Cairo City Trivia - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
On what river is Cairo situated? Nile
99%
What Cairo suburb is home to the "Great Pyramid"? Giza
96%
What Tennessean city shares its name with an ancient Egyptian capital in Metro Cairo? Memphis
88%
Either Cairo or what city is Africa's biggest city, depending on how you measure? Lagos
78%
What is the closest world capital to Cairo? Jerusalem
75%
What international body is headquartered in Cairo? Arab {League}
62%
Put on your thinking cap ... What is the tallest structure in Cairo and Egypt? {Cairo} Tower
60%
What city square was the site of massive protests during the Arab Spring? Tahrir Square
58%
What Egyptian President was assassinated in 1981 in Cairo? Anwar Sadat
55%
Cairo's Al-Azhar University is world's second-oldest institution of higher learning. In what North African city is world's oldest located? Fez
35%
What chivalrous nemesis of the Crusaders built the Cairo Citadel? Saladin
35%
What is the nickname of Cairo? The City of a Thousand {Minarets}
30%
What is the Arabic pronunciation of the city? al-{Qāhirah}
26%
What famous bazaar is one of Cairo's main tourist attractions? Khan el-{Khalili}
22%
Cairo's name in Arabic means "the Conqueror", which is supposedly named after what object in our solar system - known as "the Conquering Star" in Arabic? Mars
22%
The opening and closing scenes of what 2016 X-Men movie took place in Cairo? X-Men: {Apocalypse}
21%
What historic caliphate established Cairo in 969? Fatimid Caliphate
18%
What island in that river is the above located, and is Cairo's most populous one? Gezira Island
10%
What will the new Egyptian capital replacing Cairo reportedly be named? Wedian
4%
What U.S. state capital became Egypt's first sister city in 1951? Baton Rouge
3%
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