Famous World Leaders Quiz

1. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

1. Barbara Castle
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Queen Victoria
4. Theresa May

2. Who led India's independence movement through non-violent resistance?

1. Bhimrao Ambedkar
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Subhas Chandra Bose

3. Who was the first President of South Africa after apartheid ended?

1. Desmond Tutu
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Steve Biko
4. Walter Sisulu

4. Which emperor built the Great Wall of China?

1. Emperor Wu
2. Emperor Yongle
3. Kublai Khan
4. Qin Shi Huang

5. Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?

1. A French king
2. A French military commander who became Emperor
3. A Spanish general who conquered France
4. An Italian leader who unified Europe

6. Which British monarch reigned the longest in history?

1. King George III
2. King Henry VIII
3. Queen Elizabeth II
4. Queen Victoria

7. Who was the first Chancellor of unified Germany?

1. Kaiser Wilhelm I
2. Kaiser Wilhelm II
3. Otto von Bismarck
4. Paul von Hindenburg

8. Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution?

1. Che Guevara
2. Fidel Castro
3. Fulgencio Batista
4. Raúl Castro

9. Which Roman Emperor converted to Christianity?

1. Augustus
2. Constantine I
3. Diocletian
4. Nero

10. Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?

1. Bertha von Suttner
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Marie Curie
4. Mother Teresa

11. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

1. Khrushchev
2. Lenin
3. Stalin
4. Trotsky

12. Which pharaoh is most associated with the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza?

1. Cleopatra
2. Khufu (Cheops)
3. Ramesses II
4. Tutankhamun

13. Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

1. Alexander II
2. Alexander III
3. Nicholas I
4. Nicholas II

14. Who founded the Mongol Empire?

1. Genghis Khan
2. Kublai Khan
3. Ögedei Khan
4. Timur (Tamerlane)

15. Who was the first President of the United States to be impeached?

1. Andrew Johnson
2. Bill Clinton
3. John Tyler
4. Richard Nixon

16. Which Japanese leader is known as the architect of Japan's modernisation in the 19th century?

1. Emperor Meiji
2. Ito Hirobumi
3. Saigo Takamori
4. Tokugawa Yoshinobu

17. Which leader was known as 'The Father of the Nation' in Turkey?

1. Ismet Inönü
2. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
3. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
4. Süleyman Demirel

18. Who delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?

1. John Lewis
2. Malcolm X
3. Martin Luther King Jr.
4. Medgar Evers

19. Which French leader gave his name to a doctrine of European independence from US influence?

1. Charles de Gaulle
2. François Mitterrand
3. Georges Pompidou
4. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

20. Who was the first female head of government in the world?

1. Golda Meir
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Sirimavo Bandaranaike