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3. 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.

4. 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".

5. 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.

6. Answer 2
Bo Xilai

7. 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?

8. 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.

9. Question 4
The USA compared the eventual fall
of South Vietnam and other south east
Asian countries due to communism
with which game?

10. 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.

11. 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?

12. 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.