| 6/5/2006: |
In which country would you find the Ahwazi Arabs? |
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Iran |
| 5/28/2006: |
Name the Palestinian Interior Minister |
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Sa’id ‘Siam |
| 7/9/2006: |
Which is the western-most member of the Arab League? |
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Mauritania |
| 7/9/2006: |
In which country is the Islamic Courts Union found? |
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Somalia |
| 7/27/2006: |
Which is the southern-most member of the Arab League |
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The Comoros Islands |
| 8/10/2006: |
Who is the President of Lebanon? |
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Emile Lahoud |
| 8/23/2006: |
Name the U.N. Security Council Resolution that calls for the disarming of Hizbullah? |
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1559 |
| 8/30/2006: |
Name Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator |
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'Ali Larijani |
| 9/10/2006: |
Name the senior commander of Israel's forces in northern Israel and Lebanon. |
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Udi Adam |
| 9/18/2006: |
The UNHCR has issued a report on the commencement of the migration season for refugees from which African country heading for which Arab state? |
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From Somalia to Yemen |
| 10/15/2006: |
What is the name of Israel's new Supreme Court president? |
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Dorit Beinish |
| 10/30/2006: |
Who is the president of Somalia? |
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‘Abdallah Yusuf |
| 11/13/2006: |
Name the political party that entered Israel's government in October. |
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Yisrael Beiteinu |
| 12/5/2006: |
How many people were killed in fighting and terror attacks in Afghanistan during the 12 months to November 2006? |
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3,700 |
| 12/14/2006: |
Who is Jordan's prime minister? |
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M'arouf Al-Bakhit |
| 1/24/2007: |
Which country has pledged to pump $250 million into the Palestinian budget? |
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Iran |
| 1/7/2007: |
Which nation involved in a bloody war with Ethiopia is backing the Somali Islamists? |
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Eritrea |
| 1/11/2007: |
Who is the Palestinian Interior Minister |
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Sa’id ‘Siam |
| 1/17/2007: |
What is particularly significant about the appointment of Ghalib Majadlah as Israel's minister of science, culture and sports? |
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He is the country's first Arab cabinet member. |
| 2/4/2007: |
What is the name of the wife of Israel's seemingly disgraced President Moshe Katsav? |
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Gila |
| 2/8/2007: |
For which holy city were the Fatah and Hamas leaders bound this week? |
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Mecca |
| 2/14/2007: |
Which Arab country has announced it is opening a bank for the poor? |
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Bahrain |
| 2/21/2007: |
What percentage of adults in the UAE has diabetes? |
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20.1% - the second highest in the world after Nauru (30.2%) |
| 3/1/2007: |
Which is the only Arab nation to have deployed troops to UNIFIL in southern Lebanon? |
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Qatar |
| 3/8/2007: |
Which country is refusing to cooperate with the International Criminal Court over charges of war crimes? |
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Sudan |
| 3/15/2007: |
How many floors have been completed to date in the construction of what will be the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai? |
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110 |
| 3/21/2007: |
How many prostitutes were deported from the United Arab Emirates in 2006? |
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4,300, according to the Human Rights Department of Dubai Police. (Source: 7 Days) |
| 3/29/2007: |
What is the official name of Libya? |
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Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jumhouriyya |
| 4/4/2007: |
Which Middle-Eastern lake is the largest in terms of area? (Does not include the Caspian Sea) |
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Lake Urmia in North-East Iran |
| 4/12/2007: |
How frequently are babies born in Egypt? |
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One every 23 seconds. |
| 4/19/2007: |
What does the suffix 'stan' mean, as in Afghanistan? |
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It it thought to come from the ancient Persian word for country, nation, land, or place of; or these days, homeland. |
| 4/29/2007: |
What is malooga? |
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A Yemeni flatbread |
| 5/7/2007: |
What is the name of the party of Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul? |
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The Justice and Development Party (Also knows as the AK Party) |
| 5/17/2007: |
How long ago did Israel capture eastern Jerusalem? |
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40 years. |
| 5/24/2007: |
What is a jalabiyya? |
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A traditional ankle-length robe worn by Arab men. |
| 7/5/2007: |
Name the Egyptian Queen whose mummified remains were revealed this week. |
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Hatshepsut |
| 7/15/2007: |
For how many days was BBC reporter Alan Johnston held captive? |
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114 |
| 7/22/2007: |
Which country is hosting Sudan peace talks this week? |
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Libya. |
| 7/26/2007: |
What is the English name of the AK Party in Turkey? |
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Justice and Development Party |
| 8/2/2007: |
In which Libyan city is the European Union upgrading the hospital at the center of the foreign-medical-staff story? |
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Benghazi |
| 8/9/2007: |
How many Emiratis (citizens of the UAE) work as registered nurses in Dubai? |
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None (Source: Health Ministry) |
| 8/20/2007: |
What is Ros Bel Laban? |
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A milky pudding, served in Egypt. Ros=rice and Laban=milk. |
| 9/5/2007: |
What are the names of the official residences of the Palestinian Authority chairman in Gaza and Ramallah? |
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Al-Muntada is in Gaza and Al-Muqata'a is in Ramallah. |
| 9/11/2007: |
Which is the world's oldest university? |
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University of Al-Karouine, in Fez, Morocco, dating back to 859. (Guiness World Book of Records) |
| 9/20/2007: |
How many political parties have seats in Morocco's new parliament? |
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24 |
| 9/25/2007: |
What are the collective names for the men and women of Jedda in Saudi Arabia? |
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Jeddawi (male); Jeddawiyya (female). |
| 10/11/2007: |
When will the term of the current Lebanese president, Emile Lahoud, end? |
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November 23, 2007. |
| 10/18/2007: |
Which city has unveiled plans for a 40-mile canal? |
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Dubai |
| 10/25/2007: |
How many traffic accidents are there in an average hour in Dubai? |
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28 (Source: Gulf News) |
| 11/1/2007: |
How many Brazilians are of Lebanese descent? |
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Ten million. (Source: Association of Lebanese Industrialists) |
| 11/8/2007: |
How many times bigger is Algeria than Lebanon? |
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229 |
| 11/15/2007: |
Which Arab country's currency is the strongest against the dollar? |
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Kuwait. One dinar will buy you $3.61. (Source: IMF, as of November 7) |
| 11/22/2007: |
How much did it cost for Saudi Arabia's Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal to pick up his own Airbus A380 |
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$319 million. |
| 11/29/2007: |
How many U.S. gallons or liters are the equivalent of the measurement known as a barrel of oil? |
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42 gallons or 190 liters. |
| 12/13/2007: |
Name the new Iranian chief nuclear negotiator. |
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Sa'id Jalili |
| 12/20/2007: |
Which country's national anthem opens like this:
Upwards on the horizon rises the eastern sun,
The sight of the true religion. |
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Iran's. |
| 12/30/2007: |
Which is the highest ranking national soccer team in the Middle East & North Africa? |
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Turkey (Source: FIFA) |
| 1/6/2008: |
On January 1, Christians and others in the Middle East celebrate their new year, when is the next time a new-year celebration will take place in the Middle East? |
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March 21, the Iranian New Year |
| 1/20/2008: |
When was the last time according to official records snow fell in the Kavir-A-Lut Desert in south-western Iran? |
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Never |
| 1/24/2008: |
In which city would you be in if you were walking down Khalid Al-Islambouli Street? |
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Tehran |
| 2/3/2008: |
One of the major consumer items in Gaza fell in price by 60 percent this week to $2.70. What was it? |
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A packet of cigarettes. |
| 2/7/2008: |
The leader of which emirate named his successor on February 1? |
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Dubai |
| 2/14/2008: |
How frequently does the average Turk change their toothbrush? |
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One every four years. (Source: Milliyet) |
| 2/21/2008: |
To what were a group of Qatari scholars refering this past week, when they spoke of a "dangerous pagan practice"? |
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Valentine's Day |
| 2/28/2008: |
Which country with no movie theaters is hosting a film festival beginning on May 20? |
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Saudi Arabia |
| 3/6/2008: |
Which Palestinian city left the Israeli electricity grid on Feb. 25? |
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Jericho |
| 3/16/2008: |
Who became the first foreign leader to visit the just-liberated Kuwait on March 6, 1991? |
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John Major (Source: KUNA) |
| 3/20/2008: |
Name the rebel leader on the Comorian island Anjouan. |
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Muhammad Bacar |
| 3/27/2008: |
Which was the first country in the Middle East and North Africa to introduce trains? And in which year? |
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Egypt in 1851 |
| 4/3/2008: |
How many coups have there been - attempted and successful - in the 33 years since the Union of the Comoros gained its independence from France? |
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19 |
| 4/27/2008: |
Name the Mauritanian capital. |
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Nouakchott |
| 4/27/2008: |
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the cown prince of Dubai, purchased an expensive camel this week. How much did he pay? |
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$2.7 million (Source: WAM) |
| 4/17/2008: |
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the cown prince of Dubai, purchased an expensive camel this week. How much did he pay? |
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$2.7 million (Source: WAM) |
| 4/27/2008: |
Name the son of Mu’ammar Al-Qadhafi, who is expected to succeed him as leader of Libya. |
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Seif Al-Islam Al-Qadhafi - his given names translate as Sword of Islam. |
