Q 01/05

On what date in 1990 did Iraq invade Kuwait?

A) 17 January

B) 24 February

C) 15 July

D) 2 August

Answer · why

D) 2 August

Iraqi forces occupied the country within two days and later annexed it as Iraq's 19th province.

Q 02/05

How many countries made up the US-led coalition against Iraq?

A) 12

B) 28

C) 35

D) 42

Answer · why

D) 42

It was the broadest military alliance since World War II, with the US, Saudi Arabia, the UK and Egypt as its largest contributors.

Q 03/05

What was the US operational name for the defensive buildup in Saudi Arabia before the fighting began?

A) Operation Desert Storm

B) Operation Desert Shield

C) Operation Desert Sabre

D) Operation Desert Farewell

Answer · why

B) Operation Desert Shield

Desert Storm was the name for the air-land war that followed from 17 January 1991.

Q 04/05

What name did Iraqi officials give the war?

A) Liberation of Kuwait

B) The Great Showdown

C) Mother of all battles

D) War of the Nineteenth Province

Answer · why

C) Mother of all battles

In Arabic it was Umm al-Ma'arik; Kuwait and the Arab coalition states called the war the Liberation of Kuwait.

Q 05/05

What was the British name for its military operations in the Gulf War?

A) Operation Daguet

B) Operation Friction

C) Operazione Locusta

D) Operation Granby

Answer · why

D) Operation Granby

Daguet was the French name, Friction the Canadian and Locusta the Italian.