Identify the Tyrant: History’s Worst Roommates

Question 1

Who is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Answer

Leon Trotsky

Answer

Nikita Khrushchev

Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Question 2

This ruler built a vast cult of personality around the Juche ideology in North Korea.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 3

Who is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Answer

Francisco Franco

Answer

Antonio Salazar

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Vittorio Orlando

Question 4

Which tyrant launched the Cultural Revolution, turning ideology into a nationwide storm?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong

Answer

Deng Xiaoping

Answer

Sun Yat-sen

Answer

Chiang Kai-shek

Question 5

Augusto Pinochet first came to power through a democratic election in Chile in 1970.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

Who is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Pol Pot

Answer

Lon Nol

Answer

Norodom Sihanouk

Answer

Vo Nguyen Giap

Question 7

Which dictator was overthrown in Uganda in 1979 after a war involving Tanzania?

Accepted Answer

Idi Amin

Answer

Mobutu Sese Seko

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Muammar Gaddafi

Answer

Hastings Banda

Question 8

Francisco Franco remained officially neutral throughout World War II, although he was sympathetic to the Axis powers.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 9

Who is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Nicolae Ceaușescu

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Enver Hoxha

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Todor Zhivkov

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János Kádár

Question 10

Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany after losing a military coup and then seizing office through legal political maneuvering.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

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