Palestinian Science, Arts and Culture
Palestinian Science, Arts and Culture
51 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.
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- Which Bethlehem site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012?
- Which Palestinian village is known for ancient irrigated terraces and is part of a UNESCO site inscribed in 2014?
- In which year was the Old Town of Hebron/Al-Khalil inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List?
- Which ancient site in the Jordan Valley was inscribed by UNESCO in 2023?
- Which traditional art of Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery was added to UNESCO's Representative List in 2021?
- What is the name of the traditional Palestinian scarf with a black-and-white pattern?
- Which Palestinian poet wrote the poem Identity Card, beginning Write down! I am an Arab?
- Which Palestinian novelist wrote Men in the Sun (1963)?
- Which Palestinian scholar, born in Jerusalem in 1935, wrote Orientalism (1978)?
- Which poet from Nablus, nicknamed the poet of Palestine, wrote the autobiography A Mountainous Journey?
- Which writer from Ramallah wrote I Saw Ramallah?
- Which Palestinian film director made Paradise Now, which won a Golden Globe in 2006?
- Which director won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2002 for Divine Intervention?
- Which Palestinian dish is chicken roasted on flatbread with onions, sumac and olive oil?
- What does the name of the dish maqluba mean in Arabic?
- Which sweet is made with Nabulsi cheese and served hot with sugar syrup?
- Which is known as Palestinian couscous, made of large hand-rolled grains?
- Which spice mix of thyme, sesame and sumac is eaten with olive oil and bread?
- Which fruit's harvest is a major annual event in the Palestinian hill country, usually in October and November?
- Which folk dance, performed in lines with stamping steps, is a feature of Palestinian weddings?
- Which winner of the Arab Idol competition in 2013 came from Gaza?
- In which year did Palestine become a member of FIFA?
- At which tournament did the Palestinian national football team play its first Asian Cup finals?
- In which year did Palestine first send athletes to the Summer Olympics?
- Which Palestinian city hosts Birzeit University, founded as a school in 1924?
- Which university in Nablus began as a school in 1918 and became a university in 1977?
- Which university, founded in 1973 by the Catholic De La Salle Brothers, was the first university in the West Bank?
- Which Gaza institution established in 1978 is among the largest Palestinian universities?
- What is a taboon?
- What is the oud?
- Which is the holiest site of Islam in Jerusalem, with a silver dome?
- Which Palestinian painter created the 1973 work Camel of Hardship?
- What is the Arabic word for the traditional Palestinian dress decorated with tatreez?
- Palestine joined UNESCO in 2011 and Palestinian embroidery was added to its Representative List in 2021. How many years apart?
- Which site was inscribed on the World Heritage List between the Church of the Nativity (2012) and Hebron's Old Town (2017)?
- Tell es-Sultan in Jericho has remains from about 9000 BCE. Roughly how many years ago is that, counting from about 2025?
- Which Palestinian novelist wrote Wild Thorns (1976)?
- Which novel by Emile Habibi, published in 1974, is a satire about a character called Saeed?
- Which Palestinian film by Hany Abu-Assad was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2014?
- Which Ramadan sweet is a folded pancake stuffed with nuts or cheese?
- Where did Mahmoud Darwish die, in 2008?
- Where is Mahmoud Darwish buried?
- Which museum opened in 2016 near Ramallah to tell the story of Palestinian society?
- In which period was the Church of the Nativity first built under Emperor Constantine?
- Which emperor rebuilt the Church of the Nativity in the sixth century?
- To which dialect group does Palestinian Arabic belong?
- Which pairing of author and work is correct?
- Mahmoud Darwish was born in 1941 and died in August 2008, after his birthday that year. How old was he when he died?
- Which list puts these universities in order of when they became universities, earliest first: An-Najah (1977), Birzeit (1975), Bethlehem (1973)?
- Palestine joined FIFA in 1998 and played its first Asian Cup in 2015. How many years later?
- Which statement about Palestinian UNESCO listings is correct?