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nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

I only missed two questions. Cool

How much do you know about Saudi Arabia? - An introduction to the history, politics, and religious affairs of The Kingdom

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0813/How-much-do-you-know-about-Saudi-Arabia-Take-our-quiz/founded

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 1:56 pm Post subject:

Dear nomad soul,

"Correct! (18 of 18 correct)"

Admittedly, though, I had to guess on two or three. And what the heck was that question about "which city do you see on the map?" I got very lucky on that one.

Regards,
John

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Many poorly written questions with that "city on the map" being the most ridiculously incorrect. (not to mention the slowest loading system possible) Obviously there are two shown and both are "cities."

The one on the number of members of the "royal family" was also incorrect IMHO. The answer is the number of "princes" only - even though I got it correct.

I guessed well enough to miss only 3.

VS

johnslat · Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 5:20 pm Post subject:

Dear VS,

The way I got it, I saw Jeddah's "dot" was "filled-in" whereas Riyadh's wasn't. So I figured that maybe it was a representation of when Riyadh was pretty much a small desert oasis while Jeddah was the "major metropolis."

Regards,
John

MixtecaMike · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 643 Location: Guatebad

Only 67%. And the tower looks like a needle to me. I did much better on this http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/0719/Quiz-How-much-do-you-know-about-terrorism/Question-1quiz.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I have heard it referred to as "the needle" by many... and I think that is the long time nickname. John?

VS

johnslat · Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 2:24 pm Post subject:

Dear VS,

Yup, I also heard it called "The Needle" and even "The Can Opener." But I was a little surprised that "Hijacker's Training Academy" was offered - although that "nickname" was very popular among expats (especially Americans).

Regards,
John

Beaker · Joined: 13 Jan 2013 Posts: 26

Wilsonthefarmer · Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 9:06 pm Post subject:

sicklyman · Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 930

tried this out on a class today. They got 13 out of 18... same as me and I've only been here a month!

They did NOT like the answer to the skyscraper question!

trapezius · Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 4:34 am Post subject:

They need to learn about sets and subsets:

"6. How big is the Saudi royal family?"
"The Saudi royal family consists of approximately X direct male descendants of King Abdulaziz"

#8 suffers from the same problem.

#11 is weird. Map shows 2 cities but question says "Which city can you see on the map?" and both of the cities shown on the map are answer choices.

Some of the questions were very good, and depending on whether one can answer them or not, you can make statements such as "S/he knows (or doesn't know) about Saudi Arabia". Many, however, were useless trivia, and so, pointless in the grand scheme.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

It looks as if the test was designed by people who used to write our exams in KSA !