Dictators and Madmen Trivia Quiz

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Dictators and Madmen

Answer 16 trivia questions on national dictators and other psychopaths from history responsible for mass atrocities.

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Who led the Khmer Rouge in a 1970s communist genocide in Cambodia, resulting in an estimated two million deaths?

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What Middle Eastern president orchestrated a purge of rival Ba'ath Party members in 1979, beginning a brutal dictatorship that lasted 24 years?

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What 20th Century fascist dictator and Hitler ally was often described as having "made the trains run on time" by authoritarian apologists?

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What was the name of Hitler's autobiography, written in prison, which described much of his evil plans for Europe?

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What 16th Century queen was given a bloody nickname due to her persecution of Protestants? [Hint: an alcoholic drink is named after her]

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What dictator's policies, including the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, resulted in widespread famine and tens of millions of deaths? [Hint: his unofficially mandated book is the #3 selling book of all time]

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What 1970s Muslim dictator was known as the "Butcher of Uganda," believed to have killed up to 300,000 during his tortuous presidency?

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Who led the country of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017, using intimidation and arrests of enemies to stay in power? His policies led to severe economic decline and one of the worst hyperinflationary currencies in world history.

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Whose heavy-handed medical policies, censorship, and intimidation tactics led to millions of deaths during the AIDS and Covid crises, making him one of the largest mass murderers in world history?

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In 1978, what cult leader ordered his followers to murder a U.S. Congressman and several journalists in the Guyanese jungle before drinking a cyanide-laced fruit punch?

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Whose purges, agricultural takeovers, Gulag system, and oppression of Eastern Europe caused millions of deaths, with some estimates as high as 60 million?

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Who led a 5th century nomadic empire in Central and Eastern Europe, known for his scorched Earth raids of the Roman Empire?

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Who led the 1917 October Revolution that established Bolshevik rule in Russia?

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What general led Nationalist forces to a victory in the 1930s Spanish Civil War, beginning a 36-year authoritarian rule?

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What 13th century Mongolian leader, whose name means "Universal Ruler," used brutal military tactics to establish the largest contigous land empire in history?

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What leader of the Heaven's Gate cult orchestrated a mass suicide, convincing his followers they'd be transported to a spaceship following the Hale-Bopp comet?

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3 thoughts on “Dictators and Madmen Trivia Quiz”

  1. Outstanding selections you added, and thank you for including Fauxi. He absolutely qualifies.

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