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Question 1

 

X was the personal dentist of the previous leader Y. Y pleased with a cavity filling operation done on him by X made him the Minister of Health. X was appointed Deputy Prime Minister four years later. Y died 5 years after the appointment and X became acting head of state before announcing himself as the new leader of the country two months later. In the February 2012 presidential election, X was re-elected with 97% of the vote.

ID X. 

Answer 1

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow is a Turkmen politician who has served as the President of Turkmenistan since 2006. Berdimuhamedow, a dentist by profession, served in the government under President Saparmurat Niyazov as Minister of Health beginning in 1997. . He became Acting President following Niyazov's death on 21 December 2006 and subsequently won the Presidential Elections. He uses the honorific title Arkadag, meaning "Patron".

Question 2

X is a former Chinese politician. He came to prominence through his tenures as the mayor of Dalian and then Governor of Laoning province.

He came to international attention when his top lieutenant and police chief Wang Lijun fled and sought asylum at the American consulate in Chengdu and revealed details of X's alleged involvement in the homicide plot of British citizen Neil Heywood.

The incident exposed factionalism and corruption within the Communist Party to international observers, serving as a major embarrassment to the Party before the CPC 18th National Congress.

His wife was convicted of the murder, and he was stripped of all party positions, lost his seat at the National People's Congress, and eventually expelled from the party.

ID X.

Answer 2

Bo Xilai

Question 3

 A Norwegian politician became a puppet leader of his country during World War II and his name became a byword for treachery .Who was he?

Answer 3

Vidkun Quisling

From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying forces. His government, known as the Quisling regime, was dominated by ministers from Nasjonal Samling, the party he founded in 1933.

The collaborationist government participated – wittingly or unwittingly – in Germany's Final Solution. Quisling was put on trial during the legal purge in Norway after World War II and found guilty of charges including embezzlement, murder and high treason. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945. During World War II, the word quisling became a synonym for traitor.

Question 4

The USA compared the eventual fall of South Vietnam and other south east Asian countries due to communism with which game?

Answer 4

Dominoes (The Domino Theory)

It was promoted by the United States government and speculated that if one state in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. The domino theory was used by successive United States administrations during the Cold War to justify the need for American intervention around the world.

Question 5

He was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his dethronement in 1974, with the exception of 1936-41 (the Italian occupation). He was a founder of the Organisation of African Unity. Who was he?

Answer 5

Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins by tradition from King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history.