Statistics for Middle East A-Z #3

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Hint		Answer	% Correct
I	Country invaded by the US in 1991 and 2003	Iraq	97%
E	Home to Cleopatra, Nasser, and Mubarak	Egypt	93%
J	Ancient city fought over by many different religions	Jerusalem	93%
O	Empire that controlled most of the Middle East until WW1	Ottoman	92%
B	Ancient city of hanging gardens	Babylon	89%
K	Unrecognized country between Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria	Kurdistan	83%
T	River parallel to the Euprhates	Tigris	81%
S	Peninsula ceded back to "E" in 1981	Sinai	75%
F	Fried ball of ground chickpeas	Falafel	73%
A	Largest city in Syria, formerly	Aleppo	72%
H	Political faction and terrorist group of Lebanon	Hizbollah	65%
C	Form of government wished for by ISIS and bin Laden	Caliphate	63%
Q	The final revelation given to Muhammad	Qur'an	63%
G	Most commonly spoken language until at least the 7th century	Greek	57%
W	Scarce resource imported in record quantities	water	51%
L	British officer that helped organize a revolt against "O"	Lawrence	50%
D	Arabic name for Islamic State	Daesh	46%
P	Ancient civilization that colonized much of the Mediterranean	Phoenicia	40%
Y	Local deity worshiped in Samaria and Judah	Yahweh	25%
M	Largest Christian group in Lebanon	Maronite	23%
V	Large city in Eastern Turkey	Van	22%
N	Neo-Assyrian capital city	Nineveh	21%
U	Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca not during Hajj	Umrah	19%
R	City in "I" fought over in 2014 and 2015	Ramadi	5%
Z	Led Jews out of captivity in "B" and laid the foundation of the 2nd Temple	Zerubbabel	3%