An Egypt Question Tour

أهلا! Take a tour through the storied nation of Egypt as thirty-two questions in eight categories test your knowledge of its geography, history, and culture.

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Cities 1: One of, if not the largest cities in Africa, founded under the Fatimid Dynasty

Cairo

Cities 2: City established with the construction of the Suez Canal. Its twin city is Port Fuad.

Port Said

Cities 3: "The world's greatest open-air museum;" in Greek, it's Thebes, in Ancient Egyptian, it's Waset, and in Coptic, it's Pape.

Luxor

Cities 4: City named after a battle in the Seventh Crusade; in Arabic, its name means "victorious."

Mansoura

Artificial Landmarks 1: Last of the Ancient Wonders of the World.

Pyramids of Giza

Artificial Landmarks 2: Temple notable for early medical devices and crocodile mummies found inside.

Kom Ombo Temple

Artificial Landmarks 3: One of the oldest pyramids, notable for its unsmoothed sides

Step Pyramid of Djoser

Artificial Landmarks 4: Largest dam on the Nile River; its construction threatened to flood the Temple of Abu Simbel.

Aswan Dam

Natural Landmarks 1: As its name would suggest, this site of crystalline formations is an unusual color.

White Desert

Natural Landmarks 2: Site known for fossils of prehistoric whales.

Wadi Al-Hitan

Natural Landmarks 3: Mountain named for a Christian saint laid to rest here.

Mount Catherine

Natural Landmarks 4: National park near Sharm El-Sheikh that may have once held a shrine to the Greek god Poseidon.

Ras Muhammad

People 1: Deified doctor, mathematician, and polymath who shares his name with the antagonist of "The Mummy."

Imhotep

People 2: Last pharaoh of Egypt and descendent of Alexander the Great; she's best known for her affairs with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.

Cleopatra VII

People 3: Sultan of Egypt and Syria who led Muslim forces in the Second and Third Crusades.

Saladin

People 4: Second president of Egypt who nationalized the Suez Canal.

Gamal Abdel Nasser

History 1: Site of the Arab Spring protests that removed Mubarak

Tahrir Square

History 2: Egypt's other Ancient Wonder of the World; its ruins were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay

Lighthouse of Alexandria

History 3: Kingdom that conquered Egypt in the eighth century BCE

Kush

History 4: WWII battle that forced the German and Italian armies out of Egypt

Second Battle of El Alamein

Culture 1: Set of funerary texts meant to guide souls through the afterlife.

Book of the Dead

Culture 2: Considered the "first" Arabic novel, published in 1913 and focusing on romantic and marital affairs in rural Egypt.

Zaynab

Culture 3: This novel by Naguib Mahfouz was only officially released in Egypt in 2006 due to strong opposition from Muslim authorities.

Children of Gebelawi

Culture 4: Festival marking the beginning of spring that has been celerated in Egypt for thousands of years.

Sham Ennessim

Mythology 1: Jackal-headed god of funerals

Anubis

Mythology 2: Wife of Osiris and mother of Horus who presided over healing; a major temple to her can be found at Philae.

Isis

Mythology 3: Cat goddess

Bastet

Mythology 4: Serpent who tries to swallow Ra (the sun god) every night; eclipses are blamed on him.

Apep

Paleontology 1: This piscivorous theropod is infamous for killing a Tyrannosaurus in Jurassic Park III

Spinosaurus

Paleontology 2: Relative of the modern-day sawfish that grew to 4.25 meters (13.9 feet) in length and was likely food for the above answer.

Onchopristis

Paleontology 3: Titanosaur that dwelt alongside the above in the Bahariya Formation, discovered in an expedition in 2000

Paralititan

Paleontology 4: Its name means "king of lizards" because this early whale's discoverers assumed it to be a reptile due to its serpentine shape.

Basilosaurus

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