| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country that was invaded by Saddam | Kuwait | 98%
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| Ethnic group with their homeland spanning across Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran | Kurds | 95%
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| The famous spit-roasted meat of the Middle East | Kebab | 82%
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| Term for a food that is okay for the Jews to eat | Kosher | 78%
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| Small cube-shaped building in Mecca that is Islam's holiest location | Kaaba | 74%
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| Term for an Israeli collective | Kibbutz | 58%
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| Name of the Israeli legislature | Knesset | 55%
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| Stadium in Qatar that hosted the third place play-off in 2022 FIFA World Cup (not named after Dubai's famous "Burj", but a Qatari emir) | {Khalifa} International Stadium | 45%
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| Series of roads and bridges that connects Saudi Arabia to Bahrain | {King} {Fahd} Causeway | 28%
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| Turkish city near Georgia or a 2006 Pixar movie, only starting with K | Kars | 27%
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| Turkish city that is home to the resting place for the Persian-speaking poet Rumi; was called "Iconium" in the antiquity | Konya | 24%
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| Major Iraqi city that is under dispute between those people and the Iraqi government | Kirkuk | 23%
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| Major city in the southern portion of the Gaza Strip | Khan Yunis | 20%
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| Iraqi city holy to the Shia Muslims | Karbala | 13%
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| One of those collectivities where Hamas massacred 52 people in 2023 | {Kfar} Aza | 11%
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| Former northeastern Iranian province that was divided into 3 new ones in 2004 | Khorasan | 10%
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| 80% of Iran's oil reserves are located in this province where most Iranian Arabs call home | {Khuze}stan | 10%
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| Largest province in Iran or the city where a terrorist bombing killed 96 people in 2024 | Kerman | 9%
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