* How is Qatar Airways leveraged? Why are they borrowing more when everyone else is trying to reduce debt?

* How exposed are the local banks and wealth funds to the toxic triple-A's?

* Are local banks more exposed to property than their Western counterparts.

* Some banks in Doha are 51% owned locally, but are not managed that way. If HSBC or IBQ were to run out of money, will they be propped up by Qatar, or by their parent companies?

* Is the government willing to let a bank fail?