| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country with massive oil reserves | Saudi Arabia | 98%
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| Desert that covers most of Egypt | Sahara | 96%
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| Country which nearly 7 million people have fled since 2011 | Syria | 94%
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| Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas | Suez Canal | 90%
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| Largest branch of Islam | Sunni | 87%
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| Peninsula that Israel returned to Egypt in 1982 | Sinai | 86%
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| Iran's official branch of Islam | Shia | 84%
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| Ancient trade route that whose western end was in Istanbul | Silk Road | 84%
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| Capital of Yemen | Sana'a | 82%
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| Title of the Omani monarch | Sultan | 79%
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| Object found on that country's flag | Sword | 73%
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| Title of the Iranian king | Shah | 70%
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| Currency of Israel | Shekel | 69%
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| Bosphorus, Hormuz, Mandeb, e.g. | Strait | 68%
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| Iranian city or variety of red wine | Shiraz | 57%
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| Largest island of Yemen | Socotra | 43%
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| Title used by the rulers of the seven individual United Arab Emirates | Sheikh | 34%
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| Tyre's Phoenician counter-part | Sidon | 22%
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| Ancient Greek city near Izmir | Smyrna | 20%
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| Historic communist country | South Yemen | 18%
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