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Quiz about Ways and Means to Predict the Future
Quiz about Ways and Means to Predict the Future

Ways and Means to Predict the Future Quiz


Different methods and ways of divination that have been used over the centuries.

A multiple-choice quiz by Auszev. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Auszev
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
184,781
Updated
Aug 14 24
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
16 / 25
Plays
4569
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Question 1 of 25
1. If you go to a person that uses palmistry, what part of your body would they want to read from? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. A form of divination will refer to you as being a pig or a rat.


Question 3 of 25
3. The next reading you had was with a person who specializes in graphology. They asked you to bring a sample along for them, what type of sample did you bring? Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. If a person mentions the following words: moon, Aries, and conjunction, what form of divination are they talking about? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. What part of a person does a subscriber of physiognomy study? Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. What method of divination uses words as: Lagu, Hagal, Yggdrasil, and Odin.

Answer: (One Word - Starts with R)
Question 7 of 25
7. When using tarot, the pack is usually divided into two sections, Major and Minor ___________. Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. Have dominoes been used to tell the future?


Question 9 of 25
9. Metoposcopy involves what part/s of the face? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. An ouija board is a legitimate tool in divination.


Question 11 of 25
11. What does the word 'planchette' mean? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. If you went to a person that felt for bumps on your skull, what type of divination would they say they are doing? Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. When consulting with a person that uses numerology, which of the following would they need to do to make a chart? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. What is the name of the method that plots the intellectual, emotional and physical cycles of a person? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. Are all dreams precognitive?


Question 16 of 25
16. Psychometry is the same as clairaudience.


Question 17 of 25
17. Scrying is when a person uses items as a crystal ball.


Question 18 of 25
18. Cartomancy involves the use of normal playing cards.


Question 19 of 25
19. I Ching originated in which country? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. Tealeaves and coffee grounds can be used as a divination tool, this being tasseomancy.


Question 21 of 25
21. If a person is going to dowse, what can they use? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. If you went to a Chinese restaurant, broke open a fortune cookie and read what the slip said, you are practicing a form of aleuromancy.


Question 23 of 25
23. This form of divination is a variant of tasseomancy and was believed to exist before it. The correct term is molybdomancy and involved using which of these items? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. Pyromancy is a 'blanket' term that covers divination by what element? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. Can dominoes be used in divination and prediction?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. If you go to a person that uses palmistry, what part of your body would they want to read from?

Answer: Hand

Palmistry is the most common name, but other names can be used as chirognomy, chirology, or chiromancy. A very intricate reading form that entails many factors. The whole hand is used not just the palms.
2. A form of divination will refer to you as being a pig or a rat.

Answer: True

Oriental astrology, especially used in China, is based on animals and a 12-year cycle. The animals are rat, buffalo, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
3. The next reading you had was with a person who specializes in graphology. They asked you to bring a sample along for them, what type of sample did you bring?

Answer: handwriting

This was used in ancient China and the Roman times. The monks from the Middle Ages also studied it. Carl Jung was very interested in graphology as he concluded that it was a way to study a person's personality and character. Some of the factors in handwriting, which are analysed, are: slant, pressure and spacing.
4. If a person mentions the following words: moon, Aries, and conjunction, what form of divination are they talking about?

Answer: Astrology

Astrology involves the effects of the sun, moon, and the eight planets of the solar system upon all aspects of a person. The horoscope or birth chart is a symbolic map showing the potential and characteristics of a person born at a particular time and place.
5. What part of a person does a subscriber of physiognomy study?

Answer: face

Aristotle is mostly regarded as the person that devised physiognomy. Pythagoras, Socrates and Hippocrates are also linked to it. The full face is used and as well as the profile. Every aspect is analysed, being the shape, profile, forehead, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and chin.
6. What method of divination uses words as: Lagu, Hagal, Yggdrasil, and Odin.

Answer: Runes

Traditionally the runic symbols were carved or burned onto small oblong pieces of wood, or engraved on copper, bronze or gold disks. The legend that surrounds the rune symbols, meaning and knowledge is that they came from Odin, the one eyed god of wisdom and the protector of heroes. To gain this knowledge, Odin hung from the world tree Yggdrasil (giant ash tree which in Norse methodology supported the universe) for nine days and nights, without food and water.
7. When using tarot, the pack is usually divided into two sections, Major and Minor ___________.

Answer: Arcana

In a standard tarot pack, there are 78 cards. The Minor Arcana consists of four suits: swords, wands, cups and pentacles (other names can be used, i.e. discs). The Major Arcana is the other 22 cards. The exact origin of the tarot is not conclusive. Some of the places where it is thought to have originated are Egypt, India, and Arabia.
8. Have dominoes been used to tell the future?

Answer: Yes

Dominoes have been used for centuries. Their use in China for this activity was very popular.
9. Metoposcopy involves what part/s of the face?

Answer: Forehead

Metoposcopy was founded by an Italian who was Gerolamo or Girolamo Cardano, aka Jerome Cardan (1501-1576). He derived at metoposcopy through astrology and observations of hundreds of faces. In 1570, he was not allowed to publish his work and was imprisoned for heresy.

He is believed to have starved himself to death to prove the validity of metoposcopy. Metoposcopy divides the forehead into seven parallel 'strips' which hold planetary lines that are interpreted.
10. An ouija board is a legitimate tool in divination.

Answer: Yes

This type of divination falls under necromancy. The ouija board is a recent form of divination. Elijah J Wood in 1891, an American, patented it. Unfortunately, it is often 'played' and regarded as a game or a form of light entertainment, which has placed this tool into a negative light.
11. What does the word 'planchette' mean?

Answer: Mobile writing device

A planchette is a small board, etc., that is on castors and raised, which supports a pencil. Planchettes are often used to aid spirit writing in a group situation. Spirit writing can be achieved without this device.
12. If you went to a person that felt for bumps on your skull, what type of divination would they say they are doing?

Answer: Phrenology

Dr Franz Gall in Vienna in 1796 was a practicing physician, who announced that his research showed that as a person thinks, it affects the shape of the brain, which in turn, affects the formation of the skull. This results in irregularities in the skull's surface.

These irregularities or 'bumps' are called 'faculties' or 'organs' by phrenologists. Dr Gall and his followers classified 42 separate faculties, each corresponding with a particular facet of the personality.
13. When consulting with a person that uses numerology, which of the following would they need to do to make a chart?

Answer: Analyse your birth date

Numerology is also known as arithmomancy. It involves the calculation of a person's birth date into numbers. These numbers then are often placed on a grid and analysed. Often a person's name is calculated and incorporated into the chart.
14. What is the name of the method that plots the intellectual, emotional and physical cycles of a person?

Answer: Biorhythm

Biorhythms help a person to plot their days and activities. They enable a person to predict their 'peak' days when activities can be carried out so they have the greatest chance of success. Critical days can also be seen, so care can thus be taken.
15. Are all dreams precognitive?

Answer: No

Dream interpretation is known as oneiromancy. Freud is one of the 'modern' day users of dream interpretations. Dreams that do not foretell the future and have no prophetic value include those that: (a) occurring during the early part of the night (b) caused by indigestion or illness (c) have a reasonable outside cause - noise, temperature, sleeping position, etc. (d) caused by a disturbing book, television program, etc. and (e) concerning the events of the previous day. If a person has a normal sleeping pattern it has been found that precognitive dreams usually occur between the hours of 3.00am to 7.00am.
16. Psychometry is the same as clairaudience.

Answer: No

Psychometry involves a person holding an object to help them do a reading. Clairaudience involves 'hearing' but technically, there is no object involvement. However, the two can be used in conjunction.
17. Scrying is when a person uses items as a crystal ball.

Answer: Yes

The word scry means to look or see. Therefore, you look or scry into a crystal ball. Scrying can be done using numerous methods, some of these are: still pool of water, bowl or bucket of water, pool of ink, upright glass mirror, disc of brightly polished steel.
18. Cartomancy involves the use of normal playing cards.

Answer: True

The normal pack of 52 playing cards is used. Instead of the divisions in the tarot (swords, pentacles, cups and wands), the normal card division are used, being hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades. There is no difference in the quality of reading that can be given to that of the tarot deck.
19. I Ching originated in which country?

Answer: China

This is a system of wisdom and prediction that is said to be well over 5,000 years old. I Ching was not introduced to the western World until last century. Yarrow stalks or coins can be used. To make the system far simpler, cards have been introduced.
20. Tealeaves and coffee grounds can be used as a divination tool, this being tasseomancy.

Answer: Yes

Coffee grounds can be interpreted in the same way as tealeaves, but it has to be ground, unstrained coffee. The meanings of the shapes are virtually identical, but because of the fineness of the grounds, there are a few differences. For example: a triangle means luck, wavy lines a journey, a square means joy and a cross foretells suffering in the future.
21. If a person is going to dowse, what can they use?

Answer: ring

Dowsing is not exclusive to the outdoors in finding water, minerals, etc.; it is often used for prediction. Dowsing comes under radiesthology. A wire coat hanger, if cut properly, is an excellent tool to dowse with outside. In prediction, anything can be used to dowse with, but it should be able to swing freely. Keys and needles are an example.
22. If you went to a Chinese restaurant, broke open a fortune cookie and read what the slip said, you are practicing a form of aleuromancy.

Answer: Yes

Divination by aleuromancy was common until the 9th century. Aleuromancy involved all the answers to a specific question written on slips of paper. These then were rolled up and baked inside small balls of dough. The querant chose a ball and broke it open to find the answer.
23. This form of divination is a variant of tasseomancy and was believed to exist before it. The correct term is molybdomancy and involved using which of these items?

Answer: lead

Molybdomancy uses lead. If wax is used it is ceromancy. In some parts of continental Europe, molybdomancy is still used on New Year's Eve to discover the coming events for the next year. In ceromancy, if an initial is formed, that is the initial of the person who would marry you.
24. Pyromancy is a 'blanket' term that covers divination by what element?

Answer: Fire

Pyromancy is the overall name used for any method that involves fire. Under this name, come other names for the different methods using fire, such as lampadomancy, lychnomancy and lithomancy, to name a few.
25. Can dominoes be used in divination and prediction?

Answer: Yes

Using dominoes is a form of sortilege. Ordinary dominoes are used. The use of such was first recorded in China in the 12th century BC.
Source: Author Auszev

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