Cinema
Which Disney-Marvel series features the first Pakistani-American Muslim superhero? (2x bonus if you can name the actress)
Ms. Marvel (iman vellani)
Who was the 3rd president of the united states of america?
Thomas Jefferson
Name the city where Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam famously helped establish an islamic center
Nashville, TN (aka Music City)
What city hosts the headquarters for NASA?
Washington DC - 300 E Street SW
Name one of the headliner acts from Coachella 2025. (2x bonus if you can name all four)
Green day, lady gaga, post malone, travis scott
Name the movie that was the first non-english language film to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars
Bong joon-ho’s Parasite
Name the Egyptian leader who succeeded in nationalizing the Suez canal, almost prompting an invasion by britain, france, and the zionist entity in 1956?
Gamal abdul Nassar (may he get the highest levels of janna)
What was the name of the 14th-century West African Muslim king whose Hajj caravan destabilized Egypt’s economy due to his gold?
Mansa Musa (Mali Empire, during his 1324 Hajj)
What planet(s) in our solar system rains diamonds? (2x bonus if you can name both)
Neptune & Uranus (their atmospheric pressure turns methane into diamonds)
In the TV show "The Office," what is the name of the company that the characters work for?
Dunder Mifflin Paper Company
What is the name of Fernando Meirelles’ famous movie release which depicts the trials and tribulations of life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro?
City of God (2002)
Who was the Chinese leader famous for winning the 1949 civil war after helping to repel the Japanese colonial incursions into mainland China?
Mao Zedong (May he get the highest levels of janna inshallah ameen)
Which famous muslim author was considered the first sociologist, writing ‘the Muqadimah’ (the introduction) to establish his treatise on history and socio-economics?
Ibn Khaldun
What ancient civ in the Americas built the first known observatory in the western hemisphere (around 900 CE)?
The Mayan civilization
According to spotify in 2024, what is the most streamed song of all time?
Blinding lights by The Weeknd
Name the highest grossing Bollywood film to date, released in 2016
Dangal (2016)
Who was the first African American who received a nominating vote to make a bid to become president of the united states?
Frederick Douglas (1888)
Which Mathhab (school of thought) does the government of the Islamic republic of Iran officially subscribe to?
The Ja’fari school aka Twelver shi’a Islam
What is the term for the theoretical boundary around a black hole from which nothing, not even light, can escape?
The Event Horizon
Did O.J. do it?
[Freebie lol]
Scary Movie was a smash hit parody of horror movies that was released in 2000, launching many actors to stardom. Name the director
Keenen Ivory Wayans (eldest of the Wayans family siblings)
What day is considered the official end of the Soviet Union, ushering in the new ‘unipolar’ world order? (closest date wins)
Dec 26, 1991
Which surah in the quran is considered the LAST full surah to be revealed chronologically.
Surah An-Nasr (110)
Which Surah in the Quran mentions the expansion of the universe, a fact confirmed by modern cosmology?
Surah Adh-Dhariyat (51:47): "And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander."
Fairouz is a legendary singer from Lebanon, born in 1934 (ish) who has sung anthems such as “Li beirut” and “Keefak enta”. What is her full name?
Nouhad Wadie Haddad