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100

Danny Thomas, Lebanese American, is the founder of this well known children’s research hospital that treats this disease in children

What is Cancer?

100


The largest immigration of Arabs to California came from Lebanon, Iraq, and which other northeast African country known for its pyramids



What is Egypt?

100

Which country is home to the ancient city Petra?

Jordan

100

Which Arab country is known for the pyramids and the Sphinx?

Egypt

100

What is the official language spoken in Arab countries?

• A) Arab

• B) Arabian

• C) Arabic

• D) Middle Eastern

C) Arabic

200

Egyptian-American scientist Ahmed Zewail, a professor of physics at CalTech, won the Nobel Prize in 1999 for what area of science that involves the periodic table

What is chemistry?

200

The largest Arab American populations are in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C, and this midwestern city known as “The Motor City"

What is Detroit?

200

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh

200

Which country is known for the ancient ruins of Carthage?

Tunisia

200

Which Arab country is famous for its cedar trees and features them on its flag?

Lebanon

300

In 2018, Rashida Tlaib won a historic race in Michigan becoming the first Palestinian American to hold a position among this group of national elected official?

What is Congress?

300

8. Where is the Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the world) located?

United Arab Emirates

300

Which river runs through Egypt and is one of the longest in the world?

The Nile

300

Which Arab country recognizes Somali, Arabic, and French as official languages?

Djibouti

300

Which Arab American NBA player played for the Phoenix Suns and is of Lebanese descent?

• A) Karl-Anthony Towns

• B) Enes Kanter

• C) Rony Seikaly

• D) Hakeem Olajuwon

C) Rony Seikaly

400

George Kasem of Lebanese heritage and of California was the first Arab American elected to this part of the U.S. government

What is House Of Representatives?

400

How many Arab-Americans currently live in the US?

3.7 Million

400

Which is the largest Arab country by land area?

Algeria

400

Which Arab country has Arabic and Kurdish as official languages?

Iraq

400

Which of these languages is widely spoken by Arab minorities but is not a dialect of Arabic?

• A) Amazigh (Berber)

• B) Levantine Arabic

• C) Gulf Arabic

 • D) Sudanese Arabic

A) Amazigh (Berber)

500

This DJ of Palestinian heritage has collaborated and produced for some of the top rappers in the industry and is known for screaming his own name in songs


Who is DJ Khaled?



500

Which Arab football team became the first to reach the FIFA World Cup semifinals in 2022?

Morocco

500

What is the largest desert in the Arab world?

Sahara Desert

500

Which Arab country is home to the indigenous Nubian people?

Sudan

500

The Pen League (al-Rābiṭah al-Qalamīyah) was founded in which U.S. city by a group of Arab immigrants?

• A) Los Angeles

• B) New York

• C) Chicago

• D) Washington D.C.

B) New York

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