How much do you know about Israel? Take our quiz. (Christian Science Monitor)

[Behind the Aegis]

For all the talk people do about Israel, how much do you really know? Take the 22 question quiz.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0214/How-much-do-you-know-about-Israel-Take-the-quiz/border

How'd you do?

ETA: Average for that site's readers is 63% (14/22).

[petronius]

1. 17/22

I didn't know: the % Arab (I was off by one choice), the Magic Carpet country (had it down to two), the not-Biblical city, the missing document or institution, and the exempt sect. And I guessed (correctly) on the name for the first settlers...

[Lil Missy]

2. 55%

[villager]

3. 82%

Missed a couple where I knew it was one of two answers.

I think only one actually surprised me.

[REP]

4. I missed two

[Kaleva]

5. 15/22

[1000words]

6. 17/22

Admittedly, I guessed well on two or three.

[Volaris]

7. 14/22, or 64%

which, in all honesty, is a hell of a lot BETTER than I thought I would do. Still, I'm unhappy with my result.
Must do better lol.

[TomClash]

8. Easy

LOL.

[Violet_Crumble]

9. Someone's gotta ask, so it may as well be me...

How did you go?

The site keeps on crashing on me, but so far I've got two wrong (the city that isn't part of biblical Israel, and the percentage of Israeli's who are Arab - I thought it was 10%)

[Behind the Aegis]

10. 95%

Just one more than you.

I am not sure why the site is crashing. I checked it again, and it was doing OK for me. Of course, I have all ads turned off (the benefit of having a partner who is a computer geek), which can slow down loading.

I almost missed the city question, but Sunday School kicked in...so I got it right. LOL! As for the percentage, shame upon ya! You should know that one. It's actually not quite the percentage, but one was closer than the other (trying not to give away the answer). I missed the "original" name. Sunday School failed me.

[Violet_Crumble]

11. I think I know what's making it crash on me...

My laptop's running a scheduled scan in the background and it does slow some things down. I'm going to try again once it's finished, and not cheat by correcting the two answers I'd got wrong so far

You know what question nearly threw me? It was which Arab country didn't fight in the war of '48. I kept on dithering between two of them, and in the end had to dig deep in my memory to come up with the right one.

I've got the travel bug bad. Just doing that quiz made me want to go to visit Israel. I've got New Zealand this year, Fiji/Vanuatu/other tiny Pacific islands next year, and the US the year after that, so Israel will have to be the year after if I can convince friend or family or boyfriend to come with me

[Behind the Aegis]

12. That will do it.

"You know what question nearly threw me? It was which Arab country didn't fight in the war of '48."

And I bet which two I know it was. I had the same issue. Do read the "correct" answer info.

I am hoping to go to Europe this next year, but finances are not good. I don't understand how someone who speaks 6 languages has never been outside of the US. (OK, sure, I have been to The Bahamas.)

I want to go to New Zealand, land of Xena! LOL!