How much alcohol is drunk in Qatar?

Cornish pasting

Malcolm Bell, the chief executive of VisitCornwall, complained in an online interview about ‘emmets’ – an emmet being a derogatory word for an outsider, derived from a local dialect word for ‘ants’. Some more insults in Cornish dialect: Bimper, a peeping Tom; Dobeck, a fool; Gocki, stupid; Piggy-whidden, a weakling; Squallyass, a crybaby; Janjansy, a fibber; Timdoodle, a fool; Tuss, an offensive person.

Team building

Ten players in Qatar’s World Cup squad were born outside the country. Only 12% of Qatar’s population are native Qataris. Where are the rest of its citizens from?

India 22%

Bangladesh 13%

Nepal 13%

Egypt 9%

Philippines 7%

Pakistan 5%

Sri Lanka 4%

Sudan 1.9%

Syria 1.7%

Jordan 1.6%

Dry spell

How much alcohol is (officially) consumed in Qatar? The average Qatari consumes 0.96 litres of alcohol per year, giving it the 151st consumption of any country.