Statistics for Middle East General Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What Religion began in Mecca?	Islam	98%
What language is most commonly spoken in the Middle East?	Arabic	86%
What is the largest oil producer in the world?	Saudi Arabia	78%
What country broke into civil war in 2011?	Syria	73%
In which city was Jesus born?	Bethlehem	61%
What was the former name of Istanbul?	Constantinople	56%
Who was president of Iraq from 1979-2003?	Saddam Hussein	56%
Christians tried to take back the Holy Land in what series of events?	Crusades	53%
What is the name of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates?	Mesopotamia	52%
What Middle Eastern building project connected the Red and Mediterranean Seas?	Suez Canal	52%
How many "Arabian Nights" are there in the title of the famed story book?	1001	47%
What country was split up by the Sykes and Picot agreement?	Ottoman Empire	46%
Based on Hindu and Greek systems, what part of mathematics was invented in the Ancient Islamic Caliphate?	Algebra	44%
What wonder of the world was built near modern day Baghdad?	Hanging Gardens of Babylon	41%
What drink was first brewed in Yemen over 1,000 years ago?	Coffee	40%
Which empire controlled much of the Middle East in 500 B.C?	Persian Empire	35%
What people sacked Baghdad, ending the Islamic Golden Age?	Mongols	34%
What monument in Jerusalem is the only remaining part of the Second Temple?	Western Wall	33%
Who lead Arab revolts against the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900's?	T.E Lawrence	21%
What is the English name for the Rub al' Khali?	Empty Quarter	11%
What event killed thousands in Iran in 1972?	Blizzard	4%