Well, there hasn't been a "Quiztime" for a month so I thought it was about time. Today's cheerful topic is dead politicians. All of the figures shown below were famous in their time but who were they? For each of them, I have provided an helpful clue. Answers will, as usual, be given in the "Comments" section.
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Born in Predappio, Italy in 1883.
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His middle name was Rudolph.
3.
His body was exhumed and moved to Mingorrubio Cemetery, Madrid in 2019.
4.
Assassinated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan in December 2007.
5.
The 23rd prime minister of Australia.
6.
Don't cry for her.
7.
Born in The Ukraine region in 1906.
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In 2007, he was the first international figure to be stripped of an honorary degree by a British university (University of Edinburgh).
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When he died in 1976, his internal organs were preserved in formaldehyde.
10.
Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1916.
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That's all folks! How did you do?
Answers
ReplyDelete1. Benito Mussolini
2. Gerald Ford
3. Francisco Franco
4. Benazir Bhutto
5. Bob Hawke
6. Eva Peron
7. Leonid Brezhnev
8. Robert Mugabe
9. Mao Zedung/Mao Tse Tung
10. Harold Wilson
1. Mussolini
ReplyDelete2. Gerald R. Ford
3. Franco
4. I do not know.
5. I do not know.
6. Evita ... Eva Person.
7. Brezhnev. The eyebrows gave it away!
8. I do not know.
9. Chairman Mao.
10. I do not know.
60%; not good, not awful.
Six is better than any MAGAt would score.
DeleteI only know #5: Bob Hawke and #6: Eva Peron.
ReplyDeleteAt least you are honest Elsie!
DeleteI missed three. I had no idea about Bob Hawke and also missed Harold Wilson. I should have recognized Mugabe, but instead guessed Papa Doc Duvalier. (who looks nothing like Mugabe)
ReplyDeleteSeven deserves a little applause.
Delete7/10 -- I missed Bob Hawke, Robert Mugabe, and Harold Wilson.
ReplyDelete