In Australia, summer falls during which months of the year?
December to February
What icy objects orbit the Sun and form a glowing tail of gas and dust when they get close?
Comets
Which renowned Urdu poet wrote the lyrics for Pakistan’s national anthem in 1952?
Hafeez Jalandhari
In a recurring Quranic phrase about Jannah, Paradise is described as gardens beneath which what flow?
River
During cell division, DNA winds around histones and condenses into what X-shaped structures?
Chromosomes
Ignoring overseas territories, which country’s mainland alone spans the most time zones?
Russia
According to Einstein's theory explaining the photoelectric effect, light travels as tiny packets of energy. What are these packets called?
Photons
Which European nation is celebrated for its sizable Urdu-speaking community—a legacy of post-World War II South Asian migration?
United Kingdom
On Jabal al-Nour near Mecca, in 610 CE during Ramadan, in which cave did Muhammad receive his first Quranic revelation?
Cave of Hira
What part of the adult human body contains 27 individual bones, the most of any single section of the skeleton?
Hand
For most of the 20th century, which river was regarded as the world's longest, before a 2007 study challenged the ranking?
Nile
Which element makes up about 92% of the Sun's mass?
Hydrogen
Which famous Urdu poem, cherished as a prayer by schoolchildren in Pakistan and India, is typically recited at school assemblies?
Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua
According to the Hadith of Jibril, what will barefoot shepherds compete to construct as a sign of the approaching Day of Judgment?
Tall buildings
Which type of blood vessel is the smallest, with walls only one cell thick to allow oxygen and nutrients to pass into tissues?
Capillaries
Name the Italian city home to the famously tilted bell tower in the Piazza del Duomo, also known as the Square of Miracle.
Pisa
Which term describes the natural chemical process that allows animals like fireflies and deep-sea jellyfish to produce their own light?
Bioluminescence
Which thick, slow-cooked Pakistani stew—celebrated during Ramadan and weddings—is made by simmering meat, lentils, wheat, and barley?
Haleem
Which surah is the only one that does not begin with the standard 'Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim' opening line?
At-Tawbah
At the heart of reflex arcs and thought processes, which type of cell transmits electrical impulses throughout the nervous system?
Neuron
Chosen by Queen Victoria in 1857, which city is Canada’s federal capital and home to Parliament Hill?
Ottawa
In physics and chemistry, what term describes anything that has mass and occupies space?
Matter
What is the common Urdu term for a Urdu traditional fair or local gathering?
Mela
What is the term for the scales of justice that weigh a person's deeds on the Day of Judgment?
Mizan
Which tough, fibrous protein is the main building block of both hair and nails?
Kertain