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Sic Semper Tyrannis Trivia Quiz

Greed. Power. Megalomania. It's good to be king. Can you name these great dictators?

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

Author
rockets-DJ

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
50,809

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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2865

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Question 1 of 10

1. This Spanish dictator overthrew his country's elected leftist government in the 1930s with Hitler's help. Hint

Frederico Garcia Lorca

Paul Ramon

Fulgencio Batista

Francisco Franco

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Question 2 of 10

2. This Romanian leader was shot after the fall of Communism in 1989. Hint

Bela Karolyi

Nicolae Ceausescu

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

Oskar Kokoschka

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Question 3 of 10

3. The last king of Rome in antiquity, overthown in 510 B.C. Hint

Antoninus Pius

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Servius Sulpicius Galba

Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus

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Question 4 of 10

4. This Austrian ruled Mexico from 1864 through 1867. Hint

Ferdinand VI

Maximilian I

Frederick III

Wilhelm II

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Question 5 of 10

5. This military chief ruled Paraguay from a 1954 coup until his own overthrow by the military in 1989. Hint

Alfredo Stroessner

Augusto Pinochet

Juan Peron

Diego Rivera

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Question 6 of 10

6. This Indonesian nationalist-turned-dictator was overthrown in 1965-66 by one of his generals. He died under house arrest in 1970. Hint

Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Suharto

Sukarno

Abdurrahman Wahid

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Greek-Syrian king's suppression of Jewish religious practices led to a revolt in Judea in 167 B.C.E. Hint

Seleucis Nicator

Theodosius

Antiochus Epiphanes

Ptolemy Philadelphus

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Question 8 of 10

8. This former ruler of Congo came to power in a CIA-backed coup in 1966 and renamed his country Zaire. Hint

Mobutu Sese Seko

Robert Mugabe

Patrice Lumumba

Jean Bedel Bokassa

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Question 9 of 10

9. 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. Hint

Adolf Hitler

Kim Il Sung

Mao Tse-Tung

Joseph Stalin

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Question 10 of 10

10. This Roman emperor was infamous for bedding the wives of his subjects, marrying his sister and naming his horse to an important government post. Hint

Caligula

Claudius

Tiberius

Titus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This Spanish dictator overthrew his country's elected leftist government in the 1930s with Hitler's help.

Answer: Francisco Franco

Franco, nominally neutral during WWII, ruled until his death in 1975.

2. This Romanian leader was shot after the fall of Communism in 1989.

Answer: Nicolae Ceausescu

Ceausescu was one of the more repressive, and megalomaniacal, Eastern Bloc despots. His wife, an active partner in his tyrannical rule, was shot with him.

3. The last king of Rome in antiquity, overthown in 510 B.C.

Answer: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

After the overthrow of this king, known as Tarquin the Proud, Rome would remain a republic for nearly 500 years, until the rise of the Caesars.

4. This Austrian ruled Mexico from 1864 through 1867.

Answer: Maximilian I

Maximilian the first was also Maximilian the last. Placed on the throne by French arms, he was overthrown and executed by Mexican independence leaders.

5. This military chief ruled Paraguay from a 1954 coup until his own overthrow by the military in 1989.

Answer: Alfredo Stroessner

Stroessner was forced into exile in Brazil, setting the stage for a more democratic, but still unsettled, political climate in Paraguay.

6. This Indonesian nationalist-turned-dictator was overthrown in 1965-66 by one of his generals. He died under house arrest in 1970.

Answer: Sukarno

Sukarno's daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, recently became president of Indonesia.

7. This Greek-Syrian king's suppression of Jewish religious practices led to a revolt in Judea in 167 B.C.E.

Answer: Antiochus Epiphanes

The rededication of the Temple after the successful revolt is memorialized at Hannukah.

8. This former ruler of Congo came to power in a CIA-backed coup in 1966 and renamed his country Zaire.

Answer: Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu, in ailing health, was driven from office in 1997 and died soon after. His country, still wracked by civil war, is once again known as Congo.

9. 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.

Answer: Joseph Stalin

Stalin was not a Russian, but a Georgian who spoke Russian with a distinct accent.

10. This Roman emperor was infamous for bedding the wives of his subjects, marrying his sister and naming his horse to an important government post.

Answer: Caligula

When Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was a boy, soldiers in his father's legions gave him the nickname Caligula or 'little boots' for the tiny military uniform, including boots, he wore. Caligula would later be assassinated by his own troops.

Source: Author rockets-DJ

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