Religious Sites Trivia

1. Which evangelist, who is credited with writing one of the Gospels in the Bible, is traditionally said to have founded the most widespread form of Christianity in Cairo?

From Quiz Cairo, Religiously

Answer: Mark

He is said to have started the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria after the death of Christ. Coptic Christianity is one of the largest Christian denominations in Egypt itself. Followers of this school of faith are generally called Copts. Mark the Evangelist is also called Saint Mark and John Mark. He is regarded as one of the seventy-two disciples that Jesus sent out to towns according to Luke 10:1 in the Bible. Saint Mark is regarded to be a martyr and was killed in Alexandria.

From Quiz Cairo, Religiously

Answer: Jewish

She died on 13 April 2013. She led the Jewish community by her works. Most of the Jewish community in the city moved out after the formation of Israel and other conflicts that happened in Egypt. She tried to preserve the Jewish culture by pushing to renovate synagogues in the city.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: Japan

Kami are the spirits of Shintoism, and are often represented in the West as spirits of nature. Amaterasu is the sun goddess, and one of the major deities.

From Quiz Cairo, Religiously

Answer: Baron Empain Palace

It was constructed by the Belgian industrialist Édouard Louis Joseph. He was a railway line builder in France and Belgium. He was said to be the founder of Heliopolis, a suburb in Cairo. It is also said to be inspired by temples in Cambodia. A major part of this temple has been vandalized. It was bought by the Egyptian government in 2005. There are many statues of Hindu idols and elephants around the palace.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: Persia

Zoroaster, the Persian prophet, taught about the worldly struggle between the forces of good and those of evil. Zoroastrianism is an early form of monotheism, and many feel that it influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Zoroaster's death is placed by various sources as anywhere from 6000 to 570 B.C. Today there are about 150,000 to 200,000 Zoroastrian, mostly in India and Iran.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: India

In the 2001 census in India Hindus made up over 80% of the population, followed by Muslims (over 10%), Christians (about 2%), and Sikhs (nearly 2%). The great spread of Buddhism to China and Southeast Asia came during the reign of the Maurya emperor Asoka, who lived in the Third Century BCE.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: China

Founded by Laozi, Taoism seeks the perfect balance of natural forces yin and yang.

From Quiz Cairo, Religiously

Answer: Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church

Sergius and Bacchus were soldiers. They are well known martyrs who were killed in Syria under Maximian. They were secret Christians who were later exposed and thus killed. The church is believed to be built on the place where Jesus and his family rested on their way to Egypt. Its dating leads back as far as the fourth century. It is located at the Babylon Fortress.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: Haiti

According to "How Voodoo Works," voodoo features one supreme god, but there are "hundreds of thousands" of spirits or lesser gods believers deal with. Followers are possessed by these spirits, called loa in Haiti. The religion results from a mixture of animistic West African religions brought by slaves to the New World, the animism of Carib natives, and the Roman Catholicism of the colonizers of the West Indies.

From Quiz Cairo, Religiously

Answer: Bahá'í Faith

Converts to this faith are recorded to have begun in Egypt in around the 1860s. Some of the well known people of this faith in Egypt have been Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl who helped bring a lot of people to this faith. Another notable name in relation to this faith in Cairo was Abdu'l-Bahá. There are many organisations in Egypt that propagate this faith.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: Japan

Although Zen Buddhism began in China, where it is called Ch'an, most Westerners associate it with Japan. Japanese Zen is most often associated with the use of riddles for meditation. Both the terms "Zen" and "Ch'an" come from the Sanskrit "dhyana," meaning meditation. Perhaps the most famous Zen riddle is "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

From Quiz Cairo, Religiously

Answer: Sunni

It is the largest denomination of Islam. The people who followed the leadership of and accepted Abu Bakr as the first Caliph went on to become the Sunni Muslims. A sacred aspect of the Sunni Muslims are the six pillars of inam which are believed to unite them in belief.

From Quiz World Religion Origin Sites

Answer: Aztecs of Mexico

The Aztecs believed that the gods needed constant supplies of fresh blood, which would explain why Itzli might be an important deity. Creation, the sun, and the rain include gods within probably any people's pantheon. It is said that Montezuma II believed the Spanish invader Cortes might be the returning Quetzalcoatl, who had left for parts unknown, but vowing to return, and no doubt contributed to the Aztecs' downfall.

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