Q 01/05

Qatar shares its only land border with which country?

A) United Arab Emirates

B) Saudi Arabia

C) Bahrain

D) Kuwait

Answer · why

B) Saudi Arabia

The rest of the peninsula is surrounded by the Persian Gulf; Bahrain lies across the Gulf of Bahrain inlet.

Q 02/05

What is the capital of Qatar, home to over four-fifths of its people?

A) Al Wakrah

B) Doha

C) Al Khor

D) Lusail

Answer · why

B) Doha

An East India Company ship bombarded the town in 1821 as punishment for piracy; today it holds Al Jazeera, Education City and the Museum of Islamic Ar...

Q 03/05

Which family has ruled Qatar since its founder signed an 1868 agreement with Britain?

A) The Al Khalifa

B) The House of Thani

C) The Al Saud

D) The Al Nahyan

Answer · why

B) The House of Thani

The treaty imposed by Colonel Lewis Pelly after the Qatari-Bahraini war implicitly recognised Qatar as distinct from its island neighbour.

Q 04/05

Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916 and gained independence in which year?

A) 1981

B) 1971

C) 1991

D) 2001

Answer · why

B) 1971

Britain had announced in 1968 that it would leave the Gulf; Qatar and its island neighbour quit talks on a nine-emirate federation that became the UAE...

Q 05/05

Emir Ahmad bin Ali announced Qatar's independence from where?

A) The Doha fort

B) His villa in Switzerland

C) A British warship

D) The UN in New York

Answer · why

B) His villa in Switzerland

He was deposed months later by his cousin Khalifa bin Hamad with the tacit support of Britain, Saudi Arabia and the family.