Daily Quiz: On CIA and its many ‘interventions’

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The U.S. spy agency, Belgian authorities, and the U.K.’s MI6 were involved in the assassination of this African country’s first democratically elected Prime Minister. Name the independence leader and the country he led?

Answer : Patrice Lumumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Which South American dictator seized power and ruled for 17 years after the CIA’s involvement in the destabilisation of the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende in 1973?

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What was the most significant intelligence analysis failure related to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq?

Answer : Overstating Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction capabilities under Saddam Hussein

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A CIA and MI6-backed coup overthrew democratically elected leader Mohammad Mossadegh. Whose authority expanded dramatically in the aftermath, leading to decades of autocratic rule and eventually setting the stage for an ‘Islamic revolution’? What was the 1953 operation called?

Answer : Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran; Operation Ajax (Operation Boot)

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The CIA devised several failed and unrealistic assassination plots including poisoned cigars, exploding seashells, and contaminated diving suits against which Latin American revolutionary leader?

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Although never established as a historical fact, X was alleged to have been a CIA agent. American journalist Seymour Hersh’s 1983 book claimed that X received $20,000 from the CIA as a spy, prompting a lawsuit in a U.S. court. While Mr. Hersh was cleared of the libel charge, Henry Kissinger testified that, to the best of his knowledge, X was not an informant. Identify X, a former Prime Minister of India.

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Visual question: Name the award-winning film that drew criticism as ‘CIA hagiography’, especially from journalists, for implying that torture yielded vital intelligence