Memorize these and recognize 28.0% of all World Leaders clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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