Founders and Origins
Holy Books
Mystery
Local (Johnstown) History
Historical Figures
100

The founder of Islam

Who is Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)?

100

The holy book of Islam

What is the Qur'an?

100

The City that is home to the Kaaba

What is Mecca?

100

The disaster that destroyed much of Johnstown in 1889

What is the Johnstown Flood?

100

The primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

The central figure of Christianity

Who is Jesus (Isa, peace be upon him)?

200

The holy book of Christianity

What is the Bible?

200

Muslim name for God?

Who is Allah?

200

The year when Johnstown was founded

What is 1800 CE (Originally named Conemaugh Old Town, changed in 1834)?

200

The first Holy Roman Emperor

Who is Charlemagne?

300

The city Prophet Muhammad was born in

What is Mecca?

300

Language that most of the Qur'an was revealed in

What is Arabic?

300

The year UPJ was founded

What is 1927 CE?

300

The group responsible for the Dam failure leading to the Johnstown Flood.

What is the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club?

300

Founder of the American Red Cross

Who is Clara Barton?

400

The region where Jesus was born

What is Bethlehem (in modern-day Palestine)?

400

The two parts of the Christian Bible

What are the New and Old Testaments?

400

The Five Pillars of Islam

What are Shahadah, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj?

400

The company that bought out the Johnstown steel mills

What is Bethlehem Steel?

400

Head of the Chinese Nationalist Government During WWII

Who is Chiang Kai-shek?

500

The year that marks the beginning of the Islamic Calendar

What is 622 CE (the Hijra)?

500

Revealed the Qur'an to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Who is the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel)?

500

The year UPJ's very own Dr. Jem Spectar was born

What is 1965 CE?

500

The company that gave Windber its name

What is the Berwind-White Mining Co.?

500

Physicist who pioneered research on radioactivity, becoming the first person to win 2 Nobel Prizes 

Who is Marie Curie?