Quiz on "Miss Iraq"




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There are two kinds of questions those with circles in front of the answers and those with squares in front of the answers.  The ones with circles have only one answer.  The ones with squares can have more than one answer but might only have one answer. Lets say a question has 2 right answers and you check the correct boxes but you also check two boxes that are the wrong answer. You will get a score of zero on the question even though 2 of the answers were correct. 
 

Why did Iraq fire Scud missiles at Israel?

To get the Arab countries who hate Israel to leave the coalition that was fighting him.
To stop Israel from helping the United States.
To defend himself against Israeli missiles
To get the Arab countries who hate Israel to join him against the United States.
 

What is Curveball?

It's a way to pitch a ball in baseball so the player at the bat misses
He was an alcoholic informant who revealed the location of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
He was an informant who lied about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction.
It was a plan to curve around Iraqi defenses in the Gulf war and attack from behind.

Why did Iraqis first turn against Sarah Idan?

Because she became an Israeli citizen
Because she criticized Saddam Hussein
Because she refused to wear a Hijab
Because she posed for a picture with Miss Israel

Why did Sarah Idan pose with Miss Israel for a picture when it was so dangerous to do so?

Because she didn't know it was dangerous to do so
Because she wanted to help bring peace


How did Iraqis react to Sarah Idan posing with Miss Israel?

Many Iraqis thanked her for helping create peace and friendship between Iraq and Israel
The director of the Miss Iraq organization yelled at her and told her she had committed treason and could get killed for what she had done and to delete the photo.
The director of the Miss Iraq organization took away her title
Because she posed for a picture with Miss Israel
Iraqis told her never to step foot again in the Middle East because she would be dead
Iraqis threatened to kill her family


What did Miss Iraq say was beautiful about Israel?

The beaches on the Mediterranean
The Hermon mountain and the view from the Golan Heights
The way Jews and Muslims and Christians lived for the most part peacefully together.
Israel's democracy

What did Sarah Idan say about American soldiers and why?

She liked them because they overthrew Saddam Hussein who was an evil dictator
She liked them because of their kindness
She hated them because they killed so many Iraqis who had been her friends
They weren't what she expected

What does America mean to Sarah Idan?

America to Sarah is an imperialistic bully that makes war in the Middle East for oil and power.
America to Sarah is a country that is free.
America is a place where people can live with dignity.
America is a place where people have rights.

What worries Sarah about America?

America is a divided country.
There are people in America who are making war on freedom of thought and that will make Americans ignorant.
There are people in America who believe that those who disagree with them are fascists and they shouldn't jump to that conclusion
There are people in America who believe that to win they should make people hate those who stand in their way.
Americans including Sarah may lose the privileges we have because of the war on freedom of thought in America