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This Polish-born scientist became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win in two different scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?
This event in 1844 marked the first day of the Badi calendar used in the Baha’i Era.
What is the Declaration of the Báb?
This woman was the first Western Baha'i pilgrim to visit `Abdu'l-Bahá.
Who is Lua Getsinger?
`Abdu'l-Bahá spent two years traveling across this continent, spreading the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh.
What is North America?
The Báb referred to this successor as "Him Whom God shall make manifest.”
Who is Bahá'u'lláh?
This daily Baha'i practice involves recitation.
What is the obligatory prayer OR the repetition of The Most Great Name OR the recitation of The Verses at morning and evening?
This 19th-century abolitionist, writer, and orator escaped slavery and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement, known for his writings and speeches.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This British nurse and statistician revolutionized healthcare and founded modern nursing during the Crimean War.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This conference in 1848 affirmed the independence of the Bábí religion.
What is the Conference of Badasht?
This African country was the first on the continent to receive Baha'i pioneers.
What is Uganda?
`Abdu'l-Bahá visited this city, giving his first public address in North America.
What is New York City?
This event in 1863 fulfilled prophecies about the "River of Euphrates" mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
What is the Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh in the Garden of Ridván?
Shoghi Effendi translated and interpreted many texts, but and also wrote this historical account of the early Baha'i community.
What is God Passes By?
This ancient city, located in present-day Niger, was a major center of trade and Islamic scholarship during the 14th century.
What is Timbuktu?
This pioneering computer scientist created the first algorithm intended for a machine, long before computers existed.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This fortress became a site of heroic defense by the Bábís.
What is the Fort of Shaykh Tabarsí?
The first Baha'i temple in South America was built in this country, and today attracts almost half a million visitors annually.
What is Chile?
Bahá'u'lláh revealed the "Tablet of Carmel" while visiting this sacred mountain.
What is Mount Carmel?
Bahá'u'lláh's title, meaning "Glory of God," corresponds to this Hebrew term used in messianic prophecies.
What is the Prophecy of the Shekinah (Glory of God)?
This prayer by Bahá'u'lláh is recited to commemorate the declaration of his mission.
What is the Tablet of Visitation?
She was the first African American woman to travel into space, serving as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
This American linguist helped develop the Cherokee syllabary, empowering American Indian literacy.
Who is Nancy Ward?
This city was where the Báb was publicly executed in 1850.
What is Tabriz?
This Baha'i teaching promotes a system of universal communication.
What is the adoption of a universal auxiliary language?
This country was the final destination of Bahá'u'lláh's exile.
What is Ottoman Palestine (present day Israel)?
This Hindu prophecy of the tenth and final avatar of Vishnu, who would invite an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, is seen as fulfilled by Bahá'u'lláh.
What is the Prophecy of the Kalki Avatar (found in the Vishnu Purana)?
This work was Bahá'u'lláh's last major volume.
What is the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf?
This pioneering historian and author of "The Miseducation of the Negro" was a driving force behind the establishment of Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This Kenyan environmentalist founded the Green Belt Movement and became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
In 1863, Bahá'u'lláh publicly declared his mission in this garden.
What is the Garden of Ridván?
This event in 1963 marked the first international election of the Universal House of Justice.
What is the First Baha'i World Congress?
Bahá'u'lláh's exile route included stops in these two major cities before reaching Akka.
What are Constantinople and Adrianople?
The unification of humanity under Bahá'u'lláh's teachings fulfills this vision of "one fold and one shepherd" from Jesus.
What is the Prophecy of John 10:16?
Revealed during his time in Adrianople, this book contains mystical interpretations of Islamic traditions.
What is the Kitáb-i-Badí'?
This pioneering Black filmmaker directed the 1919 silent film "Within Our Gates," a response to "The Birth of a Nation."
Who is Oscar Micheaux?