Oman's Culture and history
The traditional Omani sailing vessel used for centuries in trade and fishing.
What is a Dhow?
This term is used to describe someone who is luxurious, fancy, or materialistic.
What is boujee?
The 90s boy band sang hits like "I Want It That Way" and "Everybody".
What is "Backstreet Boys"?
This type of software helps developers track changes in their code, with Git being one of the most popular examples.
What is version control?
This country calls Santa Claus “Père Noël”.
What is France?
A stunning beach in Oman that is famous for turtle nesting.
What is Ras Al Jinz?
This slang term, popularized by the game Among Us, is used to describe someone or something that seems suspicious or questionable.
What is "sus"?
The name of the portable digital pet toy, released in 1996, that became a global phenomenon.
What is Tamagotchi?
This term describes the process of converting high-level programming code into machine-readable instructions.
What is compiling?
Type of food traditionally served during KFC Christmas meals in Japan.
What is fried chicken?
Bonus 50 points: What is fried chicken and a special Christmas cake?
This Omani port city is known as the "Gateway to the East".
What is Salalah?
This phrase is used to describe the vibe or energy something is giving off, often humorously or sarcastically.
What is "it's giving"?
In 1997, the world mourned the death of a British royal figure.
Who is Princess Diana?
The name of the comedy group inspired the name of the programming language Python.
Who is Monty Python?
Name at least one country that celebrates Christmas in January (a.k.a, the public holiday is in January)
What are Belarus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia?
This is the Swedish artist, who committed suicide in Muscat in 2018.
Who is Tim Berg aka. Avicii?
This term is used to describe someone who is overly attentive or submissive, usually in a romantic context.
What is a "simp"?
The name of the first cloned sheep, born in 1996 (Nikola don't even think about it)
What is Dolly?
This architectural style for building scalable and loosely-coupled systems emphasizes resources and uses standard HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE.
What is REST (Representational State Transfer)?
This country is credited with starting the modern Christmas tree tradition.
What is Germany?
A cave known for being one of the ten largest cave chambers in the world.
What is Majlis Al Jinn?
This phrase is used to describe the act of assessing the mood or atmosphere of a situation or person.
What is "vibe check"?
The 90s trend involving colorful, stretchy bracelets made of rubber, also known as “jelly bracelets”.
What are "Jelly Bands".
This complex algorithm, fundamental to many search engines, is named after a 20th-century mathematician who contributed to graph theory.
What is Dijkstra's algorithm?
The name of the cake traditionally served at Christmas in Italy, made with dried fruits and nuts.
What is Panettone?