Quiz  /  World Governments and Their Leaders Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which country’s parliament is known as the Knesset?

  • Lebanon
  • Cyprus
  • Israel
  • Jordan

  • 2. 
    After its formation in 1949, who was West Germany’s first chancellor?

  • Ludwig Erhard
  • Helmut Schmidt
  • Konrad Adenauer
  • Gerhard Schröder

  • 3. 
    Which sport did Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan play at the international level?

  • hockey
  • cricket
  • badminton
  • squash

  • 4. 
    In which country was Israel’s fourth prime minister, Golda Meir, born?

  • Jordan
  • Ukraine
  • Palestine
  • United States

  • 5. 
    Jubilee House is the name given to which African country’s presidential residence?

  • South Africa
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Ghana

  • 6. 
    Which U.S. state did Barack Obama represent as senator prior to becoming president?

  • Michigan
  • Delaware
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois

  • 7. 
    In which year did Governor-General John Kerr dismiss the government of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam?

  • 1977
  • 1972
  • 1968
  • 1975

  • 8. 
    Who is the only U.S. president to have been elected to the office four times?

  • Harry S. Truman
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Ronald Reagan
  • Woodrow Wilson

  • 9. 
    What is the Executive Wing of New Zealand’s parliamentary complex commonly known as?

  • the Calabash
  • the Sponge
  • the Beehive
  • the Gherkin

  • 10. 
    Which of these political leaders was also a barrister?

  • Helen Clark
  • Angela Merkel
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Margaret Thatcher

  • 11. 
    Who became Denmark’s head of state in 1972?

  • Margrethe II
  • Carl XVI Gustaf
  • Silvia
  • Harald V

  • 12. 
    In 2017 who became Europe’s youngest head of government?

  • Andrzej Duda
  • Boris Johnson
  • Sanna Marin
  • Sebastian Kurz
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