The 1979 Iranian Revolution - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Embassy that was stormed by protesters during the revolution	Embassy of the United States of America	95%
Title of the Supreme Leader	Ayatollah	91%
Shia cleric who came to power after the revolution	Ruhollah Khomeini	90%
Country Iran went to war with shortly after the revolution	Iraq	87%
Country in the Middle East that Iran broke diplomatic relations with after the revolution	Israel	81%
Type of law that Iran is now governed by	Sharia Law	77%
Type of government Iran had before the revolution	Monarchy	76%
Mandatory type of clothing for women	Hijab	75%
Type of government Iran had after the revolution	Theocracy	72%
Country the Supreme Leader lived in exile in before returning to Iran	France	59%
Branch of the armed forces that the Supreme Leader established after the Revolution	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)	57%
The Supreme Leader dubbed the United States this	Great Satan	54%
Name of the last Shah of Iran	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	48%
CIA organised plan to rescue workers at this embassy that hadn’t been captured by the protesters	'Argo' plan	42%
‘Official’ reason why the Shah left Iran	Cancer treatment	33%
What the Supreme Leader dubbed Israel	Little Satan	24%
Type of police established	Gasht-e-Ershad	17%
Name of the Iranian Parliament	Majlis	12%
‘Council’ established that oversees laws passed by the parliament	The Guardianship Council	10%
President appointed by the Supreme Leader	Abolhassan Banisadr	6%

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