| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| O | Neighbor of Yemen | Oman | 92%
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| J | Country to the East of the West Bank | Jordan | 88%
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| R | The Tigris, Euphrates, or Nile for example | river | 87%
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| D | Jewish king said to have founded Jerusalem | David | 86%
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| A | City from whence the Ptolemies ruled Egypt | Alexandria | 84%
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| M | The city of the Muslim prophet | Medina | 84%
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| H | Chickpea paste that Arabs and Israelis both enjoy | Hummous | 75%
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| T | Capital of Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 65%
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| L | Famous ancient building of "A" | library or lighthouse | 63%
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| C | Last Ptolemaic ruler of "A" | Cleopatra | 62%
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| B | Birthplace of "D" | Bethlehem | 61%
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| I | Legendary progenitor of all Jews | Isaac | 48%
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| G | Knot cut by the namesake of "A" | Gordian | 42%
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| P | People fought by "D" | Philistines | 38%
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| K | Supreme leader of Iran since 1989 | Khamenei | 37%
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| V | "C" committed suicide by this | viper | 35%
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| Q | 8th largest city in Iran | Qom | 33%
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| E | The Middle East is also known as the Crossroads of these | Empires | 31%
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| F | King who built a causeway from Arabia to Bahrain | Fahd | 29%
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| Z | Another name for Zoroaster | Zarathustra | 25%
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| W | The largest and most oppressed minority in the MidEast | women | 19%
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| S | Agreement between the UK and France to divide the Middle East | Sykes-Picot | 18%
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| U | a body of Muslim scholars | Ulema | 12%
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| N | Civilization that built Petra | Nabatean | 9%
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| Y | The original name of "M" | Yathrib | 9%
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