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Religious Trivia Trivia Quiz

The quiz covers the history of various religions, religious orders, religious places, saints and religion founders, etc.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
72,933

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
7199

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. The Copts are an often forgotten group of Christians. What country do they originally relate to? Hint

Ethiopia

Egypt

Syria

Lebanon

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Question 2 of 10

2. Masada is the name of a mountain fortress in the Negev desert which was defended by 1,000 Jews against 15,000 Romans. Ultimately, when they realised their situation had become desperate, they preferred to slaughter each other rather than to fall into the hands of their enemy. What Jewish sect did most of them belong to? Hint

Essenes

Ebionites

Sadducees

Zealots

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the representation of the Buddhist Wheel of Life, the Rooster symbolizes Passion or Greed, the Snake Hatred. What does the Pig represent? Hint

Lechery

Gluttony

Avarice

Stupidity

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what part of the world did Mani (born 216 AD) originally develop his Manicheist theories? Hint

Persia

India

China

Syria

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these groups tends to avoid bowing to people in authority when this could be interpreted as showing respect to their function, rather than to the spiritual potential that is in all humans? Hint

Witnesses of Jehovah

Catholic nuns

Buddhist monks

Mennonites

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these countries has traditionally been considered to be the Queen of Sheba's homeland - though there is at least one rival theory that it was Yemen? Hint

Sudan

Kenya

Egypt

Ethiopia

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the last ruler to officially claim as his inheritance the solemn, Biblical-sounding title, 'Lion of Judah'? Hint

Mussolini

King Solomon

Ben Gurion

Haile Selassie

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Catholic religious order had its origin in the foundation of the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy? Hint

Ordo Sancti Benedicti or the Order of the Benedictines

The Cistercians

The Premonstratenzians

Ordo Fratrum Minorum or Friars Minor

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Question 9 of 10

9. For which religion was the Millennium Year (AD 2000) their 1421 AH? Hint

Islam

Buddhism

Judaism

Hinduism

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is this prayer from: 'Lord, give me chastity and continence, but not just now'? Hint

St Jerome

Erasmus

St. Augustine

Thomas More

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Copts are an often forgotten group of Christians. What country do they originally relate to?

Answer: Egypt

Copt derives from Aegyptus, in Arab Qupt. They considered themselves to be the true descendants of the ancient Egyptians. There was a group of Copts in Ethiopia too, but they don't any longer want to be considered part of the Coptic community. There also was a Kingdom of the Coptic Church of which the capital was Aksum. That town is now in Ethiopia.

The Coptic Church started its history and had the largest number of its followers in Egypt, however, not in any of the other Middle East countries where it always has had small minority groups up till today.

Answer: Zealots

The story is situated in 66 AD. The fortress of Masada had been built by Herod between 37 and 31 BC. Details of the story are to be found with the Romanised Jewish historian Flavius Josephus.

3. In the representation of the Buddhist Wheel of Life, the Rooster symbolizes Passion or Greed, the Snake Hatred. What does the Pig represent?

Answer: Stupidity

In the very centre of the wheel there is a rooster chasing a pig chasing a snake chasing the rooster.

4. In what part of the world did Mani (born 216 AD) originally develop his Manicheist theories?

Answer: Persia

Manicheism sees Creation as a battle between the two independent forces of good and evil, evil not being subjected to any superior power. It can be seen as a form of Gnosticism. Mani lived from 216 till 276. He was born in the province of Babylon, which was under Persian rule.

His family was Persian,but his name is Aramaic. In the course of his life he came into conflict with the dominant Zoroastrian priests in Persia and was put to death.

Answer: Buddhist monks

The principle is that Buddhists should always focus on the spiritual rather than on the temporal and worldly. Catholics, and Christians in general, are supposed to give to Caesar what is due to Caesar, as the Gospels put it.

6. Which of these countries has traditionally been considered to be the Queen of Sheba's homeland - though there is at least one rival theory that it was Yemen?

Answer: Ethiopia

There is a rival theory that she may have lived in Yemen. See what the Encyclopedia Britannica Online has to say on this. Check for magazine article by William S. Connery.

7. Who was the last ruler to officially claim as his inheritance the solemn, Biblical-sounding title, 'Lion of Judah'?

Answer: Haile Selassie

In the Abyssinian War, Mussolini was after the territory of what is now Ethiopia, which he wanted to make an Italian colony.

8. What Catholic religious order had its origin in the foundation of the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy?

Answer: Ordo Sancti Benedicti or the Order of the Benedictines

St. Benedict of Subiaco came here in the sixth century after Christ. The Premonstratenzians are also known as the Norbertines. The Friars Minor were, of course, founded by St. Francis. Cistercians are also called Bernardines.

9. For which religion was the Millennium Year (AD 2000) their 1421 AH?

Answer: Islam

AH stands for 'Anno Hegirae' or the year of the Flight of Mohammed to Medina - 622 AD. On 16 July of that year (Julian calendar!) AH1 started. In the year AD 2003 we have witnessed the start of Islamic year AH 1424.

10. Who is this prayer from: 'Lord, give me chastity and continence, but not just now'?

Answer: St. Augustine

In his younger years St. Augustine was a bit of a brat. St. Jerome was a much more sombre man. Erasmus was not really a saint and prayers are not what he bequeathed to the world. Thomas More had a few original prayers, e.g. a prayer in which he asks to be enlightened as to what IS to be done, and also to be enlightened as to what CAN be done, and especially to be given the wisdom to distinguish between the two.

Source: Author flem-ish

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