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100

The former name of Ethiopia, used up until 1974.

What is Abyssinia (or Habesh)?

100

The most well known novel in Ethiopia, published in 1968.

What is Fekir Eske Mekabir?

100

The name of a popular Ethiopian blend of spices made from chili peppers

What is Berbere (or Mitmita)?

100

The name of the coloured pattern on Habesha Libs

What is a Tilet (or Tibeb)?

100

The iconic church located in Gondar sculpted out of a single rock

What is Lalibela?

200

This river in Ethiopia is a biblical landmark, and springs from Lake Tana. 

What is the Blue Nile?

200

The author of Fekir Eske Mekabir

Haddis Alemayehu
200

The name of a bite of food fed to you by someone else

What is a Gursha?

200

A popular street in Addis Abeba to buy Habesha Libs

What is Shiro Meda?

200

The most commonly used colours in Ethiopian artwork

What are reds, yellows, and greens. 

300

The bones of the first ever human Lucy were found in Ethiopia. What is Lucy's name in Amharic?

Who is Dinknesh?

300

A best selling book criticizing Ethiopian politics at the time, resulting in its being banned by the government. 

What is Oromay?

300

The primary ingredient of shiro

What are chickpeas?

300

The amount of time it takes a designer to make an item of Habesha Libs

Up to a month 

300

The most central theme in all Ethiopian art

What is Christianity?

400

This kingdom was the descending empire of Ethiopia and other East African countries (like Eritrea and Sudan).

What was the Kingdom of Aksum?

400

The regime criticized by the novel Oromay

The Derg Regime 

400

The name for the holes found in injera

What are Ayne?

400

The name for a weaver in Amharic

What is a Shemane?

400

The father of contemporary Ethiopian art awarded the title of Maitre d'Art.

Who is Afework Tekle?

500

How much older the King James Bible is than the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible

Over 800 years older. 

500

The song written by Teddy Afro about the novel Fekir Eske Mekabir

What is Mar Eske Tuwaf?

500

What is the English word for Qerefa?

What is cinnamon?

500

Tattoos commonly seen on Ethiopian women that represent beauty and spiritual protection.

What is Niksat?

500

What do the large almond shaped eyes represent in Ethiopian artwork?

What is spiritual insight and wisdom?

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