Q 01/05

Ibn Battuta was born in 1304 in which city?

A) Cairo

B) Marrakesh

C) Tangier

D) Fez

Answer · why

C) Tangier

The city's airport and stadium are named after him today.

Q 02/05

Roughly how far did Ibn Battuta travel over his career?

A) About 250,000 km

B) About 24,000 km

C) About 117,000 km

D) About 50,000 km

Answer · why

C) About 117,000 km

That beats Zheng He at about 50,000 km and Marco Polo at about 24,000 km.

Q 03/05

What is the account of Ibn Battuta's journeys commonly called?

A) The Hikayat

B) The Safarnama

C) The Kitab

D) The Rihla

Answer · why

D) The Rihla

Its full title translates as A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling.

Q 04/05

The name "Ibn Battuta" is a patronymic that literally means what?

A) Son of the desert

B) Son of a duckling

C) Son of a judge

D) Son of the traveller

Answer · why

B) Son of a duckling

His full name as given in the Rihla runs to eleven links of ancestry ending in Lawati al-Tanji.

Q 05/05

Ibn Battuta came from a family of what kind of professionals?

A) Long-distance merchants

B) Court physicians

C) Ship owners and sailors

D) Islamic legal scholars

Answer · why

D) Islamic legal scholars

He would later serve as a qadi, or judge, in Delhi, the Maldives and finally Morocco.