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100

What is the name of the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?


Answer: Photosynthesis 🌱


100

Which prophet is known as Khalilullah (Friend of Allah)?

A. Prophet Musa (Moses)
B. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
C. Prophet Nuh (Noah)
D. Prophet Yusuf (Joseph)


Answer: B. Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham).


100

What can travel around the world while staying in the same corner?

A. A stamp
B. A plane
C. A shadow
D. A cloud


Answer: A. A stamp ✉️


100

What was the name of the famous ancient city in present-day Jordan that was carved into rose-colored rock

A. Petra
B. Babylon
C. Alexandria
D. Palmyra


Petra 🏛️


200

Which element is represented by the chemical symbol K?

A. Krypton
B. Potassium
C. Calcium
D. Copper


Answer: B. Potassium 🍌


200

According to the Quran, which prophet was commanded to fast for three days as a sign after being given news of his son?

A. Prophet Musa (Moses)
B. Prophet Zakariya (Zechariah)
C. Prophet Yusuf (Joseph)
D. Prophet Yunus (Jonah)


Answer: B. Prophet Zakariya (Zechariah) 📖


200

I’m thinking of a number. If you double me and add 6, you get 20. What number am I?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

Answer: C. 7 


200

Jordan became an independent kingdom in which year?

A. 1921
B. 1946
C. 1952
D. 1967


Answer: B. 1946 🇯🇴


300

What is the process called when a liquid changes into a gas?

A. Condensation
B. Freezing
C. Evaporation
D. Melting

Answer: C. Evaporation 💨


300

Which prophet was given the ability, by Allah’s permission, to understand the speech of animals?

A. Prophet Dawud
B. Prophet Sulayman
C. Prophet Yusuf
D. Prophet Musa


Answer: B. Prophet Sulayman (Solomon) 🐜📖


300

I can store thousands of books, but I’m not a library. I can fit in your hand, but I can hold more information than a whole bookshelf. What am I


. A USB flash drive 💾


300

Who was the founder and first ruler of the Emirate of Transjordan (which later became Jordan)?


A) King Hussein

B) King Abdullah I

C) King Talal

D) King Faisal I


King Abdullah I

400

Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?

A. Vein
B. Artery
C. Capillary
D. Nerve


Answer: B. Artery ❤️


400

Which prophet was known for interpreting dreams and was eventually placed in charge of Egypt’s storehouses?

A. Prophet Musa
B. Prophet Yusuf
C. Prophet Sulayman
D. Prophet Yunus


Answer: B. Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) 🕌📖


400

I can fly without wings, I can cry without eyes

. A cloud ☁️


400

Jordan’s brief union with which country formed the “Arab Federation” in 1958, dissolved the same year after a coup in the partner country?


A) Syria

B) Egypt

C) Iraq

D) Saudi Arabia


The answer is C) Iraq — the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan formed in February 1958 but collapsed after the July 1958 revolution overthrew the Iraqi monarchy


500

Why do astronauts appear weightless while orbiting Earth?

A. There is no gravity in space
B. The spacecraft is beyond Earth’s gravity
C. They and the spacecraft are continuously falling around Earth
D. Their bodies lose mass in space


Answer: C. They and the spacecraft are continuously falling around Earth 🌎🚀


500

Which prophet was given wisdom and knowledge of interpreting dreams, and his story is described in the Quran as involving a beautiful patience after being separated from his family?

A. Prophet Yusuf (Joseph)
B. Prophet Ayyub (Job)
C. Prophet Yaqub (Jacob)
D. Prophet Musa (Moses)


Answer: A. Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) 📖🕌


500

I have no voice, but I can tell you a story. I have no ears, but I can hear your questions. I exist only when you look at me, yet I can show you things that happened long ago. What am I


. A photograph 📸


500

Which famous British officer helped support and coordinate the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans, later nicknamed “Lawrence of Arabia”?


A) T.E. Lawrence

B) Winston Churchill

C) Lord Allenby

D) Mark Sykes


The answer is A) T.E. Lawrence.