Libya Trivia Quiz August 10, 2026August 7, 2026 Joe Messerli Quizzesnew quiz, test Libya Answer 12 questions on miscellanous facts about the country of Libya. 1 / 12 What desert covers about 90 percent of Libya? Kalahari Arabian Gobi Sahara Namib 2 / 12 What is the predominant religion of Libya? Islam Orthodox Christian Roman Catholic Judaism Hinduism 3 / 12 What is the capital city of Libya? Tobruk Tripoli Cairo Khartoum Rabat 4 / 12 Which famous Carthaginian general crossed the Alps with war elephants during the Second Punic War against the Roman Republic in 218 BC? Alexander the Great Leonidas Commodus Cyrus the Great Hannibal 5 / 12 A lyric for what U.S. military branch is named for its performance in the First Barbary War, fought against North African pirates based in Libya? Navy Air Force Marines Army Coast Guard "From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli..." "From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli..." 6 / 12 What European nation first colonized Libya in the early 20th century, followed by brutal consolidation and suppression in the 1930s, eventually losing control during World War II? France Germany Italy Britain Belgium 7 / 12 Which Libyan resistance leader became a national hero for fighting Italian colonial rule, nicknamed the "Lion of the Desert", portrayed in a 1981 movie of the same name by Anthony Quinn? Omar Muktar Anwar Sadat Gamal Abdel Nasser T.E. Lawrence Nelson Mandela 8 / 12 Who overthrew King Idris in 1969 and ruled Libya for 42 years? Hosni Mubarek Hafez al-Assad Ahmed Ben Balla Habib Bourguiba Muammar Gaddafi 9 / 12 What U.S. ambassador was one of four Americans killed when militants stormed a U.S. Special Mission in Benghazi in 2012? Colin Powell Richard Holbrooke Richard Clark Christopher Stevens John Negroponte 10 / 12 What U.S. president ordered the bombing of Libya in retaliation of its terrorism sponsorship, with the bombing of La Belle discotheque in Berlin being the primary trigger? Ronald Reagan George HW Bush Bill Clinton George W Bush Barack Obama 11 / 12 What U.S. president sponsored an overthrow of Gaddafi during the Arab Spring, which resulted soon after in a Libyan civil war? Joe Biden Bill Clinton George W Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump 12 / 12 During what movie was one of the main characters killed by Libyan terrorists after he built them a fake nuclear bomb? Zero Dark Thirty 13 Hours Back to the Future Lone Survivor Three Kings Doc Brown traded a fake bomb casing of pinball parts for the plutonium needed to power his Time Machine. Doc Brown traded a fake bomb casing of pinball parts for the plutonium needed to power his Time Machine. Your score isThe average score is 73% 0% Restart quiz Other Links That May Interest You War on Terror Trivia Quiz Egypt Trivia Quiz Countries Trivia Quiz Gallery Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Like this:Like Loading… Related