General knowledge
Greek mythology
Biology
Riddles
AUB history
100

This is the only country whose flag is not rectangular or square.


What is Nepal?

100

This Greek warrior was invulnerable except for his heel.


Who is Achilles?

100

This organ filters blood and produces urine.

What is the kidney?

100

David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and _____?

Who is David? 

100

AUB was founded in this decade.

What is the 1860s?

200

This chemical element is named after the creator of the periodic table.



What is Mendelevium?

200

This queen of the Underworld was abducted by Hades.

Who is Persephone?

200

What is the heaviest organ in the body?

What is the liver?


200

I am easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I?

What is a feather?

200

This AUB building houses the university’s main library.

What is Jafet Library?

300

This modern country was formerly known as Abyssinia?


What is Ethiopia?


300

This god is known for delivering messages and wearing winged sandals.


Who is Hermes?

300

These are the finger-like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients.

What are villi?


300

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What are Footsteps?

300

In 1984, AUB was temporarily shut down due to this conflict.


What is the Lebanese Civil War?

400

What is the most stolen food in the world?

What is cheese? 

400

This prisoner who built his pair of wings is known to have flown too close to the sun

Who is Icarus

400

This subset of T cells expresses the CD8 co-receptor and is known for killing infected or cancerous cells, earning them the name "cytotoxic" lymphocytes.

What are CD8+ T cells?

400

What English word has three consecutive double letters?

What is a Bookkeeper?

400

Who founded AUB.

Who is Daniel Bliss ?

500

And which country has the oldest continuously operating university in the world?

What is Morocco (The University of Al Quaraouiyine)?

500

This tragic king unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.


Who is Oedipus?


500

This rare genetic condition, caused by a deletion on chromosome 5, is named for the high-pitched sound of affected infants.

What is Cri-du-Chat Syndrome?

500

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?

What is Chicago?

500

This former AUB professor won a Nobel Peace Prize for work in diplomacy.


Who is Ralph Bunche?

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