They Didn't Do Their Homework Trivia Quiz

Answer: Theodoros Pangalos

Theodoros Pangalos was born in 1978 on the island of Salamis. He graduated from the military academy with the rank of second lieutenant. He took part in the Balkan Wars and later Joined the National Defense Organization led by Eleftherios Venizelos. He died in 1952.

Answer: Chile

The troubled country of Chile was the stage for this coup and counter-coup. Altamiraro came to power on September 5, 1925. He was deposed on January 23, 1925 following a coup led by Marmaduke Groves.

Answer: Sergeants' revolt

Five sergeants, who later became eight, wanted to improve conditions in the army. This led to a full-blown coup that ousted President Quesada. Very soon Batista became the leader and assumed control of the country. In 1940 he was elected as President but from 1952 until 1959 with the full backing of the USA he became dictator.

Answer: Alfredo Stroessner

Andres Rodrigues staged a coup d'état and removed Stroessner from power mainly because he feared that he was planning to install his own son as his successor. Rodrigues served for five years as president of the country.

Answer: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi

Prime Minister of Nigeria was Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and the plotters also killed 22 members of the Nigerian elite. The coup was subdued very quickly and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi took over the leadership of the country. Due to tribal clashes a full scale Nigerian Civil war erupted subsequently.

The name of the coup that deposed and killed Aguiyi-Ironsi was called the "July Rematch" and it was the second of many coups that followed.

Answer: Mohamed Siad Barre

During his long authoritarian rule, Barre became dictator of the country enforcing the so called "Scientific Socialism". He tried to eliminate the clan culture of the country by outlawing clan loyalties and taking very harsh measures against the non-conformists. Eventually this led to a civil war and his eventual fall from power.

He left the country taking with him large funds and after a failed counter-coup he lived in Nigeria until his death in 1995.

Answer: Milton Obote

Milton Obote led Uganda to independence from British rule in 1962. He became the country's first Prime Minister and in 1966 he became Uganda's second President. Idi Amin started his military career in the King's African Rifles of the British Colonial Army.

He rose through the ranks and became Commander of the Ugandan army in 1965. In 1971 fearing an arrest for embezzling funds, he overthrew the President. His rule was filled with human rights abuses and persecution of Ethnic minorities. Towards the end of his rule the country entered into a full-blown civil war and he was eventually ousted from power.

He died in Saudi Arabia in 2003.

Answer: Four days

Mosharraf was killed on the 7th of November and eventually Ziaur Rahman took over. During a turbulent six year as President, Rahman survived over 20 attempts on his life and/or military coups. He was assassinated on May 30, 1981.

Answer: Burkina Faso

The name change occurred in 1984 under President Sankara. Following the coup, Saye Zerbo took on the mantle of both Head of State and Government. He suspended the constitution and replaced it with a Military Committee. After he was overthrown, he served a 15-year jail sentence for various crimes.

Answer: Mauritania

Mauritania passed through turbulent times since gaining independence from France in 1960. The country went to war over Western Sahara, suffered military coups, held democratic elections and suffered yet more coups.