FunTrivia Religion Mix: Vol 3 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster

In 2005, an Oregon State University graduate named Bobby Henderson wrote a letter to the Kansas State Board of Education challenging the inclusion of the instruction of intelligent design in classroom. His satirical letter argued that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was just as valid as intelligent design and asked that it be included in the curriculum.

Henderson did not receive a reply from the Board of Education so he posted his letter on his website and it started to get all kinds of attention and became an Internet phenomenon.

The attention has included death threats and hate mail for his alleged anti-religious views.

Question by player ramonesrule

Answer: Jews use a lunar calendar

The Jewish lunar calendar is based on the cycles of the moon. Each day begins
when the moon appears (sundown) and ends when the moon disappears and the sun rises.

Question by player RockoColavito

Answer: everybody will be saved

In philosophy, Universalism holds that there are certain principles which apply to all people everywhere no matter their religion or lack of religion. Christian Universalism upholds belief in God as a loving Parent, belief in Jesus Christ, belief that the soul is immortal, belief that sin is real, and belief in universal reconciliation. Universal reconciliation holds that, due to God's loving and merciful nature, no soul will be condemned forever nor destroyed but rather all will be reconciled to God in the end.

The Universalist General Convention of 1899 adopted these five tenets as fundamental to their denomination. Most Universalists would say that humans are destined to salvation and that there is no such thing as hell.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Jews

Before there were Protestants, even before there were Christians, there were faithful Jews keeping the sabbath (Exodus 20:8-10). The Jewish concept of resting on the seventh day was imported by early Christians into their observance of the Lord's Day, the Day of Resurrection.

The Old Testament contains many rules governing what may and what may not be done on the Sabbath. The early Protestant observance of the sabbath included abstaining from work, from buying and selling, from sports, and from all manner of frivolity.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Thomas Aquinas

As the younger son of a prominent family, Thomas Aquinas was expected to become the Abbot of a Benedictine monastery. Against their wishes, he joined the Dominican order and melded Aristotelian philosophy with Christian thought. "Summa Theologica" is an instructional guide to Christian thought structured as a series of arguments.

Thomas Moore (feast day June 22) was a philosopher, author of "Utopia", and advisor to Henry VIII, who had him executed for refusing to recognize Henry as the head of the English Church. Thomas Becket (feast day December 29) was an advisor to Henry II. During a conflict over the duties and privileges of the Church, Becket was murdered by Henry's followers. Thomas the Apostle (feast day July 3) was not present at Jesus's first post-resurrection appearance to his apostles and did not believe that Jesus had risen from the dead until he could see Him and put his hands in His wounds.

Question by player MariaVerde

Answer: co-founder of the Jesuit Order

Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was the co-founder of the Society of Jesus in 1534, along with St. Ignatius of Loyola. With five other men, they professed vows of chastity, poverty and special obedience to the pope. Pope Paul III approved their charter in 1540. Francis Xavier served as a missionary to India, Japan and other locations in Asia. He died before he could enter China. Many Jesuit churches and other institutions are named after Francis Xavier. Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope.


Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Times Israelites circled Jericho

The number 40 is used a couple other times in the Christian Bible. For example: Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness fasting, there were 40 years of peace in Israel and Elijah and Moses spent 40 days fasting. In Joshua 6, however, Jericho fell after the Israelites circled it seven times.

Question by player KHFan5

Answer: Sikhs

At the time I write this (2017) there are about 27 million Sikhs on earth, most of whom live in India. As a part of the five articles of their faith, Sikh men, and sometimes women, wear turbans as a way of protecting and covering their hair; the latter is considered sacred by the Sikhs, and is never to be cut.

While people of other faiths may at times wear head coverings for reasons of respect, Sikhs are the only people who traditionally wear the turban and who wear it continuously.

Question by player TheQueenly1

Answer: gold

The statue King Nebuchadnezzar made was gold. He placed it on an open plain for all to see, then called every leader in his kingdom to be present for its dedication. When the music was played, everyone was commanded to bow down or they would be thrown in a fiery furnace. Three Hebrew leaders, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, refused because they were loyal to the true God of Israel. (Daniel 3)

Question by player exceller

Answer: bananas

Cucumbers are referenced in Numbers 11:5 and Isaiah 1:8. Butter can be found in Genesis 18:8, Isaiah 7:15, Psalm 55:21 and several other places. Deuteronomy 22:6, Proverbs 27:8 and Job 39:14 and other verses mention eggs. Bananas are not found in the Bible.

Question by player debodun