Food from the Ummah
This South Asian rice dish, often served at weddings and Eid gatherings, comes in varieties like Hyderabadi, Karachi, and Lucknowi.
What is Biryani?
Put some miles on your shoes with this type of running event, XC
What is Cross Country?
This city in Saudi Arabia is home to the Kaaba and is considered the holiest site in Islam.
What is Makkah (Mecca)?
This New Jersey city was once known as the “Silk City” for its thriving textile industry in the 19th century.
What is Paterson?
This branch of mathematics takes its name from a 9th-century book by a Persian scholar whose title described the process of restoring and balancing equations.
What is algebra?
This popular Middle Eastern wrap is made of spiced meat—often lamb or chicken—roasted on a vertical spit and served in pita bread with tahini or garlic sauce.
What is Shawarma?
A high number of these, XBH, would be a great stat for a baseball player.
What are Extra Base Hits?
This Turkish city is famous for the Hagia Sophia, a stunning structure that has served as both a church and a mosque.
What is Istanbul?
The first organized baseball game in history was played in 1846 in this Hudson County city.
What is Hoboken?
A word used in computer science and mathematics to describe a set of precise instructions comes from the name of a 9th-century scholar from Khwarazm.
What is algorithm?
This Indonesian dish of grilled meat skewers, often served with peanut sauce, is a favorite across Southeast Asia.
What is Satay (Sate)?
ZEV stands for this type of environmentally friendly transport.
What is a Zero Emission Vehicle?
This North African city, founded by the Idrisid dynasty, is home to the world’s oldest continuously operating university — Al-Qarawiyyin.
What is Fez (Fes), Morocco?
This Revolutionary War battle, fought on January 3, 1777, gave General Washington his second major victory in New Jersey in just ten days.
What is the Battle of Princeton?
Once meaning “the art of transmuting metals,” this term for an early form of chemistry reflects centuries of scientific experimentation from Alexandria to Andalusia.
What is alchemy?
This Yemeni dish of slow-cooked lamb or chicken, flavored with cardamom, cumin, and black lime, is traditionally served over spiced rice during celebrations.
What is Mandi?
We're going to kill those cancer cells and shrink that tumor using XRT, this.
What is X-Ray Therapy?
This mountain in East Africa, the highest on the continent, is located in a Muslim-majority country known for its Swahili culture.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)?
Before becoming a U.S. President, this New Jersey-born man served as President of Princeton University and Governor of New Jersey.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This astronomical term for the point directly overhead on the celestial sphere entered English through medieval Latin, from a phrase meaning “the path above the head.”
What is zenith?
This rare Central Asian dish, originating from Uyghur and Kazakh cuisine, is a hand-pulled noodle soup made with lamb, vegetables, and a rich broth — often served at Eid in Western China.
What is Lagman?
YST is this, used in the Northern of Canada, where they don't spring forward or fall back.
This historic city in Uzbekistan was a major stop on the Silk Road and the birthplace of the famous scholar Imam al-Bukhari.
What is Bukhara?
This is the oldest continually operating lighthouse in the U.S., built in 1764 and located in this town, marking one of New Jersey’s most historic navigational landmarks.
What is Sandy Hook?
Used in navigation and astronomy, this word for the horizontal angle between an object and a fixed reference point originated from an Arabic word meaning “direction” or “path.”
What is azimuth?