Baghdad City Trivia - Statistics

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Answer Stats

Clue	Answer	% Correct
Ancient capital located 85 km due south of Baghdad	Babylon	97%
River on which Baghdad is situated	Tigris	90%
Gardens of the above that was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World	Hanging Gardens	89%
Leader who died in 2006 in the neighbourhood of Kadhimiya	Saddam Hussein	80%
Cities in the Arab world that are more populous than Baghdad	Cairo \| Riyadh	77%
Ancient name for the region in which Baghdad is situated	Mesopotamia	75%
Foreign invaders who sacked Baghdad in 1258 - thus ending that age	Mongols	69%
This legendary sailor of the seven seas was said to live in Baghdad	Sinbad	66%
Historical ruler who died at the age of 32 in that city in 323 BC	Alexander the Great	62%
Common name for the "International Zone" of Baghdad	Green Zone	51%
Type of pyramids with steps, such as Dur-Kurigalzu and Etemenanki in Baghdad	Ziggurat	48%
Former U.S. prison where detainees were abused	Abu Ghraib	42%
Baghdad was the world's biggest city during this age	Islamic Golden Age	40%
The two hands at the "Victory Arch" hold two of this object	Sword	40%
Kathryn Bigelow movie in which a bomb disposal team are targeted by insurgents	The Hurt Locker	38%
Baghdad was the capital of this caliphate between 892–1258	Abbasid Caliphate	37%
Another version of Aladdin, set in Baghdad	The {Thief} of Bagdad	29%
Name of the "Grand Library of Baghdad"	House of {Wisdom}	25%
High rank Iranian military officer who was assassinated by the U.S. in January 2020	Qasem {Soleimani}	23%
The U.S. began its invasion of this district on the day known as "Black Sunday"	{Sadr} City	7%