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Historical Leaders by Date #1

Name the people who led these countries during the specified time span.
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Last updated: January 11, 2022
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First submittedMay 31, 2015
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Country
Years
Answer
Cuba
1961–2011
Fidel Castro
South Africa
1994–1999
Nelson Mandela
United States
1961–1963
John F. Kennedy
China
1945–1976
Mao Zedong
France
1799–1815
Napoleon
Scotland
1306–1329
Robert the Bruce
Roman Empire
37–41
Caligula
China
1271–1294
Kublai Khan
Austria-Hungary
1848–1916
Franz Joseph
Canada
1968–1979
Pierre Trudeau
Country
Years
Answer
Soviet Union
1985–1991
Mikhail Gorbachev
England
1558–1603
Elizabeth I
Egypt
51BC–30BC
Cleopatra
Athens
461BC–429BC
Pericles
Turkey
1923–1938
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Frankish Empire
768–814
Charlemagne
Byzantine Empire
527–565
Justinian
Germany
2005–2021
Angela Merkel
Judea
37BC–4BC
Herod the Great
Brazil
2003–2011
Lula da Silva
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Level 76
May 31, 2015
Minor points: The queen is known as Elizabeth I now that here have been two Elizabeths ruling Britain; also accept "Franz Josef"? (Franz Josef Glacier was named by a German, after the emperor Franz Joseph)
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Level ∞
Jun 1, 2015
Josef will work now.
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Level 69
Jul 18, 2015
Shouldn't also Habsburg - (Lorraine) work for Franz Joseph?
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Level 89
Aug 6, 2018
Why should Habsburg work? That doesn't pinpoint it within a row of archdukes.
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Level 77
Jun 1, 2015
Crap...I can never remember Robert the Bruce. I kept typing Isaac the Bruce...HA
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Level 62
Jul 16, 2015
All i could come up with was Bruce but think it should work like most last names :-)
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Level 69
Aug 12, 2015
Agree with Twentysix385
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Level 68
Feb 4, 2022
lol...isaac bruce was an nfl receiver who terrorized opposing teams of the Rams for a long time, so you werent far off
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Level 69
Jul 11, 2015
Love that quiz. Excellent mix of modern and ancient rulers.
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Level 82
Jul 16, 2015
My world leader quizzes are all easier than this one.
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Level 22
Jul 16, 2015
Mustafa Kemal should be accepted. Attaturk is a title (father of Turks). I also think that just "Bruce" or "the Bruce" are also acceptable.
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Level 24
Jul 16, 2015
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure Harod the Great ruled UNDERNEATH the Roman empire. Wasn't he just a puppet king? Thanks for the quiz!
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Level 41
Jul 16, 2015
Puppet king is still a king (: Officially, he was an "ally and friend of the people of Rome", which in practice means that he was indeed a vassal, obliged to pay taxes and obey the Roman government whenever it wanted to interfere, and liable to be replaced if he ceased to please, but technically he was a sovereign monarch.
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Level 71
Jan 31, 2022
No,no, Harod ruled a part of london and named a big department store after himself
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Level 60
Feb 14, 2024
Selfridges?
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Level 51
Jul 18, 2015
kublai kan was mongolian not chinese
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Level 71
Jul 19, 2015
Quiz is 'Name the people who led these countries'
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Level 25
Jan 31, 2022
I agree. ALTHOUGH he conquered china, he and his family were from Mongolia
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Level 55
Jul 20, 2015
Damn - I spelled Franz Josef wrong - or was I right??
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Level 82
Oct 4, 2016
Interesting how Kublai Khan, who arguably ruled over a larger portion of humanity than any other person in history, is the least known.
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Level 58
Jan 31, 2022
Maybe because most people connect him with Mongolia and not so much with China?

It's a bit like asking "who lead greece between 98 and 117BC" and expect "Trajan" for an answer...

Still got it at the end...

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Level 92
Feb 1, 2022
98-117 AD
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Level 72
Jan 25, 2024
I guessed Khan and then gave up.
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Level 82
Dec 3, 2016
Nice quiz, but mostly it's just "name the most famous ruler of this country"
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Level 79
Nov 6, 2019
Caligula is hardly the most famous ruler of Rome
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Level 75
Jan 31, 2022
*mostly
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Level 62
Apr 17, 2017
It's amazing how much damage Merkel managed to do to not only Germany, but the entire EU in just 12 years.
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Level 77
Jul 19, 2018
??? To me she's been one of the best humanitarians of the century so far. A breath of fresh air in this World where petty nationalism and xenophobia seem to be gaining the upper hand.
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Level 50
Sep 1, 2020
please accept charlmagne - my spelling is bad
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Level 70
Jan 31, 2022
It might help to remember that his name is three words squashed together: Charles le Magne (Charles "the Great") >> Charlemagne
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Level 64
Mar 20, 2021
Lula will soon be back. No more selling out to American imperialism.
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Level 71
Dec 18, 2021
Merkel isn't Chancellor anymore, so this quiz should be updated.
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Level 83
Jan 7, 2022
This quiz needs to be updated. Angela Merkel should be end dated as of 2021. Olaf Scholz is now chancellor of Germany.
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Level 78
Jan 12, 2022
'Herrod' seems like an honest enough misspelling
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Level 68
May 1, 2022
Shouldn’t Fidel Castro’s reign in Cuba be from 1959 to 2008? And as a matter of fact, Kublai Khan only conquered the Song Dynasty in 1276.
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Level 68
Aug 31, 2022
R.I.P. Mikhail Gorbachev
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Level 73
May 8, 2023
Lula needs updating!
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Level 27
Oct 5, 2023
This is a very well done quiz.

I've had a few answers wrong and I started blaming on the author, but after seeing the answers I realized they were correct. Not only that, those are also some really cool people, not the ones you get asked in every quiz. Very cool work

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Level 70
Dec 29, 2023
Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister again from 1980-1984. And Lula is President again
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Level 47
Jan 3, 2024
Shouldn't it be Cleopatra VII instead of just Cleopatra, considering how six other female Ptolemaic Egyptian rulers were named Cleopatra (including her mother, Cleopatra V)?