Statistics for How Much Do You Actually Know About The Middle East?

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  • The average score is 10 of 15

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
What does the phrase “Allahu Akbar” (الله أكبر) most closely mean?"Allah is great"
100%
What is the most common official language in the Middle East?Arabic
100%
In a somewhat conservative definition of the Middle East, it lies primarily on what continent?Asia
96%
What religion is most widely associated with the Middle East, especially outside Israel?Islam
96%
Which of the following empires originated in or near the Middle East?Assyrian
90%
Which of the following is a (modern) Middle Eastern capital city?Riyadh
84%
True or False: From 2000 to 2019, most US terrorists were immigrants from the Middle East.False
72%
Which Middle Eastern country has the highest or second highest GDP per capita in the world (by purchasing power parity)?Qatar
68%
Which of the following epi- and pandemics primarily affected the Middle East?MERS
56%
Which of the following is a term for a particular group of rich countries in the Middle East?Oil-Rich Gulf States
52%
In a poll, which Middle Eastern country did Iraqi citizens most frequently see as a threat to peace?Israel
50%
How many people died in the Middle East and North Africa due to terrorism in 2017?About 11,000
44%
Which of the following language groups does not contain a language widely spoken in the Middle East?Khoisan
22%
Which of these superlatives is held by a Middle Eastern country?Lowest human development outside Africa
22%
Many people think of the Middle East as just being a desert. According to the CIA, which of these countries has the most total forest?Saudi Arabia
8%

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