Islamic Fundamentals
This Arabic phrase, meaning “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,” is recited before many actions by Muslims.
What is Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim?
This branch of physics deals with the behavior of objects at speeds close to the speed of light.
What is relativity?
This is the only sea on Earth with no coastline, completely surrounded by international waters in the caribbean
What is the Sargasso Sea?
This U.S. president warned against the dangers of political parties in his farewell address.
Who is George Washington?
This Egyptian queen, known for her intelligence and political skill, formed alliances with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who is Cleopatra?
According to Islamic tradition, this angel delivered revelations to the Prophet Muhammad.
Who is Angel Jibril (Gabriel)?
What letter of the alphabet is the only one not on the periodic table of elements?
The letter "J"
How many countries are in Africa as of 2022?
54 countries
This rebellion in 1786-87 exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to calls for a stronger federal government.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This British nurse transformed battlefield medicine during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This battle in 624 CE was a major victory for the early Muslims against the Quraysh and is mentioned in the Quran.
What is the Battle of Badr?
What is the boiling point for water in Farenheight?
212 degrees
The deepest natural trench in the world is found in this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The United States acquired this present-day state from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million.
What is Alaska?
The first female Prime Minister of a Muslim-majority country, she was elected in Pakistan in 1988.
Who is Benazir Bhutto?
The Islamic calendar began in 622 CE with this event, marking the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers to Yathrib (Medina).
What is the Hijra?
In quantum mechanics, this famous thought experiment involves a cat that is simultaneously alive and dead.
What is Schrödinger’s cat?
This disputed territory is home to the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen Glacier.
What is Kashmir?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This African queen led the resistance against Portuguese colonization in the 17th century, ruling over present-day Angola.
Who is Queen Nzinga?
The Mu’tazilites, a theological school in early Islam, differed from mainstream beliefs by emphasizing this controversial doctrine about the nature of the Quran.
What is the created nature of the Quran?
This mathematical theorem, central to computer science and logic, proves that no consistent system of arithmetic can be both complete and free of contradictions.
What is Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem?
This is the only country in the world that is named after a historical female figure.
What is Saint Lucia?
This compromise in 1820 attempted to maintain the balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This scientist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.
Who is Marie Curie?