Ramadan
Falling within the last ten nights of the month, this "Night of Power" is considered the holiest night of the year and is better than a thousand months.
Laylat al-Qadr
This 10th-century collection, compiled by Al-Sharif al-Radi, is a compilation of the sermons, letters, and aphorisms of Imam Ali (as) and is considered a masterpiece of Arabic eloquence.
Nahj al-Balagha
I am a word. If you pronounce me rightly, it is wrong. If you pronounce me wrongly, it is right.
Wrong
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This political communication theory explains how media doesn’t tell people what to think, but rather what to think about, heavily influencing public issue salience during elections.
Agenda-setting theory
If you shuffle a standard deck of 52 cards, the number of possible arrangements is so large that it exceeds the estimated number of atoms on Earth. What mathematical expression represents the number of possible arrangements?
This country is both the smallest in the world by area and entirely surrounded by the city of Rome.
Vatican City
This specific type of mandatory charity must be paid by every self-sufficient Muslim before the end of Ramadan to ensure the less fortunate can also celebrate Eid.
Zakat al-Fitr
This specific event, celebrated on the 18th of Dhu al-Hijjah, marks the moment the Prophet (PBUH) declared, "Of whomsoever I am Mawla, Ali is his Mawla."
Event of Ghadir Khumm
I have two bodies joined as one. The longer I stand, the quicker I run. I smile at the sun but weep in the shade, for I die in the very thing from which I am made.
Hourglass
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This type of epidemiological study begins with an outcome and works backward to examine exposure history, making it particularly efficient for studying rare diseases.
Case-control study
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many sheep does he have left?
9
This is the only continent without any active volcanoes.
Australia
Which Imam is known for feeding the poor and orphans extensively during Ramadan?
Imam Hassan (AS)
In the New Testament, these four books—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are known collectively by this term, meaning "Good News."
Gospels
I am a rare word of five letters. If you take away my first letter, I am a type of energy. If you take away my first two letters, I am a fundamental human necessity.
Wheat
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In building envelope design, this calculation measures heat transfer through an assembly and is the inverse of R-value, playing a critical role in energy efficiency compliance.
U-value (thermal transmittance)
In 1937, his sister said he had “hats of every description,” which he would use as a “foundation of his next book.”
Dr. Seuss
It’s the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Iran
In Shia jurisprudence, what specific type of fast is considered strictly forbidden (Haraam), despite being mentioned in the Quran?
Sawm al-Samt
Pick one person from your group, and I will tell them what the challenge is.
A man is looking at a photograph of someone. His friend asks who it is. The man replies: "Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photograph?
The Man's Son
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This Supreme Court case established the exclusionary rule at the federal level, preventing illegally obtained evidence from being used in court.
Mapp v. Ohio
A man pushes his car to a hotel and loses all his money. What happened?
He was playing Monopoly and landed on a property with a hotel.
He came to power 34 days before Franklin D. Roosevelt and left it 19 days after him.
Hitler
Derived from the Arabic root ar-ramad, the word "Ramadan" translates to what?
Scorching Heat
"Al-Ramadan" (or Ramadan) translates from the Arabic root r-m-d (ر-م-ض) to mean "scorching heat", "intense heat", or "sun-baked ground".
This specific theological doctrine, championed by the Shia to balance free will and predestination, argues that human actions are "a position between two positions" (al-amr bayn al-amrayn).
Al-Adl
THIS IS WORTH 3000
Five friends were studying late in the university media lab:
At 11:47 PM, the power flickered. When the backup lights came on, Professor Holloway was found dead in the editing suite. The door was locked from the inside.
Each person gave a statement:
Ava said she was in the sound booth recording audio alone. She claims she never left because the red recording light was on the entire time.
Marcus said he was in the hallway getting a vending machine snack. He says he saw Leo enter the editing suite around 11:40 PM.
Priya said she was in the main lab rendering a video. She mentioned that Jordan came in briefly to borrow a charger around 11:45 PM.
Jordan said he was in the equipment room the whole time looking for a tripod. He says he never saw Priya that night.
Leo said he went into the editing suite at 11:40 PM but left five minutes later because the professor wasn’t there yet. He claims when he left, the professor was just arriving.
Security facts:
The editing suite automatically locks when closed.
The professor’s keycard was used at 11:42 PM.
The red recording light in the sound booth turns off automatically if no one is inside.
The vending machine in the hallway has been broken for a week.
The equipment room door squeaks loudly when opened, and several students nearby confirm they didn’t hear it.
Cause of death was determined to have happened between 11:43 PM and 11:46 PM.
The killer is: Marcus
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In the context of the greenhouse effect, this two-word term describes the specific range of infrared wavelengths (roughly 8 to 14 micrometers) that are not absorbed by atmospheric gases, allowing heat to escape directly into space.
Atmospheric Window
During the Apollo 11 mission, Michael Collins became the "most isolated human in history" while orbiting the Moon alone. Within 500 miles, what was his maximum distance from the next closest human being?
2,200 miles (3,540 km)
Before her execution, she reportedly apologized to her executioner for accidentally stepping on his foot.
Marie Antoinette