Famous Armenians
Modern History
Culture
Geography
Potpourri
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The lead singer for the metal/rock band System of a Down

Serj Tankian

100

The starting date for the Armenian Genocide.

April 24th, 1915

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Traditional Armenian barbeque food, skewered beef, chicken, lamb, etc.. over coal.

kebab

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What is the famous mountain that is no longer in Armenia's borders

Mt. Ararat (Massis and Ararat)

100

Where are we going on our field trip in 2 weeks?

Sky Zone

200

Reality TV show star family in "Keeping up with the [Blank]."

Rob Kardashian

200

The first president of Armenia serving from 1991 - 1998

Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan

200

Armenian war dance notable by mimicking rams butting heads.

Yarkushta

200

Capital City of Armenia.

Yerevan

200

How many letters in the Armenian alphabet.

38
300

Armenian Lawyer made famous by representing OJ Simpson in his murder trial.

Rob Kardashian

300

Armenian Independence Day

September 21st, 1991

300

Traditional Armenian Christian rock carving depicting a cross stone centrally as a connection from Heaven to Earth

Khatch Kar

300

Bordering Countries of Armenia

Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Iran

300

Date Vartanantz day is celebrated.

Thursday before Lent

400

Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster and ninth world chess champion from 1963 - 1969, credited with making chess popular in Armenia

Tigran Petrosian

400

Revolution famous for being resolved with non-violence and changing the Armenian political system from Presidential to Parlimentarian.

Velvet-Revolution

400

The Armenian Newspaper.

Asbarez

400
Number of people of Armenian descent living outside of Armenia

5-10 million

400

Famous Battle in 451 AD to remain Christians after conquest from the Persian empire.

Battle of Avarair

500

The father of the Magrnetic Resonance (MRI) machine

Raymond Vahan Damadian

500

The group of 5 men responsible for an Armenian Revolutionary terrorist attack in the Turkish embassy in Lisbon, Portugal in 1983

Lisbon 5

500

Sayat Nova's famous instrument also is the name of a song. 

Kamancha

500

Number of years Armenia's current capital has existed.

2,806 years. (50 years older than Rome)

500

Jesus Christ's disciple responsible for first attempting to spread Christianity to Armenia

Bartholomew

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