| Answers | % Correct | |
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| 9,801,536 | Cairo | 99%
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| 5,362,517 | Alexandria | 95%
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| Nile | 87%
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| Red Sea | 87%
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| Mediterranean Sea | 84%
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| Peninsula and only part of Egypt located in Asia | Sinai | 84%
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| "World's greatest open-air museum" | Luxor | 77%
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| 4,458,135 | Giza | 76%
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| Sahara | 74%
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| Israel | 73%
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| Libya | 73%
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| Sudan | 73%
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| Oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt, depicting a mythical creature | Great Sphinx | 68%
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| Gulf of Suez | 67%
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| 791,749 | Port Said | 38%
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| Gulf of Aqaba | 32%
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| 1942: Decisive Allied victory in the WWII Western Desert Campaign | Second Battle of El Alamein | 31%
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| Lake Nasser | 29%
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| Aswan: The cruise in this Agatha Christie novel begins there | Death on the Nile | 28%
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| Valley of the Kings: This pharaoh, also referred to as Ozymandias, was buried there | Ramesses II | 27%
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| Kafr-el-Meselha: This president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 was born there | Hosni Mubarak | 25%
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| Resort city on Egypt's east coast | Hurghada | 23%
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| Town known as the "City of Peace" for its conferences | Sharm El Sheikh | 23%
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| Temples dismantled and then reassembled after the construction of the Aswan High Dam | Abu Simbel Temples | 19%
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| Damietta: This ruler, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, defended this city during the Crusades | Saladin | 19%
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| Western major oasis in Egypt | Siwa Oasis | 17%
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| Disputed region between Egypt and Sudan | Halaib Triangle | 15%
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| Governorate developed around the oasis of the same name | Faiyum | 12%
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| City known as Lycopolis by the Greeks | Asyut | 11%
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| Temple complex including the Precinct of Amun-Re, the Precinct of Mut, and the Precinct of Montu | Karnak Temple Complex | 11%
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| Mount Catherine | 7%
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| Hub of the cotton-ginning industry | Tanta | 7%
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| 1,275,700 | Shubra el-Kheima | 6%
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| Wadi named after the numerous fossils found there | Wadi al Hitan | 4%
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| 525 BC: Egyptian defeat that marked the beginning of the Persian domination | Battle of Pelusium | 3%
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| Saqqara: This sculpture of a "Squatting Writer" was discovered there in 1850 | The Seated Scribe | 3%
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| Thebes: One of the earliest copies of this popular Ancient Egyptian tale was found at this site | Story of Sinuhe | 2%
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