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Which story collection stars the real caliph Harun al-Rashid?
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Whose name gave English the word 'algorithm'?
Answer: Al-Khwarizmi
Why: Latin translators wrote his name as Algoritmi, and the old English word algorism meant doing sums with place-value numerals.
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What powered al-Jazari's elephant clock?
Answer: Water
Why: A bowl with a small hole slowly fills and sinks in a hidden tank, and each half-hour sinking sets off the clock's moving figures.
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Which automated instrument did the Banu Musa invent?
Answer: Flute
Why: Pins on a rotating water-turned cylinder moved levers over pipe holes, making it the earliest known programmable music machine.
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Who sacked Baghdad in 1258?
Answer: The Mongols
Why: The attack was led by Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan.
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What shape was the Baghdad that al-Mansur founded?
Answer: Circular
Why: The caliph's palace and the main mosque stood at the very center of the circle, ringed by walls with four gates.
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Which galaxy did al-Sufi describe as a 'small cloud' in 964?
Answer: Andromeda
Why: Andromeda lies about 2.5 million light-years away, yet on a dark night you can still spot it without a telescope.
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