Statistics for Islamic Golden Age History Quiz

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
What city was the center of the age?Baghdad
88%
What branch of mathematics is Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
considered the "father" of?
Algebra
84%
What did he also estimate the radius of to be 6339.6 km?Earth
54%
The medieval Andalusian polymath Averroes was known for his translations and
commentaries of what Greek philosopher?
Aristotle
53%
The Islamic Golden Age is often considered to have begun during the
reign of what Abbasid caliph?
{Harun} al-Rashid
53%
What military commander wrested the control of Holy Land from the Crusaders?Saladin
51%
What tribe invaded the Abbasid caliphate – thus ending the Islamic Golden Age?The Mongols
51%
What ancient branch of chemistry attempted to transform base metals to noble metals?Alchemy
44%
What collection of folk tales was compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age?Arabian Nights
44%
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
44%
What was the name of the public academy and the main library of that city?House of {Wisdom}
42%
What name is the polymath Ibn Sina known by in the West,
the father of early modern medicine?
Avicenna
33%
Which poet from the era, according to some, is the best-selling poet of
all time in the United States?
Rumi
33%
Polymath Al-Biruni was the first person to make the academic study of what country?India
28%
What Persian scholar designed the Jalali calendar, considered the world's
most accurate calendar system?
{Omar} Khayyam
26%
What "bright" branch of physics is Ibn al-Haytham the modern "father of"?Optics
24%
Name one of the subjects Ibn Khaldun is considered to be the modern "father of".Sociology | Economics |
Historiography |
Demography
19%
What popular chemical compound did Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi invent?Alcohol
13%
What Arab-Andalusian physician was the greatest surgeon of the Middle Ages?Al-{Zahrawi}
7%

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