Know Your Co-worker
General World Knowledge
Oman
Company Policies
Email Etiquette
100

This person lives closest to the office.

Who is Fayas?

100

5 countries that begin with the letter S

Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria.


100

This valuable resin made Oman historically famous in ancient trade routes.

What is frankincense?

100

This department should usually be contacted for questions about leave, benefits, or workplace policies.

What is HR?

100

This email field hides recipients’ email addresses from the rest of the group.

What is BCC?

200

"Giving up is not in the blood" This quote is often said by this person.

Who is Yusuf?

200

This is the largest ocean in the world

What is the Pacific Ocean?

200

This Modern South Arabian language is traditionally spoken in the mountains of Dhofar and is also known as Shehri or Shahri.

What is Jabali?

200

Before taking annual leave, an employee must receive this.

prior approval

200

A manager verbally approves something important. To avoid confusion later, the employee should send this after the conversation.

What is a confirmation email?

300

This employee sees their spirit animal as a dolphin.

Who is Sana?

300

Before it became known as Istanbul, this city was called by this historic name.

What is Constantinople?

300

Muscat Governorate is divided into this many wilayats.

What is Six?

300

An employee receives approval to purchase a company item. To be reimbursed, they must submit this proof of purchase.

What is a Receipt?

300

This is the professional way to remind someone about an email they have not responded to yet.

What is a polite followup?

400

This person is known to respond first in the group chat.

Who is Sayed?

400

7 countries that begin with the letter M

Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco.

400

Before Muscat’s main airport moved to Seeb, it was located in this area of Muscat.

What is Ruwi/Bait AlFalaj?

400

A supplier, client or vendor offers an employee a gift before a contract or event decision is made. This could create this kind of issue.

What is a Conflict of Interest

400

After a meeting, this type of email should clearly list decisions made, action owners, and deadlines.

What is meeting minutes / action points?

500

This co-worker would happily take a spontaneous road trip with no plan.

Who is Majid?

500

Name any year during which World War II was happening.

What is 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, or 1945.

500

This traditional Omani sword dance is often performed at weddings, Eid celebrations, and national events.

What is Al Razha / Razha?

500

An employee takes a holiday after only receiving verbal approval from their manager. According to policy, leave must be confirmed this way before the holiday is taken.

What is written approval by email?

500

Before sending an email with important details, you should check spelling, tone, names, and attachments.

What is Proof-Reading?