Context: The Arabian oryx, a species of large antelope, once inhabited much of the desert areas of the Middle East. However, the species' striking appearance made it (along with the closely related scimitar-horned oryx and addax) a popular quarry for sport hunters, especially foreign executives of oil companies working in the region.[citation needed] The use of automobiles and high-powered rifles destroyed their only advantage: speed, and they became extinct in the wild exclusively due to sport hunting in 1972. The scimitar-horned oryx followed suit, while the addax became critically endangered. However, the Arabian oryx has now made a comeback and been upgraded from “extinct in the wild” to “vulnerable” due to conservation efforts like captive breeding

Question: What large species of antelope once made its home in the desert areas of the Middle East?
Answer: The Arabian oryx

Question: Why did sport hunters find the Arabian oryx to be a worthwhile quarry to hunt?
Answer: the species' striking appearance

Question: When did the Arabian oryx become extinct in the wild due to sport hunting?
Answer: 1972

Question: How did hunters obliterate the advantage bestowed upon the oryx by evolution?
Answer: use of automobiles and high-powered rifles

Question: What animal has made a miraculous comeback and been upgraded from "extinct in the wild" to "vulnerable"?
Answer: Arabian oryx

Question: What is a species of large antelope?
Answer: Arabian oryx

Question: What did the large antelope species once inhabit?
Answer: much of the desert areas of the Middle East

Question: What destroyed the Arabian oryx only advantage of speed.
Answer: automobiles and high-powered rifles

Question: When did the Arabian oryx become extinct?
Answer: 1972

Question: What contributed to the Arabian oryx rise from extinct to vulnerable?
Answer: conservation efforts

Question: In what year was oil first drilled for in the Middle East?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Why has the scimitar-horned oryx make a comeback?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What status has the scimitar-horned oryx been upgraded to?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What status was the addax upgraded from in 1972?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What feature in land areas of the Middle East first attracted foreign oil executives?
Answer: Unanswerable