Kuwait History
Global politics
FG
The Future
Vision 2035
100
What was Kuwait originally named? Bonus points for the meaning and flag description.
“Kout” meaning port, and the flag was red with the word in كوت in white.
100
Pretty much the opposite of a monarchy, what R word type government is defined as “the power held by the people and those who they elect”?
Republic
100
Future Generations began as a youth group of recent graduates of what major?
International Relations
100
New Zealand plans to kill every nonnative rat, weasel, possum, feral cat and other invasive predator on the entire 104,000-sq-mi. island nation by 2050 to save it?
Iconic Kiwi Birds
100
What’s another name used for Kuwait Vision 2035?
New Kuwait
200
In which decade was the british - Kuwaiti relationship established?
1890’s
200
In December 2018, the U.S angered China by arranging for the detainment in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, an executive of what telecom company?
Huawei
200
What year did we host our first Kashta?
2022
200
A field of science that combines engineering and biology to design and construct new biological parts, devices, systems and is expected to grow significantly with opportunities in creating new therapeutics sustainable materials and chemicals
Synthetic biology
200
Kuwait Vision 2035 is built on how many pillars? bonus points for what they are.
7 pillars
300
Ruins from which ancient civilization were found on Failaka Island and to which era do they date back to?
Dilmun Civilization - Alexander the Great
End of the 3rd - Middle of the 1st Millennium BC.
300
After the battle of Clontarf in 1014, Gaelic culture no longer faced a major threat from what seafaring Norse people?
Vikings
300
Our first kashta was an intimate and traditional arrangement, of the ten attendees, two of whom of course are Haya W. Al-Dabbous the founder and her current business partner Nasser Al-Hajeri and four of their colleagues, name the four remaining attendees.
H.E. Eugene Nugent Ambassador of the Vatican Embassy and former Deputy
H.E. Alia Mawani former Ambassador of Canada
H.E. Miguel Aguilar former Ambassador of Spain
300
This technology will support the convergence of cloud and edge computing, enabling more advanced applications. It expected to surpass its predecessor with faster speed lower latency and greater capacity
6G networks
300
Which major development project is part of vision 2035 and connects Kuwait to northern areas with a large new urban city?
Silk City (Madinat Al-Hareer)
400
What year was the first democratic council attempted and how long did it last?
1921 - 2 months
400
With the Adams-Onis treaty of 1819, the United States was able to negotiate the acquisition of Florida from what European power?
Spain
400
Where was the first presentation about Future Generations done? bonus points for the year.
The Canadian Residence 2023
400
This computing technology will create immersive virtual and augmented reality experiences for training, design and collaboration in industrial settings
Industrial metaverse and spatial computing
400
Which sector does vision 2035 aim to diversify Kuwait’s economy away from?
Oil
500
What year was the fort كوت built and by whom? Double points for reason it was built.
1670 by Barrak Ibn Ghuraif - it was a military fort built for defense and storage due to its location, at the end of where adan coast was and needed protection from the ottoman empire.
500
On May 6 2024, transitional incumbent Mahamat Deby was elected president by voters in which African country, therefore officially replacing his father, Idriss Deby, who died in 2021
Chad
500
Future Generations has evolved from an enthusiastic youth group into a well established company offering which three services?
Public Relations, Event Management and The Best Tours of Kuwait City Hands Down.
500
An autonomous AI system that can make decisions, plan, and take action to achieve goals with minimal human intervention, name the AI
Agnetic AI
500
Which mega-infrastructure project under vision 2035 includes a causeway named after the late Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad?
Sheikh Jaber Bridge