Tunisian QUIZ

     We are finished with Tunisia but I thought I would offer a Quiz for those of you who like my quizzes. This will be my longest quiz ever. Feel free to try your luck and hopefully, you will learn some things.  

     These are quiz photos from Tunisia, plus the first one from Algeria. Some of the answers have been covered during my posts, but not all of them.

1.  This is in a very old palace in the Kasbah in Algiers. Question: What was the arched area along the back wall originally?

2. The photo below is a section of the Abu Zaman al-Balwari mausoleum. This couple are taking their baby to an Islamic ceremony.

Question: What is the child being prepared for in this ritual ceremony? (good luck with this one)

3. Below is an old well in the central courtyard of an old madrassa in Tunis.

Question: What made the indentions along the wall of the well?  

4. Below, at the Sbeitla Roman ruins, the amphitheater was built right next to the river.

Question: Why was the amphitheater built right next to the river

5. The bird below came to visit us at our hotel room in Tozeur.

Question: What kind of bird is it?


6. At a museum in Tozeur, the curator dressed me up as you see in the photo below.

Question: What ceremony would I have been dressed up for back in the 16th century?

7. Below is a home in the Tataouine area of Tunisia.

Question: what do the locals call the white paint around the windows, doors, and fencing?

8. Below was at our hotel in Djerba Island.

Question: what game are these people playing?

9. Our restaurant lunch is in the photo below. I had the spaghetti with meat.

Question: What was the meat on my pasta?

10. The photo below is at the El Djem amphitheater.

Question: WHERE in the amphitheater was this photo taken?

11. These cactus below were growing right along the road out in some farming country.

Question: What are the three uses that the Tunisian farmers make of cactus?

12. Below is at the Antonine Roman Baths in Carthage.

Question: What is Vicky looking for in this photo?