Can you name the World Leaders on September 1, 1939? by yippeeyappee

Country	Leader	Title
Bulgaria		King
Romania		King
United Kingdom		Prime Minister
Denmark		King
France		Prime Minister
Egypt		King
Spain		Prime Minister
Greece		King
India		Emperor
Sweden		King
Norway		King
South Africa		Prime Minister
Germany		Chancellor
Japan		Emperor
Hungary		Regent
Turkey		President
Canada		Prime Minister
Finland		President

Country	Leader	Title
China		Premier
Belgium		King
Thailand		King
Australia		Prime Minister
Poland		President
Italy		Prime Minister
Iran		Shah
Yugoslavia		King
Holy See		Pope
Manchukuo		Emperor
United States		President
Portugal		Prime Minister
Saudi Arabia		King
Soviet Union		General Secretary
Brazil		President
Italy		King
Netherlands		Queen
Slovakia (President/Prime Minister)	Queen
New Zealand (Prime Minister)	Queen
Vietnam (Emperor)	Queen
Iraq (King)	Queen
Ireland (President)	Queen
Bohemia and Moravia (State President)	Queen

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World Leaders in 1939 Quiz

by yippeeyappee

Created Nov 7, 2009 in History
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	yippeeyappee:	Nov 6th, 2009 at 00:05 GMT	4 points
	Please let me know if these were not the most notable for their country (or the world) at the outbreak of World War II. Also, any correction to spelling or titles would be greatly appreciated. The answers are in rough alphabetical order, if that's a help.

	yippeeyappee:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 04:23 GMT	3 points
	Warning - hard quiz - for history buffs only! Yes, you do have to enter the monarch's ordinal, if applicable. For others, last name only is acceptable. Good luck!

	Tomyris:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 09:36 GMT	4 points
	Good quiz - but how has Roosevelt been guessed correctly more times than Hitler?! :P

	EGaffney:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 15:34 GMT	2 points
	Good!

	cysion:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 16:17 GMT	7 points
	I kept trying Berlusconi for Mussolini. Let's call that "an understandable mixup" :p

	johnlk:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:16 GMT	5 points
	For Portugal, you should have Salazar, the prime minister, rather than the president.

	johnlk:	Nov 7th, 2009 at 20:17 GMT	1 point
	France should be Daladier, the PM. Probably all the western European constitutional monarchies (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, and so forth) should also be PM.

	Azrael:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 01:18 GMT	4 points
	China should have Chiang Kai-shek, the chairman, instead of H.H. Kung.

	yippeeyappee:	Nov 8th, 2009 at 01:50 GMT	4 points
	@johnlk: I am trusting you really know your history and have changed Portugal and France. I have decided to leave the monarchs, as I think they will be more well known. @Azrael Chiang did not come to power until later in the year. @All Sporclites: Who do you think I should bump down to bonus status? Finland? Poland (It seems he would be more well known than he is, as his country was the first attacked in WWII)? Others? Let me know and I will heed.

	zoopy:	Dec 22nd, 2009 at 15:58 GMT	-2 points
	who is George VI of india? if UK was in charge then it should be Chamberlain.

	Twinkle1234:	Feb 14th, 2010 at 06:56 GMT	2 points
	@zoopy George VI was the king of the United Kingdom and it's colonies or dependencies. During the Second World War, India was not independent but a colony of the United Kingdom and gained it's independence after World War II. Therefore, any monarch reigning over the United Kingdom, also reigned over it's dependencies, so places like India, Pakistan, Iran, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, North Borneo (modern day Indonesia) and the Solomon Islands had to accept any change in monarchy in the U.K.. That is why George VI is considered the monarch of India at the time.

	Squiffy:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 21:00 GMT	1 point
	In his title George VI was specifically stated as 'King of England and Emperor of India' - the two posts were (I think) constitutionally separate - though everyone who was Indian Emperor was also King / Queen of England too.

	Squiffy:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 21:01 GMT	1 point
	And I would just like to apologise to all Australians present - can't think how I forgot Menzies. Sorry!

	johnlk:	Apr 23rd, 2010 at 20:13 GMT	4 points
	Hmm...some further thoughts...I'd think the viceroy would make more sense for India, if you're going to list it. You might also put Metaxas, who was the prime minister/dictator of Greece. His position was comparable to Mussolini's in Italy. Field Marshal Smigly-Rydz (or Rydz-Smigly - he went by both) was probably the most significant figure in Poland in 1939, but his title was odd (Inspector General of the Army).

	johnlk:	Apr 23rd, 2010 at 20:14 GMT	2 points
	Also, Prince Paul as the Regent of Yugoslavia is probably the guy to go with. King Peter had no real power.

	Hermes76:	Jun 16th, 2010 at 11:03 GMT	1 point
	What about New Zealand, our PM then, Michael Joseph Savage was considered the greatest PM of all time, he introduced cradle to the grave social welfare and lay the foundations of our progressive state. It is an injustice to leave us off, we are not even soccer minnows anymore. Also the Mexicans may be angry you left their great leader at the time - Lazaro Cardenas off.

	MallowKevin:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 01:55 GMT	1 point
	If you're going to add countries to this, Eamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland in 1939, and was the man that decided that Ireland would remain neutral during WWII.

	karogh:	Jul 14th, 2010 at 17:39 GMT	1 point
	This quiz is good, but it would be better with Western European prime ministers and strongmen such as Prince Paul, Chiang Kai-shek (who was the de facto leader of China at the time, as the leader of the military) and Smigly-Rydz listed instead of figurehead monarchs and presidents imo.