KBC Questions and Quiz, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: When did Saddam come into power?

1. 1963
   
2. 1959
   
3. 1969
   
4. 1979
   

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Correct Answer
In 1979, Saddam's cousin Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr, former President of Iraq, resigned due to ill health and Saddam took power.

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Question: Iraq borders with how many countries?

1. 6
   
2. 5
   
3. 4
   
4. 7
   

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Turkey and Syria border Iraq to the N & NW, Jordan to the W, Iran to the E and Saudi Arabia to the South.

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Question: At the age of 20, Saddam joined which movement whose goal was to unite all Arabs in one nation?

1. Al-Qaida
   
2. Ba'ath Party
   
3. Popular Socialist Party
   
4. Jaffar Pasha
   

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Saddam joined the Ba'ath Party as Vice President after a successful coup in 1968. The Populist Socialist Party (1951) and the Jaffar Pasha (1923) were two of hundreds of populist movements in the arab world. Al Qaida is a relatively young movement, created by Osama Bin Laden in the late 1980’s initially to bring Arabs together to fight against the Soviet Union occupation in Afghanistan.

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Question: In 1917-18 Iraq became independent from which Empire?

1. Sumerians
   
2. Ottoman
   
3. Babylonian
   
4. Assyrians
   

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Correct Answer
In 1258 the Mongols invaded the region. The Ottoman Turks won back the territory in 1638 and the region remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until the end of World War I, in 1918. The Sumerians, Babylonians & Assyrians developed great empires in the region prior to the Ottoman Turks.

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Question: In which year did the Republic of Iraq become independent?

1. 1922
   
2. 1932
   
3. 1912
   
4. 1942
   

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An Arab dominated government was established in 1922, but a Iraq remained a British League of Nations mandate (trust territory) till 1932. Complete independence for Iraq came in October 1932 when Britain supported Iraq's admission to the League of Nations as an independent state.

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Question: What was Florence's best known work (published in 1860)?

1. Notes on Nursing
   
2. Musings on Medicine
   
3. Excellent Enemas
   
4. Impeccable Injections
   

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Correct Answer
The booklet outlined for the first time what nursing as a separate profession should be.

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Question: Florence became famous as "The Lady with the Lamp", looking after wounded British soldiers in which war?

1. Franco-Prussian War
   
2. Afghan War
   
3. Crimean War
   
4. Boxer Rebellion
   

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She is best known for this work, even though it was only a small part of her career. Her introduction of female nurses into military hospitals was the first of its kind. Her criticism of the appalling conditions in the hospitals caused the army surgeons to reject her at first. Only one in six soldiers died from war wounds, and the other five from diseases, mostly caused by poor hygiene. Florence used her society contacts to become a whistle blower and after much publicity she was given the task of introducing some rudimentary hygiene measures, which greatly reduced the mortality rate among the soldiers.

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Question: What was the name of Florence Nightingale's older sister?

1. Calliope
   
2. Athena
   
3. Parthenope
   
4. Virginia
   

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Parthenope was born in Naples and, in keeping with the city-of-birth theme, was named after the ancient Greek name for the city.

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Question: Where was Florence Nightingale born?

1. USA
   
2. England
   
3. Italy
   
4. Crimea
   

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In Florence, actually, and she was named after the city of her birth. Her parents were on a two-year honeymoon all over Europe.

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Question: In what year was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?

1. 1945
   
2. 1947
   
3. 1948
   
4. 1951
   

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Correct Answer
Gandhi was shot and killed by Nathurum Vinayak Godse, a Hindu fanatic who was opposed to the partition of India into the nations of India and Pakistan.

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