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What Lebanon-based ancient civilization founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean?
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Phoenicia
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What major city of that civilization did Alexander the Great conquer and change from an island into a peninsula?
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Tyre
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What mythological princess of that civilization was born in that city – and gave name to a continent?
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Europa
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What color was famously produced from sea snails in that civilization?
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Purple
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What writing system did the people of that civilization create?
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Alphabet
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What ancient city has continuously been inhabited since 5000 BC, and also been the place where the above was developed?
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Byblos
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What Christian group, who took part in religious wars, established the County of Tripoli?
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Crusaders
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For what Christian ethnoreligious group did the Ottomans create the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate as a homeland?
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The Maronites
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What other local religious community, starting with D, founded the modern-day Lebanon together with the above?
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Druze
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What European country had a "mandate" to run Lebanon between 1923−1946?
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France
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What was the former nickname of Beirut?
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Paris of the Middle East
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What Lebanese singer, whose name starts with N, is dubbed the "Queen of Arab Pop"?
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Nancy Ajram
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What country invaded Lebanon in 1978, 1982, 1993, 1996 and 2006?
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Israel
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What political party, with a military wing, was founded as a result of the above in 1982?
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Hezbollah
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What war, in 1975–1990, was mainly fought between Christian and Muslim militias?
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Lebanese Civil War
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What "colorful" line separated those groups in that war in Beirut?
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Green Line
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What country had once occupied up to 80% of Lebanon between 1976–2005?
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Syria
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What Lebanese-born lawyer has had several high-profile clients and is married to George Clooney?
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Amal Clooney
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What chemical compound, in 2,750 tonnes, ignited the 2020 Beirut explosion?
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Ammonium nitrate
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What economic phenomenon has caused Lebanon's financial crisis since 2019?
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Liquidity shortages
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