Extreme Quiz About Iran

This quiz about Iran has 79 questions that gradually get harder. How many can you answer?

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Hint	Answer
Capital	Tehran
Five most populous cities other than the capital	Mashhad
	Shiraz
	Isfahan
	Karaj
	Tabriz
Biggest Province	Kerman
Smallest Province	Alborz
Colors of the flag	Red
	White
	Green
What the emblem in the middle says	Allah
The emblem is same color as...top/bottom	Bottom
Bordering countries	Turkey
	Iraq
	Azerbaijan
	Armenia
	Turkmenistan
	Pakistan
	Afghanistan
Closest non-bordering country	Bahrain
Old name for Iran	Persia
Strait between Iran and Arabia	Hormuz
Rank of Iran in terms of area	18
The language of Iran	Farsi
Non-bordering country that speaks that language	Tajikistan
Religion of Iran	Islam
What type of that religion?	Shia
Iran has around __ million people	90
Iran is the number one producer of this spice	Saffron
What Iranians say the shape of Iran looks like	Cat
Name of the Empire Iran was	Achaemenid
What Iranians call America: The great _____	Satan
Continent Iran is in	Asia
Closest continent other than that one	Europe
Country there starting with the same 2 letters	Ireland
The opposite of I ran	You Walked
Form of mathematics Iranians invented	Algebra
Kitchen appliance Iranians invented	Fridge
Body of water bordering Arabia	Persian Gulf
Body of water bordering Russia	Caspian Sea
Biggest Lake in Iran	Lake Urmia
Pink lake in Iran	Maharloo
Longest river in Iran	Karun River
Decoration that Iranians are famous for making	Rugs
Iran is said to be the _____ country in the world	Oldest
Five most visited landmarks in Iran	Naqshe Jahan
	Persepolis
	Nasir al Mulk
	Tehran Grand Bazar
	Imam Reza Holy Shrine
The role of the current leader	Ayatollah
Who the ruler of Iran is now	Khamenei
Before that...	Khamenei
Before that...	Khomeini
Before that...	Mohammad R. Pahlavi
And his role was...	Shah
Kings of the Persian Empire	Cyrus
	Xerxes
	Darius
How do you say "hello" in the Iranian language?	Salam
How do you say "bye" in the Iranian language?	Khoda Hafez
How do you say "how are you" in the Iranian language?	Chetori
How do you say "good" in the Iranian language?	Khoob
How do you say "bad" in the Iranian language?	Bad
How do you say "yes" in the Iranian language?	Are
How do you say "no" in the Iranian language?	Na
What year was the Iranian revolution	1978
What is the currency of Iran	Rial
10,000 of those is called...	Toman
Mountain range in Northern Iran: ______ __________	Alborz Mountains
Another big mountain range in Iran: ______ _________	Zagros Mountains
Highest mountain in Iran	Damavand
Iran's national food	Chelo Kebab
President of Iran	Masoud Pezeshkian
Most popular sport	Soccer
National sport	Wrestling
Road that was used for trade back in the day	Silk Road
Iran's biggest enemy	United States
Largest island of Iran	Qeshm

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Level 69

Sep 26, 2025

To be accurate, even the closest neighbour of Bahrain, Qatar, is much closer to Iran than Bahrain. But the closest countries (not counting small islands in Persian Gulf because this area is very disputed), the nearer countries should be (only by my calculations):

1. Kuwait (21 km)

2. Oman (52 km)

3. UAE (88 km)

So the correct answer would be Kuwait, not Bahrain

Level 69

Sep 29, 2025

The correct answer is bahrain, but thank you for your concern.

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