ASU Jeopardy

Food

100

What is Hummus?

Mashed Chickpeas Paste

200

Where did Knafeh originate from? 

Nablus, Palestine

300

^{Most famous meal in Jordan...cooked for gatherings and special occasions...}

Mansaf 

400

What do the words "Baba Ghannouj" literally mean?

Silly daddy.

500

A dessert with many different names, but it's mostly made of semolina, sugar, and butter/ghee...

Hareeseh/Basboosa/Nammoura

Countries/Places

100

_{What is the lowest point in the Arab world?}

^{The Dead Sea}

200

Which country has an evergreen as their national emblem?

Lebanon

300

^{Is Turkey is Asia or Europe?}

^{Its half in Asia and half in Turkey.}

400

^{Which country has coastal lines on the Atlantic Ocean and the Medeterrenean Sea?}

^{Morocco <al-maghreb>}

500

The famous building in Istanbul that has been a house of worship for many different religions, and is now a museum

Hagia Sophia

Random

100

What is the longest river in the Arab world?

The Nile.

200

How many Arab speaking countries are there? Name 7.

25

^{Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.}

300

Solve this Riddle: I have a monkey as my accomplice. I am a well-loved character in the Arabian world. From stealing bread for my hunger, I stole a princess’s heart for love.

Aladdin.

400

Solve this Riddle:You own it. It keeps on increasing. But it never comes down. What is it?

Your Age.

500

Solve this Riddle: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

Arabs best friend: MONEY

Sayings/Language

100

From the ___ to the sea, Palestine will be __

...........................................

200

After Arabic, the 2nd official language of Morocco

French

300

^{The most read Arabic book all around the world...}

^{THE QURAN}

400

What are all the letters that do not connect to the left side?

 alf, dal, thal, ra, zayn, waw

500

Solve this riddle: Whenever something moves a step, it loses something of its tail, so what is it?

A sewing Needle

Arab Inventions/Artists

100

What is a sharp instrument invented in an Arab country that is used in surgeries?

Scalpel

200

_{What is the value that equates to nothing?}

Zero. The Arabs were the first to create equations that equated to zero; this is now called “algebra.”

300

Now the Western world's favorite drink, coffee was first brewed in this country around the 9th century.

Yemen

400

Who sings "Dammi falastini"?

Mohammed Assaf

500

One of the most admired Arab American writers

Khalil Gibran