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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Egypt
| Where does the Blue Nile start? | Egypt
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Ethiopia. And the other river that flows into the Nile River is?
| Which city is near the 'City of The Dead'? | Egypt
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| What does 'Beladi, Beladi' mean? | Egypt
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my country, my country. Beladi, Beladi is Egypt's national anthem.
| Who did Anwar Sadat share the Nobel Peace Prize with in 1978? | Egypt
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Menachem Begin. Hosni was Vice President to Sadat and became President after the assassination of Sadat in 1981. Jimmy Carter was the U.S. President when Sadat and Begin signed the Camp David Accords.
| Which city in Egypt was originally the ancient city of Thebes? | Egypt
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Luxor. The Valley of the Kings, and the Temple of Karnak are found at Luxor.
| What are Whirling Dervishes? | Egypt
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dancers. The movements of some Whirling Dervishes are meant to imitate the paths of stars and planets whirling in the heavens.
| Who conquered Egypt in 30 B.C., ending the reign of the pharaohs? | Egypt
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Octavian. Marc Antony and Cleopatra married to gain power, but Octavian defeated them in Egypt. This marked the end of the pharaohs. Alexander invaded Egypt in 332 B.C.
| Which general of Alexander the Great became Pharaoh of Egypt, around 323 B.C.? | Egypt
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Ptolemy. Cleopatra was the last Ptolemy Pharaoh.
| Who is the god of wisdom? | Egypt
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Thoth. Re is the sun god. Isis is the great mother-goddess. And Osiris is the god of corn and fertile crops. Thoth was said to have invented the hieroglyphics.
| The desert can be icy cold at night because the sand does not retain the sun's heat. True or false? | Egypt
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| Pharaoh comes from the words 'per' aa', meaning 'big land'. True or false? | Egypt
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f. You are right. It means 'big house'.
| What is the name of the Nile River flooding season that occurs in July? | Egypt
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akhet. Shemu is the dry season that runs from March to July. Peret is the season of plowing and planting, when the river recedes in November.
| Who was the novelist that wrote 'The Children of Gebelawi' and 'Cairo Trilogy'? | Egypt
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Naguib Mahfouz. Naguib was the first Arabic-language writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988. Abbas was a great poet. Umm was a singer and fan favorite. Umm died in 1975. She has a theater in Cairo named after her. Mohamad is a film director.
| Who conquered the Mameluke army at the Battle of the Pyramids? | Egypt
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| Which pharaoh built the Great Pyramid? | Egypt
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Khufu. Menkaure and Khafre built the other 2 Giza pyramids. Khafre was the son of Khufu. Djoser built the step pyramid near Memphis.
| Who developed the hieroglyphic 'dictionary' after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone? | Egypt
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Jean-Francois Champollion.
| Who defeated German Erwin Rommel at the Battle of el-Alamein? | Egypt
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| Who was the chief god of Memphis, and also the patron of artists and crafts-people? | Egypt
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| During mummification the brain was thrown away, because it was believed to be worthless. True or false? | Egypt
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Nasser. Lake Nasser was created when the Aswan High Dam was built. It was completed in 1968 after eight years of construction. The lake created by the dam was named after the then Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. The lake is 300 miles long and ten miles wide.
Islam. About 90% of the population are Muslims and around seven per cent are Coptic Christians.
Djibouti. The lowest point in Africa is Lake Assal, Djibouti. It is 512 feet(156 meters) below sea level.
| What modern Egyptian city is built partially on the ruins of the ancient town of Thebes? | 9 for 10 - Egypt
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Luxor. Luxor is in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile. As well as the Temple of Luxor built by Amenhotep there are several large statues of Ramses II and other Ancient Egyptian remains to be found here.
Misr. The full name of the country in Arabic is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiyah, which means the Arab Republic of Egypt. Egyptians call their country Misr; when they talk about Cairo, if they live outside of the capital, they refer to it as Misr, too.
In 1922 from the UK. Egypt had been part of the Turkish empire. In 1882 there was a revolt and the British invaded Egypt; it was declared a British protectorate in 1914. In 1922, after Egypt had appealed to the Paris Peace Conference, the British were forced to recognize Egyptian independence. Independence day is celebrated on 28th February.
| According to the population estimate of July 2003, what is the population of Egypt? | Fabulous Egypt
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74,718,797. Also according to the estimate of July 2003, 33.9% of the population are aged between 0 and 14, 61.9% fall in the 15-64 age group and the remaining 4.2% are over 65 years old. Life expectancy is 73 years for women and 67.94 years for men.
Egyptian Pound. 100 piastres make up one Egyptian pound.
green. The Egyptian flag has three stripes - the top stripe is red, the middle one white and the lower one black. In the middle of the white stripe is the eagle of Saladin.
| The longest river in Africa flows through Egypt. What is it called? | Fabulous Egypt
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Nile. The River Nile flows from Central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea - a distance of 4,160 miles (or 6,695km). It comes from two tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue Nile. They meet at Khartoum in the Sudan. The Nile is also considered the world's longest river. However, there is some dispute about this.
Sahara. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world, covering about 3,500,000 square miles of North Africa.
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