Middle East A-Z

For each letter A-Z, guess the answer that pertains to the Middle East.

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	Clue	Answer
A	Most commonly spoken language	Arabic
B	Capital of Lebanon	Beirut
C	Term for an Egyptian Christian	Copt
D	Place to see the world's tallest building	Dubai
E	River parallel to the Tigris	Euphrates
F	Bird beloved by the ultrarich	Falcon
G	Another spelling of Djinn	Genie
H	Official language of Israel	Hebrew
I	Country also called Persia	Iran
J	Saudi port on the Red Sea	Jeddah
K	Ethnic minority of Iraq and Turkey	Kurds
L	Region that encompasses Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon	Levant
M	Muhammad's hometown	Mecca
N	Cairo's river	Nile

	Clue	Answer
O	Most important export of the Middle East	Oil
P	The 197th country?	Palestine
Q	Small Gulf state	Qatar
R	Capital of Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
S	Legendary sailor of the seven seas	Sinbad
T	Capital of I	Tehran
U	The U in UAE	United
V	Modest garment for women	Veil
W	What some dervishes do	Whirl
X	Great king of Persia	Xerxes
Y	Oman's neighbor	Yemen
Z	Prophet of a once-popular Persian religion	Zoroaster

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76 Comments

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Level 65

Oct 22, 2015

I bet Jerry928 is proud of your clue and answer for 'P'. :D

Level 77

Oct 23, 2015

ah, exactly my thoughts!

+13

Level 70

Sep 19, 2018

Me too, I think Palestine does not get enough attention

Level 81

Nov 6, 2018

I did a whole series of sequels to this.

Level 33

Apr 27, 2023

Level 73

Oct 31, 2015

You need to add Zarathustra as an acceptable answer for Z.

Level ∞

Nov 1, 2015

It would have worked.

Level 85

May 18, 2017

Also, Sprach Zarathustra.

Level 73

Oct 4, 2021

Also known as Mr. T. S. Zarathustra ;)

Level 76

Nov 4, 2015

I must've dubbed him Simbad. That didn't work.

Level 65

Mar 8, 2016

@#!& that second "X" in Xerxes; kept trying combinations with c's and s's.

Level 74

Mar 8, 2016

Never realized that the ultrarich had more claim to falconry than any other economic group. Is that only in the Middle East?

Level 74

Nov 19, 2019

not sure about it being for the ultrarich, maybe falcons are expensive to keep. But I read a while back that there are a few airlines in that part of the world that allow falcons in their cabins.

Level 73

Oct 4, 2021

@tom88 Interesting! I learned recently that almost none allow weasels. Apparently it's something to do with the fear that if they get loose they could chew into the wings or other important plane thingies O.o

Level 71

Mar 8, 2016

Chryptian should be introduced as a term.

Level 81

Mar 9, 2016

Pretty easy. I think if I did this I could have come up with some less goofy answers.

Level 69

Dec 7, 2023

Nobody cares

Level 16

Mar 9, 2016

Could you accept zorastor?

Level 54

Mar 10, 2016

I spelled veil v-a-i-l so I didn't get it right.... I guess I just need to learn how to spell veil.

Level 82

Nov 20, 2019

Unless you're a skier.

Level 41

Mar 16, 2016

Should that be "Egyptian Christian"?

Level 94

Jul 22, 2018

yes for some reason it says egytian christians instead

Level ∞

Jun 22, 2019

Fixed

Level 50

Apr 18, 2016

Quite happy I got the answer that was joint last correctly guessed overall!

Level 81

Nov 11, 2017

Pretty soon you're going to have to move the clue from D to J and come up with a new clue for D. Maybe you could feature one or two of the sequels I did at that point (estimated in 2019)? Don't steal my clues without asking me this time. :D

Level ∞

Nov 19, 2019

We'll see if it ever gets finished.

Level 81

Nov 19, 2019

darn it. You took one of my H answers, didn't you? What was the answer on here before? I used to have a chart to make sure I didn't double up anything already used but I don't know where it is now.

Level 81

Nov 19, 2019

I remember now what it was. Holocaust. and the clue was something about Ahmadinejad denying it happened. Good choice to remove it. The reason I requested you ask if you wanted to use one of my answers is just so that I could update my quizzes to ensure no repeat answers. If you do it without telling me then that's difficult. But I can come up with a different H answer for #2. That's one of the easier letters actually.

Level 36

Apr 13, 2018

Will you PLEASE, not cut off the words in answering these quizzes?

I am TIRED of always having to delete the "h" left hanging after I type in "Riyadh" before I can continue on to the next answer.

Level ∞

Jun 22, 2019

I've been getting a lot of requests for this. Okay, Riyadh will no longer work without the H.

Level ∞

Nov 19, 2019

We've since received some whining on other quizzes about requiring the extra H. It shows you can't make everyone happy. But I do like it better this way since it rewards proper spelling.

Level 73

Feb 6, 2021

But Jedda is still accepted without the h. Now it just is inconsistent (and I'm not sure which way is better).

Level 61

Oct 2, 2021

True, can you do the same with Jedda?

Level 73

May 21, 2018

Why does it say "Capital of I?"

Level 81

May 29, 2018

So as not to give away the answer for "I", which if you look, is Iran.

Level 68

Oct 27, 2020

Makes sense, but I think it would have been better to write "Capital of Persia"

Level 81

Aug 20, 2021

Persia had many capitals, most of which were not Tehran. Also, it's not better.

Level 70

Oct 2, 2021

Persia currently has a capital of Tehran.

Level 61

Oct 2, 2021

Persia doesn't exist currently.

Level 65

Oct 8, 2021

But "I" isn't a country. I get the reason behind it, but it still isn't a valid clue in my opinion.

Level 44

Oct 10, 2021

I am just saying like what is I as a country

Is there 197 country now?

Level 11

Jun 3, 2018

For J, you could have done Juba

Level 81

May 17, 2019

Counting South Sudan as part of the Middle East is stretching a little bit, and Jeddah is a more important and well-known city anyway.

Level 91

Nov 19, 2019

The rows for N and M are out of order.

Level ∞

Nov 19, 2019

Okay, fixed.

Level 44

Nov 19, 2019

This is the first time I hear of falcons. I always thought that hawk is the equivalent of what we call in French "faucon". It seems English makes a distinction that other languages don't.

Level 74

Nov 19, 2019

That's really strange, they are definitely 2 different birds, but I looked it up in German, Italian and French and all 3 use the same word for both birds

Level 71

Nov 19, 2019

Not gonna lie when I saw the clue for O my first thought was opium.

Level 61

Oct 8, 2024

i thought olive oil

Level 47

Nov 19, 2019

Qatar isn't the smallest Gulf state as far as I remember. It should be Bahrain. Please do check this

Level 81

Nov 19, 2019

There's some evidence that Muhammad's hometown may have actually been Petra, not Mecca.

Level 55

Nov 19, 2019

The wording for the "G" clue is a little bit confusing. It might be helpful to replace the word "spelling" with something that better captures the relationship between the words "Genie" and "Djinn".

Level 81

Nov 20, 2019

It's actually an alternate spelling of "djinni," with a dash of cross-cultural misunderstanding thrown in as djinni is plural and genie is singular.

Level 56

Mar 14, 2020

In T it is written capital of I what is I

Level 53

Apr 13, 2020

It is the answer for the I answer. (It doesn't give away the actual I answer)

Level 26

Aug 30, 2020

Capital of I? Please correct to Iran.

Level 73

Feb 6, 2021

The point is to not give away the answer....

Level 69

Oct 2, 2021

Shouldn't Sindbad be acceptable alternative?

Level 68

Oct 2, 2021

Can you accept Vail?

Level 66

Oct 4, 2021

But that isn't how it's spelt!

Level 64

Oct 4, 2021

None of the Arabic words for women's garments that I could think of start with V....

Level 40

Nov 19, 2021

Good quiz!

However on I you only put the letter I instead of Iran

Level 63

Dec 21, 2021

There is no capital city named "i"

Level 20

Jan 23, 2022

true

Level 57

Oct 15, 2024

Islamabad?

Level 20

Jan 23, 2022

i spelled v-a-i-l so i didnt get it

Level 20

Jan 23, 2022

I spelled LRAN INSTEAD OF IRAN

Level 20

Jan 23, 2022

Is i even a countrie

Level 57

Oct 15, 2024

Yes

Level 63

Jun 3, 2022

was "I" meant to be the clue? not sure if there is a bug

Level 56

Jun 23, 2022

please accept sindbad

Level 91

Sep 30, 2023

P might happen. When either pigs fly, or the Americans stop propping up a corrupt and repressive apartheid regime, which incidentally has invested vast sums of money to ensure that never happens. See UN Resolutions Ignored for further information

Level 91

Sep 30, 2023

Can’t have kids throwing stones at heavily armed soldiers now can we…

Level 59

Aug 5, 2024

what is the capital of I i didnt understand this

Level 57

Oct 1, 2024

For the 'Z', the ancient Persian spelling should be accepted.

Level 66

Dec 4, 2024

Please accept Simbad. That is how it's spelled in some places.

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