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Politicians - World Politicians

Travel the political world with in this picture quiz! See how much you know about the following ten World Politicians.

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  1. What was Bill Clinton's father's occupation?

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    • Born: 19 August 1946
    • Place: Hope, Arkansas
    • Nationality: American
    • He served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
    • He was the first president of the baby boomer generation
    • He was born William Jefferson Blythe III
    • He is married to Hillary and has one daughter, Chelsea

  2. Who shot John F. Kennedy?

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    • Born: 29 May 1917
    • Place: Brooklyn, Massachusetts
    • Nationality: American
    • He was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963
    • He was often referred to by his initials JFK
    • Kennedy is the only Catholic president, and is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize

  3. Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, many of them on which island?

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    • Born: 18 July 1918
    • Place: Mvezo, South Africa
    • Nationality: South African
    • He served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
    • Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe
    • He has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

  4. Kim Jong-il always travelled by what for state visits?

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    • Born: 16 February 1941
    • Place: Vyatskoye, Russian SFSR
    • Nationality: Korean
    • He was the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
    • Kim is also said to have received English language education at the University of Malta in the early 1970s
    • Kim Jong-il was the centre of an elaborate personality cult inherited from his father and founder of the DPRK
    • Like his father, Kim had a fear of flying
    • He died in December 2011

  5. What is the name of Barack Obama's Portuguese Water dog?

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    • Born: 4 August 1941
    • Place: Honolulu
    • Nationality: American
    • He is the 44th and current President of the United States
    • He is the first African American to hold the office
    • Obama was sworn in as a senator on January 3, 2005, becoming the only Senate member of the Congressional Black Caucus
    • The first bill signed into law by Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

  6. In 2007, Angela Merkel became the second woman after Margaret Thatcher to chair what?

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    • Born: 17 July 1954
    • Place: Hamburg, West Germany
    • Nationality: German
    • She is the current Chancellor of Germany (since 22 November 2005)
    • She has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000
    • Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany
    • She received the Karlspreis (Charlemagne Prize) for 2008 for distinguished services to European unity
    • New Statesman named Angela Merkel in 'The World's 50 Most Influential Figures' 2010

  7. Where did Nicolas Sarkozy marry Carla Bruni in 2008?

    • Born: 28 January 1955
    • Place: Paris
    • Nationality: French
    • He is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra
    • Sarkozy is a Frenchman of mixed national and ethnic ancestry and is the first president of France to be a mixed heritage
    • He has been married three times and has four children
    • Before he was elected President of France, Sarkozy was president of UMP, the French conservative party

  8. How old was Imran Khan when he took over the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team?

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    • Born: 25 November 1952
    • Place: Mianwali, Punjab
    • Nationality: Pakistani
    • He is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer
    • He is married to Jemima Goldsmith and has two children
    • He was a quiet and shy boy in his youth
    • Khan made a lacklustre first-class cricket debut at the age of 16 in Lahore

  9. Lech Walesa played himself in which 1981 film by Andrzej Wajda?

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    • Born: 29 September 1943
    • Place: Popowo, Poland
    • Nationality: Polish
    • He is a Polish politician, trade-union organiser and human-rights activist
    • He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983
    • Walesa served as President of Poland between 1990 and 1995
    • He is married to Danuta and has eight children
    • He was arrested several times for participating in dissident
    • In 1996 he founded the Lech Wałęsa Institute
    • Over the years, Wałesa has been accused of having been an informer for the Polish secret police

  10. In 1995, Gorbachev received an Honorary Doctorate from which English University?

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    • Born: 2 March 1931
    • Place: Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai
    • Nationality: Russian
    • He was the only general secretary in the history of the Soviet Union to have been born during the Communist rule
    • He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 and the Harvey Prize in 1992
    • He decends from a mixed Russian-Ukrainian family
    • He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law
    • On 15 March 1990, Gorbachev was elected as the first executive President of the Soviet Union
    • He has a prominent port wine birthmark
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