History of Arabia
UCSB Trivia
Growing Up Arab
Guess the Country
Arab Food
100
This is the national symbol and pride of Lebanon
What is the Cedar Tree
100
The newest dorm at UCSB
What are the Manzanita Villages
100
What is the most common item your Arab parent will pick up to hit you with?
What is a slipper / shibshib
100
This country has the highest population in the Arab world and is known as the "Hollywood of the Middle East"
What is Egypt
100
The name of this food
What is Dolma/Warak Enab/Warak Dawali/Mahshi
200
Former Egyptian President Gamal Abd El Nasser seized this from Britain and France in 1956
What is the Suez Canal
200
The oldest building still standing at UCSB
What is the 8 story library
200
What are sewing supplies
200
Home to the most popular Arab soccer league.
What is Saudi Arabia
200
This country is famous for its national dish, mansaf.
What is Jordan
300
This empire aligned itself with Germany in WWI and controlled large portions of the Arab world. It fell in 1922.
What is the Ottoman Empire
300
Chancellor Yang's annual salary this year ($25,000 above or below will be accepted)
What is $820,000
300
What’s that one device all your non-Arab friends think is weird that Arabs use on a daily basis?
What is a shattaf / bidet
300
This country's capital is often called the "Paris of the Middle East" and is known for its vibrant nightlife and café culture.
What is Lebanon
300
The name of this food
What is Kibbeh
400
This Egyptian author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988, and is highly regarded as the Arab world’s foremost novelist
Who is Naguib Mahfouz
400
Building with underground skeletal remains
What is the HSSB
400
What do your parents refuse at first... but fall in love with after?
What is a cat / pet
400
This country is home to the highest peak in North Africa, has a bustling film industry, and hosts parts of the famous 'Game of Thrones' series.
What is Morocco
400
This traditional Palestinian dish features sumac-spiced chicken baked with onions and flatbread.
What is musakhan?
500
Israel captured this Syrian-held territory during the Arab-Israeli (Six Day) war of 1967
What is the Golan Heights
500
Miles of bikeways on or adjacent to the UCSB campus
What is 7 miles
500
What can you frequently hear your Arab parents yelling at in the living room?
What is the news (Aljazeera)
500
Name this country
What is Somaliland
500
This dish means “vegetable for kings” because its use dates back to the time of the pharaohs when an Egyptian king consumed it to recover from an illness.
What is Molokhia