This notorious dictator famously came into power after getting rejected from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts twice
Who was Adolf Hitler
This man was the premier of North Korea from 1948 to 1972 and the country’s president from 1972 until his death in 1994
Who was Kim Il-Sung
Imelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos who ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, had a shoe collection that was reported to total this number
What is 3,000 pairs
This musical was made based on the story of the wife of dictator Juan Perón of Argentina
What is Evita (after Eva Perón)
This economic strategy worked out by Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, compounded with a series of natural calamities, resulted in the deaths of about 20 million people as a result of starvation between 1959 and 1962
What was the Great Leap Forward
This Cuban dictator appointed his own brother, Raul Castro, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1959, and Vice President in 1976
Who was Fidel Castro
Before his notorious dictatorship, Saddam Hussein won an award from UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and was recognized by the UN for this
What are his literacy programs (literacy and education skyrocketed in the Middle East)
This country has a list of only 28 approved hairstyles/haircuts that citizens may have
What is North Korea
Notorious dictator and military commander Manuel Noriega had this young American girl as a pen pal
Who is Sarah York
This communist ruler never brushed his teeth nor had them cleaned or flossed. Instead, all he did was rinse out his mouth with tea. This caused his gums to be diseased and, as his physician said, his teeth appearing to be painted green.
Who was Mao Zedong
This is Joseph Stalin's birth name
What is Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (Russified as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili)
This dictator killed or displaced millions of Cambodians during his reign of terror from 1975 to 1979
Who was Pol Pot
Idi Amin of Uganda famously sent love letters to this queen
Who was Queen Elizabeth II
Bashar Al-Assad, president of Syria, was this kind of doctor before being elected, but he eventually gained notoriety for using chemical weapons on humans and other atrocities
What is ophthalmologist (eye care specialist)
Panama dictator Manuel Noriega hid in an embassy while the US was trying to capture him. In order to get him to come out, the US did this until Noriega gave in
What is they played loud rock music nonstop for more than a week
This was the nickname of Spain's dictator Francisco Franco who ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War from 1936–1975
What is el Caudillo (Leader) or el Generalísimo
Pervez Musharraf came to power in this country after a coup in October 12, 1999
What is Pakistan
This dictator made his autobiography book obligatory reading in all schools, with government job applicants being tested on it, even having it blasted into space in a capsule in 2005
Who was Saparmyrat Nyyazow (of Turkmenistan)
This country's regime put an internet blackout on the country just hours before one of the biggest planned protests
What is Egypt
The dictator of this country, Achmed Sukarno, was threatened with compromising tapes of him, but instead of being concerned, he asked for extra copies so he could show them to everyone at home
What is Indonesia
François Duvalier of Haiti was nicknamed this due to his campaign to control the spread of contagious tropical diseases
What was "Papa Doc"
This dictator lead the Iranian Revolution against the last Shah of Persia in 1979. He was a religious fundamentalist and said that Satan lived in the West, dying in 1989 and succeeded by Ayatollah Khameni
Who was Ayatollah Khomeini
After this video, titled “Drunk Tajik President sings a song,” was posted on YouTube, showing dictator Emomali Rahmon at his son's wedding, dancing and singing wildly off-key, YouTube was banned for good in this country
What is Tajikistan
Robert Mugabe made this country experience extreme inflation under his dictatorship, forcing the issuance of money in absurd denominations, eventually resulting in newspapers publishing ads criticizing Mugabe that were printed on trillion-dollar notes in protest
What is Zimbabwe
Two Libyan individuals were detained by police officers in this country in July 2008 after they entered a hotel room and assaulted the staff; unfortunately, one of the individuals detained was Muammar al-Gaddafi's son from Libya. This led to a protracted impasse between Libya and this nation, which got worse when Gaddafi demanded that it be dissolved during the G8 conference
What is Switzerland