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Yemen Trivia Quiz

A short quiz on a little known country.

A multiple-choice quiz by bloomsby. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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bloomsby

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
83,175

Updated
Jul 12 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Yemen borders on two other countries. One is Saudi Arabia, and what is the other? Hint

Qatar

Oman

Iraq

United Arab Emirates

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Question 2 of 10

2. Yemen in its present form was created in 1990 by the merger of two countries - North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic) and South Yemen (The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen). What was the latter called prior to 1967?

Answer: (One Word - four letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Yemen controls a busy and important narrow body of water. Which is it? Hint

Dead Sea

Strait of Hormuz

Bab al Mandab

Persian Gulf

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these is little significance to the economy of Yemen? Hint

Oil extraction and refining

Tourism

Textiles

Leather goods

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Question 5 of 10

5. Yemen consists largely of desert. In what part of the country are the more fertile areas found? Hint

Near the border with Oman

The western coastal strip

The southern coastal strip

The east

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Question 6 of 10

6. A distinctive type of coffee is cultivated in Yemen. Which of these is it? Hint

Blue Mountain

High Arabica

Starbuck's

Mocha

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the capital? Hint

Sana'a

Al Mukalla

Aden

Sayun

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the approximate population of the country? Hint

11.6 million

3.2 million

32 million

74.9 million

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Question 9 of 10

9. Yemen is a poor country.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. For about three centuries prior to independence, North Yemen belonged to a foreign empire. Which one? Hint

The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire

The Portuguese Empire

The Omani Empire

The British Empire

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Yemen borders on two other countries. One is Saudi Arabia, and what is the other?

Answer: Oman

Yemen is situated in the south of the Arabian Peninsular, opposite the Horn of Africa.

Answer: Aden

Aden consisted of a small British Crown Colony and a much larger protectorate.

3. Yemen controls a busy and important narrow body of water. Which is it?

Answer: Bab al Mandab

At its southern end, the Red Sea becomes very narrow - no more than a strait, and is called the Bab al Mandab. To the south of Yemen is the Gulf of Aden. The Strait of Hormuz controls the entrance to the Persian Gulf and is much further east.

4. Which of these is little significance to the economy of Yemen?

Answer: Tourism

In view of the country's reputation as a center of militant Islam, the lack of a tourist industry of any significance is unsurprising.

5. Yemen consists largely of desert. In what part of the country are the more fertile areas found?

Answer: The western coastal strip

The fertile areas are mainly in the western part of the country, where there are coffee plantations. There is also some subsistence farming and also herding.

6. A distinctive type of coffee is cultivated in Yemen. Which of these is it?

Answer: Mocha

It was in this region - Yemen and the Horn of Africa - that coffee was first cultivated. Mocha has a reputation for being a 'strong' coffee.

7. What is the capital?

Answer: Sana'a

Before the unification of the two Yemen republics, Sana'a was the capital of North Yemen.

8. What is the approximate population of the country?

Answer: 32 million

The country has for two decades had one of the highest birth-rates in the world, and 46% of the population is under the age of 15. On average, every woman in the country gives birth to seven children in her lifetime, which is a very high figure indeed.

9. Yemen is a poor country.

Answer: True

The Wikipedia article on Yemen, accessed on 2 Septmber 2009, gives the annual GDP per head, adjusted for purchasing power, as about US$2,412. This low figure may be partly the result of rapid population growth. Even if subsistence farming is not fully reflected in this figure, Yemen is poor.

10. For about three centuries prior to independence, North Yemen belonged to a foreign empire. Which one?

Answer: The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire

Ottoman power did not extend beyond the coastal strip and was often nominal.

Source: Author bloomsby

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