We Love Jordan
The national dish of Jordan, this originally comes from the word for "large platter."
What is mansaf?
This mom of twins met her future husband (kind of) by a well.
Who is Rebekah?
English gets the majority (30-40%) of its vocabulary from this language.
What is French?
In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch went search of nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper, and eventually colonized this large island chain.
What is Indonesia?
This disease stems for the medieval term meaning "bad air".
What is malaria?
This brief-blooming endangered species is found in the North and is the national flower of Jordan.
What is the black iris?
This faithful mother prayed so hard for her child, the priest thought she was drunk.
Who is Hannah?
This word, meaning "shirt", is similar in Arabic, Spanish, and Bengali, demonstrating the reach of Arab traders in the 11th and 12th centuries.
What is "qamis"
Before Singapore gained independence and adopted 'Majulah Singapura' as their official anthem, they sang this four-word anthem.
What is God Save the Queen?
Diabetes develops as the result of a problem with this specific organ in the body.
What is the pancreas?
The current Hashemite king of Jordan, this person is considered a direct descendent of the prophet Mohammad.
Who is King Abdullah II (ibn Hussein)?
Because of a famine, this mother fled to Moab, modern day Jordan, where her husband and two sons died. She renamed herself "Mara", which means "bitter".
Who is Naomi?
This rainforest ape gets its name from Malay, where its name means "man of the woods."
What is Orangutan?
These Four Great Inventions from ancient China are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced science and technology.
What are gunpowder, paper making, the compass, and printing?
One of the two elements that are liquid at room temperature.
What are mercury and bromine?
This person toured Jordan in the late 1800s and helped stir up the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottomans, which had a huge impact on Middle Eastern history.
Who is T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)?
This mother was mentioned in Hebrews 11, who saved her child because "he was beautiful and she was not afraid of the king's edict."
Who is Jochebed, mother of Moses?
The Arabic phrase, "shah mat", in this game was Frenchified into "eschec mat", which eventually turned into a key phrase for this popular game.
What is chess?
This Portuguese explorer discovered the sea route to India in 1498 and has one of the biggest cities in Goa named after him.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This rocky region "accessorizes" the space between Jupiter and Mars.
What is the asteroid belt?
Despite current water shortages, Jordan boasts the oldest one of these in the world, being built in 4000 BC.
What is a dam? (Jawa Dam in Mafraq)
This woman overcame a tumultuous past to become the mother of Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, and Shimea.
Who is Bathsheba?
This popular American garment gets the name for its textile from the places where it was manufactured: Gênes, Italy, and Nimes, France.
What are jeans?
Margaret Thatcher and Zhao Ziyang signed a historic agreement concerning this territory in 1984 that did not come into fruition until 13 years later, in 1997.
What is Hong Kong?
Between 1951 and 1953, Watson and Crick discovered that DNA adheres to this specific shape.
What is the double helix?