Weekly Quiz: Which historic Saudi city is being transformed through a US$62 billion megaproject?

1) Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has reportedly agreed deals worth nearly US1 billion with European firms including Bouygues Batiment International and Vinci Construction to build infrastructure projects at which of the Kingdom’s historic settlements ?

• Makkah

• Diriyah

• Agrabah

2) The European Investment Bank this week signed a €97 million finance contract to build the new Vento di Vino 2 wind farm on which Italian island?

• Sicily

• Elba

• Soleanna

3) The Greater London Authority this week approved controversial plans by the All England Club to expand which historic British sporting venue?

• Lords

• Old Trafford

• Wimbledon

4) The Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced that it wants to partner with UK firm Rolls-Royce on the development and construction of what?

• Space Ports

• Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

• The world’s largest electric vehicle museum

5) Contractors working for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburg District undertaking repairs to the concrete piers at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River have been using which technique to analyze whether concrete is structurally sound?

• 3D laser scanning

• Ground penetrating radar (GPR)

• Tapping it with a hammer to check if it sounds hollow

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