MENA American Trivia

Mona Hanna-Attisha, an Iraqi-American pediatrician and researcher, is cited as the whistle-blower of which crisis

• U.S. Detention of Child Migrants

• COVID-19 Outbreak in the U.S.

• Jackson Water Crisis

• Flint Water Crisis

This MENA-American actor has previously won an Academy Award

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Answer explanation

In 2019, Malek won for his role as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody

Palestinian-American, Maysoon Zayid, is known as one of the first...

• American Muslim singers

• American Muslim woman comedians

• American Arab woman journalists

• American Arab screenwriters

Answer explanation

She is a comedian who also gave one of the most watched TED Talks! "I got 99 problems... Palsy is just one"

This Lebanese-American artist was a pioneer in the Neo-Expressionist movement- his art exploring war, power, and corruption.

• Nabil Kanso

• René Marcil

• Dia Al-Azzawi

• Anselm Kiefer

Answer explanation

Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi-American, was how old when she founded Women For Women International- a grassroots organization supporting women survivors of war

• 23

• 41

• 29

• 34

DJ Khaled, a Palestinian-American musician, has been nominated for 10 Grammys. How many has he won?

• 3

• 8

• 1

• 6

Farouk El-Baz, an Egyptian-American space-scientist and geologist, worked with NASA to help create...

• Juno (Jupiter Orbiter)

• Mars Express

• The Apollo Program

Answer explanation

His contributions helped with the moon landing

Iraqi-American, Huda Kattan, first sold what product which led to the major success of what's now Huda Beauty

• False Lashes

• Blush

• Liquid Eyeliner

• Eyeshadow Palettes

Hunein Maassab, a Syrian-American epidemiologist, is credited with inventing this treatment which is used to prevent illness

• (IPV) Polio Vaccine

• Nasal-spray flu vaccine

• Emergen-C

• Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer

U.S. Representative, Rashida Tlaib, is known as the first

• Republican MENA-American woman in Congress

• Buddhist woman in the House of Representatives

• Palestinian-American woman in Congress