Giza - Quiz
Giza
  • 1. What range of healthcare facilities is widely available in Giza?
A) Only local pharmacies
B) Only public clinics
C) Exclusively international hospitals
D) Private to public facilities
  • 2. How has the Egyptian government prioritized improving healthcare in Giza?
A) By reducing the number of local pharmacies
B) By privatizing all medical centers
C) By relying solely on foreign aid
D) Through investment in the development of public hospitals
  • 3. Which of the following is listed as a private hospital in Giza?
A) Cairo General Hospital
B) Nile Valley Hospital
C) ABC Hospital
D) Alexandria Medical Center
  • 4. Which hospital is included in the list of private medical centers in Giza?
A) Giza Central Hospital
B) Sphinx Specialized Hospital
C) Pyramid Health Center
D) Pharaohs Medical Hub
  • 5. Which of these is a hospital located in Giza?
A) Port Said Medical Clinic
B) Luxor Metropolitan Hospital
C) El Safa Hospital
D) Aswan Community Hospital
  • 6. Access to Giza historically depends primarily on which airport?
A) Sphinx International Airport
B) Cairo International Airport
C) Aswan International Airport
D) Luxor International Airport
  • 7. Where is Cairo International Airport located relative to Giza?
A) 10 kilometers from Giza
B) 45 kilometers from Giza
C) 100 kilometers from Giza
D) Directly inside Giza
  • 8. In what year was Sphinx International Airport opened?
A) 2020
B) 2018
C) 2017
D) 2015
  • 9. Why was Sphinx International Airport opened?
A) To serve as a military-only base
B) To completely replace Cairo International Airport
C) To handle cargo flights exclusively
D) As an alternative to the congested Cairo International Airport
  • 10. What specific sites is Sphinx International Airport intended to improve accessibility to?
A) The Citadel of Qaitbay
B) The Giza necropolis and the Grand Egyptian Museum
C) The Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple
D) The Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • 11. What is another name for Bashteel Railway Station?
A) Pharaohs Railway Terminal
B) Greater Cairo Central Station
C) Upper Egypt Railway Station
D) Giza Junction
  • 12. In which district is Bashteel Railway Station located?
A) Zamalek district
B) Heliopolis district
C) Bashteel district
D) Maadi district
  • 13. What is the purpose of Bashteel Railway Station?
A) To serve as an airport terminal
B) To replace all subway lines in Cairo
C) To serve as a new major railway hub and relieve congestion at Ramses Station
D) To handle only freight trains
  • 14. What is the official name of the subway system shared between Giza and Cairo?
A) Metro
B) Giza Rapid Transit
C) Subway Express
D) Cairo Underground
  • 15. How is traffic in Giza generally described?
A) Smooth and fast-moving
B) Light and well-regulated
C) Overwhelming and overcrowded
D) Empty and quiet
  • 16. What road surrounds the outskirts of the Cairo metropolitan area and connects with Giza?
A) Nile Corniche
B) Pharaohs Avenue
C) Desert Highway
D) Ring Road
  • 17. Which axis allows fast transportation from one side of the city to the other when traffic is not heavy?
A) Saft El Laban axis
B) Giza Central axis
C) Nile axis
D) Sphinx axis
  • 18. In what year did Uber become available in Cairo and Giza?
A) 2015
B) 2018
C) 2020
D) 2017
  • 19. In what year did Swvl become available in Cairo and Giza?
A) 2015
B) 2020
C) 2017
D) 2019
  • 20. What are water taxis in Giza described as?
A) Large cruise ships
B) High-speed hovercrafts
C) Wooden canoes without motors
D) Motorized feluccas
  • 21. Where are water taxis used for transport in Giza?
A) Inside the subway tunnels
B) Along the Ring Road canals
C) Along the Nile River
D) Across the desert highways
  • 22. What are the two types of buses in Giza?
A) Trolleybuses and double-deckers
B) Minibuses and public buses
C) School buses and tour buses
D) Electric buses and coaches
  • 23. What collection is slated to be moved to the new Grand Egyptian Museum?
A) The Greco-Roman collection
B) The Modern art collection
C) The Islamic art collection
D) The Tutankhamun collection
  • 24. What museum's entire collection is being moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum?
A) Coptic Museum
B) Nubian Museum
C) Egyptian Museum in Tahrir
D) Museum of Egyptian Civilization
  • 25. When was the Grand Egyptian Museum due to open?
A) By the end of 2022
B) By the end of 2015
C) By the end of 2020
D) By the end of 2018
  • 26. What is the Grand Egyptian Museum dedicated to?
A) Islamic architecture and science
B) Modern Egyptian history and politics
C) Middle Eastern natural history
D) Ancient Egypt and its culture, society, and artifacts
  • 27. What superlative describes the Grand Egyptian Museum in relation to a single civilization?
A) The oldest museum in Africa
B) The tallest museum tower in the world
C) The most expensive building in Egypt
D) The largest museum in the world for a single civilization
  • 28. What facilities are included inside the Grand Egyptian Museum besides exhibition spaces?
A) A conservation center, a conference center, and various dining and shopping areas
B) A sports stadium and a university campus
C) A subway station and a train depot
D) A hotel and an international airport terminal
  • 29. Which of the following hospitals is located in Giza according to the text?
A) Al Assema Hospital
B) Maadi Military Hospital
C) Heliopolis General Hospital
D) Cairo University Hospital
  • 30. Which hospital is listed among the private medical centers in Giza?
A) Alexandria Royal Hospital
B) Aswan Medical Center
C) El Salam Hospital El Haram
D) Luxor Health Clinic
  • 31. What is the name of the specialized hospital in Giza from the list?
A) Sphinx General Hospital
B) Giza Specialized Hospital
C) Cairo Specialized Hospital
D) Nile Specialized Hospital
  • 32. Which hospital rounds out the list of private medical centers in Giza?
A) El Nozha Hospital
B) El Shorouk Hospital
C) El Mokattam Hospital
D) El Rehab Hospital
  • 33. Which governorate is adjacent to the governorate of Giza?
A) Governorate of Cairo
B) Governorate of Aswan
C) Governorate of Alexandria
D) Governorate of Luxor
  • 34. Along which road is Cairo International Airport located?
A) Cairo–Giza expressway
B) Aswan agricultural road
C) Cairo–Alexandria desert road
D) Red Sea coastal highway
  • 35. Sphinx International Airport serves the cities of Sheikh Zayed and which other area?
A) Nasr City area
B) 6th of October area
C) New Cairo area
D) Shubra area
  • 36. Besides Sheikh Zayed and 6th of October, which governorate is served by Sphinx International Airport?
A) Beni Suef
B) Alexandria
C) Port Said
D) Suez
  • 37. Which other governorate is served by Sphinx International Airport alongside Beni Suef?
A) Gharbia
B) Fayoum
C) Minya
D) Damietta
  • 38. Ramses Station congestion is intended to be relieved by which new railway station?
A) Cairo South Station
B) Sphinx Railway Station
C) Giza Central Station
D) Bashteel Railway Station
  • 39. What transport infrastructure connects Giza with 6th of October City and Cairo?
A) An extensive road network
B) A cable car network
C) A monorail system
D) A high-speed bullet train
  • 40. What is the ranking of Giza by area and population in Egypt?
A) Largest city
B) Second-largest city
C) Fourth-largest city
D) Third-largest city
  • 41. What is Giza's ranking by population in Africa?
A) Tenth-largest city
B) Fifth-largest city
C) Twentieth-largest city
D) Eighteenth-largest city
  • 42. What was the population of Giza as of 2023?
A) 2,681,863
B) 6,272,571
C) 4,872,448
D) 4,458,135
  • 43. How far north of Memphis does Giza lie?
A) Exactly 50 kilometres
B) 5 kilometres
C) Less than 30 kilometres
D) More than 100 kilometres
  • 44. What is the modern-day village that corresponds to ancient Memphis?
A) Qorsaya
B) Giza
C) Mit Rahina
D) Al-Warraq
  • 45. During whose reign was Memphis the capital of the unified Egyptian state?
A) Pharaoh Khufu
B) Pharaoh Ramses II
C) Pharaoh Narmer
D) Pharaoh Tutankhamun
  • 46. Around what year was Memphis the capital during Narmer's reign?
A) Roughly 1500 BC
B) Roughly 500 BC
C) Roughly 2000 AD
D) Roughly 3100 BC
  • 47. How many tourists visited Giza in 2025?
A) 10.2 million
B) 14.7 million
C) 20.5 million
D) 5.4 million
  • 48. Which association football club has its home in Giza?
A) Al Ahly SC
B) Pyramids FC
C) Zamalek SC
D) Ismaily SC
  • 49. How many districts (ahya') comprise Giza city as a municipal division?
A) Five districts
B) Three districts
C) Twelve districts
D) Nine districts
  • 50. What was the population of Giza's districts according to the 2017 census?
A) 4,872,448
B) 2,681,863
C) 6,272,571
D) 4,458,135
  • 51. What was the population of Giza city reported as in the 2006 national census?
A) 4,872,448
B) 4,458,135
C) 6,272,571
D) 2,681,863
  • 52. In what year was the Great Pyramid of Giza advocated as the location for the Prime Meridian?
A) 1750
B) 1925
C) 1884
D) 1900
  • 53. Which permanently inhabited Nile island is administered by the Janoub/Giza district?
A) Elephantine Island
B) Qorsaya Island
C) Gezira Island
D) Al-Warraq Island
  • 54. Which other permanently inhabited Nile island is also in the Janoub/Giza district?
A) Qorsaya Island
B) Al-Warraq Island
C) Dahab Island
D) Roda Island
  • 55. Which island is located in the Al-Warraq district?
A) Al-Warraq Island
B) Dahab Island
C) Qorsaya Island
D) Gezira Island
  • 56. Which Köppen climate classification is given for Giza?
A) Cfb
B) BWh
C) Am
D) Dfc
  • 57. What is the seasonal timeframe for frequent windstorms bringing Saharan dust?
A) Autumn
B) Summer
C) Winter
D) Spring
  • 58. What are the high temperatures in Giza during summer?
A) 40 °C
B) 50 °C
C) 30 °C
D) 25 °C
  • 59. How low can summer temperatures drop in Giza?
A) About 20 °C
B) About 0 °C
C) About 5 °C
D) About 12 °C
  • 60. How is rain described in Giza?
A) Seasonal
B) Constant
C) Heavy
D) Infrequent
  • 61. How common is snow in Giza?
A) Common every winter
B) Occurs annually
C) Frequent in spring
D) Extremely rare
  • 62. What was the highest recorded temperature in Giza up to August 2013?
A) 46 °C
B) 43 °C
C) 40 °C
D) 50 °C
  • 63. On what date was the highest recorded temperature in Giza measured?
A) 5 August 1965
B) 21 July 1970
C) 13 June 1965
D) 13 June 1985
  • 64. On what date was the lowest recorded temperature in Giza measured?
A) 8 January 1966
B) 15 January 1975
C) 20 December 1965
D) 8 February 1966
  • 65. What forms the tombs of the pharaohs in the Giza pyramid complex?
A) Underground caves
B) Giant pyramids
C) Mud-brick mastabas
D) Rock-cut tombs
  • 66. What was the name of the Byzantine village located south of Giza?
A) Alexandria or Pelusium
B) Memphis or Helopolis
C) Babylon or Fustat
D) Phylake or Terso
  • 67. What does the Coptic name 'Terso' mean?
A) The side of the height
B) The great pyramid
C) The desert edge
D) The fortress
  • 68. What is the modern name derived from Terso?
A) Tanta
B) Taba
C) Toukh
D) Tersa
  • 69. What did ancient Egyptians call the area of Giza?
A) Memphis
B) Tipersis
C) Fustat
D) Phylake
  • 70. According to Eutychius, who founded the city according to legend?
A) Artaxerxes Ochus or Hūš
B) Alexander the Great
C) Julius Caesar
D) Ramesses II
  • 71. According to Abu Salih, who founded the area at the same time as Qasr ash-Sham?
A) A Byzantine emperor
B) A Roman general
C) Hūš
D) A Persian pharaoh
  • 72. When did Muslims of the fledgling Islamic caliphate begin their conquest of Egypt?
A) 650 AD
B) 639 AD
C) 622 AD
D) 642 AD
  • 73. In what year was the Muslim victory at the battle of Yarmouk?
A) 641 AD
B) 633 AD
C) 639 AD
D) 636 AD
  • 74. In what year did Muslims capture the city of Alexandria during their conquest?
A) 641 AD
B) 639 AD
C) 636 AD
D) 642 AD
  • 75. In what year was the city of Giza founded by the Muslims?
A) 641 AD
B) 642 AD
C) 639 AD
D) 650 AD
  • 76. What year was the founding of Giza in the Islamic calendar?
A) Year 21
B) Year 10
C) Year 30
D) Year 15
  • 77. What is known about the exact etymology of the name Giza?
A) It is unknown
B) It means 'the fortress' in Coptic
C) It is derived from Arabic exclusively
D) It comes strictly from Greek
  • 78. Who suggested an irregular Arameo-Arabic root meaning 'edge, side' as the source of Giza's name?
A) Everett-Heath
B) Peust
C) Eutychius
D) Al-Maqrizi
  • 79. Who suggested the Ancient Egyptian source 'r-gs-ḥr' meaning 'on the side of the height (pyramid)'?
A) Al-Maqrizi
B) Everett-Heath
C) Peust
D) Abu Salih
  • 80. Who suggested a Persian etymology for Giza from the Middle Persian word 'diz'?
A) Eutychius
B) Peust
C) Al-Maqrizi
D) Everett-Heath
  • 81. What does the Middle Persian word 'diz' mean?
A) Desert, wind
B) Height, pyramid
C) Edge, side
D) Fortress, castle
  • 82. Which body implements government policies in Giza?
A) Local People's Council
B) Giza Elementary Court
C) Health Affairs Directorate
D) Executive Council
  • 83. Which urban district is also known as The Pyramids district?
A) Bulaq el-Dakrur
B) El-Haram
C) Agouza
D) North Giza
  • 84. Which filmmaking studio is located in Giza?
A) Studio Misr
B) Cinecittà
C) Paramount Pictures
D) Universal Studios
  • 85. When was Giza Paints & Chemical Industries established?
A) 1984
B) 1974
C) 2024
D) 1891
  • 86. What was Egypt's national tourism revenue in 2024?
A) $10.5 billion
B) $8.4 billion
C) $20.2 billion
D) $15.3 billion
  • 87. Which ancient burial ground serves as the necropolis for Memphis and is included in the Giza Plateau?
A) Alexandria
B) Saqqara
C) Karnak
D) Thebes
  • 88. When was Jacob Island transformed into the Pharaonic Village?
A) 1891
B) 1974
C) 1984
D) 2024
  • 89. Whose museum is located in the Pharaonic Village alongside Gamal Abdel Nasser's?
A) Anwar Sadat
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) King Fuad
D) Adel El-Ghadban
  • 90. Approximately how many acres does the Giza Zoo cover?
A) 80 acres
B) 120 acres
C) 200 acres
D) 50 acres
  • 91. Who designed the suspension bridge inside the Giza Zoo?
A) King Fuad
B) Gamal Abdel Nasser
C) Anwar Sadat
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 92. In which year was the Japanese Kiosk constructed at the Giza Zoo?
A) 1974
B) 1924
C) 1891
D) 1984
  • 93. During whose reign was the Japanese Kiosk constructed?
A) Gamal Abdel Nasser's presidency
B) The Khedive's rule
C) Anwar Sadat's presidency
D) King Fuad's reign
  • 94. From where was the black stone used to pave roads in the Giza Zoo imported?
A) Cairo
B) Trieste
C) Memphis
D) Imbaba
  • 95. How many animal species are represented in the zoo approximately?
A) Over 100
B) Over 250
C) Over 175
D) Over 75
  • 96. Which of the following large mammals is housed in the zoo?
A) Bears
B) Zebras
C) Giraffes
D) Elephants
  • 97. In what year did the Egyptian government announce expansion plans for the zoo?
A) 2025
B) 2023
C) 2021
D) 2020
  • 98. To what number did the government plan to expand the animal species?
A) 200
B) 186
C) 175
D) 150
  • 99. What was the previous number of animal species mentioned before the expansion plan?
A) 85
B) 71
C) 100
D) 50
  • 100. Which of the following is part of the renovation project's specialized zones?
A) Safari Trips
B) Oceania Zone
C) Arctic Zone
D) Australian Zone
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