Leaders Throughout History
What is the full name (first and last) of the German leader responsible for the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler
Definition: "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group" - what is the word?
Racism
What leadership style is similar to how a sports team might be trained?
Coaching
What was the name of South Africa's rugby team?
The Springboks
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" is an example of a challenging verbal expression, commonly referred to as a...?
Tongue twister
This man was the first Black President of the USA.
Barack Obama
Definition: "the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products perceived to be of greater quality" - what is the word?
Upcycling
What type of leader wants to get input from all members of their team and uses what the majority want to instruct how a project progresses?
Democratic
Name either of the leading actors in the film Invictus.
Morgan Freeman or Matt Damon
What is common currency across most European countries?
The Euro
After being imprisoned for 27 years, this man later became President of his country. What is his first and last name?
Nelson Mandela
Definition: "Successful in producing a desired or intended result" - what is the word?
Effective
What leadership style focuses on the goals and development of the team, as well as the growth of individuals within the team?
Transformational
What item of jewellery did the President find while moving, which belonged to his estranged wife?
A bracelet
Name all 6 states and 2 territories of Australia (full names).
Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory.
Instrumental in the American Civil Rights movement, this prominent leader of the time was assassinated in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Definition: "A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race" - what is the word?
Apartheid
This leadership style is most closely associated with dictators, and results in a strict and controlled working environment.
Autocratic
What nickname did the President's Black staff refer to him as?
In which year did a human first walk on the surface of the moon?
1969
Although not Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the outbreak of WWII, he was in the role when the war ended in 1945.
Winston Churchill
Definition: "the action of clearing a wide area of trees, without the intention or plan of using the land for future tree-growing" - what is the word?
Deforestation
This leadership style can best be described as being a hands-off approach, where team members are welcome to make their own decisions about how to get the job done.
Laissez-faire
What was written on the underside of the plane that flew low over the stadium?
Good Luck Bokke
What was the name of William Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway