Swanson -- Quiz: Are You a Foreign Policy and History Genius?
Quiz: Are You a Foreign Policy and History Genius? Leave a Comment / September 23, 2026 Grab paper and pencil. Write down the numbers 1 through 10 and get ready to mark down next to them either “True” or “False.” Think I can trick you? Ten items follow. Which are true and which false? See the answers at the end. 1. The grandfather of the current leader of North Korea, the guy who ruled over North Korea from 1945 to 1994, was more of a Presbyterian than a Communist. Kim Il Sung was raised in a Christian community created by U.S. missionaries, was a Sunday School teacher and church organist, and leader of a Christian youth group. Kim Il Sung did not turn against Christianity so much as choose to himself play the role of Jesus in the story. He changed his name to take the name of a mythical messiah figure (Kim Il Sung), beating out Sun Myung Moon who had the same idea. Kim Il Sung encouraged beliefs in his supernatural powers. He was said to have performed miracles, to have known more a...
