Saudi Arabia Quiz - 59 Trivia Questions!

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Which country scrapped an arms deal with Saudi Arabia in 2015?

Canada
South Africa
Sweden
Germany

Which Saudi journalist was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018?

Jamal Khashoggi
Awad al-Muhtalib
Mohammed Al-Rahman
Mohamad al-Sulaiman

What is the official language of Saudi Arabia?

French
Arabic
English
Chinese

Which was the first EU country to suspend future arms deals with Saudi Arabia following the killing of Jamal Khashoggi?

Germany
The Netherlands
Spain
France

What is the national sport of Saudi Arabia?

Basketball
Football
Swimming
Tennis

Who is the First Lady of US President Donald Trump?

Melania Trump
Nancy Pelosi
Michelle
Hillary Clinton

Which British defence company signed a £1.9bn contract in 2012 to supply Hawk trainer jets to Saudi Arabia?

The Royal Air Force
Royal Aircraft Establishment
BAE
Scannell

What is the most popular fruit grown in Saudi Arabia?

Bananas
Apples
Banana
Watermelon

Who replaced King Fahd as King of Saudi Arabia in 2005?

Abdullah's father
Abdulaziz
King Fahd's son
Abdullah

What is the official form of Islam in Saudi Arabia?

Sufism
Shia
Wahhabism
Sunni

What are the holy cities of Islam located in Saudi Arabia?

Mecca and Medina
Jeddah and Medina
Medina is the capital
Riyadh and Damascus

Which sport is inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?

Horseback riding
Mountain biking
Falconry
Singing

Who dominates the private job market in Saudi Arabia?

Arabs
Saudi citizens
Saudis
Foreigners

Who was the coach of the Saudi Arabian national football team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup?

Jose Antonio Carlos
Jorge Solari
Carlo Ancelotti
David Beckham

Which Saudi Arabian city was devastated by floods in 2011, resulting in the deaths of 11 people?

Jeddah
Riyadh
Jeddah, Egypt
Mecca

What was the name of the Saudi Arabian terrorist who was stripped of his nationality in 1994?

AbdulRahman al-Safi
Omar bin Abdallah
AbdulRahman al-Megrahi
Osama bin Laden

Which country signed a $18bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia in 2015?

Russia
The United Arab Emirates
France
South Africa

Who succeeded King Saud as King of Saudi Arabia in 1964?

Abdulaziz
Prince Moulay Al Hussein
King Fahd
Faisal

At which ancient Nabatean site would you find the tomb of Qahir al-Farud?

Taif
Hegra
El Badiya
Amman

What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

Riyadh
Dammam
The capital of the United Arab Emirates
Jeddah

In which country did Islamists seize the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979?

Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Saudi
Pakistan

What is the primary source of law in Saudi Arabia?

The United Arab Emirates
Islamic Sharia
The government
Constitution

Who became King of Hejaz in 1926?

The United Arab Emirates
Ibn Saud
King Fahd
The King of the United Arab Emirates

Who founded Islam in Arabia in the early 7th century?

The Arabians
Muhammad
The Arabs
The kings of Arabia

After Saudi Arabia, what is the most densely armed country in the Middle East?

Syria
Jordan
Israel
Egypt

What is the population of Saudi Arabia?

26.9 million
22.5 million
230,000
747 million

Who was the King of Saudi Arabia at the time of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait?

Sheik Abdullah
Sheik Mohammed
AbdulRahman
Fahd

Who met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit to the UK in March 2018?

The Archbishop of Canterbury
The British Prime Minister
The Queen's Secretaries
The Prime Minister of the UK

What is the national ethnicity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

Arab-Saudi
Arabs
Arab
British

Who led the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916?

Hussein bin Ali
AbdulRahman bin AbdulQader
The Arabs
Abdul Hamid

What is the main religion in Saudi Arabia?

Arabic
Christian
Islamic
Arab

Which sea was added to the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century?

Mediterranean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Red Sea
Sea of Tranquility

What is the main source of drinking water in Saudi Arabia?

Desalination
Water from rivers
Water from the earth
Rainfall

What name is given to retaliatory punishment in Islam?

The feigned punishment
The law of God
Taqiya
Qisas

Saudi Arabia occupies about 80 per cent of which peninsula?

Pacific
South Arabian Peninsula
Western Sahara
Arabian Peninsula

What is the lowest percentage of smokers in Saudi Arabia?

University students
High school students
Middle school students
High school graduates

What animal was domesticated by the Neolithic people of Al-Magar in Najd, Saudi Arabia?

Horse
The Arabian Horse
Rabbit
Goat

What is the official religion of Saudi Arabia?

Arabs
Islam
The Sunni-Shia religion
The Shia faith

What is the name of the tribal meeting where all males of full age have the right to petition the king directly?

Majlis
The village meeting
Tashan
Afon

What is the name of the cubic building in Mecca?

Kaaba
The Grand Mosque
Mecca.
The Mosque

Following the Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia offered asylum to the deposed President of which African country?

Guinea
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Sudan

What is the official constitution of Saudi Arabia?

Kingdom
Quran
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Constitution

What was the name of the Islamic Caliphate that ruled from Baghdad to Medina between 750 and 1517?

Abbasid
Medina
Umayyads
The Safavids

Which country is the world's second-largest oil producer after the USA?

Saudi Arabia
Russia
China
Venezuela

What is the name of the dress traditionally worn by women in Saudi Arabia?

Salah
Abaya
The abaya
Suit

In October 2010, which country announced the biggest arms sale in history to Saudi Arabia for $60.5bn?

Russia
US
South Korea
Japan

What was the 4th millennium BC period of Arabia characterized by the use of metals and the existence of temples?

Middle Bronze Age
Bronze Age II
Bronze Age and Bronze Revolution
Bronze Age

What was added to food and drink products in the UK in 2019 as part of the government's DPAS (Diet and Physical Activity) strategy

Fat content
Calorie labels
Nutrition information
Food and drink labels

The ancient city of Dilmun is on which island?

Bahrain
Egypt
Indonesia
The Maldives

What was officially abolished in Saudi Arabia in 1962?

The king
The Arab-Saudi war
Slavery
The ayatollah

What is the main crop produced in Saudi Arabia?

Cotton
Watermelon
Wheat
Rice

What was the name of the wife of Mohammed?

Sheikha Mohammed
The Queen of the Desert
Khadijah
Mohammed

Which ancient people ruled over most of North Arabia until the Romans annexed it in 630 AD?

The Babylonians
Nabataeans
The Greeks
The Hittite

What is the most common method of execution in Saudi Arabia?

Death by electric chair
Cutting off the legs
The death sentence
Beheading

What is the name of the grilled meat dish popular in Saudi Arabia?

The Shawarma Palace
The Middle East
Shawarma
Tahlia

What is the name of the strait that connects the Horn of Africa with Arabia?

Suez Canal
The Red Sea
Bab-el-Mandeb
Sahara Desert

What is permitted for men in Islam?

Marriage
Single-marriage
Marriage to women of a different religion
Polygamy

What type of climate is most of Saudi Arabia?

Tropical
Rain forest
Desert sand
Desert

At its greatest extent, what was the largest empire in history?

The United States
The British Isles
Umayyad Caliphate
Kingdom of Egypt
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