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Quiz on the Iraq War: Test Your Knowledge

Test your knowledge on the Iraq War with this quiz covering key events, figures, and concepts related to the conflict.

#Iraq War #Military History #U.S. Foreign Policy #Middle East #Conflict Studies

1 On July 22, a raid by the US ________ and soldiers from Task Force 20 killed Hussein's sons (Uday and Qusay) along with one of his grandsons.

2 The summer of 2005 saw fighting around Baghdad and at ________ in northwestern Iraq as US forces tried to seal off the Syrian border.

3 Public Agenda Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index – Tracking survey of Americans' attitudes on international relations, conducted for ________

4 Who was a commander in the Iraq War?

5 ________ of 24 civilians (ongoing with some charges dropped)

6 [224][225] Fighting quickly spread to other parts of Iraq: including ________, Al Kut, Al Hillah and others.

7 Iraq Study Group, made up of people from both of the major US parties, was led by former US Secretary of State ________ and former Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton.

8 ________

9 Where did Iraq War take place?

10 What was Iraq War a part of?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the counter-insurgency strategy of clear and hold, widely implemented in the Vietnam War and elsewhere, has also been used extensively in the Iraq War.
  • retired General Volney F. Warner has publicly criticized the Iraq War; his granddaughter, First Lieutenant Laura Margaret Walker, served in Afghanistan and was the first female graduate of West Point to die in combat.
  • the Veterans for Peace erect a memorial called Arlington West every Sunday at Santa Monica Beach consisting of a cross in the sand for each U.S. military person who has died in the Iraq War.
  • the deaths of Phillip Esposito and Louis Allen were one instance of only two publicly known cases of alleged fraggings involving United States military forces during the Iraq War.
  • the upcoming Paramount Pictures film G.I. Joe, based on the toy line, had its development delayed because of the Iraq War.
  • although British Prime Minister Edward Heath announced in 1972 that hooding was illegal, British soldiers were engaging in the practice in the Iraq War.
  • Major Megan McClung, the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat in Iraq, organized and competed in the first satellite running of the Marine Corps Marathon in Iraq.
  • Chenowth Advanced Light Strike Vehicles were used by United States Navy SEALs in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as during the Gulf War.
  • Christopher Buckley's novel Florence of Arabia was an homage to Fern Holland, one of the first U.S. civilians to be killed in the Iraq War.
  • Heath Calhoun and Andy Soule, both double-leg amputees due to wounds received in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, will represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.
  • Karl Zinsmeister, a U.S. journalist and the new top domestic policy advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush, wrote a book-length Marvel comic book on the Iraq War.
  • Phil Packer (pictured), who was rendered paraplegic in 2008 by a rocket attack while serving in the Iraq War, has since rowed the English Channel, climbed El Capitan, and completed two London Marathons.
  • 198 people were killed in an insurgent uprising in Mosul during the Iraq War.
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