Saudi Arabia by LuskT

Like most of the Muslim world, Saudi Arabia's majority religion is Sunni Islam, which holds that what man was the successor of the prophet Muhammad?

Geographically, Saudi Arabia is the second largest nation in the Arab world after what other country?

Written Arabic, with its lack of symbols for selected vowels, qualifies it not as an alphabetic system but instead an impure form of what other writing system?

Taking the throne on January 23, 2015, which son of Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud) is the current king of Saudi Arabia?

Saudi kings hold the honorary tittle 'Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques," a title first believed to be held by what man - the founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty and victor over Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin in 1187?

Arabic-style coffee is often infused with the green variety of what spice of the Elettaria genus, native to India and south Asia?

In addition to the Hajj, many Muslims travel to Saudi Arabia - specifically, Mecca - to undertake what 'lesser pilgrimmage' that can occur any time of year?

After Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, U.S.-led coalition forces began assembling to protect the northern border of Saudi Arabia from further invasion. This defensive action is known by what codename?

Southern Saudi Arabia is dominated by what desert, the largest contiguous sand desert in the world and whose name in English means "empty quarter?"

The national emblem of Saudi Arabia consists of two crossed swords shown beneath what other object?

Wojdan Shaherkani was the first female Saudi athlete to compete in the Olympics, participating in the 78 kg division of what sport at the 2012 London games?

Headquartered in Dharan, the Saudi oil industry is dominated by what company, whose proven reserves of approximately 250 billion barrels make it a contender for the most valuable company in the world?