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Egypt quiz

Egypt is in our flag, outline, map, trivia and numbers rounds, and 22 Explorer photos. The flag and the outline are both shown beside Libya and Sudan, and both are hard.

7 quizzes·Capital Cairo·22 places in Explorer

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Quick round · 8 questions

8 questions about Egypt only, mixed from every pack it appears in. Scored on the spot.

Egypt at a glance

Capital	Cairo
Continent	Africa
Population	104 million
Area	1,001 thousand km²
In our quizzes	7 packs

Where it is

Egypt on the map of Africa. In the Africa map quiz you tap it.

Places to find

22 in Explorer

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt — **Pyramids of Giza**
The desert plateau on the edge of Cairo, with the only surviving ancient wonder.
Photo: Ricardo Liberato / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt — **Great Sphinx of Giza**
A limestone lion with a pharaoh’s head on the Giza plateau.
Photo: Petar Milošević / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Thebes, Egypt — **Thebes**
The city of a hundred gates on the Nile, home of Karnak and Luxor temples.
Photo: Rémih / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Valley of the Kings, Egypt — **Valley of the Kings**
The desert valley where the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, including Tutankhamun, were buried.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Saint Catherine Monastery, Egypt — **Saint Catherine Monastery**
The world's oldest working Christian monastery, at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Photo: Berthold Werner / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

Luxor Temple, Egypt — **Luxor Temple**
A riverside temple of Amun with an avenue of sphinxes leading to Karnak.
Photo: Ad Meskens / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Questions we ask

Question	Answer
Which language is most widely spoken in Egypt?	Arabic
The Great Sphinx of Giza is in which country?	Egypt
What is the population of Egypt? (millions)	104 million
In what year did Britain formally recognize Egypt as an independent sovereign state?	1922
What is the area of Egypt? (in thousand km²)	1,001 thousand km²

Did you know

Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure in the world for 3,800 years — from 2560 BC until Lincoln Cathedral was completed in 1311 AD.

Karnak Temple. A vast temple complex of towering columns by the Nile.

Abu Simbel. Colossal rock-cut statues of Ramesses II near Lake Nasser.

Wadi El Natrun. A desert valley of salt lakes and four ancient Coptic monasteries.

Islamic Cairo. The medieval heart of Cairo, packed with minarets, madrasas and old gates.

Suez. The port at the southern end of the Suez Canal, where the canal meets the Red Sea.

What people get wrong about Egypt

The flag question offers Libya, Sudan and Tunisia. Sudan is the trap: red, white and black bands like Egypt's, with a green triangle at the hoist. Egypt has no triangle and a golden eagle on the white band. Libya has a black band twice the height of the others with a crescent and star; Tunisia is a red field with a white disc. The outline is shown beside Libya, Sudan and Algeria, and all four are near-squares with ruled borders. Egypt is the one with the Sinai triangle on its eastern side and the Nile delta on the north coast.

There is no capital question for Egypt. Trivia asks the most widely spoken language, Arabic, and which country the Great Sphinx is in. In numbers we hold the population, 104 million, the area, 1,001 thousand square kilometres, and 1922, when Britain recognised Egypt as independent. Explorer has the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, Luxor Temple, Mount Sinai and Alexandria marked easy. Karnak, Abu Simbel, Philae and Edfu are medium. Suez, Tiran Island and the Cairo Citadel are marked hard.

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Questions and answers

What is the capital of Egypt?

The capital of Egypt is Cairo.

Which continent is Egypt in?

Egypt is in Africa.

What is the population of Egypt?

About 104 million.