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100

This river is the longest river in the world

The Nile river 

*bonus points if they say it like wendy williams

100

Name the second largest ethnic group in the middle east that are not arabs

Persian's, Kurds are third largest

100

Name a Middle Eastern or North African flag that has a star in it

Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Jordan, Turkey

100

What's the main ingredient of hummus?

Chickpeas

100

Name a language spoken in the middle east that is not Arabic

Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Hebrew

200

Name a non-arab country in the middle east

Turkey, Cyprus, or Iran

200

Which country in the MENA area has the largest  metropolitan area?

Cairo

200

Name a Middle Eastern or North African flag that has something written on it in Arabic

Saudi arabia or Iraq

200

This layered dessert has a lot of controversy about it's origin

Baklava/Baklawa

200

Whats an arabic word arabs use very often

Habibi, Yalla, Inshallah, Mashallah

300

Name a sea that is around the middle east

Mediterranean, Red sea, Arabian sea, Black sea, Caspian sea

300

What is a North African country is currently a monarchy?

Morocco

300

What are the 4 Pan-Arab flag colors?

Red, green, black, and white

300

Coffee from this middle eastern country is considered to be one of the best and most unique

Turkish Coffee

300

Which Middle Eastern country speaks French as a second language?

Lebanon

400

True or false: The Sahara desert is in the middle east

False, it is mostly in North Africa and some parts of central and west Africa

400

Name a country in the MENA region has never qualified for the FIFA world cup

Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Oman, Syria, or Kuwait

400

Name 2 arab flags that look almost identical

- Sudan and Palestine

- Jordan and Palestine

- Egypt, Yemen

- Syria, Iraq

- UAE and Kuwait

- Bahrain and Qatar

400

What are meatballs called in arabic?

Kofta

400

Which arabic dialect has dominated arab media, making it one of the most well understood dialect

Egyptian

500

What are the two rivers involved in the historic river system of Mesopotamia? 

*hint one is drying up currently :(

The Euphrates and Tigris rivers

500

Which of the European Imperial countries was NOT involved in the MENA region during the 19th to early 20th centuries?

Germany

500

What is a middle eastern country that has the color orange in its flag?

Cyprus

500

Name a Middle Eastern/North African food that starts with the letter S

Sambosa/samosa, Shawarma, Shakshuka, shish taouk..etc (more answers are acceptable)

500

Which arabic dialect is influenced by their native Amazigh language, Spanish, and French?

Darija 

Aka Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian dialect

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