Al-Talib
Board Trivia
UCLA
Journalism
Islamic Knowledge
100

When was Al-Talib founded?

1990

100

What is Rafay's twin brother's name? 

Social Media Manager

100

Number of newsmagazines under Student Media and their names.

6: FEM, La Gente, Nommo, Ha'Am, OutWrite, Pacific Ties

100

Defamation by spoken word

Slander

100

How was Islam initially spread?

Trade

200

What does Al-Talib mean?

The Student

200

Amal's major

Bioengineering

200

A UCLA Alum Who Entered UCLA in 1939 and Played Basketball, Football, Track and Basketball

Jackie Robinson

200

In what decade was the first television broadcast in the US?

1920s (1928, specifically!)

200

5 pillars of Islam

  • Faith (shahada). 
  • Prayer (salat). 
  • Alms (zakat).
  • Fasting (sawm).
  • Pilgrimage (hajj)
300

How many members are currently on the AT Slack this year?

40

300

Where does Amina work?

Starbucks!

300

UCLA's school motto

Fiat Lux

300

A relatively short, usually unsigned column offering the opinion of the newspaper on a variety of topics.

Editorial

300

What was the first Islamic capital in the Islamic history?

Madinah

400

At its height, to about how many states did Al-Talib disseminate its print issues?

over 40

400

The name of Saja's article for last year's print issue

The Brutal Repetition of History

400

This director of the Godfather Trilogy attended UCLA.

Francis Ford Coppola

400

A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspaper themselves. The term derives from the name of the Yellow Kid, a cartoon character popular in the late nineteenth century.

Yellow Journalism

400

The Abbasid's moved the Islamic capital to this city.

Baghdad

500

What are the 6 menus options on the Al-Talib website?

Donate, About Us, 2020-2021 Issue, Recent, Spirituality, Lifestyle

500

Which state was Rimsha born in?

 New Hampshire

500

The common tour guide phrase "UCLA is surrounded by the 3 B's" refers to these three parts of LA.

Beverly Hills, Brentwood, and Bel-Air

500

Journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrongdoing.

Muckraking

500

This empire created the Taj Mahal

The Mughal Empire

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