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Quiz
- What is the capital city of Iraq?
- Iraq shares its longest land border with which country?
- Which two rivers run through Iraq?
- What ancient region, known as the "cradle of civilisation", was located in present-day Iraq?
- Dictator Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq from 1979 until which year?
- What was the name of the 1990 conflict in which Iraq invaded a neighbouring country?
- Which major city in central Iraq is considered one of the holiest sites for Shia Muslims?
- What is Iraq's official language?
- Which international military operation led to the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003?
- What is the name of Iraq’s autonomous region in the north?
- Which body of water lies to the southeast of Iraq?
- What is the second-largest city in Iraq after Baghdad?
- Which ancient city in Iraq was once home to the Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
- Which famous Iraqi-British architect designed the London Aquatics Centre?
- Iraq was under the Ottoman Empire from 1534 to 1918, and then ruled by which country until 1932?
Answers
- Baghdad
- Iran
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Mesopotamia
- 2003
- Gulf War
- Karbala
- Arabic
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Kurdistan Region
- Persian Gulf
- Mosul
- Babylon
- Zaha Hadid
- Britain