June 7, 2025

Influential people around the world: Recognize the leaders, pioneers, and changemakers

Questions
  1. Who was the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election in 1994?
    a) Nelson Mandela
    b) Thabo Mbeki
    c) F.W. de Klerk
    d) Jacob Zuma
  2. Which scientist is known for developing the theory of general relativity?
    a) Isaac Newton
    b) Albert Einstein
    c) Galileo Galilei
    d) Stephen Hawking
  3. Who co-founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates?
    a) Steve Jobs
    b) Mark Zuckerberg
    c) Paul Allen
    d) Elon Musk
  4. Which activist is famous for leading the Indian independence movement through nonviolent resistance?
    a) Jawaharlal Nehru
    b) Mahatma Gandhi
    c) Subhas Chandra Bose
    d) B.R. Ambedkar
  5. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations (as of 2023)?
    a) Ban Ki-moon
    b) António Guterres
    c) Kofi Annan
    d) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
  6. Which revolutionary leader is known for leading the Cuban Revolution in 1959?
    a) Che Guevara
    b) Fidel Castro
    c) Hugo Chávez
    d) Augusto Pinochet
  7. Who is the founder of the social media platform Facebook?
    a) Larry Page
    b) Jack Dorsey
    c) Mark Zuckerberg
    d) Evan Spiegel
  8. Which influential person was the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean?
    a) Amelia Earhart
    b) Bessie Coleman
    c) Harriet Quimby
    d) Valentina Tereshkova
  9. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as of 2023?
    a) Boris Johnson
    b) Theresa May
    c) Rishi Sunak
    d) Liz Truss
  10. Which author wrote the famous Harry Potter series?
    a) J.R.R. Tolkien
    b) J.K. Rowling
    c) Suzanne Collins
    d) Stephanie Meyer
Answers
  1. a) Nelson Mandela
  2. b) Albert Einstein
  3. c) Paul Allen
  4. b) Mahatma Gandhi
  5. b) António Guterres
  6. b) Fidel Castro
  7. c) Mark Zuckerberg
  8. a) Amelia Earhart
  9. c) Rishi Sunak
  10. b) J.K. Rowling