Science
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse of the cell" because it produces ATP
What is the mitochondria?
What is the shortest surah in the Quran?
Al-Kawthar
This sūrah warns about the Day of Judgment using the imagery of a massive earthquake and people's deeds being weighed as atoms.
What is Sūrah Al-Zalzalah?
The Prophet ﷺ was nursed by this woman from the Banū Sa'd tribe during his early childhood
Who is Ḥalīmah Al-Saʿdiyyah?
This country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles with 5 total.
What is Brazil?
This type of wave requires a medium to travel through, unlike electromagnetic waves
What is a mechanical wave?
This 1215 English document limited the power of the king and influenced modern democracy
What is the Magna Carta?
In Sūrah Al-Kahf, Mūsā عليه السلام travels with this mysterious figure who performs three seemingly unjust acts, each with a hidden wisdom
Who is al-Khiḍr?
Before prophethood, the Prophet ﷺ participated in this pact that pledged to support the oppressed in Makkah — and he later said he would still honor it in Islam.
What is Ḥilf al-Fuḍūl?
In basketball, this line sits 23 feet 9 inches from the basket in the NBA and determines whether a shot is worth 2 or 3 points
What is the three-point line?
In a chemical equation, this number is placed before a formula to balance the equation without changing the compounds themselves
What is a coefficient?
This trade network connected China to the Mediterranean and facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and religion.
What is the Silk Road?
This surah is the only one in the Qur'an named after a woman
What is Sūrah Maryam?
During the Boycott of Banū Hāshim, the Quraysh hung a document in the Kaʿbah. The Prophet ﷺ told Abū Ṭālib that this had happened to the document, which was confirmed when they checked.
What is that termites had eaten the document except the name of Allāh?
This sprinter, widely considered the fastest human ever, holds the 100m world record at 9.58 seconds set in 2009.
Who is Usain Bolt?
This principle explains why a ball thrown from a moving car continues forward — an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by an external force.
What is Newton's First Law of Motion (Law of Inertia)?
This empire, centered in modern-day Turkey, lasted from 1299 until 1922
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This is the only surah in the Qur'an that does not begin with bismillāh
What is Sūrah al-Tawbah?
In this battle, the Muslim archers left a strategic position against the Prophet's ﷺ orders, which led to the Quraysh cavalry flanking the Muslims
What is the Battle of Uḥud?
In the NFL, this quarterback holds the record for the most Super Bowl wins with 7 titles
Who is Tom Brady?
When an acid and a base react, they produce water and this type of compound
What is a salt?
This 14th-century pandemic killed an estimated one-third of Europe's population
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
This sūrah contains the longest ayah in the Qurʾān, which deals with the rules of financial transactions and recording debts
What is Sūrah Al-Baqarah?
The prophet ﷺ had two wives with this same name.
What is Zaynab?
This city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games three times — in 1908, 1948, and 2012.
What is London?