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What is the most shoplifted book in history?
The Bible.
What is the only letter that appears in no chemical element symbol on the periodic table?
J
Which pharaoh's reign marked the beginning of the New Kingdom?
a7mos 1
What are the two main clubs I support in football?
Bayern, Chelsea
Which university did Facebook launch in?
Harvard
Which children's picture book follows an insect that eats through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, and five oranges before eventually forming a cocoon?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Which food is often cited as having the highest protein density (protein as a percentage of calories) among commonly eaten whole foods?
Shrimp.
What historic event occurred in January 1952 after the Cairo fire?
Ismailia massacre (British killing Egyptian police) "Youm al sabt al eswed"
What would most of my friends describe me as?
Bedan
Which video game character has appeared in the most fighting games?
Ryu (street fighter)
The Ramadan cannon (مدفع رمضان) is a beloved tradition — but how did it actually start in Egypt?
By accident. During the Ottoman period, a governor's cannon was being tested and fired by mistake near Iftar time. People assumed it was intentional to announce the break of fast, celebrated it, and the tradition stuck.
At approximately what temperature do the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales have the same value?
-40
During the Egyptian revolution which museum was partially looted? Name two artifacts that were damaged or stolen.
Cairo museum, Two mummies were looted and small artifacts damaged.
What was the stupid thing I did during the senior trip?
Hung off the side of the boat with one arm for a photo.
What is Mario's last name, according to Nintendo?
Bonus, what species is Yoshi?
Mario Mario
Dinosaur
Nintendo was founded in 1889. What did they make?
Playing Cards.
What is the only bird known to fly backward?
Hummingbird
Which Egyptian Bank was stolen in 1992? How much was stolen? How did the robbers escape?
Alexandria Bank. (sohag)
35mill egp.
They dug a tunnel from a nearby tunnel.
Name my top three favorite pro wrestlers.
HBK (Shawn Michaels)
CM Punk
Jeff Hardy (extra 100 points)
What was Google's original name?
"BackRub" — because it analyzed backlinks. They ran it as BackRub out of Stanford dorms in 1996.
What did ancient Romans use as toothpaste — and did it work?
Urine. Human and Portuguese urine specifically — the Portuguese variety was considered premium and imported. The ammonia in urine is actually a legitimate cleaning and whitening agent.
What is the hottest thing in the known universe?
Lightning
A bolt of lightning reaches around 30,000 Kelvin — roughly five times hotter than the surface of the sun. The sun's surface is about 5,500 Kelvin.
Cairo's official name is "القاهرة" (Al-Qahira). It was named this deliberately by the Fatimids in 969 AD — but after what exactly?
Mars. The Fatimids were astronomers and named the city after "Al-Qahir" — the conquering planet — which was rising at the exact moment they broke ground. Cairo literally means "The Martial One."
Name all the internships I did.
Bonus round, make me laugh.
Sabeanyu?
What was the first thing ever bought and sold on the internet?
Marijuana. In 1971 — before the internet was public — Stanford and MIT students used ARPANET to arrange a cannabis deal between campuses