Statistics for History of Egypt

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What city was founded by Alexander the Great?	Alexandria	94%
Who was Egypt's last active pharaoh and also one of its rare female pharaohs?	Cleopatra	94%
What paper-like substance was used to make scrolls?	Papyrus	92%
What empire conquered Egypt in 30 BC?	Rome	89%
What boy pharaoh's tomb was discovered in 1922?	Tutankhamun	89%
What canal did Egypt nationalize in 1956, sparking a foreign invasion?	Suez	87%
What country controlled Egypt from 1914–1952?	United Kingdom	81%
What was the form of writing used in ancient Egypt?	Egyptian Hieroglyphs	80%
What stone, found in 1799, provided the key to decipher that writing?	Rosetta Stone	79%
What empire controlled Egypt before that?	Ottoman Empire	77%
Which ancient Egyptian capital shares its name with a city in Tennessee?	Memphis	71%
What peninsula did Israel seize from Egypt in 1967 and return in 1980?	Sinai Peninsula	69%
What "great" pharaoh reigned for 66 years?	Ramses II	60%
What German general invaded Egypt during WWII?	Erwin Rommel	57%
What ancient goddess was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife?	Isis	55%
What dam was built on the Nile River during the 1960s?	Aswan Dam	48%
Who was the President that was overthrown in 2011?	Hosni Mubarak	45%
What President was assassinated after making peace with Israel?	Anwar Sadat	37%
What President decided to nationalize the canal?	Gamal Abdel Nasser	33%
What square in Cairo was the site of massive protests during the Arab Spring?	{Tahrir} Square	26%