Political history

Before he was elected President, which state was Bill Clinton Governor of? 

Arkansas

In what year was Edward Kennedy first elected senator?

1962

In which city was Anthony A. Williams mayor 1999-2007?

Washington

In which city was the Kellogg-Briand Pact agreed in 1928? 

Paris

In which country did Sani Abacha take power in 1983? 

Nigeria

In which country did two coups d'état take place in 1924 from both orthodox Christians and Muslims? 

Albania

In which country was Cyrille Adoula Prime Minister during the 1960s? 

Zaire

Juan Péron was the nationalist leader in Argentina. What was the name of his legendary wife?

Eva

Musician Sonny Bono was once the mayor of which California city?

Palm Springs 

"The Great Communicator" was a nickname of what US President? 

Ronald Reagan

To date, who has been the only female Prime Minister of India?

Indira Gandhi

What country has the oldest parliament in the world?

Iceland

What female politician led the “March of the Mill children” in 1903?

Mary Harris Jones

What U.S. politician lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election?

George McGovern

What U.S. President brokered the peace talks in the Russo-Japanese War?

Theodore Roosevelt

What US President once served as the President of Princeton? 

Woodrow Wilson

What was Emma Goldman lionized for being? 

An anarchist

What was the name of the parliament in Russia in the beginning of the 20th century where the bourgeoisie and workers shared power?

Duma

What was the name of the terror group behind the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?

Black Hand

What was Vladimir Lenin’s real last name?

Ulyanov

When was parliamentarism born in England? 

1688

When was the death penalty abolished in Sweden? 

1921

Where does the President of France live?

Elysee Palace

Which American president took over after George Washington? 

John Adams

Which nationalist party was formed in 1933 by José Antonio Primo de Rivera? 

Spanish Phalanx

Which of the following American presidents was a Republican? 

Richard Nixon

Which of the following was one of Leon Trotsky's pseudonyms?

Alpha

Who among the following was NOT a founder of the "July 26 Movement" guerillas? 

Elián Gonzalez

Who founded the Turkish party PKK?

Abdullah Öcalan

Who has been the Prime Minister of Israel since 2009? 

Benjamin Netanyahu

Who held the famous "Tear down this wall!" speech?

Ronald Reagan

Who is the oldest person ever to be elected president of the United States?

Donald Trump

Who preceded Margaret Thatcher as the leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom?

Edward Heath

Who was Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President?

Andrew Johnson

Who was George H.W. Bush's Vice President?

Dan Quayle

Who was Israel’s prime minister from 1948 to 1963?

David Ben-Gurion

Who was mayor of New York 1979 - 1989?

Ed Koch

Who was president of Ecuador four times, the last time 1968-1972?

José Velasco

Who was Ronald Reagan's Vice President? 

George H.W. Bush

Who was the British Prime Minister from 2010 to 2016?

David Cameron

Who was the first First Lady to be elected to a public office and the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from New York?

Hillary Clinton

Who was the first Prime Minister of the Congo and was assassinated in Katanga province in 1961?

Patrice Lumumba

Who, together with Vidkun Quisling, founded the puppet Nazi party Nasjonal Samling in Norway in 1933?

Johan Bernard Hjort

Who was the first Catholic President in the history of the United States?

John F. Kennedy

Golda Meir was the Prime Minister of Israel 1969 - 74. Where was she born?

Kiev

Who was independent Israel's first president?

Chaim Weizmann

When was the European Union created?

1993

What German leader was known as the "Iron Chancellor"?

Otto von Bismarck

What was the name of the moderate political faction in France during the French Revolution?

Girondins