History and such
Completed around 1010 CE, this roughly 50,000-couplet epic helped preserve Persian linguistic
What is the Shahnameh?
This company got its name from a deity from an ancient religion that originated in Iran
What is Mazda?
A hero famous for completing seven heroic labors and accidentally slaying his own son.
Who is Rostam?
The human body’s largest organ is this.
What is the skin?
This famous Greek conqueror invaded and destroyed the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 4th century BCE.
Who is Alexander the Great?
They wrote the first Declaration of Human Rights
Who is Cyrus the Great
This benevolent, gigantic mythical bird possesses great wisdom and famously raised Zal
Who is the Simurgh?
This country has the weakest passport.
What is Afghanistan?
The mathematical term “algorithm” is derived from this Persian person's name
Who is al-Khwarizmi?
This brilliant underground aqueduct system allowed Persians to extract water from mountain foothills for drinking and farm irrigation.
What is a qanat?
Tragic, yet legendary, lovers in Persian poetry.
Who are Shirin and Farhad?
This country has the strongest passport.
What is Singapore
The verses beginning “Bani Adam…” appear in this work by Saadi
What is Golestan?
The writer of The Canon of Medicine(قانون در طب), a monumental textbook that served as the standard medical authority in Europe and Asia for centuries.
bonus point: What language was it written in originally?
Who is Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
What is Arabic?
After Siyavash's death, his son eventually becomes king of Iran and pursues vengeance against Afrasiab
Who is Kay Khosrow?
The Disney movie Aladdin is derived from this epic.
What is One Thousand and One Nights?
Persian polymath Omar Khayyam helped reform this calendar, whose calculation of the solar year was extraordinarily precise for its time...
What is Jalali (or solar Hijri)
Common "western" formal wear that originated in Iran
What are high heels and Cummerbund?
A giant, horned demon from Persian folklore whose name translates to "[possessing] steel armor"
Who is Fulad-zereh?
The full, un-abbreviated name of the double-stranded molecule that lives inside nearly every cell of your body
What is deoxyribonucleic acid?