Food
What is the most expensive spice on earth?
Saffron
Which Middle East country has the tallest building in the world?
Dubai
True or False: Israel has won a gold medal in the olympic sport of windsurfing.
True!
What is the official language of Kuwait?
Arabic
What is the main natural resource in the Middle East?
Oil
What is Morocco's national dish?
Couscous
What is the capital of Tunisia?
Tunis!
What is Constantinople now known as? And what country is it in?
Istanbul, Turkey
Football (soccer)
Al Hasa is the largest oasis in
Saudi Arabia
Which now-impoverished country was the first to export coffee beans in large quantities to the West?
Yemen
What is the most populated country in the MENA region?
Egypt!
Which major Iranian city is historically famous for its wine production?
Shiraz
What is Syria's unit of currency?
Syrian pound or lira
What country is the largest mine producer of gold in Africa?
Ghana
The English name for the spice commonly ground in with Arabic coffee is:
Cardamom
Jordan
First country to adopt Christianity was
Armenia
What is Syria's national animal?
The Syrian Brown Bear
____________ is the only country in the world that has more trees today than it did 50 years ago.
Israel
Of more than 400 different types of dates grown in Iraq, how many types are harvested commercially?
A)100
B) 4
C) 25
D) 200
4
The Atlas mountains span across which North African countries? (name at least 2)
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia!
Who is the current president of Algeria?
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
During ancient times, lands that now constitute Iraq were known as
Hint: Land between the rivers
Mesopotamia
The world's deepest cave is found in
Georgia (called Georgia's Veryovkina Cave)