arab geography
Egypt gets all the credit, but this neighboring country has over 200 pyramids, more than any other country. Name it.
Sudan
In 2022, ----- became the first Arab and African team ever to reach a World Cup semifinal.
Morocco (dima maghreb!)
The Spanish word ojalá, meaning “hopefully,” is a leftover from 700+ years of Arab rule in Spain. It comes from this Arabic phrase. Name it.
Inshallah
Levantine line dancing where people link arms and stomp in the same rhythm. Name it.
Dabke
In the UAE, these animals can get their own official passports, so they can fly on planes with their owners. Name the animal.
Falcon
This island kingdom is the smallest Arab country by land area. Name it.
Bahrain
Dune, The Martian, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker all filmed scenes in ______'s desert valley, Wadi Rum. Name the Country.
Jordan
Started as a Saudi Arabian website for giving employees anonymous feedback before exploding on Snapchat in 2017, where teenagers used it to confess crushes and anonymously answer prompts. Its name translates to “honestly” in Arabic. Name this app/website.
Saraha
The loud trilling sound women make at Arab weddings is called a -----.
Zaghrouta / Zalghouta / Ililta / Yabaab / Yaway
all accepted answers
This hip-hop producer's tagline is “Another one,” and named his firstborn after the Arabic word for “lion.” What's his son's name?
Asad
From 1977 to 2011, Libya had the only national flag in the world that was a plain, single color. Name the color.
Green
In a viral 2014 video, an Egyptian woman became an internet legend after telling Barack Obama to “shut up your mouse” and declaring, “_____ yes, _____ no.
Sisi, Morsi
This Beirut-founded music streaming platform, whose name means “my melodies,” listed on the Nasdaq in 2022. Name it.
Anghami
(Double Jeapordy) In the word “7abibi,” the number 7 stands in for ح (haa). Which number stands in for the letter غ? (ghain)
Three
Double Jeopardy: "Apostrophe + Three" ('3)
The medieval traveler surname is said to be a diminutive of the Arabic word for "duck". Name the historical figure.
Ibn Battuta.
This capital sits at about 2,250 meters above sea level, making it one of the highest capital cities in the world. Name it.
Sanaa, Yemen
In 2025, a Lebanese content-creator accidentally launched an IG Reels movement with this three-word phrase that turned into a viral audio:
a clothing brand, a low-impact workout, and a tea-based drink. Name the 3 word phrase, in order.
Alo, pilates, matcha
In the 3rd century BC, Ptolemy II renamed this Jordanian capital “Philadelphia,” a name later shared by the US city. Name the city.
Amman
In 2016, this Arab country appointed a Minister of State for Happiness, and it later added a Minister of Tolerance too. Name the country.*
Your mom has definitely called you this animal at least once when you did something you shouldn't have. It's a go-to Arabic insult. Name the animal.
7mar (donkey)
The ancient city of Babylon, famous for its Hanging Gardens, lies about 85 km south of Baghdad on the banks of this river. Name it.
Euphrates River
This improvised phrase by a Kuwaiti sister duo became the hook of the most Shazamed track in Ibiza last summer. Later, a separate viral audio of someone butchering the phrase took off too. Name the 4 word phrase.
Ahla leila, ahla nas
A Cambridge study found that prisoners in this country developed their own version of a comedy hotline. Instead of telling the whole joke, they’d yell a number across the prison cells, and everyone was expected to remember which joke went with it. Name the country.
Egypt
In this country's annual festival, camels compete in beauty contests, and some have been disqualified for receiving cosmetic enhancements, including Botox.
Saudi Arabia
Complete this famous Arab proverb:
---- القرد في عين أمه
The monkey is a ------ (another animal) in the eyes of his mother.
غزال / gazelle