Islam
Which companion was given the kunya Abu Hurayrah, meaning “Father of the Kitten”?
Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr
What is the only country in the world that has a purple color on its national flag?
(BONUS FOR CAPITAL CITY)
Dominica
Capital: Roseau
What type of blood cell is primarily responsible for producing antibodies?
B lymphocytes (B cells)
What is a sentence called when it asks a question but is not actually seeking an answer?
Rhetorical question
Which country contains the world’s northernmost, southernmost, easternmost, and westernmost points of the entire European Union?
France
Which surah contains the verse known as Ayat an-Nur (24:35), beginning with the famous parable of Allah’s Light?
Surah An-Nur
What was the original name of the chocolate bar we now know as Snickers before it was renamed?
Marathon (in the UK)
What is the name of the process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
Sublimation
What is the term for a word that is borrowed from another language and adopted into English with little or no translation?
Loanword
What is the only bone in the human body that does not form a joint with any other bone?
The hyoid bone
Which companion was known as Hawariyy Rasulillah — the disciple/supporter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?
Az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
What is the only letter that appears twice in the name of the city Vancouver, but only once in Toronto?
There isn't one
Which planet has the strongest winds in the Solar System?
Neptune
What word can mean “a person who is educated” and, in another sense, “a person who has been educated by someone else”?
Student
You have 12 coins. One coin is counterfeit, and you know it is either heavier or lighter than the others—but you don't know which. Using a balance scale exactly THREE times, can you identify the counterfeit coin AND determine whether it is heavier or lighter?
(350 BONUS)
Yes — and it can always be done in exactly 3 weighings.
Which two prophets were instructed in the Qur’an to build the foundations of the Kaaba?
Ibrahim and Ismail (peace be upon them)
What is the name of the phenomenon in which people collectively remember an event or fact that never actually happened, such as remembering a famous quote that was never said that way?
The Mandela Effect
What quantum phenomenon allows a particle to exist in a combination of multiple possible states until measured?
Superposition
What word means a fear of long words, despite having a ridiculously long name itself?
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
What is the financial term for a situation in which a company’s total liabilities exceed the value of its total assets, meaning it has negative net worth?
Insolvency
Which companion was famous for having his recitation of the Qur’an described by the Prophet ﷺ as resembling the recitation of an angel?
Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari رضي الله عنه
What does the "AM" & "PM" in radio stand for?
Amplitude Modulation & Phase Modulation
What is the name of the boundary separating Earth’s crust from the mantle?
The Mohorovičić discontinuity (Moho)
What five-letter English word becomes its own opposite when you add one letter to the front?
Known → unknown
In Surah An-Naml, Allah says that Sulayman عليه السلام “inherited” Dawud عليه السلام. What does this inheritance mean according to the classical tafsir, rather than inheritance of ordinary wealth?
Prophethood and kingship/authority