A Quiz About Islamic Golden Age - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Abbasid capital that became scientific heart of Islamic Golden Age	Baghdad	78%
Core contribution of Al-Khwarizmi to Islamic Golden Age science	Algebra	61%
Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula	Al-Andalus	57%
He travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, surpassing even Marco Polo	Ibn Battuta	52%
13th-century Persian poet whose followers founded Mevlevi Order	Rumi	52%
Dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with honey	Baklava	48%
Major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual centre	House of {Wisdom}	43%
Persian physician who wrote "Canon of Medicine" used in Europe for centuries	Avicenna	39%
Nasrid palace complex overlooking Granada and symbolizing late Islamic Golden Age	Alhambra	30%
Islamic art form highly valued in Qur’an transcription	Calligraphy	22%
Historian known for Muqaddimah and theory of social cohesion	Ibn Khaldun	17%
Author of Rubaiyat celebrating life and reflecting on mortality	Omar Khayyam	17%
Philosopher from Cordoba famous for commentaries on Aristotle	Averroes	13%
Persian poet whose "Shahnameh" preserved pre-Islamic Iranian history	Ferdowsi	9%
Grandson of Genghis Khan, responsible for ending the Islamic Golden Age.	Hulegu Khan	9%
Founder of Islamic political philosophy	Al-Farabi	4%

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