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Quiz about Matters Of Religion
Quiz about Matters Of Religion

Matters Of Religion Trivia Quiz


To know your neighbours in the global village, it may matter that you know what their innermost beliefs are, and in what concepts, practices, ceremonies they express them. This quiz is only a tiny bit of a surface scratch on the subject.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
38,818
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
4008
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name used by Muslims for their profession of faith that 'there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the prophet of God'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the name for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca every true Muslim should make once in his life? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The second largest subgroup of Muslims stresses the role given to Ali, the son-in law of Muhammad and 4th Caliph of the Muslim community. Under which of these names is it best known? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In what does a Calvary cross differ from the usual Christian cross? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which son of Jacob had no descendants that were given a specific territory of their own, as they had to perform certain religious duties for all the others? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. On what part of the body did the priest in an RC religious service wear a 'maniple', until its suppression in the mid-sixties by Vatican II? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who is the third member of the Hindu Trinity along with Brahma and Vishnu? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What animal was domesticated by St. Francis when he was staying at Gubbio? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which Biblical character is said by legend to have founded the Abbey of Glastonbury in England? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. How many Bible Books are there in the so-called Pentateuch? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name used by Muslims for their profession of faith that 'there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the prophet of God'?

Answer: shahadah

The jihad is often too narrowly understood as the famous 'holy war'. It is in the first place the striving to actively realize God's Will in history. The shar'iah or Islamic law is rooted in divine revelation (the Qur'an) but also in the Sunna (= example or model behaviour of the Prophet). It implies a belief in the divinely ordained nature and mission of the Muslim community.
2. What is the name for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca every true Muslim should make once in his life?

Answer: hajj

The hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca every Muslim should make 'provided one can afford it' and 'provided a person has enough provisions to leave for his family in his absence'.

Zakat is an obligatory tax required of Muslims. The word means purification, which indicates that such a payment makes the rest of one's wealth religiously and legally pure.
3. The second largest subgroup of Muslims stresses the role given to Ali, the son-in law of Muhammad and 4th Caliph of the Muslim community. Under which of these names is it best known?

Answer: Shi'ites

Sunnites: the followers of the Sunnah (example) of Muhammad. They are the largest subgroup among Muslims. The Shi'ites viewed Muhammad's devotion to his family and his wish that they succeed him through Ali, as an essential of Islam. Ishmailites: followers of Ismael, the son of the sixth imam Jafar ibn Muhammad.

A minority group within the Shi'ite group - Alids: the lineal descendants of Ali.
4. In what does a Calvary cross differ from the usual Christian cross?

Answer: it has a stepped base

3 horizontal bars: papal cross: one cross + 4 smaller ones = Jerusalem cross; circle as eternity symbol = Celtic tradition.
5. Which son of Jacob had no descendants that were given a specific territory of their own, as they had to perform certain religious duties for all the others?

Answer: Levi

Levi: there is no tribe named after Levi, but his descendants became the priests or Levites. They earned this role by slaughtering the idolators of the Golden Calf. Dan: tribe named after a son Jacob had with Rachel's maidservant Bilah. Benjamin: tribe named after one of the two sons Jacob had with Rachel.

The other son, Joseph, had no tribe named after him, but his sons Manasseh and Ephraim each became the ancestor of a tribe. Gad: settled on land east of the Jordan river. It later became one of the Ten Lost Tribes.
6. On what part of the body did the priest in an RC religious service wear a 'maniple', until its suppression in the mid-sixties by Vatican II?

Answer: on left arm

Maniple = narrow silk band worn over left forearm with ends hanging down on each side.
7. Who is the third member of the Hindu Trinity along with Brahma and Vishnu?

Answer: Shiva

Ganesha is the elephant-headed Hindu God who is the son of Shiva and Parvati. Krishna is worshiped as the 8th avatar or incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. Shiva is one of the three members of the Hindu Trinity. He is 'destroyer' and 'restorer' at the same time. Arjuna: one of the five Pandava brothers in the 'Great Epic of the Baratha dynasty'.
8. What animal was domesticated by St. Francis when he was staying at Gubbio?

Answer: a wolf

You dont have to be a saint to tame a magpie. St Francis talked to the birds but there is no mention of there being hawks among his audience. Gubbio is a town north east of Perugia.
9. Which Biblical character is said by legend to have founded the Abbey of Glastonbury in England?

Answer: Joseph of Arimathea

Joseph of Arimathea is the secret disciple of Jesus whose body he buried in his own tomb. He is supposed to have been a virtuous and rich member of the council in Jerusalem.

Lazarus: from Eleazar 'God has helped'. Brother of Martha and Mary. Lived at Bethany.

James, son of Zebedee, elder brother of St. John. Called the Great because he was one of the inner circle within the group of apostles, and to be distinguished from James the Lesser. He and St John were called the Sons of Thunder because of their zeal. Was beheaded by order of King Herod Agrippa I. According to Spanish tradition, his body was taken to Santiago de Compostela.

Simon of Cyrene: he is the one who was picked by the authorities to help Jesus bear the cross, as shown in the Fifth Station of the Way of the Cross.
10. How many Bible Books are there in the so-called Pentateuch?

Answer: 5

Penta is Greek for five. The first five books of the Old Testament are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. They are the nucleus of the Jewish Torah.
Source: Author flem-ish

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