History
Geography
Language
Shahnameh
100

The revolution that led to the current regime of Iran

What is the Islamic Revolution of 1979?
100

The capital of modern-day Iran

What is Tehran?

100

The language of the Sassanian Empire

What is Middle Persian?

100

The mythical phoenix

What is Simorgh?

200

This ancient Persian text is regarded as one of the first codified doctrines of human rights

What is the Cyrus Cylinder? 

200

The body of water north of Iran

What is the Caspian Sea?

200

The language that the holy book of Zoroastrianism is written in

What is Avestan?

200

This character was killed by his father in an unfortunate turn of events

Who is Sohrab?

300

The founder and first shah of the Sassanid Empire

Who is Ardashir I?

300

The ruins of the capital of the Achaemenid Empire

What is Persepolis?

300

The Persian reduplication of the word 'telephone' -- like 'fancy-schmancy' in English

What is 'telephone-melephone'?

300

The divine Zoroastrian entity that warned the first shah about Ahriman's army. 

What is Soroush?

400

In one account of this event, the Persians defeated the Egyptians by taking cats into battle, which the Egyptians viewed as sacred, preventing them from firing arrows and fighting against the Persians

What is the Battle of Pelusium

400

The highest point of elevation in Iran

What is Mount Damavand?

400

This Persian language has three genders

What is Old Persian?

400

The first human and shah in the world

Who is Keyumars?

500

The US General who was sent to control the Iranian military to prevent military action against the formation of the Islamic Republic. 

Who is General Robert E. Huyser?

500
The city of poets and literature
What is Shiraz?
500

The two languages with the most influence on Old Persian

What is Akkadian and Sanskrit?

500

The son of Ahriman, known as 'snake shoulder'.

Who is Zahak