US and World Leaders - Trivia Questions and Answers - Harry S. Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Ho Chi Minh, etc.

World and US Leaders including, Ho Chi Minh, Harry S. Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and more.

Who attempted to assassinate President Roosevelt in 1933?
A: Guiseppe Zingara.

Who did Mrs. Thatcher describe as "a man we can do business with?"
A: Gorbachev.

How is Tenzin Gyatso better known?
A: The Dali Lama.

Which former leader wrote the novel The Cardinal's Hat?
A: Mussolini.

Which US senator was assassinated in Louisiana in 1935?
A: Huey Long.

How was Nguyen that Tan better known?
A: Ho Chi Minh.

Who did the Americans recognize as ruler of Vietnam in 1950 when the Soviets acknowledged Ho Chi Min?
A: Bao Dai.

Where was Nelson Mandela's first foreign trip to after his release from prison?
A: Zambia.

What rank did Harry S. Truman reach in the Great War?
A: Captain.

Who was the defeated Presidential candidate in the 1900 US election?
A: William Jennings Bryan.

Who was the first leader of the Belgian Congo?
A: Lumumba.

Who assassinated President McKinley?
A: Leon Czolgosz.

Who replaced MacArthur as UN commander in Korea?
A: General Ridgeway.

Who was Greece's first socialist Prime Minister?
A: Papandreou.

Which leader has played in goal for Polish soccer side Wotsyla?
A: Pope John Paul II.

Canadian leader Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace prize for his mediation role in which conflict?
A: Suez.

Who  became the first President of Israel?
A: Chiam Weizmann.

Who was Pope during World War II?
A: Pius XII.

In 1990 who faced banners saying Goodbye Pineapple Face?
A: Manuel Noriega.

Who was the youngest US Vice President of the 20th century?
A: Richard Nixon.

Who took over as president of Romania after Ceaucescu was executed?
A: Ion Hiescu.

Who was mayor of New York during the race riots of 1996?
A: John Lindsay.

Who formulated his Sinatra Doctrine - Foreign policy to be constructed on a My Way basis?
A: Eduard Shevardnadze.

Which president decided to build a naval station at Pearl Harbor?
A: William Taft.

Vaclav Havel and British King George VI both lost what part of their bodies?
A: Lung.

Who was the first US president to visit Great Britain?
A: Woodrow Wilson.

Who was Oliver North's immediate boss who admitted authori8zing funding the Contra rebels in Nicaragua?
A: John Poindexter.

Which ex-president died shortly after he death of Harry S. Truman?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.

Who was the first Democrat President of the 20th century?
A: Woodrow Wilson.

Who was North Vietnam's chief negotiator at the '73 Paris peace talks?
A: Le Duc Tho.

Who was the first president to be elected for a third four-year term?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Which Secretary of State under Truman helped formulate the Marshall Plan?
A: Dean Acheson.

Senator Joe McCarthly representred which state?
A: Wisconsin.

Who did Roosevelt defeat when he won the 1932 election?
A: Herbert Hoover.

Which President gave the go-ahead to build an H Bomb?
A: Truman.

Which president was responsible for setting up the Manhattan Project?
A: Roosevelt.

Who took part in the first televised debate between two presidential candidates?
A: Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy

Which president called for a league of Nations in May 1916?
A: Wilson.

Who was the oldest US President before Ronal Reagan?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Dan Quayle was Senator form which state when he was chosen as George Bush's Vice President?
A: Indiana.

Where was Lyndon Johnson when he first took the Presidential oath?
A: Air force I.

Where did Reagan and Gorbachev have their Star Wars summit in October 19865?
A: Iceland.

Under how many US presidents did FBI director J Edgar Hoover serve?
A: Eight.

How much did Clint Eastwood receive per month for his duties as Mayor of Carmel?
A: $200,

Which US president won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920?
A: Woodrow Wilson.

Who was Walter Mondale's running mate in the 1984 election?
A: Geraldine Ferraro.

What was Ronald Reagan's last movie?
A: The Killers.

Who was Ronald Regan's first Secretary of State?
A: Alexander Haig.

Who led the Paris talks on behalf of the USA in May 1968?
A: Averill Harriman.

How many 'points for peace' did President Wilson announce in 1918?
A: 14.