"Soeharto" is how I learned to spell it in school as well, but this is an English-language quiz, so any names that can be anglicized will be anglicized!
He's not too bad when compared to most others on this list. Along with Merkel, Obama and Mandela, he's the only one that isn't either a nationalist conservative or a dictator.
I don't like Merkal's politics but she's a true leader and cares about people. Obama was a bit of a disappointment (for a leftist) but given the circumstances he was one of the better US presidents in the post WWII era.
hwes pretty astounding you'd make those claims about South American leaders without having visited the continent. You're implying the "western press" is lying about them being corrupt dictators who have massively hindered progress in their countries, especially for working people. Read some (non-state) South American press and you'll see it's the same picture.
I live in a middling city in Peru and there are Venezuelan families living in the parks thanks to Chavez and his cronies.
I know it's a very touchy subject, but setting aside for a brief moment their autocratic tendencies (which are def bad), Castro and Chavez achieved many good things for their people.
Cuba is one of the most advanced nations in the Americas in regards to education, healthcare, and housing.
Trudeau, meanwhile, and for all the beauty in his smile, has been a catastrophe for First Nations peoples, whose territories he wants to exploit for their oil.
LULA IS THE BEST ONE!? Don’t make me laugh. That tramp of the hell, that put us in the trash. IDK how the idiot STF want to release him from prison. Maybe he did a good government, but just the Fome Zero project, and nothing anymore.
Trudeau is not his father but he's better than the conservative alternative. Anyone who follows Canadian politics knows he's just the face whereas Freeland is the real power.
Theresa May has got to be the worst PM in British history. On behalf of The UK, I apologise to the rest of the world for her and for Boris as well. #NationalEmbarrassment
Not sure she's the worst, but she sure ain't good. Boris is a moron, no arguments there. Still both are a dam sight better than Corbyn would be.
Not many "good" world leaders around at the minute. They seem to range from deluded and dictators, to massively underwhelming and or just plain morons.
I'm not very well qualified to speak about British politics, but my image of Corbyn is a guy who has repeatedly sided with terrorists and conspiracy theorists over his own country which he is very critical of- particularly in regards to its foreign policy. He seems like a bit of a Noam Chomsky type with a dash of Russell Brand. Well meaning but out of touch. He's vaguely alluded to a "New World Order." He's neglected to condemn the 9/11 terror attacks in favor of expressing sympathy for the victims of Western foreign policy. He's been supportive of or linked to multiple terrorist organizations, Hamas, Hizbollah, ISIS, Holocaust deniers, and the theocratic government of Iran, among others.
I sympathize with his concerns over civil liberties, xenophobia, et cetera, but I also think like many partisan politicians on certain issues he is deluded.
kal - thanks. I thought it had to do with his left-wing economic stances but what you mentioned seems more polarizing. From his Wikipedia article it's hard to judge whether Corbyn wants to speak against a media bias or has a bias himself.
Often what people have against Corbyn actually is his left-wing economic stances. And it makes sense - certain policies such as renationalisation of the rail and gas networks are probably desirable in an ideal world but in the current state of the economy a complete waste of money. And he wants to borrow loads of money from people, which wouldn't do much for the national debt. What @kalbahamut is referring to makes it sound a bit worse than it really is in my opinion. "Links" to those organisations just means that he talked publicly to people who were either part of them or were possibly part of them. It is possible that he actually sided with the IRA, and is probably too supportive of Palestine to see that he is backing Islamist groups implicitly. On the other hand, that could be a response encouraging movement away from the general opinion of the UK. He has criticised Saudi Arabia and the UK's alliance with it. While they aren't terrorists, they are possibly more totalitarian...
... than some of those other groups that the UK is an enemy of generally. I actually quite like the fact that Corbyn seems less patriotic (and therefore less supportive of the UK) than most other politicians. I don't support Corbyn overall because I think his policies are too idealistic to actually work in the current context, and I think his support relies on populism, although it has increased support for the Labour Party, which in my opinion is probably a good thing when compared to the Conservatives. I also think he probably wants to leave the EU, and I think he was probably capable of making "Remain" win the vote if he had wanted to. So I partially blame him for Brexit (though obviously Cameron deserves far, far more). Generally the reason I don't support him is related to his politics rather than failing to condemn terrorists or other unpleasant groups as much as they deserved.
I think everyone on this list has their faults, but, terrible? Many of them were quite effective, charismatic, popular, or progressive in their own way. How do you define non-terrible leadership?
Great new format. Appreciate the fact that in addition to specifying the number of points (1 to 5) there is now a second line outlining the "your point total increased by X" (a propos for those taking the quizz a few months later for a second time).
Netanyahu looks nothing like Peres! - For one thing, there are at least 20 years separating them (I'm not sure when Peres was born, but Netanyahu was born in 1949); for another, Netanyahu is considerably better looking.
It is disgusting to see thieves and outcasts in the same gallery as true leaders!
While some of the personalities below may have ruled their people for some time, they have resorted to absurd and unimaginable stratagems to remain in office.
Brazil is still in the process of unveiling the multiple dirty, tricky plots engendered by the biggest thief of all times - Lula da Silva - who is in jail, thanks to some brave and bold Brazilian judges -, but yet you have included a smiling leader of the poor!
It has been a painful path to free the country from this gangster...Please forget his face, no matter what international organisms might say. They have been deceived by ill-intended members of Lula's party.
I am astonished to see how dictators appear together with democratic rulers. You would do the world a favor to leave out Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong-il, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro ... - but maybe it would be better to hear quizz-takers from the countries where these sick minds were born.
A rather weird rant imo. How is it disgusting that they appear in the same list? They were all leaders, they all excisted..
It is like saying you find it disgusting to see both Hitler and Hitchcock and Hemmingway in the same list of people whose last names starts with an H. They simply do. It has nothing to do with your opinion of the people, so asking them to be removed from the quiz is very odd.
And coming from the point of view that some of these individuals might be "disgusting" wouldnt you think that hiding away the people that did bad things, like it never happened/excisted is a good thing? If anything that would be more "disgusting"
These people excisted, they were leaders, some were good others werent. Ignoring the truth and hiding away the bad things that happened in the past is never a good thing.
I've seen the Libyan fellow's last name spelled so many different ways I didn't stand a chance with it. You should give us all a break and credit us for getting it close phonetically...
@quizmaster might I suggest to show the countries they were leaders of in the answer column? So the people that got a few wrong could learn from it :) (there are 8 answers below 50% and an average score of 11 I would say there is room for improvement and people to learn :) )
Personally, there were 2 I didnt know for sure, and 2 more that vaguely sound familiar, but not entirely sure I I know them (or that it just started to seem familiar are reading it..)
Probably spent at least ten hours of my life trying to spell Gaddafi and the Ayatollah's last name, but at least those 600 minutes weren't wasted playing Fortnite.
Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela, Kim Jong il Angela Merkel Theresa May Pope Francis Fidel Castro Justin Trudeau Muhammar Gaddafi Saddam Hussein Emmanuel macron Robert Mugabe Silvio berlusconi Benjamin Netanyahu Hugo chávez narendra modi lula Da Silva king abdullah Suharto. I know them all bu5 can’t recognise them
I couldn’t give this quiz the highest score because of how punishing it is on spelling. Many of these leaders have names that are spelled differently whether being spelled in English or their native tongue, and it leads to confusion. There is no excuse whatsoever to be so harsh on translating from one language into another.
I think it's time for an update. I could see Stoltenberg & von der Leyen added.
It's my ignorance, but I could see Suharto, da Silva, Castro, Mugabe, Mandela, Berlusconi, Maybe JongIl and Hussein, removed.
There are more modern 'bad guys' and 'good guys'.
Since this is a badge quiz, I don't think the stats reflect the general knowledge of the participants. I think a lot of people reverse image search to find the answers, and score 16/20.
I live in a middling city in Peru and there are Venezuelan families living in the parks thanks to Chavez and his cronies.
Cuba is one of the most advanced nations in the Americas in regards to education, healthcare, and housing.
Trudeau, meanwhile, and for all the beauty in his smile, has been a catastrophe for First Nations peoples, whose territories he wants to exploit for their oil.
Not many "good" world leaders around at the minute. They seem to range from deluded and dictators, to massively underwhelming and or just plain morons.
I sympathize with his concerns over civil liberties, xenophobia, et cetera, but I also think like many partisan politicians on certain issues he is deluded.
obama and francis were/are good and mandela? terrible????
Thank you QM. cheers!
While some of the personalities below may have ruled their people for some time, they have resorted to absurd and unimaginable stratagems to remain in office.
Brazil is still in the process of unveiling the multiple dirty, tricky plots engendered by the biggest thief of all times - Lula da Silva - who is in jail, thanks to some brave and bold Brazilian judges -, but yet you have included a smiling leader of the poor!
It has been a painful path to free the country from this gangster...Please forget his face, no matter what international organisms might say. They have been deceived by ill-intended members of Lula's party.
I am astonished to see how dictators appear together with democratic rulers. You would do the world a favor to leave out Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong-il, Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro ... - but maybe it would be better to hear quizz-takers from the countries where these sick minds were born.
It is like saying you find it disgusting to see both Hitler and Hitchcock and Hemmingway in the same list of people whose last names starts with an H. They simply do. It has nothing to do with your opinion of the people, so asking them to be removed from the quiz is very odd.
And coming from the point of view that some of these individuals might be "disgusting" wouldnt you think that hiding away the people that did bad things, like it never happened/excisted is a good thing? If anything that would be more "disgusting"
These people excisted, they were leaders, some were good others werent. Ignoring the truth and hiding away the bad things that happened in the past is never a good thing.
Given the very country is named after the royal family this should be as valid an answer as Abdullah.
Here's a source that uses this spelling:
https://themuslimtimes.info/2017/12/16/revisiting-dictatorship-in-indonesia-the-good-old-days/
JK 20/20
Boris johnson istead of theresa may (idk how you write her name btw)
It's my ignorance, but I could see Suharto, da Silva, Castro, Mugabe, Mandela, Berlusconi, Maybe JongIl and Hussein, removed.
There are more modern 'bad guys' and 'good guys'.
Since this is a badge quiz, I don't think the stats reflect the general knowledge of the participants. I think a lot of people reverse image search to find the answers, and score 16/20.