The election of this Chancellor on September 27, 1998 signaled a changing of the guard, for he became the first postwar German leader who was too young to remember World War II.

Related Mcqs:

1. In WW11, the German-Soviet war saw many nationalities participate in the campaign against the Soviet Union. Which nationality contributed the most people to the German war effort against the Soviets?

   A. Romanians
   B. Italians
   C. Russians
   D. Ukrainians

2. After forcing the withdrawal of the occupying German Forces ahead of the advancing Red Army, Josip Broz Tito became the undisputed leader of Yugoslavia. What was the name given to Tito’s guerrilla fighters?

   A. Partisans
   B. Chetniks
   C. Ustase
   D. Maquis

3. West German Chancellor Helmut khol was returned to power in 1987. When Labanese PM Rashid Karami was killed in hilicopler crash?

   A. 1980
   B. 1983
   C. 1985
   D. 1987

4. In early September 2010 first peace talks since Gaza war in 2009 were held between Israeli prime-minister Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in:

   A. New York
   B. Washington DC
   C. Oslo
   D. None of these

5. Jozef Beck was Polish foreign minister from November 1932 until he field to Romania during the German invasion by Poland in September 1939. Courted by both alliances, Beck refused to align his country with either power. Which other country did Beck refuse to include in any political alliance with Poland?

   A. Britain
   B. Yugoslavia
   C. Romania
   D. France

6. Andres Pastrana became President in 1998 of what country?

   A. Venezuela
   B. Ecuador
   C. Panama
   D. Colombia

7. Mikulas Dzurinda became PM 1998 of what country?

   A. Slovakia
   B. Czech Republic
   C. Slovenia
   D. Ukraine

8. As the leader of Romania during the Cold War, this corrupt man often refused to co-operate with Soviet policy, which gained him the friendship of the United States and many other Western powers. Many believe his wife was the real “power behind the throne”, especially in the later years. Who was this Communist leader?

   A. Nicolae Ceausescu
   B. Vaclav Havel
   C. Lech Walesa
   D. Andrei Gromyko

9. What twentieth century leader made the following statement about another world leader. I go the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his world’?

   A. Franklin Roosevelt
   B. Ronald Reagan
   C. Bill Clinton
   D. Nevile Chamberlain

10. Do you remember of which country Joseph Ratzinger was elected leader?

    A. Vatican City
    B. Austria
    C. Germany
    D. Ottoman Empire