Multiple Choice City Quiz – Beirut

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Beirut and its environs?
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1. On what sea does Beirut lie?
Arabian Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
2. By what nickname was Beirut known prior to the 1980s?
The Jasmine City
The Jewel of the Mediterranean
The Mistress of the Orient
The Paris of the Middle East
3. What type of trees would you see at the Al Shouf Nature Reserve near Beirut?
Baobab
Bristlecone Pine
Cedar
Eucalyptus
4. What Hollywood actor is married to a woman born in Beirut?
George Clooney
Leonardo DiCaprio
Brad Pitt
Ryan Reynolds
5. What ancient civilization controlled Beirut in 1000 BC?
Babylonians
Israelites
Phoenicians
Scythians
6. What happened in Beirut in 2020?
A gigantic explosion in the port
A meteor flew past the city
A tsunami
The President was assassinated with a radioactive isotope
7. What happened in Beirut in 1983?
A new record in the 100 meter dash
Barracks bombing killing 241 U.S. troops
Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The last black rhinoceros died
8. What branch of Christianity has its headquarters near Beirut?
Assyrians
Calvinists
Copts
Maronites
9. What small religious group has existed near Beirut for about 1000 years?
Druze
Jains
Sufis
Zoroastrians
10. What language, other than Arabic, sometimes appears on old street signs in Beirut?
French
Hebrew
Italian
Russian
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14 Comments
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Level 70
Apr 28, 2025
I'm gonna share this one with my friend. His family is from Beirut
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Level 58
Apr 28, 2025
Cool
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Level 97
May 4, 2025
With the ancient civilization question, "Israelites" is the correct term to refer to the ancient people of Israel. Israelis refer to people from modern Israel, just a small nitpick though
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Level ∞
May 4, 2025
Valid nitpick. Changed it.
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Level 83
May 4, 2025
I’m noticing a pattern. What city doesn’t get called the “Paris of _____”? I’m sure even Paris is called the Paris of Paris.
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Level 86
May 4, 2025
Edinburgh is Athens, there are a couple Venices as well
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Level 75
May 4, 2025
QM featuring quizzes late at night
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Level 90
May 5, 2025
Sorry to inform you, but other than the very old signs with just the names of streets, which are still in French, virtually every other sign/billboard on the street has English as its second language. Lebanon is moving away from its Francophone history, as has Rwanda (official second language now English), and possibly soon, Algeria. France is not doing well in Africa at the moment.
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Level 43
Aug 27, 2025
1) Lebanon is not in Africa

2) Rwanda has never been under French control

3) Algeria as an independent country never had French as an official language

4) Rwanda as an independent country always had both French and English as additional official language. Although English has indeed been taking more precedence lately

5) English is growing in Lebanon but French is very stable. There are some places in Lebanon where you would hear more French than Arabic. French has a history of being spoken in Lebanon since more than 1000 years (beginning with Normand crusaders) and was introduced to the local population in the 17th century by missionaries, and many Lebanese are very attached to it. The French language is also used in government instances and education (in particular in higher education where it is the most used language before even Arabic). The Lebanese and French governments also have great relations, and there are no plans to "erase" the French language in Lebanon.

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Level 68
Sep 6, 2025
As a Lebanese myself I have to ask, where would I find those places where I’d hear more French than Arabic? Maybe if you said English I would’ve believed you lmao. Also English is more prominent in higher education as French is only used in the Lebanese University and 1 or 2 other top universities here, while the rest of the top 10 use English. I still wanna know where I’d find this said place where French is spoken more than Arabic, even in achrafieh english is used more ffs
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Level 43
Aug 29, 2025
What do you mean by the headquarters of the Maronite Church? It is a part of the Catholic Church, so its headquarters is in Vatican.
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Level 87
Dec 16, 2025
You're correct, but missing the subtlety that it's asking for the headquarters only of Maronite church, which is in full communion with Rome but is not headquartered at the Vatican.

Montana is a part of the United States, but its capital is Helena, not Washington DC. Same idea is applicable here.

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Level 43
Feb 16, 2026
Shukran habibi
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Level 61
Mar 10, 2026
9/10. I thought the Paris of the Middle East was Baghdad