General Knowledge
What is always in front of you but can never be seen?
Your Future
Who discovered pulmonary blood circulation centuries before it was known in Europe?
a) Ibn Sina
b) Ibn Nafis
c) Al-Biruni
d) Al-Kindi
b) Ibn Nafis ✅
Which companion was known as “The scribe of the Prophet ﷺ” and recorded revelations?
a) Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan
b) Zayd ibn Thabit
c) Abdullah ibn Mas’ud
d) Abu Hurairah
b) Zayd ibn Thabit ✅
Where did the first revelation occur?
a) Cave Hira
b) Cave Thawr
c) Masjid al-Haram
d) Masjid Quba
a) Cave Hira ✅
In which year did the Battle of Badr take place?
a) 1 AH
b) 2 AH
c) 3 AH
d) 4 AH
b) 2 AH ✅
If a plane crashes on the border of the Mecca and Medina where do they bury the survivors?
No where. You don't bury survivors
Which Muslim engineer is considered the “Father of Robotics” and invented automated machines like water clocks and a programmable flute?
a) Al-Kindi
b) Al-Jazari
c) Ibn Rushd
d) Al-Biruni
b) Al-Jazari ✅
Who was the first mu’azzin (caller to prayer) in Islam?
a) Abu Bakr
b) Bilal ibn Rabah
c) Salman al-Farisi
d) Ammar ibn Yasir
b) Bilal ibn Rabah ✅
Which city was the first qiblah of Muslims?
a) Makkah
b) Madinah
c) Jerusalem
d) Damascus
c) Jerusalem ✅
Which battle was fought in 625 CE, where the Prophet ﷺ was injured and many Muslims martyred?
a) Battle of Hunayn
b) Battle of Tabuk
c) Battle of Uhud
d) Battle of Yamama
c) Battle of Uhud ✅
Which Muslim astronomer built detailed star charts and improved the astrolabe, which was used for navigation and determining qiblah?
a) Al-Tusi
b) Ibn Battuta
c) Al-Masudi
d) Al-Razi
a) Al-Tusi ✅
Which Prophet was given the ability to speak in infancy?
a) Musa (AS)
b) Isa (AS)
c) Yusuf (AS)
d) Yahya (AS)
b) Isa (AS) ✅
Which battle is also called the “Day of Criterion” (Yawm al-Furqan)?
a) Battle of Uhud
b) Battle of Badr
c) Battle of Khandaq
d) Battle of Hunayn
b) Battle of Badr ✅
In which battle did the Muslims defend Madinah by digging a trench around the city?
a) Battle of Khaybar
b) Battle of the Trench (Ahzab)
c) Battle of Hunayn
d) Battle of Yarmouk
b) Battle of the Trench (Ahzab) ✅
The modern hospital system, with wards, medical licensing, and pharmacies, was developed under which Muslim physician?
a) Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
b) Al-Zahrawi
c) Ibn Nafis
d) Al-Razi
a) Ibn Sina (Avicenna) ✅
Which caliph was assassinated while reciting Qur’an in his home?
a) Abu Bakr
b) Umar ibn Al-Khattab
c) Uthman ibn Affan
d) Ali ibn Abi Talib
c) Uthman ibn Affan ✅
Who was the commander of the Muslim army at the Battle of Yarmouk?
a) Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
b) Khalid ibn al-Walid
c) Amr ibn al-As
d) Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas
b) Khalid ibn al-Walid ✅
Which battle took place after the Prophet ﷺ’s death, during Abu Bakr’s caliphate, against Musaylimah the false prophet?
a) Battle of Yarmouk
b) Battle of Yamama
c) Battle of Hunayn
d) Battle of Muta
b) Battle of Yamama ✅
A rooster lays an egg on the RIGHT side of the roof of their coop. The roof is slanted to the LEFT, however the coop is slanted to the RIGHT
Which way will the egg roll?
Roosters don't lay eggs
Which Muslim polymath accurately measured the Earth’s circumference in the 9th century using shadows and trigonometry?
a) Al-Biruni
b) Al-Khwarizmi
c) Al-Idrisi
d) Al-Farghani
d) Al-Farghani ✅
Which companion was known as “Amin al-Ummah” (the trustworthy of the Ummah)?
a) Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqas
b) Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
c) Talha ibn Ubaidullah
d) Zubair ibn al-Awwam
b) Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah ✅
During which caliph’s rule was the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem completed?
a) Umar ibn Al-Khattab
b) Uthman ibn Affan
c) Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
d) Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik
c) Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ✅
Which battle in 636 CE marked the Muslim army’s decisive victory over the Byzantine Empire in Syria, leading to its eventual loss of the Levant?
a) Battle of Nahawand
b) Battle of Constantinople
c) Battle of Yarmouk
d) Battle of Qadisiyyah
c) Battle of Yarmouk ✅