1000 Places to See Before You Die (The Middle East) 🕌🕋🕍🗺

Question 1

What memorial has a museum that began Jerusalem’s march to modernism in 2005?

Accepted Answer

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

Question 2

Who ordered Paganus the Butler to build Kerak in modern-day Jordan?

Accepted Answer

King Baldwin II of Jerusalem

Question 3

What do you call the intricate silver daggers, a symbol of Omani manhood?

Accepted Answer

Khanjars

Question 4

What is the meaning of “Tawlet” in English?

Accepted Answer

Kitchen table

Question 5

What wouldn’t you see at the Museum of Islamic Art?

Accepted Answer

Middle Eastern origami

Question 6

Where was the world’s first mosque built?

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 7

What does “sayadieh” mean in English?

Accepted Answer

Fish with rice

Question 8

What countries are part of the Empty Quarter, a desert area in the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, U.A.E.

Question 9

In 1271, Krak des Chevaliers fell due to a siege conducted by Saladin.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 10

Jumeirah Mosque, in Dubai, is open to non-Muslims.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 11

What is the name of Jeddah’s main market, also the largest in all of Saudi?

Accepted Answer

Souq al-Alawi

Question 12

Emperor Herod the Great ordered the construction of Caesarea.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 13

What title did Freya Stark bestow upon Shibam?

Accepted Answer

Manhattan of the Desert

Question 14

People of the Socotra Islands are mostly goatherds or fishermen.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 15

Which place in Israel is considered the sacred burial place of Baha Allah?

Accepted Answer

Acre

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