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BEATS 2017 presentsa
IQ
The Islamic Quiz
FINALS
Teams of 2 or less
Mixed college teams allowed
Prizes worth Rs 15,000!

23rd Dhul Hijjah, 1438 BEATS 2017 - IQ OMC-DARE
Our Sponsor:
Doctors Association for Relief & Education

FORMAT
 Mixed Bag 1
 Mixed Bag 2
 The Grid
 Connect The Dots
 Buzzer

The Team:
L→R:
Abdus Sattar,
Mohammad Faisal,
Syed Nisar,
Dr Minhaj,
Syed Murtuza Hashmi,
Dr Syed Mustafa Hashmi,
Saad Mohiuddin

MIXED BAG 1
8 Questions, Clockwise
+10 or 0 for every right answer on direct or pass
Teams can pounce for others’ questions for +10 or a -5

1. Who paid for the installation of the first ever electric
lights at the two Great Mosques, Al Harmain Shareefain?
This was before Saudi Arabia found oil and got rich.

AND THE ANSWER IS…

Mir Osman Ali Khan
The 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, the richest Indian in
all of history

2. Which are the only two verses of the Holy
Qur’an that were not revealed through Jibreel AS?

Last 2 verses of Surah Baqara
They were directly revealed to the Prophet ‫ﷺ‬ by Allah SWT on
al Isra wal Meraj, the Night Journey

3. Cheraman Perumal was a king of Kerala (622-628).
One night he witnessed a miracle and then travelled to
Arabia in search of answers. It is said he accepted Islam
at the hands of the Prophet ‫.ﷺ‬ He returned and built the
first ever masjid in India, which is now named after him.
Some accounts say he died on the way back and his
followers built the mosque.
What miracle of the Prophet did he observe in Kerala
that led to his acceptance of Islam?

The Splitting of the Moon

4. This innovation is now an integral part of Qur’anic
Arabic – but that was not the way it was written in the
early days. This modern notation was introduced on the
request of the governor Hajjaj bin Yousuf around the
year 700 CE to ensure standardization and ease for non
natives.
What change was thus made?

Diacritical marks on Qur’anic letters
fathah, kasrah, and dammah or zabar, zer and pesh

5. Connect the Arabic words for the following:
Time, West, Noon, Dawn, Night

Names of the 5 daily prayers
Fajar means ‘dawn’
Zuhr means ‘noon’
Asr means ‘time’
Maghrib means ‘west’
Isha means ‘night’

6. Which person is mentioned most number of times in
the Holy Qur'an?
Who is the second most mentioned person in the Holy
Qur’an?

Moses / Musa A.S – 135 times
Pharoah / Firaun – 74 times
There was a reason why both facts were paired up into one question!

7. This is the Flag of Iran. What two word phrase is written
on it 22 times in the stylised Kufic script (11 above and 11
below)?
What does the emblem in the centre depict?

The words in the margins are Allahu Akbar
The emblem in the centre is the kalima
shahadah (La Ilaha Illal lah)

8. ‘al-Sughra’, ‘al-Wusta’ and ‘al-Kubra’ are the names of
these three. They literally mean the smallest, the middle
and the largest.
The distance between the Sughra and Wusta is 150
metres and between Wusta and Kubra is around 225
metres. These three are more or less of the same height
today.
What am I talking about, with an annual significance?

The Jamarat (The names of the pillars)
Stoning of the devil during Hajj

DIFFERENTIAL
+20 if only 1 team answers
+16 each if 2 teams answer
+12 each if 3 or 4 teams answer
No points if all or none get it right

This image clears up the confusion that many people have
regarding Masjid al Aqsa.
Numbers are marked on the picture as 1, 2 and 3. Which of
them is Masjid al Aqsa, Masjid as Sakhrah or Dome of the Rock
and Masjid e Qibli?

1 – Masjid al Aqsa, it refers to the entire sanctuary
2 – Masjid e Qibli, the front most structure
3 – Masjid as Sakhrah or Dome of the Rock, with the golden dome

MIXED BAG 2
8 Questions, Anti-Clockwise
+10 or 0 for every right answer on direct or pass
Teams can pounce for others’ questions for +10 or a -5

1. About 400 years prior to the birth of the Prophet ‫,ﷺ‬ the
tribe of Jurhum was attacked and before they fled they
buried the well of ZamZam. In the following centuries, the
well of ZamZam had turned into a myth until X, who was the
chief of Banu Hashim, saw a dream showing him the lost
location of the well. Within the well he also found the
hidden treasure of the Tribe of Jurhum, with a lot of gold.
Who is X and what did he do with the gold he found?

Abdul Muttalib
Built the door of the Ka’bah

2. Surah Al Ala was one of the earliest to be revealed
.The first verse of it is as follows:
‫ى‬َ‫ل‬ْ‫ع‬َ ْ‫اْل‬ َ‫ك‬ِّ‫ب‬َ‫ر‬ َ‫م‬ْ‫س‬‫ا‬ ِّ‫ح‬ِّ‫ب‬َ‫س‬-87:1
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High.
On the basis of this verse what did Prophet Mohammed
‫ﷺ‬ enjoin his companions to do in one of the pillars of
Islam?

Recite Subhana Rabbi al Ala during Sajdah

3. What list is this?
Who is the first person in this list?
___ _______– 5,374
Ibn Umar – 2,600
Anas ibn Malik – 2,286
Aisha – 2,210
Ibn Abbas – 1,660
Jabir ibn Abd Allah – 1,540
Abu Said Khudri – 1,170

Abu Huraira R.A.
People with most number of Hadith narrations (in the al
Sihah al Sittah)

4. Salman Farsi RA, a highly respected companion of Prophet
Muhammad ‫,ﷺ‬ was first person in history to do something,
which he did only partially. The first complete such initiative
was by Abdullah bin Umar RA on request of the Hindu Raja
Mehruk in the 8th century. Though initially controversial, over
the years many people did this as the religion spread across.
Robert of Ketton was the first European to make a bigoted yet
influential attempt in the 12th century.
What was Salman Farsi the first to do?

Translate the Holy Qur’an

5. At which famous location would one find this
mosque? Friday and Eid prayers are held regularly here.

Taj Mahal

6. Traditional
societies in places
like Iran have
houses with such
doors having 2
knobs.
Why?

The thick bar of metal, which makes a deeper sound, is for
the men to knock while the ring is used by women., which
makes a lighter sounding knock.
This allows the ladies in the house to don the appropriate
level of Hijab when answering the door.

7. Which place in the Middle East is the only location
worldwide to have 3 separate Iftar timings?
Why?

Burj Khalifa
It’s so tall that sunset is delayed by a few minutes as one
reaches the top!

8. This is the highest prayer room in the world. Where
exactly is it located?

Inside the crescent at the top of
Abraj Al Bait – The Makkah Clock tower

This is the trailer of the movie “Fetih 1453- Battle of the two
Empires”. Which city’s conquest is it about?
VIDEO

Constantinople/ Istanbul

THE GRID
 8 topics to choose from
 6 out of the 9 choices are right
 +5 for every right pick, +35 for a clean sweep
 Score falls to 0 at a wrong answer
 Teams can choose to quit any moment

The ‘Ashr-e-Mubashshira’
Companions of Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
Prophets whose fathers were
also prophets
Muslim Majority countries
English words derived from
Arabic
Ummahatul Mu’mineen
People who got martyred in the
cause of Islam
Battles or Expeditions in which
Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬led
Scores
Animals which have surah
named after them

Animals which have surah named after them
Elephant Ant Spider
Bee Cow Cattle
Camel Crow Whale
BACK

The ‘Ashr-e-Mubashshira’ Companions of the
Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
Uthman ibn
Affan R.A
Abu Huraira R.A
Abdur Rahman
ibn Auf R.A
Saad ibn Abi
Waqas R.A
Hamza ibn Abdul
Muttalib R.A
Abu Bakar R.A
Talha bin
Ubaiydullah R.A
Abu Ayyub al
Ansari R.A
Abu Obaida ibn-
al-Jarah R.A
BACK

Ummahatul Mu’mineen
The Mothers of the Believers
Ruqaiyah R.A Zaynab R.A Umme Salamah R.A
Hafsa R.A Juwairiyah R.A Ummu Aymen R.A
Asma R.A Aisha R.A
Maria Qibtiya
R.A
BACK

Muslim Majority Countries
JORDAN YEMEN ETHIOPIA
BANGALDESH PHILIPPINES LIBYA
BHUTAN BOSNIA AZERBAIJAN
BACK

English words derived from Arabic
Tamarind Alcohol Dacoit
Mogul Monsoon Assassin
Zenith Safari Altruism
BACK

Prophets whose fathers were also prophets
Ismail A.S Yunus A.S Yahya A.S
Ishaq A.S Nuh A.S Ibrahim A.S
Dhul Kifl A.S Yaqoob A.S Sulaiman A.S
BACK

People who got martyred in the cause of Islam
Umar R.A Ali R.A
Khalid Bin
Waleed R.A
Salahuddin
Ayyubi
Uthman R.A
Musab bin Umair
R.A
Abu Bakr R.A
Hamza bin Abdul
Muttalib R.A
Abdullah bin
Zubair R.A
BACK

Battles or Expeditions which Prophet
Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬ led
Battle of Siffin Battle of Tabuk
Battle of
Yamama
Battle of Ahzab
Conquest of
Makkah
Battle of
Hudaybiyyah
Battle of Uhud Battle of Khyber Battle of Hunayn
BACK

CONNECT
 4 questions on the BUZZER
 All elements in a question connect to a single answer
 The overall connect of each question gets you +10
 Explaining how the 4 elements are connected to the answer
gives you extra +10
 -10 for the wrong answer.
 Only one team can press the buzzer per question

AUDIO

Umar bin al Khattab R.A
- He formalized the standard Hijri calendar
- He accepted Islam after coming across the first few
verses of Surah Taha
- The AUDIO was the Azan: as a call to prayer it was his
idea
- The spread of the Caliphate under his era

Dar us Salam
- The former capital and largest city of Tanzania
- Darussalam, the area in Hyderabad
- The verse refers to the Abode of Peace or Dar us
salam
- The logo of the publishing company Darussalam

Uthman Bin Talha Family
Or
The Bani Shaiba family
VIDEO

The Ka’bah
- Those are the keys of the Ka’bah
- The VIDEO shows the interior of the Ka’bah
- The Bani Shaiba family are the keepers of the keys of
the Ka’bah
- The diagram marks the actual pieces of the heavenly
Black Stone in the mould placed in the corner of the
Kab’ah

Prophet Musa A.S
- The map shows the Red Sea: splitting of the Red Sea by
Musa A.S
- The mountain is Mt Sinai, the place where the Torah was
revealed
- The map of the river Musi in Hyderabad which gets its
name from Musa A.S
- The body of the Pharoah during Musa’s time, considered
to be Ramses II. See verse 10:91-92.

BUZZER ROUND
 7 questions
 All oral and on the buzzer
 +8 for right answer, -4 for incorrect answer

1. Abdulmejid II was the last person to hold what
position in 1924?
2. Which is the only Surah in the Holy Qur’an to be
named after a fruit?
3. Name any one of the only two places in the world
where one can pray facing any direction as the
Qiblah.

4. Israel is another name of which Prophet? The term
Bani Israel refers to his progeny.
5. What single-word term is used to refer to the first
three generations of Muslims put together?
6. There are two famous stones in the world that
descended from Jannah. If one is the Black Stone or
Hajar e Aswad, which is the other?

7. Which was the first complete Surah of the Holy Qur’an
to be revealed?
ANSWERS:
1. The last Caliph
The Caliphate came to an end in 1924
2. Surah at-Tin ‫التين‬, “The Fig”
3. Inside the Ka’bah!
The other is its antipode, exactly opposite on the
globe. It lies somewhere in the Pacific.

4. Ya’qoob A.S
5. Salaf
6. Maqam-e-Ibrahim
7. Surah Fatihah

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