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Question Answer % Correct
What city was the center of the age? Baghdad
90%
What branch of mathematics is Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi considered the "father" of? Algebra
86%
The medieval Andalusian polymath Averroes was known for his translations and commentaries of what Greek philosopher? Aristotle
56%
What did he also estimate the radius of to be 6339.6 km? Earth
55%
What tribe invaded the Abbasid caliphate – thus ending the Islamic Golden Age? The Mongols
54%
What military commander wrested the control of Holy Land from the Crusaders? Saladin
52%
The Islamic Golden Age is often considered to have begun during the reign of what Abbasid caliph? {Harun} al-Rashid
49%
What ancient branch of chemistry attempted to transform base metals to noble metals? Alchemy
47%
What collection of folk tales was compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age? Arabian Nights
47%
What was the name of the public academy and the main library of that city? House of {Wisdom}
46%
The University of al-Qarawiyyin of what Moroccan city is listed as the world's oldest degree-granting university by Guinness? Fez
44%
What Arabic word referred to any type of educational institution during the era? hint: former name Chennai, India {Madras}a
43%
Which poet from the era, according to some, is the best-selling poet of all time in the United States? Rumi
32%
What name is the polymath Ibn Sina known by in the West, the father of early modern medicine? Avicenna
31%
What Persian scholar designed the Jalali calendar, considered the world's most accurate calendar system? {Omar} Khayyam
27%
Polymath Al-Biruni was the first person to make the academic study of what country? India
25%
What "bright" branch of physics is Ibn al-Haytham the modern "father of"? Optics
23%
Name one of the subjects Ibn Khaldun is considered to be the modern "father of". Sociology | Economics | Historiography | Demography
17%
What popular chemical compound did Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi invent? Alcohol
11%
What Arab-Andalusian physician was the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages? Al-{Zahrawi}
6%
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