| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Its capital city is Tehran | Iran | 96%
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| Was once led by Saddam Hussein | Iraq | 94%
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| The Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through it | Iraq | 86%
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| Is home to Asia's only wild cheetah population | Iran | 84%
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| Basra is one of its major cities | Iraq | 83%
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| Has the higher average elevation | Iran | 81%
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| Where the world's first system of writing was developed around 3200 BC | Iraq | 72%
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| Borders the Caspian Sea | Iran | 69%
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| Does not recognize Israel | Both | 68%
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| Its most powerful leaders are elected democratically | Iraq | 67%
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| Invaded the other in the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War | Iraq | 64%
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| Women are required by law to wear a headscarf (hijab) in public | Iran | 56%
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| Was part of George Bush's "Axis of Evil" | Both | 55%
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| Is a member of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | Both | 53%
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| Has two official languages | Iraq | 48%
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| Has a majority Shia Muslim population | Both | 39%
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| More than 5% of the population is Kurdish | Both | 37%
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