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1 Nelson Mandela 9 In 1964 he was convicted of sabotage & conspiracy & served over 20 years in prison
2 Fidel Castro 8 A landmark 1957 New York Times story called him "a powerful six-footer, olive-skinned...with a straggly beard"
3 Margaret Thatcher 6 She was called a "savior", a "heartless tyrant", a "trailblazer", "intimidating" & a "real toughie"
4 Ivan the Terrible 6 The 1560 death of his wife Anastasia Romanovna may have contributed to this czar's madness
5 Jawaharlal Nehru 6 In 1984 his grandson succeeded his daughter to become his country's prime minister
6 Saudi Arabia 5 In 1932, this Mideast country took on the name of its ruling family which still rules today
7 Idi Amin 5 Britannica, on this Ugandan: "Noted for his abrupt changes of mood... often extreme in his nationalism"
8 Egypt 5 Amenhotep III, who ruled this country for 37 years, was nicknamed "The Magnificent"
9 Benazir Bhutto 5 She & her mother assumed leadership of the Pakistan People's Party, following her father's 1979 execution
10 Russia 5 New Year's Day '86, President Reagan exchanged greetings with the leader of this country, 1st time since 1973
11 Helmut Kohl 5 Current European head of state whose last name means "cabbage"
12 Marshal Tito 5 Yugoslavia: 1945-1980
13 Corazon Aquino 5 Filling out her application to run in 1986, this widowed mother of 5 listed her occupation as housewife
14 Sweden 4 Gustav III was king of this country during the American Revolution
15 Stalin 4 In 1927 he had Trotsky expelled from the Russian Communist Party; in 1929 he had him expelled from Russia
16 Saddam Hussein 4 This dictator's full name ended with al-Tikriti, Tikrit being the city near where he was born in 1937
17 Romania 4 On Dec. 17, 1989 security forces under Nicolae Ceausescu were ordered to fire on demonstrators in this country
18 Pierre Trudeau 4 This man who became Canada's P.M. in 1968 earned a master's degree from Harvard in 1945
19 Norway 4 Some say that King Haakon III of this Scandinavian country was poisoned by his stepmother in 1204
20 Napoleon 4 Prince Achille Murat, this French emperor's nephew, settled near Tallahassee, Fla. in 1825
21 Iran 4 William Sullivan retired from the Foreign Service in 1979; he was the last U.S. Ambassador to this country
22 Indira Gandhi 4 This prime minister was also the daughter of a prime minister & the mother of a prime minister
23 Golda Meir 4 Born in Kiev & later a U.S. citizen, this leader became prime minister in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century
24 George III 4 A 2021 book about his "Misunderstood Reign" argues that he hated slavery & actually suffered from bipolar disorder
25 Brazil 4 Bolivia's longest border is with this neighbor to the east
26 Mikhail Gorbachev 4 This man was the last president of his country (Soviet Union)
27 Ayatollah Khomeini 4 Currently the only Muslim spiritual leader to head a country
28 Queen Isabella 4 In 1893 this 15th century monarch became the first woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp
29 Putin 4 This president chaired the 2006 G8 conference in St. Petersburg
30 Kurt Waldheim 4 In 1988 an international panel reported that this Austrian president had concealed his war record
31 Winston Churchill 3 He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice & the Literature Prize 7 times, winning for the latter in 1953
32 Spain 3 As prime minister of this country, Manuel Azana restricted the power of the church & gave Catalonia autonomy
33 South Africa 3 In 1984 in this country Pieter was Botha PM & president
34 Portugal 3 This country's King Alphonso II was known as "Alphonso El Gordo", which means Alphonso the Fat
35 Peter the Great 3 This "Great" czar thought his son Alexis was conspiring to overthrow him, so he ordered him tortured
36 Louis XIV 3 This 17th century French monarch boasted, "I am the State"
37 Liberia 3 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who became the first female president of this African nation, is related by marriage to funny lady Retta
38 King Hussein 3 This current king of Jordan was a cousin of King Faisal of Iraq, who was assassinated in 1958
39 Ireland 3 This country's prime minister Charles Haughey is a son-in-law of it's former prime minister Sean Lemass
40 Ho Chi Minh 3 Nicknamed "Uncle", this Communist was a leader in Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
41 Ferdinand Marcos 3 In 1993, 4 years after his death, his body was returned to the Philippines for burial
42 El Salvador 3 D'Aubisson claimed Duarte fixed his election win in this country
43 China 3 Many say this country's ruler, Tzu-Chi, gave a deathbed command to have her nephew, the emperor, killed
44 Charles de Gaulle 3 In April 1969 he left the world stage & retired to his home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
45 Charlemagne 3 In 770 this king of the Franks married Desiderata, daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius
46 Australia 3 Also MP for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull is PM of this, one of the world's 10 largest countries in area
47 "Baby Doc" Duvalier 3 Even though he was "President for Life", he was forced to flee Haiti in 1986
48 Muammar Gaddafi 3 At age 27, he overthrew King Idris
49 Khrushchev 3 This former premier of the Soviet Union was denied a state funeral when he died in 1971
50 James I 3 1st to rule all of Britain, probably best remembered for bible translation he sponsored

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Nelson Mandela 9x $400 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:4
J $200 2022 The Truth & Reconciliation Commission set up by this man in 1995 investigated human rights violations under apartheid
DJ $600 1996 In 1918 he was born the son of a Tembu chief in what's now Eastern Cape province
FJ 2014 In 1964 he was convicted of sabotage & conspiracy & served over 20 years in prison
Fidel Castro 9x 14.3% stumper $343 avg J:4 DJ:3 FJ:2
DJ $200 1990 At 14, this future Cuban leader sent a letter to FDR asking him for a $10 bill because he'd never seen one
DJ $800 1991 He returned from exile in Mexico in 1956 & set up a guerrilla movement in Cuba's Sierra Maestra
FJ 2017 A landmark 1957 New York Times story called him "a powerful six-footer, olive-skinned...with a straggly beard"
Should-Know (21)
Margaret Thatcher 6x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:2
J $100 1989 She is the first woman to head a British political party
FJ 2014 She was called a "savior", a "heartless tyrant", a "trailblazer", "intimidating" & a "real toughie"
FJ 1999 Francois Mitterand said this world leader "has the lips of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula"
Jawaharlal Nehru 6x $467 avg DJ:3 FJ:3
DJ $400 1990 This first Indian prime minister partly embraced the non-violent philosophy of Gandhi but not his asceticism
DJ $600 1987 In later years, this Indian prime minister carried with him part of a poem by Robert Frost
FJ 2006 In 1984 his grandson succeeded his daughter to become his country's prime minister
Helmut Kohl 6x $540 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1
J $300 1989 In 1982 West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt was replaced by this Helmut
DJ $600 1995 This German chancellor received a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg in 1958
J $1,000 2013 He was chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990, then of just plain Germany until 1998
Corazon Aquino 6x $340 avg J:5 FJ:1
J $100 1996 As a teenager in the 1940s, this president of the Philippines attended convent schools in the U.S.
J $500 1990 This female president graduated from Mount St. Vincent College in the Bronx in 1953
FJ 2003 Filling out her application to run in 1986, this widowed mother of 5 listed her occupation as housewife
Saudi Arabia 5x $1,050 avg J:1 DJ:1 FJ:3
J $100 1996 Ibn Saud founded this kingdom in 1932 & ruled until his death in 1953
DJ $2,000 2006 Seen here is a prince & later king of this country, visiting President Carter
FJ 2014 Since 1953 5 consecutive siblings have been this country's head of state
Idi Amin 5x $700 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $400 2013 In 1972 he expelled more than 40,000 Asians from Uganda, leading to a breakdown of the economy
DJ $1,900 DD 2006 After overthrowing Milton Obote in 1971, he had some 300,000 people killed
DJ $400 1992 In 1977 Amnesty Int'l estimated that as many as 300,000 may have died under this Ugandan leader's rule
"Baby Doc" Duvalier 5x $560 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $400 1991 In 1961 the Vatican excommunicated this Haitian president for harassing the clergy
DJ $800 1992 Even though he was "President for Life", he was forced to flee Haiti in 1986
DJ $1,000 1984 Though not a physician like his father Papa Doc, this Haitian leader is known as “Baby Doc”
Pierre Trudeau 4x $425 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 1992 Once "Canada's Most Eligible Bachelor", he served from 1968-1979 & again from 1980-84
DJ $800 1990 At the time this prime minister separated from his wife in '77, she denied rumors linking her with Mick Jagger
J $300 1991 This debonair Canadian, a former P.M., has written several books, including "Two Innocents in Red China"
Norway 4x 75.0% stumper $750 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $500 1991 In 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark was elected king of this Scandinavian country
DJ $1,000 1990 The last time a king of this country was crowned was in 1906 in Troudheim
J $500 1991 Some say that King Haakon III of this Scandinavian country was poisoned by his stepmother in 1204
Napoleon 4x $300 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1993 Prince Achille Murat, this French emperor's nephew, settled near Tallahassee, Fla. in 1825
J $600 2020 He led from 1799 to 1814, took an unwanted vacation, returned & then was gone for good in 1815
J $100 1985 He said, "I have never loved anyone for love's sake, except perhaps, Josephine—a little"
Iran 4x $800 avg DJ:2 FJ:2
DJ $600 1994 In 1989 Hashemi Rafsanjani succeeded Ali Khamenei as president of this country
DJ $1,000 1987 According to its constitution, this country's supreme leader is the faqih, an Islamic scholar
FJ 2018 An Arab League summit final statement rejected "interference" by this country often mistakenly called an Arab land itself
Indira Gandhi 4x $400 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1990 2 Sikh bodyguards assassinated this Indian prime minister on Oct. 31, 1984
J $1,000 DD 2007 The first female prime minister of her country, she held the post from 1966 to '77 & from 1980 to her 1984 death
DJ $200 1995 Morarji Desai, imprisoned under her "emergency rule" of India, succeeded her as P.M. in 1977
Golda Meir 4x $400 avg J:1 DJ:1 FJ:2
J $200 1991 Before her death in 1978, this Israeli said, "I forbid any eulogies or anything named for me"
DJ $600 1990 In 1948 she became Israel's 1st envoy to the USSR
FJ 2008 Born in Kiev & later a U.S. citizen, this leader became prime minister in 1969 of a country founded in the 20th century
George III 4x 25.0% stumper $625 avg J:2 DJ:2
J $200 1985 During his reign, England got labor unions & lost the American colonies
DJ $1,500 DD 1991 Fredericksburg, Va. was founded in the 1720s & named after this king's father, Prince Frederick Louis
J $400 2009 Incapacitated by illness & madness, he spent the last 9 years of his reign in seclusion
Brazil 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $200 2011 Bolivia's longest border is with this neighbor to the east
DJ $1,000 1987 After 21 years of military rule, Pres. Jose Sarney is changing this country to democratic rule
DJ $1,000 1986 After serving as president & dictator of this S. Amer. country for some 20 yrs., G. Vargas killed himself in 1954
Ferdinand Marcos 4x $300 avg DJ:4
DJ $200 1992 In 1973 he became prime minister of the Philippines; he was already the president
DJ $200 1994 In 1993, 4 years after his death, his body was returned to the Philippines for burial
DJ $400 1990 A law student in the Philippines in the 1930s, he was found guilty of murder but later acquitted
China 4x $533 avg DJ:3 FJ:1
DJ $200 1990 Though this country is a major world power, few Americans could name its president, Yang Shangkun
DJ $600 1991 84-year-old Yang Shangkun is the president of this country
FJ 2020 It incorporated the "one country, two systems" principle in its constitution in 1982 & put it into practice after a 1997 reunification
Ayatollah Khomeini 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1
J $100 1984 During '80s hostage crisis, dart boards bearing his face were a big seller
J $600 DD 1986 Currently the only Muslim spiritual leader to head a country
J $800 2013 In 1964 he was exiled from Iran; in 1979 he became the country's political & religious leader for life
Queen Isabella 4x $400 avg DJ:3 FJ:1
DJ $400 1996 The 2nd Spanish queen named this married her cousin Francisco in 1846 but didn't live with him
FJ 2001 In 1893 this 15th century monarch became the first woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp
DJ $400 1991 In 1474 she succeeded her half brother Henry IV, becoming queen of Castile & Leon
Putin 4x $400 avg J:4
J $200 2006 His removal of opposing Duma members & jailing of tycoons has made some fearful for democracy
J $800 2007 This president chaired the 2006 G8 conference in St. Petersburg
J $200 2018 In 2017 protests & a puppy were among this Russian leader's 65th birthday gifts
Kurt Waldheim 4x $300 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $200 1987 When he ran for president of Austria in 1971, he lost
J $300 1987 Alleged war criminal who condemned anti-Semitism at inauguration as Austria's president in 1986
J $300 1991 To date, he's the only former U.N. secretary- general to be elected president of a country
Worth Knowing (57)

Ancient

13 answers | 43 clues
Should-Know (6)
Ivan the Terrible 6x $383 avg J:2 DJ:4
DJ $200 1994 This cruel czar murdered 1 wife, sent 2 to convents & thought his enemies poisoned 3
DJ $600 1991 Having killed the son he named his successor, he left Russia to the feeble-minded Feodor
DJ $200 1990 In spite of his dreadful reputation, this czar's first marriage in 1547 was apparently a happy one
Egypt 5x 40.0% stumper $320 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $200 1997 Amenhotep III, who ruled this country for 37 years, was nicknamed "The Magnificent"
DJ $200 1990 It's what the ancient Greek historian Herodotus called "the gift of the Nile"
DJ $400 1992 President Hosni Mubarak
Russia 5x $200 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1
J $100 1991 Michael Romanov, a great-nephew of Ivan the Terrible's first wife, became ruler of this country in 1613
FJ 2013 Since 1991 this country has had only 3 different presidents; the current one took over in 2012 for the second time
DJ $200 1987 When his dad was assassinated in 1881 by a bomb, Alexander III became this country's penultimate czar
Sweden 4x 25.0% stumper $800 avg DJ:4
DJ $600 1989 Having become a Catholic, Queen Christina moved to Rome in 1654, giving up this country's throne
DJ $1,000 1997 Gustav III was king of this country during the American Revolution
DJ $800 1994 In 1991 Carl Bildt became this Scandinavian country's youngest PM in over 150 years
Romania 4x 50.0% stumper $750 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $600 1991 Michael, the exiled king of this eastern European country, is the grandson of Greece's King Constantine I
DJ $1,000 1987 King Michael ruled this E. European country during WWII, but was forced to abdicate in 1947
DJ $600 1990 This Eastern European country's first king, Carol I, was born a German prince
Muammar Gaddafi 4x 33.3% stumper $600 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1
DJ $400 1989 It's believed he ordered the bombing of a USO on the 2nd anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Libya
J $1,000 2021 In February 2011, this world leader refused to step down from power; he was dead by October
FJ 2015 On the occasion of this late leader's visit to the U.S. in 2009, ABC News listed 112 various spellings of his name
Worth Knowing (7)

Cold War

6 answers | 20 clues
Should-Know (2)
Marshal Tito 5x $340 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $200 1990 In 1974 this Yugoslav leader was made president for life
DJ $600 1992 Resisting Soviet control, this Yugoslavian leader broke with Stalin in 1948
DJ $400 1993 He was born Josip Broz in 1892 in Kumrovec, Croatia
Mikhail Gorbachev 4x $367 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1
J $100 2001 This man was the last president of his country (Soviet Union)
DJ $600 1992 A devastating earthquake in Armenia cut short this leader's 1988 visit to the U.S.
FJ 1998 On Dec. 25, 1991, he ended his farewell speech by saying, "I wish everyone all the best"
Worth Knowing (4)

World War II

4 answers | 18 clues
Should-Know (3)
Benazir Bhutto 6x $825 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:2
J $200 1996 She gave birth to her 1st child, a son, during her successful 1988 campaign to become P.M. of Pakistan
DJ $1,000 1994 In October 1993 she was elected prime minister of Pakistan for the second time in 5 years
FJ 2013 In 1990 she became the first modern head of government to give birth while in office, to a daughter named Bakhtawar
Charles de Gaulle 5x $733 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:2
J $400 1987 World leader whose surname can be taken to mean "of France"—& it seemed he took it so
DJ $800 2006 In April 1969 he left the world stage & retired to his home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
DJ $1,000 1990 In June 1943, he & Henri Giraud became co-chairs of the French Committee for National Liberation in Algeria
Winston Churchill 4x $233 avg J:2 DJ:1 FJ:1
J $200 2014 Neville Chamberlain wanted the foreign secretary to succeed him as P.M. but luckily this man got the post
FJ 2018 He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice & the Literature Prize 7 times, winning for the latter in 1953
DJ $200 1998 Elizabeth II has seen 10 different prime ministers com & go, from this man to Tony Blair
Worth Knowing (1)

World War I

4 answers | 10 clues
Should-Know (1)
Stalin 4x 25.0% stumper $250 avg DJ:4
DJ $200 1993 In 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt & this Soviet leader met in Tehran, Iran
DJ $200 1990 In 1927 he had Trotsky expelled from the Russian Communist Party; in 1929 he had him expelled from Russia
DJ $200 1986 Just before Lenin died, he urged that this tyrant be deposed as Communist Party secy.-gen.
Worth Knowing (3)

Medieval

3 answers | 8 clues
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Revolutionary Era

1 answers | 5 clues
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Saddam Hussein 5x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1
DJ $200 1996 In addition to serving as Iraq's president, he's chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
DJ $800 1995 In 1959 he fled to Cairo after trying unsuccessfully to oust Iraqi dictator General Abdul Karim Kassem
DJ $1,200 2025 This dictator's full name ended with al-Tikriti, Tikrit being the city near where he was born in 1937

Modern (post-1990)

2 answers | 5 clues
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Colonial / Exploration

1 answers | 2 clues
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