Zamzam Well - Quiz
Zamzam Well
  • 1. What is the approximate depth of the Zamzam well?
A) 100 m
B) 30 m
C) 10 m
D) 50 m
  • 2. What is the diameter range of the Zamzam well?
A) 0.5 to 1.0 m
B) 3.0 to 4.5 m
C) 5.0 to 6.2 m
D) 1.08 to 2.66 m
  • 3. Where does the well tap its groundwater from?
A) Wadi Ibrahim alluvium and bedrock
B) Underground ocean currents
C) Glacial meltwater
D) Red Sea and local rivers
  • 4. How was water formerly drawn from the well?
A) Ropes and buckets
B) Wooden pipes
C) Siphons
D) Hand pumps
  • 5. Since what year has the well opened into an inaccessible basement room where it can be seen behind glass?
A) 1975
B) 1990
C) 1950
D) 1964
  • 6. How many electric pumps are used to move the water from the well?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) One
  • 7. How far south is the water moved from the well?
A) 20 km
B) 5 km
C) 2 km
D) 10 km
  • 8. At what pace is the water pumped to the project in Kudai?
A) 5 and 8 litres per second
B) 20 and 35 litres per second
C) 11 and 18.5 litres per second
D) 40 and 55 litres per second
  • 9. What is the name of the project where the water is sent?
A) King Fahd Water Initiative
B) Mecca Groundwater Center
C) King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Zamzam Water Project
D) Al-Haram Desalination Plant
  • 10. In which month and year did the Kudai center open?
A) June 2012
B) September 2010
C) January 2005
D) December 2015
  • 11. How much did it cost to construct the Kudai center in Saudi riyals?
A) 700 million
B) 100 million
C) 1 billion
D) 500 million
  • 12. Which company operates the Kudai center?
A) National Water Company of Saudi Arabia
B) Red Sea Water Authority
C) Mecca Municipal Corporation
D) Saudi Aramco
  • 13. What methods are used to treat the water at the center?
A) Filters and ultraviolet light
B) Ozonation and sand settling
C) Chlorination and distillation
D) Reverse osmosis and boiling
  • 14. What is the capacity of the reservoir located in Kudai?
A) 16,000 cubic meters
B) 5,000 cubic meters
C) 10,000 cubic meters
D) 25,000 cubic meters
  • 15. What is the name of the reservoir in Medina?
A) Medina Central Storage
B) Al-Madinah Water Basin
C) Prophet's Well Reservoir
D) King Abdulaziz Sabeel Reservoir
  • 16. What is the capacity of the reservoir in Medina?
A) 16,000 cubic meters
B) 20,000 cubic meters
C) 10,000 cubic meters
D) 30,000 cubic meters
  • 17. Which mosque is supplied by the Medina reservoir?
A) Masjid al-Qiblatayn
B) Masjid al-Haram
C) Quba Mosque
D) Prophet's Mosque
  • 18. How much unbottled water is transported by tanker trucks at normal times?
A) 50,000 litres per day
B) 150,000 litres per day
C) 700,000 litres per day
D) 400,000 litres per day
  • 19. How much unbottled water is transported by tanker trucks during pilgrimage seasons?
A) 2,000,000 litres per day
B) 150,000 litres per day
C) 1,000,000 litres per day
D) Up to 400,000 litres per day
  • 20. How are sterilized containers placed throughout the holy sites sometimes worn?
A) Attached to electric transport bikes
B) Mounted on permanent pillars
C) As a backpack by employees
D) On wheeled carts pushed by volunteers
  • 21. What kind of cups are provided with the sterilized containers?
A) Disposable plastic cups
B) Paper cups
C) Reusable glass cups
D) Metal cups
  • 22. What size of water bottles are distributed free of charge at the holy sites?
A) 10-litre containers
B) Small filtered water bottles
C) Large 5-litre bottles
D) Family-sized jugs
  • 23. How much water is distributed in the Masjid al-Haram outside of pilgrimage season?
A) 150,000 litres per day
B) 1,500,000 litres per day
C) 2,000,000 litres per day
D) 700,000 litres per day
  • 24. How much water is distributed in the Masjid al-Haram during the pilgrimage season?
A) 700,000 litres per day
B) 400,000 litres per day
C) 2,000,000 litres per day
D) 3,500,000 litres per day
  • 25. What size are the bottled containers sold outside Islamic holy sites within Saudi Arabia?
A) 5-litre containers
B) 10-litre containers
C) 20-litre jugs
D) 1-litre bottles
  • 26. Where can the 10-litre containers be purchased directly?
A) At the entrance of Masjid al-Haram
B) At Medina airport
C) At local petrol stations
D) A warehouse at the Zamzam Water Project site
  • 27. How many 10-litre containers were distributed per day in 2018?
A) 5 million
B) 2.5 million
C) 1.5 million
D) 500,000
  • 28. What valley is the well hydrogeologically located in?
A) Wadi Ibrahim
B) Wadi Rum
C) Wadi Hanifah
D) Wadi Lajab
  • 29. What material is used for the concrete 'collar' at the top of the well?
A) Concrete
B) Packed clay
C) Brickwork
D) Stone masonry
  • 30. What is the thickness of the permeable weathered rock section between the alluvium and bedrock?
A) 5 metres
B) 1⁄2-metre
C) 1 metre
D) 2 metres
  • 31. Which section provides the main water entry into the well?
A) The bottom bedrock floor
B) The concrete collar
C) The sandy alluvium surface
D) The permeable weathered rock section
  • 32. What are the primary sources of water in the well?
A) Desalinated seawater injection
B) Underground river streams from distant mountains
C) Deep fossil aquifers
D) Absorbed rainfall in Wadi Ibrahim and run-off from local hills
  • 33. Why has water from absorbed rainfall on the Wadi Ibrahim decreased over time?
A) Pumping rates exceeded natural capacity
B) The area has become more and more settled
C) Climate change caused total drought
D) A dam was built upstream
  • 34. Which organization has a 'Zamzam Studies and Research Centre'?
A) Saudi Geological Survey
B) Ministry of Water and Electricity
C) National Water Company
D) King Abdulaziz University
  • 35. What device was originally used to monitor water levels?
A) Mechanical float gauge
B) Mercury barometer
C) Hydrograph
D) Seismograph
  • 36. How is water level data made continuously available in recent times?
A) Through daily newspaper reports
B) Via broadcast radio
C) By monthly mailed newsletters
D) Via the Internet
  • 37. What properties does the digital monitoring system track besides water level?
A) Turbidity, salinity, oxygen, and pressure
B) Electric conductivity, pH, Eh, and temperature
C) Mineral content, bacteria levels, and flow speed
D) Density, hardness, and radioactivity
  • 38. What color is Zamzam water?
A) Colourless
B) Light blue
C) Clear green
D) Milky white
  • 39. What does Zamzam water smell like?
A) Earthy
B) Slightly mineral
C) Chlorinated
D) Odorless
  • 40. What is the pH range of Zamzam water?
A) 8.5–9.0
B) 7.0–7.2
C) 7.9–8
D) 6.0–6.5
  • 41. Is Zamzam water acidic, neutral, or slightly alkaline?
A) Highly acidic
B) Neutral
C) Slightly acidic
D) Slightly alkaline
  • 42. According to Islamic narratives, who was left in the desert with Isma'il when the well opened up?
A) Sarah
B) Hajar
C) Khadija
D) Amina
  • 43. Who is credited in traditional accounts with rediscovering and excavating the well in the 6th century?
A) Abd al-Muttalib
B) Al-Abbas
C) Al-Mansur
D) Abu Talib
  • 44. What is the historical relationship of the well according to historian Jacqueline Chabbi's etymological analysis?
A) Named after the Angel Michael
B) An onomatopoeia denoting a dull or guttural sound
C) Derived from a Hebrew word for blessing
D) Named directly after Prophet Abraham
  • 45. Which medieval writer argued that the well was named after Zoroastrian prayers due to kinship with Abraham?
A) Al-Azraqi
B) Al-Ayni
C) Ibn Ishaq
D) Al-Mas'udi
  • 46. Who claimed that the well was named after bridles donated by Sasan?
A) Jacqueline Chabbi
B) Al-Mas'udi
C) Al-Ayni
D) Hughes
  • 47. What exclamation does Hughes identify as a traditional origin for the name Zamzam derived from Hajar?
A) Zamra, zamra!
B) Zamaneh, zamaneh!
C) Zindan, zindan!
D) Zamm, zamm!
  • 48. How does the story describe the initial appearance of water for the infant Isma'il in some versions?
A) A camel uncovers the spring
B) Hajar digs with her hands
C) Ibrahim strikes the rock with a staff
D) Isma'il scrapes the ground with his feet
  • 49. Which tribe is said to have buried the well or its sacred objects before being expelled from Mecca?
A) Quraysh
B) Abbasid
C) Jurhum
D) Sasanian
  • 50. What type of sword was among the artefacts found by Abd al-Muttalib?
A) Damascus steel sword
B) As-Sayf al-Qalayi
C) Saif al-Islam
D) Zulfiqar
  • 51. Who sold the usage rights of the well due to financial troubles to his brother al-Abbas?
A) Al-Mu'tasim
B) Abu Talib
C) Al-Mansur
D) Abd al-Muttalib
  • 52. What new ordinance concerning the well was instituted by al-Abbas?
A) Closing the well to non-Arabs
B) Limiting water drawing to night hours
C) Requiring all pilgrims to pay a gold tax
D) Banning all non-religious body-hygienic uses
  • 53. What was the responsibility of managing the Zamzam Well called?
A) Bayt al-Sharab
B) Siqaya
C) Wudu
D) Siqah
  • 54. What was the purpose of the second pool described by al-Azraqi behind the well?
A) Wudu (religious ritual cleaning)
B) Quenching the thirst of animals
C) Washing the Black Stone
D) Cooling down heated swords
  • 55. Which Abbasid caliph sponsored extensive construction projects including paving the area around Zamzam with marble in 775–778?
A) Al-Mu'tasim
B) Al-Wathiq
C) Al-Mansur
D) Al-Abbas
  • 56. Which civil servant began a series of mosaic-marked construction projects around the well starting in 833–855?
A) Abdulaziz bin Muhammad
B) Umar ibn Faraj ar-Rukhkhaji
C) Qutb ad-Din
D) Al-Isfahani
  • 57. Which group attacked Mecca in 930, destroyed the dome over Zamzam, and temporarily removed the Black Stone?
A) Wahhabis
B) Mamluks
C) Ottomans
D) Qarmatians
  • 58. Who was briefly believed by the Qarmatians in 931 to be God incarnate?
A) Al-Mansur
B) Al-Isfahani
C) Selim III
D) Qaitbay
  • 59. What was the name of the quasi-guild of specialized men who distributed the well's water after the Abbasids?
A) Zamzamis
B) Sharabis
C) Jurhumis
D) Qalandars
  • 60. How much did a costly license from the Grand Sharif to become a Zamzami cost during the reign of Awn ar-Rafiq?
A) $50
B) £500
C) $1
D) £50
  • 61. Which Mamluk Sultan invested in improving the well's water quality and building a new dome in the 15th century?
A) Qaitbay
B) Suleiman the Magnificent
C) Malik an-Nasir
D) Ahmed I
  • 62. Which Ottoman Sultan had an iron cage constructed around the well in 1621?
A) Selim III
B) Al-Mu'tasim
C) Suleiman the Magnificent
D) Ahmed I
  • 63. How often is the Zamzam Well tested according to the SGS?
A) Once a week
B) Once a month
C) Only during Ramadan
D) On a daily basis
  • 64. How many samples are taken from the well daily in the standard testing process?
A) Ten samples
B) One sample
C) Three samples
D) Five samples
  • 65. In which city is the King Abdullah Zamzam Water Distribution Center located?
A) Istanbul
B) London
C) Mecca
D) Jeddah
  • 66. In what year was the Zamzam well renovated by the Saudi authorities?
A) 1895
B) 1866
C) 1883
D) 2018
  • 67. How many samples are tested every day during Ramadan?
A) 100 samples
B) 50 samples
C) 3 samples
D) 500 samples
  • 68. In what year was the International Sanitary Conference held in Istanbul?
A) 1866
B) 1881
C) 1895
D) 1883
  • 69. What did the Ottoman state institute using the Red Sea to protect public health?
A) A water distribution center
B) A free trade zone
C) A naval blockade
D) A quarantine system
  • 70. When did the first controversy surrounding the safety of Zamzam water begin?
A) 1883
B) 1895
C) 1881
D) 1866
  • 71. Who sent samples of water, alleged to be Zamzam water, to Edward Frankland?
A) Yusuf Kudzi
B) James Zohrab
C) Bonkowski Paşa
D) Mehmed Şakir Bey
  • 72. Who presented a treatise based on Frankland's report to the Ottoman Board of Health?
A) James Zohrab
B) Robert Koch
C) Mehmed Şakir Bey
D) The Dutch emissary
  • 73. How was the treatise based on Frankland's report received by the Ottoman Board of Health?
A) As absolute scientific truth
B) Very negatively
C) As a helpful public health suggestion
D) With great enthusiasm
  • 74. Who was Bonkowski Paşa?
A) Dutch emissary
B) British Consul in Jeddah
C) An epidemiologist
D) The Sultan's head chemist
  • 75. What did the testing by Ottoman scientists reveal about the water of Zamzam?
A) Severe cholera contamination
B) Nothing dangerous
C) High levels of animal waste
D) Six times more sewage than London water
  • 76. Where did Mecca's aqueducts and Zamzam get their water according to the Ottoman scientists?
A) The same underground river
B) Entirely different sources
C) London sewage systems
D) The Red Sea
  • 77. Why did Ottoman scientists argue Zamzam could not be a cholera source?
A) The water was boiled before drinking
B) Cholera is caused by bacteria discovered by Robert Koch
C) The well was closed by the British
D) Mecca did not see annual cholera epidemics during the Hajj
  • 78. Who was suspected of being the source of the fake Zamzam water sample?
A) James Zohrab
B) Edward Frankland
C) Yusuf Kudzi
D) Mehmed Şakir Bey
  • 79. Whose findings on cholera being caused by bacteria were rejected by Britain's intellectuals?
A) Robert Koch's
B) Bonkowski Paşa's
C) Mehmed Şakir Bey's
D) Edward Frankland's
  • 80. Until what year did British scientists continue publishing anti-Zamzam and anti-contagionist articles?
A) 1895
B) 2018
C) 1866
D) 1883
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