Q 01/05

Which facial feature shared by Charlie Chaplin's Tramp and Adolf Hitler helped inspire The Great Dictator?

A) A handlebar moustache

B) A toothbrush moustache

C) Bushy mutton-chop sideburns

D) A pointed goatee

Answer · why

B) A toothbrush moustache

A toothbrush moustache was the Tramp's trademark years before Hitler's rise, and the likeness gave Chaplin his plot. The two men were also born four d...

Q 02/05

Which American magazine named Adolf Hitler its Man of the Year for 1938, months before World War II began?

A) Time

B) Life

C) Newsweek

D) Fortune

Answer · why

A) Time

Time gives the title to whoever most shaped the year's events, for better or for worse, which is why a dictator could take it.

Q 03/05

Forest Whitaker won the Best Actor Oscar for playing which African dictator in The Last King of Scotland?

A) Robert Mugabe

B) Mobutu Sese Seko

C) Idi Amin

D) Charles Taylor

Answer · why

C) Idi Amin

Idi Amin ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979 and claimed to be the uncrowned king of the Scots, which gave the film its title. He also styled himself Conqu...

Q 04/05

Which country printed a 100-trillion-dollar banknote during the hyperinflation of Robert Mugabe's long rule?

A) Zambia

B) Angola

C) Mozambique

D) Zimbabwe

Answer · why

D) Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe saw the note become so worthless that it could not pay for a bus fare. In April 2009 the country stopped printing its own money and switched ...

Q 05/05

Which famous small car did Adolf Hitler commission from engineer Ferdinand Porsche in the 1930s?

A) Volkswagen Beetle

B) BMW Isetta

C) Opel Kadett

D) Trabant 601

Answer · why

A) Volkswagen Beetle

Volkswagen Beetle development began after Hitler demanded a cheap family car for Germany's new motorways. It outlived the regime by decades, with 21.5...