| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | Country invaded by the US in 1991 and 2003 | Iraq | 96%
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| E | Home to Cleopatra, Nasser, and Mubarak | Egypt | 94%
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| J | Ancient city fought over by many different religions | Jerusalem | 93%
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| O | Empire that controlled most of the Middle East until WW1 | Ottoman | 92%
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| B | Ancient city of hanging gardens | Babylon | 89%
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| K | Unrecognized country between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria | Kurdistan | 82%
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| T | River parallel to the Euprhates | Tigris | 80%
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| F | Fried ball of ground chickpeas | Falafel | 75%
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| S | Peninsula ceded back to "E" in 1981 | Sinai | 73%
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| A | Largest city in Syria, formerly | Aleppo | 71%
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| H | Political faction and terrorist group of Lebanon | Hizbollah | 66%
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| Q | The final revelation given to Muhammad | Qur'an | 63%
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| C | Form of government wished for by ISIS and bin Laden | Caliphate | 61%
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| G | Most commonly spoken language until at least the 7th century | Greek | 56%
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| L | British officer that helped organize a revolt against "O" | Lawrence | 49%
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| W | Scarce resource imported in record quantities | water | 49%
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| D | Arabic name for Islamic State | Daesh | 43%
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| P | Ancient civilization that colonized much of the Mediterranean | Phoenicia | 41%
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| Y | Local deity worshiped in Samaria and Judah | Yahweh | 25%
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| M | Largest Christian group in Lebanon | Maronite | 24%
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| V | Large city in Eastern Turkey | Van | 23%
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| N | Neo-Assyrian capital city | Nineveh | 20%
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| U | Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca not during Hajj | Umrah | 19%
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| R | City in "I" fought over in 2014 and 2015 | Ramadi | 5%
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| Z | Led Jews out of captivity in "B" and laid the foundation of the 2nd Temple | Zerubbabel | 2%
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