1977? Hint

David Dacko

Jean Bedel Bokassa

Bangani Forestierre

Ubangi Mbaiki

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was ousted from power in 2011 through the uprising of practically his entire nation? He was replaced by his long time opponent, Ali Zeidan, who was democratically elected prime minister. Hint

Abdullah Senussi

Muammar Gaddafi

Abdul Ati al-Obeidi

Mahmud Sulayman al Maghribi

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Question 10 of 10

10. Often cited as the worst African dictator of the twentieth century, this man only ruled for eight years and died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2003. Who is he? Hint

Yusufu Lute

Milton Obote

Idi Amin Dada

Mustafa Adrisi

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Charles Macarthur Taylor

Before becoming the leader of his country, he was a warlord and leader of the rebel group the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. On 29 May 2012, he was sentenced to 50 years in jail by the UN backed "Special Court for Sierra Leone".

2. Who was one of the leading figures in the fight for the end of colonialism in West Africa and one of the primary forces behind Guinea's acceptance of the offer of independence from France?

Answer: Ahmed Sekou Toure

He was one of the founding members of the RDA (African Democratic Rally) which was the driving force behind independence in Africa from French rule. He died in 1984 in the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, whilst undergoing surgery.

3. Who was born and raised in Kano, Nigeria before being trained at Aldershot in England? He held power from 1993 until his death in 1998.

Answer: Sani Abacha

Abacha promised democracy, but his actions were anything but democratic. He banned political activity of any kind and assembled a personal security force of some 3,000 men, as well as totally controlling the press. During his brief five-year reign, an estimated 5 billion US dollars was siphoned off by him and his family.

Answer: Laurent Kabila

Kabila came to power by overthrowing Mobutu Seso Seke and proceeded to ban all political activity and arrested many opposionists. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as Zaire, is the only African nation to have two leaders in the top 10.

5. Who was the first president of what had previously been the British colony Nyasaland and was educated at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio?

Answer: Hastings Kamuzu Banda

He presided over one of the most repressive regimes in Africa but faced scorn for not breaking ofr relations with apartheid South Africa. He was a physician and surgeon, attaining LRCP & LRCS from Edinburgh University and LRFPS from Glasgow University.

6. Who first taught in Ghana in the late 50s where he became involved in Marxism and African nationalism before returning home to oust the Rhodesian Front government led by Ian Smith?

Answer: Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe remained in power in Zimbabwe well into the twenty-first century, although in later years he was forced into a power-sharing arrangement with Morgan Tsvangerai, who took on the position of Prime Minister while Mugabe clung to his office as President. Tsvangerai was leader of the extremely vociferous opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change.

Eventually even his own party became tired of Mugabe's dictatorial behaviour, and in 2017 he was forced to resign. He died two years later, in 2019, aged 95.

7. Who became President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1965 but was overthrown as President of Zaire in 1997?

Answer: Mobutu Seso Seko

He changed the name of his country to Zaire in 1971. His style of leadership became known as "kleptocracy" - or "rule by thieves".

8. Who was head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, which was created when he declared himself Emperor for Life in 1977?

Answer: Jean Bedel Bokassa

He styled himself, his reign and his coronation on his hero Napoleon Bonaparte. His coronation is reputed to have cost between 20 and 30 million US dollars.

9. Who was ousted from power in 2011 through the uprising of practically his entire nation? He was replaced by his long time opponent, Ali Zeidan, who was democratically elected prime minister.

Answer: Muammar Gaddafi

Gaddafi held unyielding power for 45 years during which time he ordered many incidents of ethnic cleansing amongst the minority tribes and peoples of Libya.

10. Often cited as the worst African dictator of the twentieth century, this man only ruled for eight years and died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2003. Who is he?

Answer: Idi Amin Dada

Amin fled Uganda after trying to annex Kagera province, Tanzania, in 1978. He awarded himself the military rank of Field Marshal, even though in his 16 years in the British army he never rose above the rank of Lieutenant.

His rule was characterised by some of the worst instances of political repression, abuse of human rights, ethnic persecution, political repression, nepotism, corruption and gross economic mismanagement. Estimates of the numbers killed as a result of his regime range from 100,000 to 500,000.

Source: Author gillyz

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