Geography
Food
Songs/Dance
Instruments
Religion
Language
100
What two continents are Arabic countries on?
Africa and Asia
100
What is a famous Arab salad
Tabouli, fattoush
100
Name of a famous Lebanese singer whose songs regularly play on the morning radio
Fairuz
100
What is the name of the famous Arabic drum?
Doumbek, tabla, darbuka
100
What is the dominant religion in Arabic countries?
Islam
100
How do you say hello in Arabic?
200
What is the name of the region that includes many of the countries in the Arab world?
The Middle East
200
What is labneh?
Yogurt, normally served with pita
200
Name a famous male Arabic singer
Amr Diab, Khlaed, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Abdel Halim Hafez
200
What is another name for the riq?
Tambourine
200
What is the main religious text in Islam?
The Quran
200
What direction is Arabic read? (Left to right or right to left)
Right to left
300
What is the most populated Middle Eastern country?
Bonus: What is the population?
Egypt (114 million people)
300
Name 2 Arab Finger Foods
Kebbe, Sambousik, Spinach, Manouch, Lahme Ajin
300
What is the name of the traditional Arabic dance?
Dabkeh
300
The Oud belongs to what instrument family?
The string family
300
Where was Islam founded?
In Mecca, located in modern day Saudi Arabia
300
How many letters are in the arabic alphabet?
28
400
What is the largest Arabic country?
Bonus: How many miles?
1) Algeria (919,352 miles)
400
Name a Middle Eastern food made out of chickpeas
Hommus and falafel
400
Where is belly dancing from?
Egypt
400
What instrument family is the least common in Arabic music?
The brass family
400
How many pillars of Islam are there?
Five (Shahada (declaration of faith), Salah (prayer), Zakat (charity), Sawm (fasting), and Hajj (pilgrimage)
400
How many local varieties (dialects) of Arabic are there?
Around 30
500
How many countries is Arabic the official language
22
500
What are foods found in an Arab Barbeque
Meat, Kafta, Tabouli, Chicken, Hommus, Garlic
500
What is the name of the famous Palestinian Chilean singer? Full name: Elian Amer Marjieh
Elyanna
500
The ney belongs to what instrument family?
Bonus: What instrument is it?
The woodwind family
(the Arabian flute)
500
What holiday marks the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
Eid Al-Adha (June 4- June 9)
500
Arabic is one of the top 10 most spoken languages in the world. (from 1-10 how common is it)
5th most common