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

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