Can you name the listed modern world leaders from A to Z?

Letter	Leader	Country: Years in Power
A		Uganda: 1971-79
B		West Germany: 1969-74
C		United Kingdom: 1940-45; 1951-55
D		Haiti: 1971-86
E		Italy: 1861-78
F		Peru: 1990-2000
G		France: 1959-69
H		Japan: 1926-89
I		Romania: 1989-96; 2000-04
J		United States: 1963-69
K		Canada: 1935-48
L		New Zealand: 1984-89
M		South Africa: 1999-2008

Letter	Leader	Country: Years in Power
N		Egypt: 1956-70
O		Nicaragua: 1979-90; 2007-present
P		Argentina: 1946-55; 1973-74
Q		Philippines: 1935-44
R		Israel: 1974-77; 1992-95
S		Indonesia: 1967-98
T		Yugoslavia: 1945-53
U		Colombia: 2002-2010
V		Brazil: 1930-45; 1951-54
W		Poland: 1990-95
X		China: de facto 1978-1992? (first name)
Y		Russia: 1991-99
Z		Albania: 1922-39

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Modern World Leaders A-Z Quiz

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Created by: Booger -
Published: April 10th, 2009
Category: History
Plays: 61,660

Tags: Letter Quizzes, World Quizzes, Country Quizzes, leader, a-z, modern, power, world history pack, listed

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	brock:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:33 GMT	-1 points
	Tito! I'm surprised I remembered him.

	Kevin:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:34 GMT	0 points
	Couldn't remember how to spell the leaders for China or Japan, but even including them, I'd only have 9 of 26. And I consider myself a history buff.

	Jaksiel:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:36 GMT	36 points
	Kneel before Zog.

	CANDM:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:39 GMT	18 points
	Either the "G" answer should accept the "G" part of the name or it should not be the "G" answer.

	Evil_75:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:41 GMT	0 points
	@Jaksiel: You beat me to it! :)

	mschessplayer:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT	2 points
	Good game Booger. More shameful than my score is the fact that I haven't heard of most of these leaders before. The infamous ones are known, but I'm gonna ace this history test. Jeopardy here I come!

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	livfred:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT	21 points
	Shouldn't the B answer be listed as reigning in West Germany? Germany was divided then, wasn't it? Just to be pedantic (assuming I'm correct). :o)

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Caedus:

Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT

1 point

Zog!!!

	bsd987:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	21 points
	Deng Xiaopang is incorrect per this quiz. Deng is his family name; sporcle has never before (to my knowledge) done an alphabetical quiz using someone's personal name towards the alphabet. He should be filed under D, not X.

	danzam:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT	-3 points
	these quizzes are too European-centric :P Just pokin fun at everyone who complains about American bias in the quizzes.

	jaspa:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:22 GMT	27 points
	When I saw South Africa next to 'M', I was shocked when Nelson Mandela didn't work. Should have looked at the year first.

	mungar:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:45 GMT	3 points
	@Dan Zam: Because no one has ever done that before...

	pete:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	12 points
	I think that's right about Deng - I'm not sure Victor Emannuel's name is really a last name per se, any more than Pople John Paul II's name is Paul: but I could be wrong about that.

	sevorak:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 05:49 GMT	13 points
	de Gaulle starts with D. You wouldn't refer to him as "Gaulle".

	SowCrates:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 06:04 GMT	11 points
	I think De Gaulle was a stretch for "G", and provided a scenario where you could have found somebody else with a "G". Gandhi, whether you want to go with Mahatma or Indira. Gorbachev, but Boris Yeltsin was too tempting for the Y. Al Gore for Johnson...oh wait, nevermind. as for Deng...sure, maybe it's a reach...but hey, anything to satisfy that "X"!

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	davidr:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 08:32 GMT	1 point
	@Brian and Arlen: It's true that you wouldn't call him just `Gaulle' but `de Gaulle' is usually alphabetized under `G'. (Also, Mahatma Gandhi can't be a replacement because he was never a head of government or state.)

	davidr:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 08:52 GMT	5 points
	Fair enough about Deng: it's marked in the quiz as being outside the pattern and I'm not sure you'll find a genuine X. But Victor Emmanuel is just a two-part given name and shouldn't be there as `E'.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 09:32 GMT	-1 points
	Yowser. Half the ones I did know I couldn't spell for the life of me. Only got 9 but gave up instead of stretching my brain more or trying more spellings.

	Chris156:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 10:20 GMT	1 point
	Wow, I've never even heard of the 15 I didn't get. Are these all famous leaders, or are some of them obscure? I need to know whether I should be ashamed of myself!

	1wildwolf:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 10:25 GMT	0 points
	LOL...I achieved the grand total of 4 (though I probably should have gotten Yeltsin)! I am at least pleased to be in the 1.3% to get David Lange, ex-PM of New Zealand (helps when you live there lol) Tough quiz!

	davidr:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 10:30 GMT	3 points
	@Chris: Most of them are reasonably well-known.

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	Lilybert:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 11:52 GMT	7 points
	Pete is right: Victor Emmanuel, or rather Vittorio Emanuele, is a double name.

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	DLJessup:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 12:35 GMT	0 points
	Er, "Lyndon Baines Jonhson" [sic] is misspelled.

	ChanandlerBong:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 12:36 GMT	-2 points
	9/26 - good quiz. Only one I'd heard of that I hadn't got was Xiaopeng, but would never have got him.

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	Frank:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 12:39 GMT	1 point
	Oh jesus, that was embarrassing.

	weizenugb:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 13:04 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz, but yes, it should be listed as West Germany, and not Germany.

	Booger:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 13:10 GMT	8 points
	Good point on West Germany, my bad. As for Xiaoping,the quiz does not specify that the names are last names only. I was aware that the name is his given name, but lo and behold, there were no world leaders with last names starting with "X". Although I could try to excuse Victor Emmanuel the same way, I agree that I would have been better off choosing someone else.

	Fenwicky:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 13:15 GMT	0 points
	only got 2, churchill and mbeki. I officially sucked at this quiz.

	RobH:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 13:25 GMT	1 point
	Really hard and only got 7. I thought that was rubbish but looking at the results graph it seems I'm a little ahead of the pack - nearly 50% can't name more than 4. Is this one of the hardest quizzes on Sporcle?

	The_Snakes:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 13:40 GMT	2 points
	I got 8, very hard quiz.

	pbrown:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 14:26 GMT	2 points
	that was a lot harder than i thought. regardless, great idea for a quiz.

	davidr:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 14:33 GMT	1 point
	@RobH: The hardest and easiest quizzes on Sporcle are listed at http://www.sporcle.com/games/difficulty.php .

	RobH:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 14:38 GMT	2 points
	Thanks David. I'm aware of that (is that automatically updated as games are played or periodically?) but even if it's not in the list this is still one of the hardest I think!

	bencraft:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 14:58 GMT	-2 points
	1/20....slightly embarassed