1001 Muslims Inventions

When was Columbus’s new lost map made? (Muslim Heritage in Our World, 2nd edition, pg 252)

How were schools in Muslim countries thousands of years ago? (MHOW E2, page 50)

Which arch decorated the Cordoba Mosque? (MHOW E2, page 203)

It was difficult to find a Muslim who could not read or write during this Golden Era. (ELMC E3, pg 66) 

What is Al-Jazari's Mechanical Marvel? (ELMC E3, pg 44-45)

Which of the following statements by a 14th-century Muslim educationalist is false? (MHOW E2, pg 52)

The process that Muslim chemists used in 8^th century that now contributes to the conversion of crude oil is: (E3, pg 94)

Why did Turkish tents never catch on in Ireland? (MHOW E2, page 225)

Which city did the powerhouse of the Western World shift to at the beginning of the 12th century? (MHOW E2, page 98)

How many designs did the Banu Musa brothers talk about in their book? (MHOW E2, page 234)

Underground tunnels which were dug to prevent water loss by evaporation were called clepsydras. (ELMC E3, pg 118)

The imprisonment of Ibn al-Haytham led to the discovery of how we see. (ELMC E3, pg 56)

What was a common design that was on many of the carpets that were being sent to Europe?(MHOW E2, page 42)

Where were Umayyad gold coins generally struck in? (MHOW E2, pg 148)

 A man by the nickname ______ can be thanked for introducing the concept of 3 course meals to Europe. (ELMC E3, pg.38)

Which of the following Muslim scientists were convinced the Earth was round? (ELMC E3, pg 230, 237)

Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, may have been inspired by Ibn Tufayl’s Story of Hayy ibn Yaqzan. (ELMC E3, 103)

What are Geber, Abulfeda, Nasireddin, and Alhazen? (MHOW E2, page 305)

Muslims in ancient times developed an accurate device called the astrolabe which helped determine: (ELMC E3, 284)

Many European buildings today have features such as domes, rose windows, and Islamic calligraphy on cathedrals (E3, 192)

What was Al-Zahrawi’s career? (MHOW E2, page 317)

Baghdad bathhouses' marble basins were fitted with how many pipes? (MHOW E2, pg 221)

Al-Biruni was a scientist that knew Hindi, Sanskrit, Greek, and Syriac. (ELMC E3, pg 231)

 The ‘father of algebra’ is ___. (ELMC E3, pg 84-85)

What was the process that 8th century Iraqi potters developed? (MHOW E2, page 139)

In the developing Muslim world a Golden Age of discovery flourished from the ___. (ELMC E3, pg 17)

 In the 10^th century, the earliest copy of the Quran on paper was recorded in Egypt. (ELMC E3, pg 138)

Al-Jazari’s gave birth to ___. (ELMC E3, pg.42)

1200+ yrs ago, coffee was discovered when after eating a certain berry, shepherd’s goats got lively. (ELMC E3, pg 36)

___ was the first hospital that had free treatments/medicines for patients of regardless background (E3, pg 154-155)

What did Abbas ibn Firnas use to try and create wings? (MHOW E2, page 313)

Rest stops along caravan routes facilitated trade by providing travelers with three days of free (ELMC E3, 132-133)

Al-Zahrawi, a surgeon of the Golden Era, developed about 50 surgical instruments that are still used today. (E3, 160)

Big waterwheels or ____ have raised water from fast flowing waterways to higher land since 100 B.C.E. (ELMC E3, 118-120)

This Golden Age of Muslim civilization paved the way for the Renaissance. (ELMC E3, pg 24)

What was the job of a dragoman? (MHOW E2, page 86)

 The House of Wisdom, which was an intellectual powerhouse, was centered in Tunisia 1200 years ago. (ELMC E3, pg 72)

In the 13^th century, __________ explained the pulmonary blood circulation system. (ELMC E3, pg 167)

Which was not used in a semi-circular dome? (MHOW E2, page 209)

By the late 9^th century nearly every mosque had an elementary school for the education of ___. (ELMC E3, pg 65)

How many of Ibn Sina’s works were Quranic interpretation? (Muslim Heritage in Our World, 2nd edition, pg 172)

What was Ibn Rushd’s Westernized name? (MHOW E2, page 285)

Vascular, General, and Orthopedic surgery were all prevalent in Muslim southern Spain 1000 years ago. (ELMC E3, pg 162)

Al-Zahrawi was appointed to be “Shampooing Surgeon” to both George IV & William IV of England. (ELMC E3, pg 50-51)

Which century did the first descriptions of China get recorded in the Persian Gulf? (MHOW E2, page 257)

If the sign “#” replaced a letter in the alphabet and became 13% of a message, the letter it replaced is: (E2, pg 267)

Who was the first surgeon to use animal guts for sutures? (ELMC E3, 162)

Al-Jazhiz, an 8^{th century} Muslim literary, died at age 92 when a pile of books fell on him. (ELMC E3, pg 77)

Who was not an influence on Nicolas Copernicus? (MHOW E2, pg 323)

 Muslims scientists were carrying out groundbreaking research that was based on ___. (ELMC E3, pg 229)