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Name the Leader Trivia Quiz

This quiz will ask you to name the leader during a given event.

A multiple-choice quiz by StetsonHat. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
StetsonHat

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
334,085

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
624

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: colbymanram (5/10), krajack99 (9/10), mulligas (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was prime minister of the United Kingdom when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939? Hint

Winston Churchill

Benjamin Disraeli

Edward Heath

Neville Chamberlain

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was emperor of the Roman Empire when Rome burned in 64AD? Hint

Marcus Aurelius

Galba

Nero

Titus

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the king of England when one of the great documents in history, the Magna Carta, was signed in 1215? Hint

John

Elizabeth I

Henry II

Richard III

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was Czar of Russia when Napoleon invaded in 1812, resulting in a costly defeat for the French? Hint

Peter I the Great

Nicholas II

Catherine I

Alexander I

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the president of the United States when South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860, setting into motion the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War? Hint

James Buchanan

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Jackson

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the prime minister of Canada when Canadian troops played an important part in the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II? Hint

Sir John A. Macdonald

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Arthur Meighen

John George Diefenbaker

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was on the throne in Hawaii when the monarchy was overthrown in 1893? Hint

King Kalakaua

King Kamehameha I

Queen Liliuokalani

King Lunalilo

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis that very nearly led to nuclear war between the USA and USSR in 1962 when the Soviets were setting up nuclear missiles in Cuba? Hint

Joseph Stalin

Nikita Khrushchev

Leonid Brezhnev

Boris Jeltsin

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was Pharaoh of ancient Egypt during the Battle of Kadesh against the Hittite Empire in approximately 1274 BC? Hint

Khufu

Apophis

Tutankhamen

Ramses II

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was prime minister of Israel during the Six Day War in 1967? Hint

Levi Eshkol

Golda Meir

David Ben-Gurion

Menachem Begin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was prime minister of the United Kingdom when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939?

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Chamberlain served as prime minister from 1937 until May 1940 when Winston Churchill took the reigns of power.

2. Who was emperor of the Roman Empire when Rome burned in 64AD?

Answer: Nero

The story goes that Nero supposedly played the fiddle when Rome burned, although there appears to be no truth to the story (not least because fiddles or violins did not exist in those days).

3. Who was the king of England when one of the great documents in history, the Magna Carta, was signed in 1215?

Answer: John

The brother of Richard I, John reigned from 1199 to 1216 and signed the Magna Carta in 1215. He was succeeded by 9 year old Henry III.

4. Who was Czar of Russia when Napoleon invaded in 1812, resulting in a costly defeat for the French?

Answer: Alexander I

Alexander ruled from 1801 to 1825 and was an ally of the French until he switched sides. His triumph over Napoleon made Alexander a power player in European politics.

5. Who was the president of the United States when South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860, setting into motion the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War?

Answer: James Buchanan

It was the election of Abraham Lincoln that led the southern states to secede from the United States but Buchanan was still the president until Lincoln's inauguration in 1861.

6. Who was the prime minister of Canada when Canadian troops played an important part in the liberation of the Netherlands during World War II?

Answer: William Lyon Mackenzie King

The longest serving prime minister in Canadian history as of 2011, Mackenzie King was in power from 1921 to 1926 and again from 1926 to 1930 and for a third time from 1935 to 1948.

7. Who was on the throne in Hawaii when the monarchy was overthrown in 1893?

Answer: Queen Liliuokalani

Liliuokalani came to power in 1891 and resisted efforts to have the islands annexed by the United States. After the overthrow of the monarchy a provisional government was set up with Sanford Dole as leader and the Islands became a US territory in 1898.

8. Who was Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis that very nearly led to nuclear war between the USA and USSR in 1962 when the Soviets were setting up nuclear missiles in Cuba?

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev

Krushchev was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Two years later he was unceremoniously removed from power while on vacation in the Crimea.

9. Who was Pharaoh of ancient Egypt during the Battle of Kadesh against the Hittite Empire in approximately 1274 BC?

Answer: Ramses II

Ramses II reigned from 1290 to 1224 BC and was one of the longest serving pharaohs. He waged war against the powerful Hittites whose empire was centered around Anatolia in present day Turkey.

10. Who was prime minister of Israel during the Six Day War in 1967?

Answer: Levi Eshkol

The Six Day War of June 1967 was the result of the blockading of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping by Egyptian president Nasser.

Source: Author StetsonHat

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