Q 01/05

Which 1973 war did Egypt and Syria launch to reverse the Six-Day War?

A) Suez Crisis

B) Gulf War

C) Yom Kippur War

D) Lebanon War

Answer · why

C) Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War. Egypt and Syria struck in October 1973 on the Jewish holy day itself, and the surprise carried their armies forward on both fronts for...

Q 02/05

Which future Arab leader was a defence minister on the losing side of the Six-Day War?

A) Anwar Sadat

B) Hafez al-Assad

C) Hosni Mubarak

D) Muammar Gaddafi

Answer · why

B) Hafez al-Assad

Hafez al-Assad. He was Syria's defence minister when it lost the Golan Heights, and the quarrel over who was to blame fed the power struggle that ende...

Q 03/05

Which song, first sung weeks before the Six-Day War, became Israel's unofficial second anthem after the victory?

A) Hevenu Shalom Aleichem

B) Hatikvah

C) Bashana Haba'ah

D) Jerusalem of Gold

Answer · why

D) Jerusalem of Gold

Jerusalem of Gold. Naomi Shemer wrote it for a song festival in May 1967 and added a triumphant new verse once Israeli troops reached the Old City; sh...

Q 04/05

Nasser's closure of which waterway to Israeli shipping in May 1967 did Israel treat as a cause for war?

A) Straits of Tiran

B) Strait of Hormuz

C) Bab-el-Mandeb

D) The Dardanelles

Answer · why

A) Straits of Tiran

The Straits of Tiran. Closing them blockaded Eilat, Israel's Red Sea port, cutting its sea route to Asia and the oil it shipped in from Iran.

Q 05/05

What was the codename of Israel's opening air strike on 5 June 1967?

A) Operation Focus

B) Operation Kadesh

C) Operation Opera

D) Operation Entebbe

Answer · why

A) Operation Focus

Operation Focus. Israel held back just 12 fighters to guard its own skies and sent the rest against Egyptian airfields, wrecking most of Egypt's air f...