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100

What is the most shoplifted book in history?

The Bible.

100

What is the only letter that appears in no chemical element symbol on the periodic table?

J

100

Which pharaoh's reign marked the beginning of the New Kingdom?

a7mos 1

100

What are the two main clubs I support in football?

Bayern, Chelsea

100

Which university did Facebook launch in?

Harvard

200

Which children's picture book follows an insect that eats through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, and five oranges before eventually forming a cocoon?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

200

Which food is often cited as having the highest protein density (protein as a percentage of calories) among commonly eaten whole foods?

Shrimp.

200

What historic event occurred in January 1952 after the Cairo fire?

Ismailia massacre (British killing Egyptian police) "Youm al sabt al eswed"

200

What would most of my friends describe me as?


Bedan

200

Which video game character has appeared in the most fighting games?

Ryu (street fighter)

300

The Ramadan cannon (مدفع رمضان) is a beloved tradition — but how did it actually start in Egypt?

By accident. During the Ottoman period, a governor's cannon was being tested and fired by mistake near Iftar time. People assumed it was intentional to announce the break of fast, celebrated it, and the tradition stuck.

300

At approximately what temperature do the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales have the same value?

-40

300

During the Egyptian revolution which museum was partially looted? Name two artifacts that were damaged or stolen.

Cairo museum, Two mummies were looted and small artifacts damaged.

300

What was the stupid thing I did during the senior trip?

Hung off the side of the boat with one arm for a photo.

300

What is Mario's last name, according to Nintendo?

Bonus, what species is Yoshi?

Mario Mario

Dinosaur

400

Nintendo was founded in 1889. What did they make?

Playing Cards.

400

What is the only bird known to fly backward?

Hummingbird

400

Which Egyptian Bank was stolen in 1992? How much was stolen? How did the robbers escape?

Alexandria Bank. (sohag)

35mill egp.

They dug a tunnel from a nearby tunnel.

400

Name my top three favorite pro wrestlers.

HBK (Shawn Michaels)

CM Punk

Jeff Hardy (extra 100 points)

400

What was Google's original name?

"BackRub" — because it analyzed backlinks. They ran it as BackRub out of Stanford dorms in 1996.

500

What did ancient Romans use as toothpaste — and did it work?

Urine. Human and Portuguese urine specifically — the Portuguese variety was considered premium and imported. The ammonia in urine is actually a legitimate cleaning and whitening agent.

500

What is the hottest thing in the known universe?

Lightning 

A bolt of lightning reaches around 30,000 Kelvin — roughly five times hotter than the surface of the sun. The sun's surface is about 5,500 Kelvin.

500

Cairo's official name is "القاهرة" (Al-Qahira). It was named this deliberately by the Fatimids in 969 AD — but after what exactly?

Mars. The Fatimids were astronomers and named the city after "Al-Qahir" — the conquering planet — which was rising at the exact moment they broke ground. Cairo literally means "The Martial One."

500

Name all the internships I did.

Bonus round, make me laugh.

Sabeanyu?

500

What was the first thing ever bought and sold on the internet?

Marijuana. In 1971 — before the internet was public — Stanford and MIT students used ARPANET to arrange a cannabis deal between campuses