| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Official language | Arabic | 100%
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| 2) Largest city | Cairo | 100%
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| 3) Ancient port city that once held theworlds largest library | Alexandria | 92%
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| 5) Female pharaoh who was intwinedwith both Caesar and Antony | Cleopatra | 92%
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| 4) River that provided water forEgyptian civilization | Nile | 92%
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| 14) Sea to the north of Egypt | Mediterranean | 77%
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| 16) This ancient city was the first capital ofunified Egypt, also a major city in Tennessee | Memphis | 77%
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| 9) Famous canal that is a vital shippingpassage to Asia | Suez | 77%
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| 6) Teenage pharaoh whos' tomb laid undiscovered for 3200 years until 1922 | Tutankhamun | 77%
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| 10) This ancient city in southern Egyptwas the capital of pharaohs at the time of Thebes | Luxor | 69%
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| 8) Peninsula that connects Africa with Asia | Sinai | 69%
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| 18) Greek warrior who conquered Egypt, bringingin the Ptolemaic period | Alexander the Great | 62%
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| 20) Famous stone that deciphers the above,discovered in 1799 | Rosetta | 62%
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| 11) Famous area in the above that holdstombs of pharaohs | Valley of the Kings | 62%
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| 7) Famous structure first commissioned bypharaoh Khufu in 2600 BC | Great Pyramid | 54%
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| 19) Style of writing invented in ancient Egypt | Hieroglyphics | 54%
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| 12) Famous limestone statue of a halflion, half human creature | Great Sphinx | 23%
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| 17) Famous female pharaoh who constructednumerous temples during the prosperous period of Egypt | Hatshepsut | 23%
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| 13) Ancient Nubian civilization that conqueredEgypt, located in present day northern Sudan | Kush | 23%
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| 15) The famous Step Pyramid was constructedfor this pharaoh during the Third Dynasty | Djoser | 8%
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