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Middle Eastern Geography Quiz

Can you guess these facts related to the geography of the Middle East?
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First submittedJanuary 28, 2018
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Dominant religion in the Middle East
Islam
Gulf often referred to simply as "The Gulf"
Persian Gulf
Historical name for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
Egypt's largest peninsula
Sinai
Capital of Qatar
Doha
Second most populous city in Syria, after Damascus
Aleppo
Tallest mountain in Turkey, thought by some to be the place where Noah's ark landed
Mount Ararat
Another name for the Persian language
Farsi
The world's tallest building
Burj Khalifa
City whose "Green Zone" was established in 2003
Baghdad
Mountain range, starting with the letter Z, which passes through western Iran
Zagros Mountains
Ethnic group whose homeland is split between Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq
Kurds
River on whose west bank you'd find the West Bank
Jordan
Egypt's largest dam
Aswan Dam
City where the Kaaba is located
Mecca
"Strip" of land which borders Israel, Egypt, and the Mediterranean Sea
Gaza Strip
Country which borders Saudi Arabia on a small, man-made island called "Passport Island"
Bahrain
Peninsula that makes up most of Turkey
Anatolia
Largest city in southern Yemen, or the gulf on which it is located
Aden
Type of tree depicted on the flag of Lebanon
Cedar
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48 Comments
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Feb 7, 2018
Good quiz, missed a couple but enjoyed the test.
sumguy
+3
Level 87
Aug 9, 2018
"What is the tallest mountain and Turkey" should be "in Turkey".
cpgatbyu
+5
Level 88
Aug 9, 2018
Wikipedia: "Aleppo was the largest Syrian city before the Syrian Civil War; however, now Aleppo is probably the second-largest city in Syria after the capital Damascus."
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 10, 2018
Fixed
azhfandak
+1
Level 78
Aug 10, 2018
What's your idea to call "Arabian sea" just "the sea" for more simplicity?!
IsleAuHaulte
+9
Level 92
Oct 7, 2018
What?
JoshPen
+10
Level 77
Aug 11, 2018
It would be interesting to see how the average-person-on-the-street would do on this quiz, particularly those with the whole "we should just bomb the whole Middle-East and be done with them" mentality.
jkabq
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Level 67
Nov 6, 2018
why?
HydratedMite
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Level 68
Mar 25, 2026
Because a significant amount of U.S. citizens are in support of bombing Agrabah... like from Aladdin...
InterAlia
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Level 83
Mar 5, 2023
If by "interesting" you mean that it would prove you are smarter, then I'm sure you're right. It's worth interrogating your motivations though. If you actually want something about that situation to change, this is not the way to persuade anyone.
JonOfKent
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Level 61
Mar 25, 2026
Indeed. Also, knowing the names of capitals and mountain ranges doesn't imply you have a better understanding of what is going on there.
Limukala
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Level 61
Mar 25, 2026
I’d be willing to bet there’s a pretty strong correlation between knowing the geography of a region and understanding the political landscape and current events.
Leek1
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Level 44
Aug 14, 2018
What is Aleppo?
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 92
Oct 7, 2018
A leprous hippo.
ander217
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Level 73
Nov 6, 2018
Poor Gary Johnson will never forget that day. "What would you do, if elected, about Aleppo?" "What?" "Aleppo." And he replied, "What is a leppo?"
kalbahamut
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Level 79
Nov 6, 2018
You guys might enjoy this series

If I make another one of those I'm going to have to remember Zagros mountains. Z answers are a little hard to come by.

Npredella
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Level 48
Nov 6, 2018
Can gulf of persia maybe do for persian gulf...?
HinesBrothers
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Level 78
Nov 6, 2018
All easy. Perfect score.
jtjerue
+11
Level 55
Nov 10, 2018
Raise your hand if you've never heard of the Zagros mountains
Joheemah
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Level 65
Oct 5, 2025
🙋
introvertigo
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Level 43
Mar 6, 2019
100% with 2:42 left- easy but great quiz!
Findlay
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Level 80
Feb 29, 2020
Amazed by how few people got Zagros. Wouldn't expect it to be a huge number, but 12%?
interopia
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Level 90
Jul 17, 2020
The only one I missed...
MikesBrain
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Level 81
Sep 23, 2021
Maybe I'm really old but I learnt that the historical name for the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was the Fertile Crescent.
314venetian
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Level 72
Oct 24, 2022
I'm relatively young, and I too was taught and know that region as the Fertile Crescent. Kept trying typing it and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong.
partdavid
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Level 74
Jul 10, 2023
The Fertile Crescent includes considerably more than the land between the rivers, and wasn't really its historical name--it came into use in 1914. Whereas Mesopotamia actually means "between the rivers" and is definitely historical.
xXDabLegendXx
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Level 62
Nov 4, 2023
It seems that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is actually now the largest dam on the Nile (It's on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, that feeds 80% of the Nile's water). Got stuck on that question.
Joheemah
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Level 65
Oct 5, 2025
I think the Nile question is actually the GERD after it was inaugurated in September 2025.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jan 20, 2026
Updated the question.
JackintheBox
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Level 82
Jan 20, 2026
Just so you know, 'Persian' is still accepted for the Persian language question.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 20, 2026
It's not though.
Djilas
+2
Level 86
Jan 20, 2026
Persian is accepted because it's the answer for one of the other questions.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 20, 2026
Yeah, I know.
nerdalert
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Level 89
Jan 20, 2026
Isn't "Farsi" what the Arab invaders renamed "Parsi" to?
GlassMonkeyOLD
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Level 69
Jan 20, 2026
Very easy, except for one question.
AlmostAGenius
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Level 89
Jan 20, 2026
I agree. The major religion was very tough.
Cage59
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Level 72
Jan 22, 2026
Babylon could be considered in addition to Mesopotamia

(By the rivers of Babylon….)

Albrik
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Level 66
Feb 1, 2026
Babylon is just a city by the rivers, it doesn't name the region
QuizWiz91
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Level 55
Mar 25, 2026
It's not the "west bank" it's Judea and Samaria.
slug
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Level 73
Mar 25, 2026
I hope your intentionally offensive comment gets removed.
Eumenes
+1
Level 65
Mar 25, 2026
Cool quiz!
Petetheneed
+1
Level 56
Mar 25, 2026
Finally my studies of Islamic Science paid off.
TeaStain
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Level 52
Mar 25, 2026
Should accept the Turkish name for the mountain in Turkey
jim2u2
+1
Level 67
Mar 25, 2026
Good Quiz. Instead of Anatolia, I think of Canakale, where the Newfoundlanders, before they were a province, all perished.
DrLaura
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Level 59
Mar 25, 2026
Isn't Anatolia a plateau, not a peninsula?
Flagmaster320B
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Level 44
Mar 25, 2026
There should be a feature that lets you share your score and time(maybe)

Great quiz, I got about 60% right.

HinesBrothers
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Level 78
Mar 27, 2026
Maybe clarify in the question that Farsi is another name for the most common kind of the Persian language? It's not an equivalent term for all Persian variants such as Dari, Tajik Persian, etc.
verdun
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Level 71
Mar 31, 2026
How many planes have to go down for the attacking pilot to qualify as an ace? This differs by country.
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