| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What is the capital of Syria? | Damascus | 99%
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| What body of water does Syria border? | Mediterranean Sea | 94%
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| What country does Syria share its longest border with? | Turkey | 90%
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| What is Syria's most populous city by city proper? | Aleppo | 85%
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| What region includes Syria, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon? | Levant | 80%
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| What area did Israel take from Syria during the Six-Day War? | {Golan} Heights | 79%
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| What ancient vegetation area was Syria part of, also known as the "cradle of civilization"? | {Fertile} Crescent | 74%
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| Put on your thinking cap ...what desert covers most of Syria? | {Syrian} Desert | 73%
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| What is the longest river in Syria? | Euphrates | 71%
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| What is the main ethnic group of the people who founded the Rojava autonomous region? | Kurds | 66%
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| What river makes Syria's extreme northeastern border with that country? | Tigris | 63%
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| Put on your thinking cap ... what mountain range makes most of Syria's border with Lebanon? | Anti-{Lebanon} Mountains | 62%
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| What large reservoir is built on that river by the Tabqa Dam? (hint: nation's president) | Lake {Assad} | 59%
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| What political party currently controls the Syrian government? | Ba'ath | 48%
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| What is the third-largest city in Syria, formerly known as Emesa? | Homs | 47%
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| What mosque in the capital is Syria's largest and one of world's oldest? (hint: namesake of a major Islamic caliphate) | Umayyad Mosque | 45%
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| What city, startin with R, did the ISIL make their capital in 2014? | Raqqa | 39%
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| What is the main port of Syria on the above? | Latakia | 34%
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| What is the name of the above in Arabic? | Halab | 25%
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| What city, starting with I, is considered the seat of the Syrian Salvation Government? | Idlib | 25%
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