Yemen Quiz

Question: In the early 20th century, North Yemen was ruled by Imams belonging to which branch of Shia’ Islam?

Answer: The Zaydiyyah have been predominant in North Yemen since the 10th century CE.

Question: What is the capital of Yemen?

Answer: In 1990 Sanaa became the captial of a unified Yemen when North and South Yemen merged.

Question: Approximately what percentage of Yemen’s population are Shiites?

Answer: Most of Yemen’s Shiites belong to the Zaydi sect.

Question: What is khat?

Answer: Khat chewing is an important part of social life in many areas of Yemen. The World Health Organization describes khat as mildly addictive.

Question: Which country was the primary supporter of the Yemen Arab Republic, established by a military coup in 1962?

Answer: In the North Yemen Civil War of 1962 to 1970 Egypt supported the republican forces in against the royalist forces suported by Saudi Arabia.

Question: In what year did Yemen sign a final agreement defining the previously undemarcated section of the northern border with Saudi Arabia?

Answer: The Treaty of Jeddah finalized a section of the border that had been undemarcated since 1934.

Question: Which of the following ancient kingdoms was not in Yemen?

Answer: Aksum was an East African Kingdom, in what is now Ethiopia.

Question: Which beverage takes its name from a city in Yemen?

Answer: Mocha is named after the city of Al-Mukha, a port city on the Red Sea that was the main center for exporting coffee from the Arabian Peninsula.