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Multiple Choice City Quiz – Cairo

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the city of Cairo and its environs? Good luck!
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Last updated: July 25, 2025
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1. Which desert surrounds Cairo?
Arabian
Atacama
Kalahari
Sahara
2. In which surrounding city is the Pyramid complex located?
Alexandria
Cheops
Giza
Luxor
3. Which river flows through Cairo?
Atbarah
Euphrates
Nile
Tigris
4. According to the (erroneous) rumour, which French leader would be responsible for breaking the Sphinx's nose?
Louis XIV
Louis XVI
Napoléon Bonaparte
Charles de Gaulle
5. Which American city shares its name with an ancient Egyptian capital located near Cairo?
Alexandria
Memphis
Syracuse
Thebes
6. Where are you if you are visiting Khan el-Khalili?
In a bazaar
In a fortress
In a mosque
In a palace
7. Which pharaoh commissioned the construction of the Great Pyramid?
Akhenaten
Khufu
Ramesses II
Tutankhamun
8. Which of the Indiana Jones films is partly set in Cairo?
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Temple of Doom
The Last Crusade
The Dial of Destiny
9. By what nickname is Cairo also known?
The City of a Thousand Minarets
The Paris of the Middle East
The Pearl of the Orient
The Red City
10. Which of them has never visited Cairo?
Winston Churchill
Muhammad
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Barack Obama
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5 Comments
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Level 62
Mar 26, 2025
Can you add my Reykjavik quiz to the playlist/
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Level 57
Mar 26, 2025
It is already in the playlist for several days.
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Level 94
Jul 25, 2025
Just nitpicking, but it should be “the city of a thousand minarets”

The indefinite article is required in English

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Level 57
Jul 25, 2025
Fixed, thanks!
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Level 73
Sep 1, 2025
Enjoying these quizzes - but do we really need questions about tangential links to US cities and American films in a quiz about one of the great cities of earth.