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God’s glorious handiwork

To “discern with the eye of oneness His [God’s] glorious handiwork, and look into all things with a searching eye.” - Baha'u'llah (‘Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)

Question: Is it true that most of the early followers of Christ were ignorant men, and that Peter, His greatest disciple, couldn’t even remember the days of the week?
Question: Considering the history of the Faith, can you cite an incident which clearly demonstrated Baha’u’llah’s intimate knowledge of the Qur’an and His respect for it, before He became a Manifestation of God?

Question: Who is Galileo, what year did he live and why is he famous?
Question: Worldwide, how many species of fire ants are in existence? Which continents have most of them?  
Question: Who was the first woman Hand of the Cause who also received the distinction of being the first American Baha’i martyr?
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Question: From where on the planet does most of our fresh water come from?
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Question: Which Baha’i book contains stories about Baha’u’llah and the early believers extracted from Adib Taherzadeh’s four fascinating books on Baha’u’llah’s Revelation?
Question: How much skin does an average person have?
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Question: Why do Baha’i Temples have nine sides?
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Question: What is the origin of Thanks Giving Day which is annually observed in the United States and Canada?
Question: In which year did Baha’u’llah have a vision of a Maiden who told Him that He was a Manifestation of God? How does this incident compare to what previous Manifestations of God experienced?
Question: Where can we find the tallest mountain in the solar system?
Question: Can you name three of the major Tablets that Baha’u’llah revealed in Adrianople -- now included in the book called 'The Summons of the Lord of Hosts'?
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Question: Fever is a rise in body temperature above ________? Fahrenheit, Celsius? We know that “fever“ is a symptom of many diseases such as infection by a virus or a bacterium. Is the term “fever“ also used to name certain diseases?
Question: Is it true that ‘Abdu’l-Baha says in a Tablet that each person that has become a Baha’i has been “chosen” by God for that honor and privilege?
Question: In a human embryo, at how many weeks of gestation can a mass be detected that will later form into the baby’s heart and lungs?
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Question: Can you give a couple of examples of the extraordinary qualities that the Báb exhibited when He was about 5 years old?
Question: During the reign of which king was Jesus born in the land of Judea?
Question: Is it true that kites were used to collect weather data from the 1700's until the early 1900’s? Are kites used for any special celebrations in Japan and China?
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Question: Who did the Guardian refer to as “England’s outstanding Baha’i pioneer-worker”?
Question: Hummingbirds are known as the smallest birds. How many kinds and species of hummingbirds are in existence? What is the smallest hummingbird? Is it true that they can fly backwards and even upside down for short distances? What is their maximum speed?
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Question: Is it true that Shoghi Effendi was less than 2 years old when the first group of pilgrims from the West visited the Master in the winter of 1898-9?
Question: What are the colors that blend to form "white light"?
Question: What name did Baha’u’llah assume during His retirement to the mountainous region of Sulaymaniyyih?
Question: What are the three characteristics that people generally attribute to an “intelligent” human being?
Question: What motivated Professor E.G. Brown to learn Persian and Arabic, leave Britain in the 1880’s, travel to the Middle East and live in that area for a while?
Question: We know that Earth is the densest of the planets in our solar system and that it is made up of a crust, mantle and core. Which one of these three components is the thinnest and what is its average thickness?
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Question: How old was Nabil, the author of Dawn-Breakers, when he recognized the Bab?
Question: The Halloween customs that are observed in North America on October 31 come from the beliefs of which people? What were those beliefs?
Question: Other than love, what other teachings would you say make up the “the foundation principles of the teachings” of Christ?
Question: When is “Earth Day”? When did it start? Who pioneered the concept, and in what year?
Question: In one of His Talks in the US, the Master explains that the purpose of man’s creation is the “attainment” of these virtues. What are they?
Question: Are there some people who never dream?
Question: What was the five-year-old Syyid Ali-Muhammad’s (the Bab) response when during His first day at school His teacher asked Him to recite this verse from the Qur’an: “He is the Deliverer, the All-Knowing.”
Question: Is it true that towards the end of the 18th century nursing was considered an unsuitable occupation for “proper” young women? How so? What events in the United States established the need for more nurses in both military and civilian life? 
Question: In what year did the Baha’i world receive the first authorized source of the Bab's Writings in English?
Question: If you are making models of the Earth and Moon to show their relative size and mass and the Earth is represented as a ball of clay 6 inches in diameter (about the size of a large bagel) how big would the Moon be?
Question: This preeminent Persian Baha’i was sent to America in 1901 to deepen the Baha’is. He is also named by Shoghi Effendi as one of the 19 Apostles of Baha’u’lllah.
Question: The Arabic alphabet is an offshoot of what language? Which current languages contain Arabic words?
Question: In the Baha’i religion, which woman is elevated by Baha’u’llah to “a station such as none other woman hath surpassed’” Could you name such similar women in previous religions?
Question: If you were to make a comparison between the number of stars in the Milky Way and the number of cells in the human body, which one do you think is greater, and by how much?

Question: He spent more than 40 years as a prisoner with his father.
Question: How many stars are estimated to be in our Milky Way Galaxy? And how many planets? Going with the speed of light, how many years would it take to go from one end of the Galaxy to the other end? Since everything is moving in space, how fast is our Milky Way Galaxy moving?
Question: The Guardian defines this place to be as the Heart of the entire planet?
Question: Name 3 common fruits and 3 vegetables in our diet that contain Vitamin C.
Question:  Who was the first person to recognize Bahá'u'lláh as a Manifestation of God?
Question: These monkeys, also known as “dog-faced monkeys”, are powerful fighters, showing little fear of larger animals, including humans, and have been known to successfully battle leopards, their worst enemies.
Question: What is Baha’u’llah’s “last outstanding Tablet”?
Question: How many cells are estimated to be in a human body? Are they all of the same size? How many of them can fit on the head of a pin?
Question: How many grandchildren did ‘Abdu’l-Baha have?
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Question: This country contains more than 2,000 scattered islands and has one of the largest merchant fleets in the world.
Question: We know that during the Babi Dispensation the believers were allowed to defend themselves. What were the circumstances under which Mulla Husayn and seventy of his companions were attacked by a mob near a northern Persian city?
Question: What is the smallest particle in an element that exhibits all the chemical properties unique to that element? 100 million of such particles positioned in a row would measure about a centimeter in length.
Question: His father was amazed at his son’s extraordinary qualities when he was just a young child.
Question: What percentage of the world’s land mass is taken up by mountains, and what percentage of the world’s population lives on mountains?
Question: What are some attributes of “a true Baha’i”?
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Question: What is REM sleep and what are its characteristics? Does everyone dream?
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Question: The Guardian referred to him as his “warmest of friends, a trusted counsellor, an indefatigable collaborator, lovable companion.” He passed away on November 22, 1925.
Question: What is the total length of the blood vessels in the human body?
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Question: When ‘Abdu’l-Baha visited this city He referred to it as “Truly.. a wonderful city.” He commented that it had made great “progress in material civilization”. He hoped that “it may also advance spiritually in the Kingdom and Covenant of God” and that the friends there “may become the cause of the illumination of America…”
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Question: Where did apples originate? How old does an apple tree have to be before it produces fruit? How many variety of apples are grown worldwide? – How many are grown in the USA? Which variety of apple is the only one that is native to North America?
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Question: This book is viewed as a companion to ‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’ and was translated by the Guardian in 1936-7.
Question: Where and when were the world's first postage stamps issued?
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Question: By what name does Baha’u’llah refer to John the Baptist? 
Question: What are the 4 human blood types? – Which type can be given freely to any person?
Question: The Guardian defines this place to be as the Heart of the entire planet?
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Question: Which country is called the Emerald Isle?
Question: As remarked by His mother, what was so unusual about the Báb during His very early childhood?
Question: Abdu’l-Hamid II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire between what years?
Question: Did anyone from the West meet the Bab?
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Question: What is the second largest planet in our solar system? – How big is it compared to earth?

Question: Which disciple of the Báb accompanied Him on His pilgrimage to Mecca in 1845.