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  1. Which Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was in office during the start of WW1?
  2. Who was the 2nd President of the USA, who took office on March 4th, 1797?
  3. Which socialist/Marxist politician was the 28th President of Chile, who was eventually overthrown in a coup led by Augusto Pinochet?
  4. Which Australian PM held the world record from drinking a yard of ale in 11 seconds in 1954, whilst studying at Oxford University?
  5. Who was Prime Minister of Japan between 2006-2007 and again from 2012-2020?
  6. Who was the first Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)/North Korea?
  7. Who is the incumbent leader of the People's Republic of China?
  8. Which Marxist-Leninist Prime Minister of Cambodia/Democratic Kampuchea was responsible for the Cambodian genocide between 1975-1979?
  9. Who is the current, as of 2022, Supreme Leader of Iran?
  10. Who is the current Prime Minister of Iran?
  11. Which South African President was in office between 2008-2018?
  12. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
  13. Who is the current President of Germany?
  14. Who succeeded Raul Castro to be named President of Cuba in 2018?
  15. Which President of the USA was in office for the shortest period of time?
  16. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
  17. Which Israeli Prime Minister held office between 2009-2021?
  18. Who, elected in 2014, is the incumbent President of Indonesia?
  19. Who is the incumbent Prime Minister of India, elected in 2014?
  20. Which Canadian Prime Minister (2006-2015) preceded Justin Trudeau?
  21. Which former actor is the current President of Ukraine?
  22. Who was the first President of Russia after the dissolution of the USSR?
  23. Who became leader of the USSR after the Death of Josef Stalin?
  24. Who is the 9th and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, taking office in 2017?
  25. Who was the 1st de facto Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, holding office from 1721-1742?
  26. Which President of the USA gave clearance for the nuclear bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the August of 1945?
  27. Which General-Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of Romania, held office between 1965-1989, and was responsible for widespread famine and the Romanian Revolution?
  28. Josip Broz Tito was the President of which country between 1953-1980, and was responsible for civil war and the ethnic cleansing of his people?
  29. Who is the current (2000-) authoritarian President of Syria?
  30. Who is the current crown prince and deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia?

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  1. Which Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was in office during the start of WW1?
    Herbert Henry Asquith
  2. Who was the 2nd President of the USA, who took office on March 4th, 1797?
    John Adams
  3. Which socialist/Marxist politician was the 28th President of Chile, who was eventually overthrown in a coup led by Augusto Pinochet?
    Salvador Allende
  4. Which Australian PM held the world record from drinking a yard of ale in 11 seconds in 1954, whilst studying at Oxford University?
    Bob Hawke
  5. Who was Prime Minister of Japan between 2006-2007 and again from 2012-2020?
    Shinzo Abe
  6. Who was the first Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)/North Korea?
    Kim Il-sung
  7. Who is the incumbent leader of the People's Republic of China?
    Xi Jinping
  8. Which Marxist-Leninist Prime Minister of Cambodia/Democratic Kampuchea was responsible for the Cambodian genocide between 1975-1979?
    Pol Pot
  9. Who is the current, as of 2022, Supreme Leader of Iran?
    Ali Khamenei
  10. Who is the current Prime Minister of Iran?
    Ebrahim Raisi
  11. Which South African President was in office between 2008-2018?
    Jacob Zuma
  12. Who is the current Chancellor of Germany?
    Olaf Scholz
  13. Who is the current President of Germany?
    Frank-Walter Steinmeier
  14. Who succeeded Raul Castro to be named President of Cuba in 2018?
    Miguel Diaz-Canel
  15. Which President of the USA was in office for the shortest period of time?
    William Henry Harrison
  16. Who is the current Prime Minister of Australia?
    Scott Morrison
  17. Which Israeli Prime Minister held office between 2009-2021?
    Benjamin Netanyahu
  18. Who, elected in 2014, is the incumbent President of Indonesia?
    Joko Widodo
  19. Who is the incumbent Prime Minister of India, elected in 2014?
    Narendra Modi
  20. Which Canadian Prime Minister (2006-2015) preceded Justin Trudeau?
    Stephen Harper
  21. Which former actor is the current President of Ukraine?
    Volodymyr Zelensky
  22. Who was the first President of Russia after the dissolution of the USSR?
    Boris Yeltsin
  23. Who became leader of the USSR after the Death of Josef Stalin?
    Georgy Malenkov
  24. Who is the 9th and current Secretary-General of the United Nations, taking office in 2017?
    Antonio Guterres
  25. Who was the 1st de facto Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, holding office from 1721-1742?
    Sir Robert Walpole
  26. Which President of the USA gave clearance for the nuclear bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the August of 1945?
    Harry S. Truman
  27. Which General-Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of Romania, held office between 1965-1989, and was responsible for widespread famine and the Romanian Revolution?
    Nicolae Ceausescu
  28. Josip Broz Tito was the President of which country between 1953-1980, and was responsible for civil war and the ethnic cleansing of his people?
    Yugoslavia
  29. Who is the current (2000-) authoritarian President of Syria?
    Bashar al-Assad
  30. Who is the current crown prince and deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia?
    Mohammed bin Salman
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