Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What Greek ruler conquered Persia? | {Alexander} the Great | 95%
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What country did Iran fight a war against in the 1980s? | Iraq | 86%
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What country's embassy did Iran invade in 1979, taking 52 hostages? | United States | 82%
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What branch of mathematics is Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi considered the "father" of? | Algebra | 72%
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What Mesopotamian capital did that ruler conquer in 539 BC? | Babylon | 71%
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What was the title of the Iranian ruler who was overthrown in 1979? | Shah | 70%
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What modern-day country did the above ruler invade in the 480s BC, with an army reported to be 1 million strong? | Greece | 68%
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What was the religious title of the above? | Ayatollah | 67%
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What group of people invaded the Iranian plateau in 1219, eventually reducing the population by 75%? | The Mongols | 67%
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Who founded the Achaemenid Persian empire in the 500s BC? | {Cyrus} the Great | 64%
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Who succeeded the above, appearing in the Bible under the name Ahasuerus? | {Xerxes} the Great | 63%
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What cleric was made Supreme Leader after the 1979 revolution? | Ruhollah Khomeini | 62%
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What prophet was born on the Iranian plateau between 1000 and 1500 BC, founding a religion that is still practiced today? | Zoroaster | 60%
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Who ruled the Persian empire at its greatest extent around 500 BC, when it ruled over more than 40% of the world's population? | {Darius} the Great | 51%
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What British writer did that leader threaten with a death edict in 1989? | Salman Rushdie | 48%
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What universalist religion was founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 1863? | {Bahá'í} Faith | 46%
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What was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire? (also the name of a 2007 animated movie) | Persepolis | 35%
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What military force, established in 1979, do some people consider to be the most powerful institution in the country? | {Revolutionary} Guards | 33%
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What name was given to that army's elite group of 10,000 soldiers? | The Immortals | 33%
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What Persian empire, rivals of ancient Rome, were famous for firing arrows backwards while retreating on horseback? | Parthian Empire | 24%
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