How Much Do YOU Know About Arabs?
(Author's note: This is the original "Arab Quiz" that some people were unable to access in an earlier AntiSocialite.)
As my faithful readers and friends know, I talk about Coptic issues more often than any other thing.
But we are not the only people in the Arabic-speaking world!
Hence, I have put together a little quiz--the first of many, I'm sure--to see how much you-—yes you!-—know about the “Middle East.” (I know, I know, horrible and Eurocentric name..)
Go through and see how you do, and no peeking at the answers till you’re 100% finished!
1. All Arabs are Muslim.
A. True
B. False
C. They SHOULD be
D. What was the question, again?
2. Being COPTIC is:
A. An ethnicity
B. A religion
C. An ethnicity, a nationality and a religion
D. A and B
3. All Muslims are Arab:
A. True, since that's where Islam began
B. True, since the Qur'an is in Arabic
C. False, because Islam is the most subscribed-to religion on earth
D. False
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Arabic and Aramaic are sibling languages
B. Arabic and Hebrew are children of the Aramaic language
C. Jesus spoke Aramaic
D. Aramaic is still spoken in some ethnic/religious circles
5. Egypt's president is currently:
A. Gamal Mubarak
B. Botros Botros Ghaly
C. Yusef Ghaly
D. Hosni Mubarak
6. All of the following EXCEPT ONE refer to the various cloth coverings that Muslim women wear.. Which word is NOT correct?
A. Burqa
B. Chador
C. Couvre
D. Higab
7. "Chaldean" refers to:
A. A dialect of the Arabic language
B. An Iraqi Christian
C. One of the 22 Arab nations
D. A clergyman of the Coptic Orthodox Church
8. There is a movement in Egypt called "Kefaya".. This word is:
A. Chaldean for "Vote"
B. Arabic for "Please"
C. Arabic for "Peace"
D. Arabic for "Enough"
9. Which of the following singers does NOT sing in Arabic?
A. Amr Diab
B. Esam Karika
C. Tarkan
D. Hakim
10. Dana International is a banned-in Egypt singer who has the most in common with:
A. Ofra Haza
B. Dalida
C. Dennis Rodman
D. All of the above
(NOTE: The Answer To # 10 is Explained in a previous edition of AntiSocialite, found at http://sallybishai.blogspot.com/2006/02/answer-to-10-in-arab-quiz-no-cheating.html )
ANSWERS
1B, 2A, 3D, 4A, 5D, 6C, 7B, 8D, 9C, 10D.
Results:
If you didn't make a perfect ten, you're hereby sentenced to read all future columns I write. Muahaha.
As my faithful readers and friends know, I talk about Coptic issues more often than any other thing.
But we are not the only people in the Arabic-speaking world!
Hence, I have put together a little quiz--the first of many, I'm sure--to see how much you-—yes you!-—know about the “Middle East.” (I know, I know, horrible and Eurocentric name..)
Go through and see how you do, and no peeking at the answers till you’re 100% finished!
1. All Arabs are Muslim.
A. True
B. False
C. They SHOULD be
D. What was the question, again?
2. Being COPTIC is:
A. An ethnicity
B. A religion
C. An ethnicity, a nationality and a religion
D. A and B
3. All Muslims are Arab:
A. True, since that's where Islam began
B. True, since the Qur'an is in Arabic
C. False, because Islam is the most subscribed-to religion on earth
D. False
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Arabic and Aramaic are sibling languages
B. Arabic and Hebrew are children of the Aramaic language
C. Jesus spoke Aramaic
D. Aramaic is still spoken in some ethnic/religious circles
5. Egypt's president is currently:
A. Gamal Mubarak
B. Botros Botros Ghaly
C. Yusef Ghaly
D. Hosni Mubarak
6. All of the following EXCEPT ONE refer to the various cloth coverings that Muslim women wear.. Which word is NOT correct?
A. Burqa
B. Chador
C. Couvre
D. Higab
7. "Chaldean" refers to:
A. A dialect of the Arabic language
B. An Iraqi Christian
C. One of the 22 Arab nations
D. A clergyman of the Coptic Orthodox Church
8. There is a movement in Egypt called "Kefaya".. This word is:
A. Chaldean for "Vote"
B. Arabic for "Please"
C. Arabic for "Peace"
D. Arabic for "Enough"
9. Which of the following singers does NOT sing in Arabic?
A. Amr Diab
B. Esam Karika
C. Tarkan
D. Hakim
10. Dana International is a banned-in Egypt singer who has the most in common with:
A. Ofra Haza
B. Dalida
C. Dennis Rodman
D. All of the above
(NOTE: The Answer To # 10 is Explained in a previous edition of AntiSocialite, found at http://sallybishai.blogspot.com/2006/02/answer-to-10-in-arab-quiz-no-cheating.html )
ANSWERS
1B, 2A, 3D, 4A, 5D, 6C, 7B, 8D, 9C, 10D.
Results:
If you didn't make a perfect ten, you're hereby sentenced to read all future columns I write. Muahaha.
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