60 free Ramadan trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
54 free Ramadan trivia questions with answers. Ramadan is observed by well over a billion people, yet most trivia about it stops at "Muslims fast during the day." This quiz goes much further: why the month drifts through the seasons, which single night is held to be worth more than a thousand months, what a mesaharati does before dawn, and how a lantern-bearing welcome for a Fatimid caliph became Cairo's signature decoration. The questions run from easy openers on suhur, iftar and Eid al-Fitr to genuinely hard ones on Zakat al-Fitr, the Tarawih rak'ah debate, and how a Malaysian astronaut timed his fasts in orbit. There is a strong worldwide thread too, with customs from Turkey, Morocco, Iran, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, Brunei and the United States, so it works for a classroom, an interfaith event, or an iftar-night game with friends. Every answer was checked against reference and primary sources before it went in, so you can trust the answer key.
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Q 01Ramadan is which month of the Islamic calendar?
Ninth
It is the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was first revealed, which is why reading the whole book over the month is a common goal.
Q 02Measured from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next, how long does Ramadan last?
29 or 30 days
Because the month starts with a physical moon sighting, its exact length is not known until the crescent for the next month appears.
Q 03What is the pre-dawn meal eaten before each day of fasting called?
Suhur
It is also known as sehri or sahari in South Asia, and all eating must be finished before the dawn call to prayer.
Q 04What is the sunset meal that breaks the day's fast called?
Iftar
It is often eaten communally, and mosques around the world lay on free meals for anyone who turns up.
Q 05Which food is traditionally eaten first to break the fast, in emulation of Muhammad?
Dates
Tradition says three of them are eaten, followed by water, though neither is mandatory.
Q 06Fasting in Ramadan is which of the five pillars of Islam?
Fourth
The other pillars are the declaration of faith, prayer, almsgiving and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Q 07The Quran says Laylat al-Qadr, the Night of Power, is better than what?
A thousand months
That works out to roughly 83 years, so worship on this single night is held to outweigh a lifetime of it.
Q 08When is Laylat al-Qadr believed to fall?
Odd nights of the last ten days
Because the exact date is uncertain, many Muslims treat all of the last ten nights as especially blessed and some spend them secluded in a mosque.
Q 09Which single night do many Sunni scholars regard as the most likely date of Laylat al-Qadr?
27th
The view rests on a report from the companion Ubayy ibn Ka'b recorded in Sahih Muslim.
Q 10Muslims believe the Quran was first revealed to Muhammad through which angel?
Gabriel
In Arabic he is Jibril, and Laylat al-Qadr commemorates that first revelation.
Q 11The first five verses ever revealed are said to open which surah of the Quran?
Al-Alaq
Al-Fatiha opens the written Quran, but the chronological first revelation begins with the command 'Read'.
Q 12In which year CE were Muslims first commanded to fast, in the second year after the Hijra?
624
That same year saw the Battle of Badr, fought during Ramadan.
Q 13Because the Islamic calendar has no intercalation, what does Ramadan do relative to the solar year?
Moves through the seasons
The Islamic year is 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, so Ramadan arrives about a week and a half earlier each Gregorian year.
Q 21According to the four Sunni schools, the standard number of rak'ah in Tarawih is what?
Twenty
The figure comes from a report in al-Muwatta that people offered that number in Umar's time, though eight is also widely prayed.
Q 22Which caliph reinstated praying Tarawih in congregation after Muhammad had discontinued it?
Umar
Muhammad is said to have stopped leading it in public out of concern the prayer would be made compulsory.
Q 23Shia Muslims mourn on 19 Ramadan, when Ali was struck while praying in the Great Mosque of which city?
Kufa
He died two days later on 21 Ramadan, which is why the 19th, 21st and 23rd nights carry special weight in Shia observance.
Q 14Which festival marks the end of Ramadan?
Eid al-Fitr
It is the first of the two main festivals in Islam; the second, roughly two months later, marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage.
Q 15The festival that ends the fast falls on the first day of which Islamic month?
Shawwal
It is the tenth month, and fasting six extra days in it is considered especially meritorious.
Q 16Thanks to the sweets served, the festival ending the fast has which nickname?
Sugar Feast
In Turkey it is officially Ramazan Bayramı but popularly Şeker Bayramı, and children go door to door collecting candy.
Q 17Zakat al-Fitr is one sa' of food per family member. How is a sa' traditionally measured?
Four double handfuls
Modern scholars put a sa' at roughly 2.6 to 3 kilograms, and the amount is the same regardless of income.
Q 18Which Sunni school of law permits paying Zakat al-Fitr in cash rather than food?
Hanafi
Cash payment has since become the position of many official fatwa councils around the world.
Q 19The congregational Eid prayer consists of how many rakaʿāt?
Two
Unlike Friday prayer, the sermon comes after the prayer, and no call to prayer is given for it.
Q 20The special Tarawih night prayers of Ramadan are performed after which daily prayer?
Isha
They are considered meritorious but not obligatory, and are prayed in pairs, often finishing with the Witr prayer.
Q 24The fanous, the decorative Ramadan lantern, originated in which country?
Egypt
Its use has since spread across the Muslim world, and the name comes from the Greek word for light.
Q 25Lantern-bearing crowds are said to have welcomed which Fatimid caliph to his new capital?
Al-Mu'izz
That welcome in Cairo is the traditional origin story of the fanous, though lighting the streets was already an old Egyptian custom.
Q 26The word 'fanous' comes from a Greek word meaning what?
Light
Historically it carried the sense of 'the light of the world' and stands as a symbol of hope, light in the darkness.
Q 27In the Middle East, what does the mesaharati traditionally do during Ramadan?
Beats a drum to wake people for the pre-dawn meal
The job is fading in many cities as alarm clocks and phone apps take over, though some neighbourhoods keep the tradition alive.
Q 28Who is traditionally named as the first person to roam the streets waking people for the pre-dawn meal?
Bilal ibn Rabah
He is better known as the first muezzin, the man Muhammad chose to give the call to prayer.
Q 29In Southeast Asia, which slit drum is used to wake households for the pre-dawn meal?
Kentongan
In Indonesian mosques the large bedug drum serves the same purpose.
Q 30In Jakarta, what is widely used to celebrate Ramadan even though it is officially illegal?
Firecrackers
The custom reflects the Chinese influence on the Indonesian capital.