Can you name the last five leaders of each G8 country?

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Prime Minister of Canada
2006–
2003–2006
1993–2003
1993–1993
1984–1993

President of France
2007–
1995–2007
1981–1995
1974–1981
1969–1974

Chancellor of Germany
2005–
1998–2005
1982–1998
1974–1982
1969–1974

Prime Minister of Italy
2011-
2008–2011
2006–2008
2001–2006
2000–2001
1998–2000

Prime Minister of Japan
2011-
2010-2011
2009–2010
2008–2009
2007–2008

President of Russia or General Secretary of USSR
2008–
1999–2008
1991–1999
1985–1991
1984–1985

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2010-
2007–2010
1997–2007
1990–1997
1979–1990

President of the United States
2009–
2001–2009
1993–2001
1989–1993
1981–1989

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G8: Last Five Leaders Quiz

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Created by: miyomiyo1050 -
Contributed: January 16th, 2010
Published: January 20th, 2010
Category: History
Plays: 27,089

Tags: Country Quizzes, leader, last, five, Editor Pick

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	michael1:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 04:38 GMT	11 points
	I enjoyed this quiz. Great idea.

	colinc28:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 04:43 GMT	21 points
	pretty embarassing that I can only name my presidents, a couple British PMs and a few Russian leaders

	conroy:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 04:48 GMT	-3 points
	Great quiz. It will definitely make people feel ignorant, especially in the United States.

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	jaymc:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 05:21 GMT	5 points
	Yeah, I liked this one a lot, despite the fact that I apparently blocked out Paul Martin's entire term as PM. (Having gotten all the other Canadian PMs, I thought I'd kick myself when I saw the answer, but the name was totally unfamiliar to me. Weird.)

	betraisefold:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 05:25 GMT	9 points
	@jaymc: he was not at all memorable. You are forgiven.

	geerebekah:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 06:48 GMT	2 points
	@conroy: Ignorance felt. I knew the Presidents and the Russians. D:

	deej:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 06:55 GMT	10 points
	I never noticed there were 2 r's in Mitterrand. Great quiz!

	ulashima:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 08:04 GMT	1 point
	I entered the last name of the chronogically first Soviet leader on the list correctly, but it didn't come out.

	blueinfinity:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 08:30 GMT	17 points
	Japanese PM's just don't have much staying power, do they..

	y2jdilemma:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 10:04 GMT	3 points
	Knew a decent amount, but spelling some was a major issue. Nice quiz.

	egernunge:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 10:23 GMT	10 points
	I only got Shinzo Abe because his last name means "monkey" in Danish. That resulted in some pretty hilarious headlines when he was PM, and so the name stuck :-)

	Fish1987:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 10:57 GMT	8 points
	I got a decent amount but never heard of most of the Japanese or Canadian ones, and I couldn't remember how to spell Medvedev. Nice quiz though.

	Growler:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 12:16 GMT	3 points
	What does it say when I can name the Soviet presidents from 1985, but not the current one

	chrispaz:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 12:25 GMT	3 points
	Tough, but fun.

	Katalysator:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 12:48 GMT	7 points
	Too Canada-centric.

	scourge:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 13:53 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz to boost awareness of other countries leaders. I wish I could say I didn't need to boost my awareness - but after only getting US Presidents, recent UK PMs (plus Maggie) and the Russians, I will make a point to learn the others by heart!

	zwieblekopf:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 16:02 GMT	-1 points
	Medvedev is a difficult word to spell

	Lilybert:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 16:41 GMT	5 points
	Seeing Berlusconi listed twice makes me weep. And Prodi and D'Alema, 2 good politicians from the Dem. party, are almost unkown. sigh

	pbysr:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 16:46 GMT	7 points
	I got Berlusconi but only because he owns a football club and recently got smashed in the face with a statue. Not to mention his affinity for girls a quarter his age.

	megarockman:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 16:57 GMT	3 points
	It's pretty telling that so few people know individual Japanese prime ministers. Collectivism at its highest.

	NoVan:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 18:52 GMT	12 points
	Some people change their sock drawers less frequently than Japan changes its prime ministers.

	Chris156:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 19:18 GMT	1 point
	I should be ashamed, I had no idea Putin wasn't the president of Russia any more...

	icing:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 19:34 GMT	3 points
	Drove myself crazy trying to spell "d'Estaing" - never did get it right :( I found it a little freaky that, as an American, I did well on the other countries, but could only name one Canadian PM. Are Canadian PMs just well-behaved and not in the news a lot?

	Gumpster:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 20:44 GMT	3 points
	Spelling was brutal!!!! not that i would have done that much better, but still. it makes me feel better to blame something besides my atrocious lack of knowledge of important people in the world

	mininimi:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 21:40 GMT	0 points
	oh anyone who reads the comments and is american vote down conroy. since i got 36 of them im tired of the british always whining that americans are warmongering ignorant fatasses

	Djibouti:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 23:46 GMT	6 points
	Medvedev is spelled exactly as it sounds. What problem are people having?

	Rdub19:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 00:06 GMT	2 points
	Dang, spelled Hatoyama wrong.

	mellybmel:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 00:53 GMT	3 points
	Good one. Didn't recall a single Japanese name; couldn't spell the French ones I knew. How come Trudeau is the only Canadian Prime Minister that stays in my head? Nice idea! Appropriately humbling.

	SOAR21:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 04:44 GMT	4 points
	Really, I don't understand how an entire country can be unpopular. Those who dislike our government or policies, please realize that for every decision made, roughly half of our country disagrees as well. We have dumb people, we have smart people. I've seen some Americans that were pretty ignorant, or narrow-minded, but that's no reason to assume an American doesn't know anything outside of Kansas. If you respond by insulting all Americans based off the stupid behavior of one, then you are becoming just the person you think you are making fun of.

	dav_uz:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 11:28 GMT	1 point
	On the whole American debate - I'm a Brit but I think anyone from Britian, France, Germany or Italy whose having a go at the Yanks should realise that their own countries are not exactly loved the world over! Didn't get any of the Japanese guys - Would have got all the French if I could spell d'Estaing which suprised me a bit!

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