Iran Quiz - 81 Trivia Questions!
Explore the history, culture, and politics of Iran, a country at the crossroads of the Middle East, with this quiz that delves into its ancient heritage, modern challenges, and international relations.
Who was elected President of Iran in June 2013?
Which Chinese leader met with Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in January 2016?
What is the most popular sport in Iran?
Who succeeded Hashemi Rafsanjani as President of Iran in 1997?
Which Iranian film director won the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 2012 and in 2017?
Who was deposed as Prime Minister of Iran in 1953?
What is the second most popular sport in Iran?
Who founded the Achaemenid Empire in 550 BC?
Who was elected President of Iran in 2005?
What is the name of the Kurdish indigenous religion, the largest unrecognized minority religion in Iran?
Who was the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards who was assassinated by the USA in Iraq in January 2020?
What religion has a long history in Iran, dating back to the Achaemenid conquest of Babylonia?
What is the second most populous city in Iran?
Who has been the Supreme Leader of Iran since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989?
What is the capital of the province of Fars in Iran?
From which country do most refugees flee to Iran?
Which tenth century Persian poet is buried in Tus?
In which game did Naz Paikidze boycott a tournament in Iran in 2016 because she was forced to wear the hijab?
In September 1980, Iraq invaded which province of Iran, igniting the Iran-Iraq War?
Who became the first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979?
What is the most popular search engine in Iran?
What is the name of Iran's first nuclear power plant?
What language does the name Iran come from?
What animal was cloned in Iran in 2006?
How long is the term of office of the President of Iran?
What is the name of the winter solstice festival in Iran, which commemorates the ancient goddess Mithra?
What is the oldest literary language in Iran?
What country has not had diplomatic relations with Iran since 1979?
Which Iranian film director won the Best Director Oscar in 1997 for his film 'Taste of Cherry'?
Who was the US President at the time of the 1979 Embassy Seizure in Iran?
In what year did the Cultural Revolution begin in China?
What is the main flavouring used in the cuisine of Iran?
According to Arthur Pope, what is the supreme art of the Persians?
Which ancient people inhabited parts of Iran and the Caucasus in the second millennium BC?
What was the name of the woman who died after being arrested by the Guidance Patrol in 2022?
Which Persian poet is buried in a mausoleum in Persia?
Who led the Mongol army that invaded Iran in 1219?
What was the name of the opera hall in Tehran, Iran, before the 1979 revolution?
What is the top research field in Iran?
Who was the most famous Persian poet of the Middle Ages?
The Achaemenid Empire, the largest empire in history, was based in which modern country?
What is the official calendar of Iran?
What type of human has been found in the Zagros Mountains of Iran?
A 3rd millennium BC goblet from southeastern Iran is believed to be the oldest example of what?
Who was the Mongol emperor who conquered Persia in 1370?
In 2014, who became the first woman to receive the Fields Medal for mathematics?
What is the name of the ministry that oversees the education system in Iran?
What is the former name of the country of Iran?
On which continent is the country of Iran?
What is the name of the parliament in Iran?
What is the main dish in Iranian cuisine?
Which country is the second largest producer of scientific publications in the world after Iran?
What was the name of the Bronze Age civilisation that inhabited the area of Susa in present-day Iran?
Which sea lies to the north of Iran?
What name was given to the Turkic slave-warriors who ruled the Persian Empire in the tenth century?
Who was the British Prime Minister during the Iran crisis of 1946?
What religious tradition has been a major theme in the architecture of Persia?
Who is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces in North Korea?
What was the name of the Islamic empire that conquered the Sasanian Empire in the 7th century?
What was the name of the Hellenistic Empire that ruled Iran after the death of Alexander the Great?
What is the name of the Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group supported by Iran?
What is the US equivalent to the Konkur exam in Iran?
What is the name of the Islamic festival celebrated on the 10th of Muharram?
What is the official state religion of Iraq?
Which opera by Loris Tjeknavorian is based on a poem by Ferdowsi?
What is the population of Iran?
Who did the Abbasids overthrow in 750 AD?
What is the name of the council that vets presidential and parliamentary candidates in the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Cyrus the Great founded which empire in the sixth century BC?
Who replaced Reza Shah as King of Iran in 1941?
What is the name of the Iranian paramilitary force?
What name is given to the ancient Indian philosophical writings known as the 'Avestas'?
What is the name of the style of painting that originated in the Qajar dynasty of Iran?
Which country occupied most of the Caucasus in the 19th century?
What is the capital city of Iran?
What was the name of the dynasty that ruled Iran from 1794 to 1912?
Iran is a member of which international organisation?
What is the most-spoken Turkic language in the country of Azerbaijan?
What is the main religion in Iran?
Bandar Abbas, the main port of Iran, lies on which strait?
What is the most widely-spoken language in the province of Kurdistan in north-eastern Iran?