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Answer: Gulf Cooperation Council General Secretariat ↔ Riyadh, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ↔ Jeddah, Muslim World League ↔ Makkah
💡 The Kingdom hosts the headquarters of major organizations: the Gulf Cooperation Council's General Secretariat in Riyadh, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, and the Muslim World League in Makkah.
Answer: Al-Baha
💡 Raghadan Forest is one of the best-known parks in the Al-Baha region, located in the highlands of the Sarawat Mountains near the city of Al-Baha.
Answer: King Khalid International Airport ↔ Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport ↔ Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport ↔ Dammam
💡 The Kingdom's largest airports are named after its kings: King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah, and King Fahd Airport in Dammam.
Answer: Yathrib
💡 Madinah used to be called Yathrib; when the Prophet ﷺ migrated there, it was called the City of the Messenger of Allah, and then Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah (the Illuminated City).
Answer: Jeddah
💡 Jeddah is nicknamed the Bride of the Red Sea for the beauty of its coast and corniche, and it is also the gateway for pilgrims arriving by air and sea for Hajj and Umrah.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Abha is a high mountain city in the southwest of the Kingdom and the seat of the Asir region, far from the Arabian Gulf, which lies in the east of the Kingdom.
Answer: Al-Ahsa
💡 Jabal al-Qarah is in Al-Ahsa in the Eastern Province, and its caves are known for being pleasantly cool in summer and warm in winter.
Answer: Jubail, Yanbu
💡 Jubail is on the Arabian Gulf coast and Yanbu is on the Red Sea coast, and they are overseen by the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, established in 1975 CE.
Answer: 2022
💡 A royal order designating February 22 as Founding Day was issued in January 2022 CE, so the first celebration was on February 22 of that same year.
Answer: The Arabian Peninsula
💡 The Kingdom covers about four-fifths of the Arabian Peninsula, the largest peninsula in the world.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The Saudi flag is never lowered to half-mast because it bears the Islamic declaration of faith, "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," which is never lowered out of respect for it.
Answer: 2016
💡 Saudi Vision 2030 was launched in 2016 CE; the number 2030 is the year its goals look toward, not the year it was launched.
Answer: The Prophet's Mosque, Quba Mosque, Mount Uhud
💡 The Prophet's Mosque, Quba Mosque and Mount Uhud are in Madinah, while Jabal al-Nour (Mount of Light), where the Cave of Hira is, is in Makkah, and Souq Okaz is near Taif.
Answer: The Sacred Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque
💡 The Two Holy Mosques are the Sacred Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Haram) in Makkah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, which is why the country's king is titled the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
Answer: 100 halalas
💡 The Saudi riyal is divided into 100 halalas, just as the dollar is divided into 100 cents.
Answer: King Khalid, then King Fahd, then King Abdullah, then King Salman
💡 King Khalid took power in 1975 CE, then King Fahd in 1982 CE, then King Abdullah in 2005 CE, then King Salman in 2015 CE, and all of them are sons of King Abdulaziz.
Answer: Founding Day ↔ February 22, Flag Day ↔ March 11, National Day ↔ September 23
💡 Founding Day commemorates the beginning of the First Saudi State in 1727 CE, Flag Day marks the day King Abdulaziz approved the flag in 1937 CE, and National Day commemorates the unification of the Kingdom in 1932 CE.
