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  1. What is the capital city of Iraq?
  2. Iraq shares its longest land border with which country?
  3. Which two rivers run through Iraq?
  4. What ancient region, known as the "cradle of civilisation", was located in present-day Iraq?
  5. Dictator Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq from 1979 until which year?
  6. What was the name of the 1990 conflict in which Iraq invaded a neighbouring country?
  7. Which major city in central Iraq is considered one of the holiest sites for Shia Muslims?
  8. What is Iraq's official language?
  9. Which international military operation led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003?
  10. What is the name of Iraq’s autonomous region in the north?
  11. Which body of water lies to the southeast of Iraq?
  12. What is the second-largest city in Iraq after Baghdad?
  13. Which ancient city in Iraq was once home to the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
  14. Which famous Iraqi-British architect designed the London Aquatics Centre?
  15. Iraq was under the Ottoman Empire from 1534 to 1918, and then ruled by which country until 1932?


Answers



  1. Baghdad
  2. Iran
  3. Tigris and Euphrates
  4. Mesopotamia
  5. 2003
  6. Gulf War
  7. Karbala
  8. Arabic
  9. Operation Iraqi Freedom
  10. Kurdistan Region
  11. Persian Gulf
  12. Mosul
  13. Babylon
  14. Zaha Hadid
  15. Britain