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Afghanistan Country Quiz

Can you answer these questions about the country of Afghanistan?
Quiz by Aaron197
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Last updated: August 20, 2021
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First submittedJuly 13, 2019
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What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
What are the two official languages of Afghanistan?
Dari
Pashto
What is the second most populous city in Afghanistan?
Kandahar
What country shares the shortest border with Afghanistan?
China
What mountain range covers central Afghanistan?
Hindu Kush
What mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan was an
integral part of the ancient Silk Road?
Khyber Pass
What is the name of the dominant ethnic group of Afghanistan?
Pashtuns
What bestselling book is about the friendship between Amir and Hassan?
The Kite Runner
Who is the author of that book?
Khaled Hosseini
Which country invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
Soviet Union
What terrorist group took over Afghanistan in August 2021?
Taliban
That group destroyed two statues that were located in the city of Bamyan in 2001.
What historical figure did they depict?
Buddha
Who was the president of Afghanistan from 2004 until 2014?
Hamid Karzai
What city in northwestern Afghanistan was historically known for its wine?
Herat
What is the nickname of Afghanistan?
Graveyard of Empires
What branch of Islam do most of the Hazara people belong to?
Shia
Afghanistan is responsible for 90% of world production of what plant?
Opium poppy
Which poet was born in 1207 in the city of Balkh and now, according to some,
is the best-selling poet of all time in the United States?
Rumi
What is the currency of Afghanistan?
Afghani
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Level 90
Feb 19, 2020
I don't understand how a 13th-century Afghani poet I've never even heard of is the best-selling poet of all time in the country I live in.
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Level 76
Feb 19, 2020
Yeah, right? Does anybody have an explanation for us uncultured swines?
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Level ∞
Feb 20, 2020
Poetry is incredibly unpopular so the competition is low.
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Level 89
Aug 7, 2020
Even so, when I think of famous poets, Rumi is definitely not one of the first ones that pop into my head. Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, just to name a few.
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Level 25
Mar 27, 2024
Because you can't understand Farsi. Don't think of English as the sole source poetry. It is not even the best language for poems
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Level 78
Aug 18, 2020
Poetry translates especially badly among literary forms, and poets are usually unknown outside of their language communities. It's surely not a coincidence that the first ones to come to your mind all wrote in English. (Wikipedia kind of defeates my point by claiming that translations of Rumi's works are very popular)
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Level 64
Mar 6, 2020
Rumi is generally considered to have been Persian, not Afghan. He natively spoke Persian, lived in an area that was part of the Persian cultural sphere, and predominantly wrote in Persian.

But still an excellent question for this quiz.

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Level 72
Mar 6, 2020
Rumi was not ethnically Persian. He actually had Turkic heritage, but yes, his mother tongue was Persian. Since Afghanistan was part of Persian empires and was under Persian influence, then the Persian history and culture is also part of Afghanistan's history and culture.
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Level 65
Jun 28, 2023
I recommend checking out his poetry! It's simple but lovely and meaningful. I grew up reading his work (also in the U.S.)
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Level 77
Feb 19, 2020
You could accept "poppy", it's not like anybody is going to guess that and not think of opium. Besides, "opium" is not a plant! Also I knew Hossaini but blew the spelling somehow that wasn't accepted.
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Level 76
Feb 19, 2020
Yeah, the poppy question was annoying. I missed it because of that.
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Level ∞
Feb 20, 2020
Poppy will work now
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Level 70
Feb 19, 2020
You should mention the epic national sport of buzkashi.
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Level 73
Mar 3, 2020
Thank you - I learned something new today.
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Level 66
Mar 4, 2020
Too many I got wrong, so probably nothing will stick. Unlike when I miss around 20%
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Level 70
Mar 6, 2020
Assuming it's a good percentage of Americans taking this quiz (and by that I mean people from the USA, not the continents of North and South America), it's interesting how little is known about a country they've been at war with for 18 years.....
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Level 67
Mar 6, 2020
Why would going to war with Afghanistan inspire everyday citizens to learn about Herat and the Kite Runner?
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Level 71
Aug 7, 2020
The Kite Runner is a pretty popular book and is probably one of the main sources by which Americans learn about Afghanistan. And while many of the people who have taken this are American, it's definitely not indicative of what the majority of Americans know (as is true of all JetPunk quizzes). An average score of 11 indicates the people here are decently knowledgeable on Afghanistan, but I guarantee you if every American was forced to take this quiz, the average score would go down a lot.
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Level 75
Aug 7, 2020
I don't know how true it really is but as I've mentioned before, a lot of what I think I know came from watching the movie, Charlie Wilson's War - in addition to watching TV news. The movie stars Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour-Hoffman and is based on a true story. The fact that it's listed under genres of comedy, drama, and biography should explain all you need to know about the origins of the US policy there.
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Level 82
Mar 6, 2020
1000 Splendid Suns was better than The Kite Runner.
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Level 71
Jun 27, 2020
I personally think Kite Runner was better, but honestly all of the books he writes are amazing.
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Level 78
Jul 21, 2020
Says who?
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Level 82
Aug 7, 2020
says me. Thought that would be obvious.
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Level 62
Aug 7, 2020
I liked it better too. Made me cry like crazy though
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Level 82
Aug 7, 2020
I think it's the only book I've ever read since childhood that had that effect on me. Probably because it reminded me of so many of the women I knew in Saudi Arabia and their stories.
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Level 75
Feb 1, 2024
Thanks for telling me, kalbonky - I might have wasted time forming my own opinion.
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Level 61
Mar 6, 2020
Carry on up the Khyber!!
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Level 64
Jul 22, 2020
ooh-er
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Level 67
Mar 6, 2020
Accept Khybar for Khyber?
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Level 45
Mar 7, 2020
Can you accept Pashtu for Pashto or is that wrong?
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Level 66
May 3, 2020
Great quiz! Might be worth accepting Pakhtun for Pashtun as well, as that's commonly used too and now considered more official
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Level 30
Aug 7, 2020
I obviously know very little about Afganistan, but it would appear that not many people do
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Level 60
Aug 7, 2020
Can you accept Pathan for Pashtun?
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Level 59
Oct 30, 2020
can you accept english for pashto?
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Level 64
Jun 25, 2022
Excuse me?
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Level 59
Nov 12, 2020
Could you accept papaver for opium poppy?
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Level 72
Dec 2, 2020
Tad more leeway on the spelling of who the Bamyan statues were of, would be nice. Cheers
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Level 68
Jan 17, 2021
the most difficult quiz of a country i have seen
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Level 57
May 16, 2021
If the insurgency is ever resolved in Afghanistan, I would love to go there someday. It's supposed to be an extremely amazing place with gorgeous natural landscapes.

https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistan-is-beautiful-photos-2017-12

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Level 65
Aug 15, 2021
unlucky
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Level 57
Aug 16, 2021
:(
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Level 74
Jan 29, 2022
I went when the Taliban were in control. It was a mistake, I was terrified from start to finish, but the landscape is incredibly beautiful. I went to see the Twin Buddhas of Bamiyan, which hadn't been destroyed yet, but I chickened out. Still kinda wish I'd done it.
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Level 65
Aug 16, 2021
You’ll need to update this, sadly.
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Level 39
Aug 17, 2021
Yeah...
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Level 70
Aug 18, 2021
Yes
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Level 82
Sep 23, 2021
Should probably read "in 1996, and again in 2021" ... even though the group that took over this year isn't really the same group that took over in 1996 and that was responsible for the bombing of the Bamiyan Buddhas... more like a reboot of that group with the same name. And I don't think the term terrorist really accurately applies, either.
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Level 27
Aug 19, 2021
But if you closes your eyes
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Level 27
Aug 19, 2021
Afghanistan has fallen
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Level 48
Aug 28, 2021
ahhh afghanistan is dying the world should be peaceful :(((
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Level 72
Jan 30, 2023
Maybe poppies should be accepted for poppy?
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Level 60
Feb 10, 2023
20/20 awesome!
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Level 68
Dec 24, 2023
This is tough, 6/20 only.
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Level 25
Mar 27, 2024
You should update the quiz. The Taliban is not a terrorist group