Yorkshire Soul's Rambling Quiz - Series 4 - Week 1 Answers Here we go, the slate is wiped clean, everyone has an equal chance, it's a marathon not a sprint. It looks like I have buggered up my research slightly on Q2 and Q5, obviously if Damascus was destroyed twice then it was rebuilt twice, and I should have been more specific about the post of the person I was looking for in Q5. 1) What was the name of the field marshall who led the campaign to capture Jerusalem, Damascus and Allepo during WW1 ? (1) Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby 2) Jerusalem was twice destroyed, who commanded the armies that destroyed it, and in between, who ordered it's rebuilding ? (3) Nebuchadnezzar Herod the Great - rebuilt, also Cyrus Titus 3) Damascus is reckoned to be the oldest city in the world to be what ? (1) Continously inhabited 4) Name the 4 seas that Israel borders ? (4) Red Dead Mediterranean Sea Of Galilee 5) What was the name of the short war in which Israel defeated the forces of Iraq - Egypt - Syria - Jordan, and who commanded the Israeli forces ? (2) 6 Day War Moshe Dayan was the name I was looking for, but as the question was a bit wooly I'll take Yitzhak Rabin as well 6) What is the highest point of the West Bank ? (1) Tall Asur 7) What is the significance of the red stripes on the Lebanese flag ? (1) They represent the blood shed in the struggle for independence/liberation, you had to mention one of those aims to get the point. 8) When did Jordan become part of the Ottoman empire ? (1) 1517 9) What is the name of the world famous Lebanese vineyard that managed to produce wine in all but two years of the civil war ? (1) Chateau Musar 10) Who is commemorated by the eagle on the Egyptian national flag ? (1) Saladin Week 1 League Table 1) Eleanor 16 = Dr. P 16 3) MR 15 = Chez 15 5) Dirk Thruster 14 = EvilBarSteward 14 7) Miss Fitty 13 8) Rachel O 12 = Penny Farthing 12 Well done folks, keep looking for the next quiz.