Stats: Ultimate Cities Quiz (Middle East)

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This quiz has been taken 326 times
313 since last reset
The average score is 62 of 122

Answer Stats

Country	City	Hint	% Correct
Turkey	Ankara	Capital, 2nd Largest	99%
Turkey	Istanbul	Biggest, Hagia Sophia	99%
Syria	Damascus	Capital, 2nd Largest	95%
Azerbaijan	Baku	Capital, Biggest	94%
Israel	Jerusalem	Capital (also claimed by palestine as capital), Biggest, Holy city to three religions	94%
Iran	Tehran	Capital, Biggest	94%
Iraq	Baghdad	Capital, Biggest	93%
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Largest, worlds tallest building, gold market	93%
Saudi Arabia	Mecca	Holiest City to Muslims, destination of the Hajj, Kaaba	93%
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Capital, 2nd Largest, largest of the 7 emirates	92%
Lebanon	Beirut	Capital, Biggest	92%
Oman	Muscat	Capital, Biggest	92%
Cyprus/Northern Cyprus*	Nicosia	Capital and Biggest City of both countries	92%
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Capital, Biggest	92%
Israel	Tel Aviv	2nd Largest, Global economic and technology leader	92%
Armenia	Yerevan	Capital, Biggest	92%
Jordan	Amman	Capital, Biggest	91%
Qatar	Doha	Capital, Biggest	91%
Pakistan	Islamabad	Capital, built specifically to become the new Capital, Most developed city in Pakistan	91%
Yemen	Sana'a	Capital, Biggest	91%
Georgia	Tbilisi	Capital, Biggest	91%
Kazakhstan	Astana	Capital, 2nd Largest, Planned City	89%
Turkey	Izmir	3rd Largest, Formerly known as Smyrna	88%
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Capital, Biggest	88%
Saudi Arabia	Medina	2nd Holiest city to Muslims, The Prophets Mosque	88%
Syria	Aleppo	Biggest, inhabited since the 6th milenium BC	87%
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	2nd Largest, 'Most Open' city in Saudi Arabia	87%
Afghanistan	Kabul	Capital, Biggest, 5th fastest growing city in the world	87%
Pakistan	Karachi	Biggest, 'City of Lights', Maine Seaport and Financial Center of Pakistan	87%
Bahrain	Manama	Capital, Biggest	87%
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Capital, Biggest, 'Stone City'	85%
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Capital, Biggest, Formerly 'Dyushambe' and 'Stalinabad', name means 'Monday'	84%
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Capital, Biggest, known as 'Poltorask'	83%
Palestine	Gaza	Biggest, Conquered by Egyptians, Romans, Mongols, Crusaders, Ottomans and the British, very young population (75% <25)	83%
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Capital, Biggest, Formerly 'Pishpek' and 'Frunze'	82%
Pakistan	Lahore	2nd Largest, Capital of Punjab, 'Mughal City of Gardens'	82%
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Biggest, formerly Alma-Ata and Verniy	80%
Turkey	Antalya	Biggest Turkish city on Mediteranean Coast, Host of 2015 G20 summit	79%
Israel	Haifa	3rd Largest, Mount Carmel	79%
Iran	Isfahan	3rd Largest, twice a former capital of Persia, one of the largest City-Squares in the world	79%
Iraq	Mosul	Tigris river, founded across from Ninevah, locals called Maslawis	79%
Iran	Mashhad	2nd Largest, major oasis on the Silk Road	77%
Iraq	Basra	3nd Largest, Biggest port, one fo the hottest cities on the planet, home to Sinbad	76%
Yemen	Aden	2nd Largest, Capital of South Yemen, temporarily a former capital of Yemen	72%
Turkey	Bursa	Former capital of Ottoman State	71%
Palestine	Ramallah	De Fecto Palestinian Administrative Capital	68%
Iran	Shiraz	'City of Poets, Literature, wine and flowers', Former capital of ancient Persian dynasties	68%
Syria	Homs	3rd Largest, Formerly Emesa, Krak de Chevaliers	64%
Turkey	Gaziantep	commonly called Antep, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world	63%
Iraqi Kurdistan*	Erbil	Capital, Biggest, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world	61%
Pakistan	Faisalabad	3rd Largest, AKA Lyallpur, 'Manchester of Pakistan'	61%
Uzbekistan	Samarkand	3rd largest, Silk Road, 'Rock Town' or 'Stone Fort'	61%
Saudi Arabia	Dammam	Fastest growing Saudi City	60%
Cyprus	Limassol	2nd Largest	60%
Iran	Tabriz	Historical and currently important Industry hub	60%
Palestine	Bethlehem	Supposed birthplace of King David and Jesus	58%
Turkey	Adana	Regarded as one of the most agricultuarly productive areas in the world	56%
Pakistan	Rawalpindi	Former temporary National Capital, Twin City with Capital, Military HQ	56%
Afghanistan	Kandahar	2nd Largest, Formerly 'Alexandria Arachosia'	54%
Lebonon	Tripoli	2nd Largest, ancient center of Phoenician cities	51%
Pakistan	Hyderabad	Indus River, one of the fastest growing cities in the world	50%
Turkey	Konya	Historical capital of the Seljuk Sultanate or Rum and the Karamanids	50%
Iraqi Kurdistan*	Kirkuk	Multilingual for centuries, designated the 'Capital of Iraqi Culture'	49%
Pakistan	Peshawar	Capital of Pakistani Tribal Region	49%
Pakistan	Multan	The 'City of Sufis' or The 'City of Saints'	44%
Palestine	Hebron	2nd Largest, Biggest city in the West Bank	43%
Iran	Qom	Famous for a brittle toffee called Sohan, Holy city to Shias	43%
Cyprus	Paphos	Former island capital, supposed birthplace of Aphrodite, UNESCO	42%
Iran	Ahvaz	Worlds worst air pollution	40%
Syria	Ar Raqqah	Former capital of Abbasid Caliphate, currently capital of ISIL	40%
United Arab Emirates	Sharjah	3rd Largest	40%
Afghanistan	Herat	'The Pearl of Khorasan', traditionally known for its wine	39%
Iraq	Fallujah	'City of Mosques'	36%
Afghanistan	Jalalabad	Formerly known as 'Adina Pur'	35%
Syria	Hama	4th Largest, 'Fortress', major site of fighting in the current Syrian Civil War	34%
Iraq	Tikrit		33%
Pakistan	Gujranwala	Founded by the Gurjars, foremerly known as 'Khanpur'	31%
Turkey	Tarsus	Meeting place of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Birthplace of Paul the apostle	31%
Georgia	Batumi	3rd Largest, formerly known as Batum, Black Sea coast	30%
Afghanistan	Mazar-i-Sharif	Name means 'Noble Shrine'	28%
Turkey	Samsun		28%
Lebanon	Tyre	Sometimes called 'Sour', name means 'Rock', site of the Hippodrome	28%
Syria	Latakia	Former owners include; Romans, Selecuids, Ummayads, Abbasids, Byzantines, Fatimids, Seljuk Turks, Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mamluks, Ottomans, France, and Alawites	27%
Lebonon	Sidon	3rd Largest, named for Noahs grandson, name means 'Fishery'	24%
Northern Cyprus*	Famagusta	2nd Largest	23%
Pakistan	Abbottabad	Popular Pakistani tourist destination, location where Bin Laden was found and killed	21%
Iran	Karaj	4th largest, Alborz Mountains	21%
UK (Cyprus)	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	Sovereign Military Base	19%
United Arab Emirates	Al Ain	Name means 'The Spring', called the 'Garden City'	19%
Kyrgyzstan	Osh	2nd Largest, Silk Road, Oldest Kyrgyzstani City	18%
Iraq	Karbala	Holiest city for Shia Muslims	16%
Palestine	Nablus	Founded by Roman Emperor Vespasian, Famous Soap Industry	16%
Azerbaijan	Ganja	2nd Largest, renamed twice as Elisabethpol and Kirovabad	15%
Jordan	Irbid	3rd Largest, formerly 'Arabella'	15%
United Arab Emirates	Ajman	5th largest Emirate	14%
Israel	Ashdod	Israels biggest port, founded by Canaanites in 17th century BC, one of the oldest cities in the world	14%
Jordan	Zarqa	2nd Largest, 'The Blue One'	14%
Georgia	Kutaisi	2nd Largest, Legislative Capital	13%
Oman	Salalah	2nd Largest	13%
Kazakhstan	Shymkent	3rd Largest, destroyed several times by Genghis Khan	13%
Nagorno-Karabakh*	Stepanakert	Capital, Biggest	13%
Iraqi Kurdistan*	Sulaymaniyah	Cultural center for Sorani speaking Kurds	13%
Saudi Arabia	Ta'if	Unofficial summer capital	12%
Yemen	Ta'izz	3rd Largest, Cultural capital of Yemen	12%
Israel	Acre		11%
Iran	Bandar Abbas	Strategic location Persian Gulf	11%
Israel	Rishon LeZion	4th Largest, name means 'First to Zion'	10%
Oman	Seeb	3rd Largest	10%
Armenia	Gyumri	2nd Largest, Founded as Kumayri, renamed Alexandropol, renamed again as Leninakan	9%
Iran	Kermanshah	Kurdish speaking, twice renamed as Ghahramanshahr and Bakhtaran	9%
South Ossetia*	Tskhinvali	Capital, Biggest	9%
Abkhazia*	Sukhumi	Capital, Biggest	8%
Azerbaijan	Sumqayit	3rd Largest, 2nd largest Azerbaijani port	8%
Turkmenistan	Turkmenabat	2nd Largest, Formerly known as Chardzhou	8%
Yemen	Al Hudaydah	AKA Hodeda	5%
Tajikistan	Khujand	2nd Largest, Silk Road, Formerly known as 'Khodjend' 'Khodzhent' and 'Leninabad'	4%
Uzbekistan	Namangan	2nd Largest, Main cultural groups are Uzbeks and Tajiks	4%
Bahrain	Riffa	2nd Largest	4%
Saudi Arabia	Al Ahsa	Oasis Region	3%
Qatar	Al Rayyan	2nd Largest	3%
Pakistan	Sargodha	'City of Eagles'	3%
Pakistan	Sialkot	Indian/Kashmir Border, site of many intense battles	3%

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