| Clue | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Most commonly spoken language | Arabic | 99%
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| I | Country also called Persia | Iran | 95%
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| U | The U in UAE | United | 95%
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| D | Place to see the world's tallest building | Dubai | 94%
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| N | Cairo's river | Nile | 94%
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| Y | Oman's neighbor | Yemen | 94%
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| Q | Small Gulf state | Qatar | 92%
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| O | Most important export of the Middle East | Oil | 89%
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| B | Capital of Lebanon | Beirut | 88%
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| H | Official language of Israel | Hebrew | 85%
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| K | Ethnic minority of Iraq and Turkey | Kurds | 85%
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| M | Muhammad's hometown | Mecca | 85%
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| R | Capital of Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 79%
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| E | River parallel to the Tigris | Euphrates | 78%
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| T | Capital of I | Tehran | 76%
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| P | The 197th country? | Palestine | 72%
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| C | Term for an Egyptian Christian | Copt | 57%
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| V | Modest garment for women | Veil | 56%
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| X | Great king of Persia | Xerxes | 56%
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| S | Legendary sailor of the seven seas | Sinbad | 53%
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| J | Saudi port on the Red Sea | Jeddah | 52%
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| F | Bird beloved by the ultrarich | Falcon | 49%
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| L | Region that encompasses Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon | Levant | 48%
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| Z | Prophet of a once-popular Persian religion | Zoroaster | 37%
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| G | Another spelling of Djinn | Genie | 36%
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| W | What some dervishes do | Whirl | 34%
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