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Terrorist Organisations Trivia Quiz

A quiz about various terrorist organisations around the world.

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

Author
quogequox

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,557

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2444

Last 3 plays: Guest 85 (7/10), Guest 152 (4/10), Guest 120 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which secessionist group has been operating in Sri Lanka since 1972? Hint

Hamas

Tamil Tigers

PKK

Sendero Luminoso

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which terrorist organisation's one-time leader, Abimal Guzman, was previously a philosophy professor? Hint

Abu Sayyaf

Shining Path

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionas

Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement

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Question 3 of 10

3. Abu Sayyaf is an Islamic fundamentalist group operating in which country? Hint

Thailand

Lebanon

Sudan

The Philippines

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the Unabomber? Hint

David Berkowitz

Ivan Milat

Timothy McVeigh

Ted Kaczynski

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Question 5 of 10

5. FARC, ELN and EPL are terrorists groups that have formed a coalition, what is it called? Hint

Organisation for Free Columbia

Columbian Peace Army

Simon Bolivar Guerrilla Coordinator

The Highland Alliance

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which organisation has a habit of kidnapping tea executives? Hint

Hezb al-Islami

Hizbul Mudjahedin

United Liberation Front of Assam

The Peoples War Guerrillas

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which terrorist organisation spread fear through Italy in the 1970s and 80s? Hint

Red Brigade

Middle Core Faction

17 November

Polisario

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which terrorist organisation was responsible for the suicide attack on US and French marine barracks in 1983 that killed 297 soldiers? Hint

Palestinian Liberation Front

Hezbollah

Hamas

Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

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Question 9 of 10

9. ETA operate predominantly in which country? Hint

Portugal

Spain

Italy

Greece

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Question 10 of 10

10. A splinter group of the IRA, creatively called the Real IRA, detonated a bomb on 15th August 1998 which killed 29 people. In which Northern Ireland town did this occur? Hint

Belfast

Enniskillen

Omagh

Londonderry (Derry)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which secessionist group has been operating in Sri Lanka since 1972?

Answer: Tamil Tigers

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Fighting has cost some 35,000 lives since 1983, including the President of Sri Lanka in 1993 and Indian President Rajiv Gandhi. The Tamil Tigers have a penchant for carrying cyanide capsules for use if captured.

2. Which terrorist organisation's one-time leader, Abimal Guzman, was previously a philosophy professor?

Answer: Shining Path

Since its leader was caught and imprisoned in Peru the Shining Path has begun to weaken from its peak when it controlled almost 40 percent of Peru. The war against the Sendero Luminoso has been estimated to have cost 24 billion dollars US and killed at least 30,000 people, mostly villagers and farmers.

3. Abu Sayyaf is an Islamic fundamentalist group operating in which country?

Answer: The Philippines

A violent creation of Tabligh, an organisation formed by Iranian missionaries spreading the word of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1972. Abu Sayyaf use kidnapping to highlight their cause and raise funds.

4. Who was the Unabomber?

Answer: Ted Kaczynski

5. FARC, ELN and EPL are terrorists groups that have formed a coalition, what is it called?

Answer: Simon Bolivar Guerrilla Coordinator

This alliance stems from FARCs close ties to coca production and narcotics trafficking. For FARCs protection of the drug production guerrilla groups have recieved weapons and money.

6. Which organisation has a habit of kidnapping tea executives?

Answer: United Liberation Front of Assam

The Indian Tea Association is reputed to have a 7,000 man private army to defend against terrorist attack. There's big money in {tea;} one executive was kidnapped with an asking price of {$5} million dollars.

7. Which terrorist organisation spread fear through Italy in the 1970s and 80s?

Answer: Red Brigade

8. Which terrorist organisation was responsible for the suicide attack on US and French marine barracks in 1983 that killed 297 soldiers?

Answer: Hezbollah

This Iranian backed organisation takes its name from the dying words of a tortured mullah in the Shah's Iran...there is only one party, the party of god.

9. ETA operate predominantly in which country?

Answer: Spain

ETA's assassinations and car bombs are their prefered method in reaching their end, a separate Basque state.

10. A splinter group of the IRA, creatively called the Real IRA, detonated a bomb on 15th August 1998 which killed 29 people. In which Northern Ireland town did this occur?

Answer: Omagh

Source: Author quogequox

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