The Iraq War - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was the President of the U.S. when the war began?	George W. Bush	96%
Who was the dictator of Iraq when the war began?	Saddam Hussein	94%
What 2001 event precipated the war, even though it had almost nothing to do with Iraq?	The 9/11 Attacks	92%
Other than Iraq, who were the other two members of the "Axis of Evil"?	Iran	84%
What does the D in WMD stand for?	Destruction	81%
Who was Prime Minister of the U.K.?	Tony Blair	73%
What bloodthirsty "caliphate" sprung up in northern Iraq in 2014?	ISIS	69%
What autonomous region, with its capital at Erbil, was established in northeastern Iraq after the war?	{Kurd}istan	64%
What term was given to the early bombing campaign?	Shock and {Awe}	63%
What did some U.S. congressmen rename "French Fries", in a fit of pique over France's refusal to support the war effort?	{Freedom} Fries	53%
Other than Iraq, who were the other two members of the "Axis of Evil"?	North Korea	51%
What city, starting with the letter F, was a major center for the insurgency?	Fallujah	47%
Who was the U.S. Secretary of State, notable for falsely claiming to the U.N. that Iraq had WMDs?	Colin Powell	42%
What was the nickname of the International Zone of Baghdad?	{Green} Zone	41%
Who was the U.S. Secretary of Defense?	Donald Rumsfeld	38%
What prison was the site of a scandal involving U.S. abuse of detainees?	Abu Ghraib	30%
That dictator had two sons. Name either.	Uday or Qusay	26%
What was the name of the countries that agreed to support the U.S.?	Coalition of the {Willing}	25%
What company, formerly led by Dick Cheney, got several valuable government contracts in Iraq?	Halliburton	23%
What was the nickname of Iraq Defense Minister Ali Hassan al-Majid?	{Chemical} Ali	20%