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UN Secretaries-General

Can you guess the names and nationalities of the people who have served as Secretary General of the United Nations?
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First submittedOctober 14, 2016
Times taken6,912
Average score44.4%
Rating4.33
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Term
Secretary-General
Nationality
2017–
António Guterres
Portuguese
2007–2016
Ban Ki-moon
South Korean
1997–2006
Kofi Annan
Ghanaian
1992–1996
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian
1982–1991
Javier Pérez de Cuellar
Peruvian
1972–1981
Kurt Waldheim
Austrian
1962–1971
U Thant
Burmese
1953–1961
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish
1946–1953
Trygve Lie
Norwegian
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22 Comments
Gamer1162
+2
Level 59
Dec 17, 2016
Got most of the nationalities. Only got 3 secretary generals. A bit hard, doubt this quiz may be taken more than 5,000 times.
Amphaaaaa
+1
Level 52
Nov 6, 2023
Its more than 7 years later, only 6,017 times played. Sadly, its a pretty spot on guess.
tolerated
+1
Level 80
Dec 17, 2016
Best. quiz. ever.
sillie
+1
Level 76
Dec 18, 2016
This was so much easier when I was in school. There was only 6 of them. And now I can't remember even one of those!
Algernon
+3
Level 73
Dec 18, 2016
I completely missed the nationalities bit. I couldn't understand why my score was out of 18. Doh.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 86
Dec 18, 2016
Nice quiz! Got them all except for the one who will be incoming in 2017. Probably tough enough already, but for an additional challenge, you could add the Secretary-General who served in an "Acting" capacity until the first SG was selected: Gladwyn Jebb, of the UK.
fuanacdc
+3
Level 86
Dec 27, 2016
Quiz is broken, didn't accept "That Portuguese guy"
azzyclark
+1
Level 67
Feb 4, 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations#List_of_Secretaries-General answers here
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Feb 4, 2017
why only 4 points, when I got them all ?
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Apr 18, 2017
Try also NATO Secretaries General
bestanford
+2
Level 71
Sep 19, 2017
Kurt Waldheim just wouldn't come to my mind. I knew it was Kurt, and I knew there was a Wald somewhere in the surname... Tried all I could think of
LancasterII
+2
Level 74
Mar 13, 2019
Good luck spelling Dag's surname correctly or even anywhere near correctly lol. -_-
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 87
May 16, 2019
Should have gotten Dag Hammarskjöld, but all my brain could think of was Helm Hammerhand . . .
retapo53
+1
Level 67
Aug 22, 2019
The full name of Trygve Halvdan Lie is not accepted. One should forget about Halvdan?
mundidades
+1
Level 46
Dec 10, 2020
Where is Sergio de Mello?
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 21, 2021
Huh?
jayhiatt
+1
Level 71
Jan 19, 2023
Only knew Kofi Annan, but was able to guess all the nationalities. Got Ban Ki-moon though when I tried to guess Bangladesh...
Hapsburg
+1
Level 76
Jun 21, 2023
Could Korean and Ghanian be acceptable type-ins?
stylus
+1
Level 77
Sep 24, 2023
i can now remember them all because i assigned each of them a different track from The Dark Side of the Moon:

Speak to Lie

Breathe (in Gutaires)

Gladwyn the Run (for Gladwyn Jeb, acting predecessor to Lie)

Waldtime

The Great Dag in the Sky (with the iconic wailing vocals set to the word 'Hammarskjöld')

Kofi (to the scansion of Money)

U and Thant (instead of Us and Them - only really works written down...)

Any Cuellár You Like

Ban Damage (featuring the lyric "And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too/ I'll see you on the dark side, Ban Ki-Moon")

Boutros-Ghalipse

toadlover420
+2
Level 62
Jan 10, 2024
Pouring one out for Hammarskjöld. Rip to a real one
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 77
Mar 23, 2024
So many random countries they pull from. Makes no sense
maspn
+1
Level 55
Oct 21, 2024
This must be the only quiz where the incumbent holder of the position gets that low of a percentage. Why?

Why do so many more people know that Egyptian guy from the 80s over the current one?

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