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Quiz about Saddam Hussein The Iraqi Dictator

Saddam Hussein - The Iraqi Dictator Quiz

The early months of 2003 saw a 'heated' debate about US military interference in Iraq and a lot of fuss was generated about how to remove one man, Saddam Hussein, from power. But what do you know about the man himself?

A multiple-choice quiz by bretton. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bretton

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
124,025

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Although raised as a Sunni Muslim, Saddam Hussein was not a practising Muslim when he invaded Kuwait and was criticised by the Arab world for being un-Islamic and the leader of a sectarian state. However he did publically convert to Islam right at the end of the 1990s.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. Saddam Hussein was head of the Ba'ath Party who ran Iraq. The official full name of his party was the Arab Ba'ath ____ Party. Which word has been replaced by the blank? Hint

Socialist

Nationalist

Islamist

Republican

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Question 3 of 10

3. One of Saddam's sons was named Qusay or Qusai. What was the name of the other?

Answer: (four letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which of these towns did Saddam's cousin, 'Chemical Ali,' gas thousands of Kurds? Hint

Monsul

Kirkuk

Halabja

Tikrit

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Question 5 of 10

5. Saddam was born before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and World War II started?

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following brutal dictators did Saddam like comparing himself to and saw as an idol? Hint

Josef Stalin- Soviet Union

Mao Ze Tunh- China

Adolf Hitler- Germany

Pol Pot- Cambodia

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Question 7 of 10

7. What did Saddam refer to the first Gulf War in 1991 as? Hint

The Great Patriotic War

The Grand Persian Gulf War

Crusade Against Zionist Infidels

The Mother of All Wars

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 1980 Saddam launched the Iran-Iraq War which was to last eight years and cost the lives of 400,000 Iraqis. (mainly soldiers). How many Iranians were killed in this conflict? Hint

600,000

500,000

400,000

750,000

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 1979, Saddam Hussein replaced Amhed Hussan Bakr as President of Iraq. In which way exactly did he replace Amhed? Hint

Military coup d'etat.

Assassinated Hussan Bakr and took power.

Won a democratic election.

He was simply appointed when Bakr fell ill.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which 1990s movie jokingly makes Saddam out to be the homosexual lover of the Devil? Hint

South Park- The Movie

Austin Powers- Gold Member

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Hot Shots- Part Deux

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Answer: True

Saddam formally converted to Islam in 1999, but still claimed to be a direct decendent of the prophet Mohammad.

2. Saddam Hussein was head of the Ba'ath Party who ran Iraq. The official full name of his party was the Arab Ba'ath ____ Party. Which word has been replaced by the blank?

Answer: Socialist

Although Saddam's tyranical regime would not be described by many as socialist (fascist would be a better description), the Ba'ath Party did in the past initiate pseudo-socialist projects by the building of schools and hospitals. Many political groups have used the term socialist in their title and been anything but so.

For example the National Socialists (Nazis) hated Marxism, but included the term socialist in order to trick left-wingers into supporting them.

3. One of Saddam's sons was named Qusay or Qusai. What was the name of the other?

Answer: Uday

Qusay and Uday were the product of Saddam's marriage to his cousin, Sajida. The younger brother, Qusay, headed the Republican Guard. Uday however was badly injured in an assassination attempt but was still an influential sidekick to Saddam at the outbreak of war.

4. In which of these towns did Saddam's cousin, 'Chemical Ali,' gas thousands of Kurds?

Answer: Halabja

The most famous incident was Halabja but there were other gassings. There were gassings in the Balisan valley, there were gassings along the Iranian border in the area of the Balak valley, there were gassings along the Turkish border where over 100,000 Iraqi Kurds fled to Turkey even prior to the Gulf War where they lived in terrible conditions and camps where they weren't in fact recognised as
refugees. (BBC News website)

5. Saddam was born before Nazi Germany invaded Poland and World War II started?

Answer: True

Saddam was born in Tikrit on the 29th April 1937, two years before World War Two started.

6. Which of the following brutal dictators did Saddam like comparing himself to and saw as an idol?

Answer: Josef Stalin- Soviet Union

Saddam loved Stalin as he based his own evil regime on the Soviet Union's government during the time when Stalin ruled. The two men never met, but oddly enough they look very similar, particularly with the moustache.

7. What did Saddam refer to the first Gulf War in 1991 as?

Answer: The Mother of All Wars

Despite the fact Iraq was heavily defeated in this war, Saddam has always insisted that Iraq won!

8. In 1980 Saddam launched the Iran-Iraq War which was to last eight years and cost the lives of 400,000 Iraqis. (mainly soldiers). How many Iranians were killed in this conflict?

Answer: 600,000

When Saddam launched this war for the territory, he thought it would be quick and easy as he thought the Iranians were weak. Soon things got so bad for the Iraqi invasion that Saddam decided to start gassing thousands of Iranian soldiers.

9. In 1979, Saddam Hussein replaced Amhed Hussan Bakr as President of Iraq. In which way exactly did he replace Amhed?

Answer: He was simply appointed when Bakr fell ill.

In 1963 the Ba'ath Party Saddam belonged to came to power, only to be overthrown a few months later. Saddam was jailed until 1968 when the Ba'ath Party came back to power and Saddam took a key governmental role. In 1979 Saddam replaced the ailing Amhed Hussan Bakr. (BBC News website)

10. Which 1990s movie jokingly makes Saddam out to be the homosexual lover of the Devil?

Answer: South Park- The Movie

This movie not only poked fun at Saddam, but also at American arrogance and irritating Canadians.

Source: Author bretton

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