1. Before it was called "OIF", the plan that drove the initial invasion had a code name. Which of these was it? 1003-V Desert Storm 2 Middle East Contingency Operation SIOP-3876

2. As the US forces pushed deep into Iraq, the British forces were tasked with taking the southern city of Basra. However, they were slightly held up by fierce fighting around which Iraqi port? Navstar Shatt al-Arab Umm Qasr Babayan

3. In August 2004 the Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) initiated its second 'uprising.' Much of the fighting took place in a giant cemetery. On the outskirts of which city? Karbala Najaf Samarra Baghdad

4. Later in 2004 the Coalition surrounded and then destroyed the al Qaeda base of operations that Fallujah city had become. Originally called Phantom Fury, the Iraqis called it Operation 'al Fajr', which the Coalition then took on as their name for it. What does 'al Fajr' mean? The Dawn Justice The Sword Hidden Fury

5. The infiltration of Sunni insurgents from across the Syrian border remained a problem for the Coalition after the Fallujah Operation. Operation Matador was designed to stem the flow by attacking enemy staging points at this key border town: Tal Afar al Qaim al Bakr al Walid

6. In 2006 a major plan was put together that ultimately had only limited success in its goal of bringing security to Baghdad. What was its name? Operation Together Forward Operation Enforce the Law Fardh al Qanoon Baghdad Security Plan 1

7. Operation Arrowhead Ripper started in late spring/early summer 2007 as an effort to dislodge insurgents in which area near Baghdad? Taji North Babil Diyala Abu Ghraib

8. On 13th December 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by US Forces. The raid in which he was captured was part of a small operation in al-Dawr that had been named after a much-liked American action/drama movie. What was the movie (and operation)? "Iron Eagle" "Top Gun" "Red Dawn" "Dirty Dozen"

9. Which of the following towns is not in the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad? Latifiyah Jurf-as-Sukhr Bayji Salman Pak

10. The US calls it "Operation Iraqi Freedom." What do the Brits call it? Op Support Democracy Op Iraqi Freedom Op Telic Op Desert Rats