Religion

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1. Which book of the Bible is a collection of 150 songs and poems?

Psalms

2. What is the name of the Hindu festival of lights?

Diwali (or Deepavali)

3. Which religious leader’s teaching consisted of four ‘Noble Truths’?

Buddha

4. Taoism is an ancient religion which originated in which country?

China

5. Which is the largest religion in the world in terms of the number of believers?

Christianity

6. Which four-letter word beginning with ‘H’ is a term used for the yearly Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca?

Hajj

7. Cheondoism (or Chondoism) is a religion originating in which historical country?

Korea (now divided into North and South Korea)

8. Who is the current Archbishop of Canterbury? 

Justin Welby (Correct as of 29/1/18)

9. Which is the holiest book of Judaism?

The Torah

10. The Bahá’í Faith is a religion which originated in which country?

Iran

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1. A ‘mandir’ is a temple of which religion?

Hinduism

2. In which year did just under 400 thousand people state their religion as ‘Jedi’ on their UK census forms?

2001

3. ‘Shia’ is a branch of which major world religion?

Islam

4. “I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless, Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness.” These are words taken from which hymn?

Abide With Me

5. At what age does a Jewish boy become a ‘Bar Mitzvah’?

Thirteen

6. How many books are there in the protestant Christian Bible?

66

7. The ‘Avesta’ is the primary set of texts of which religion?

Zoroastrianism

8. How many Popes have been Spanish?

Two – Pope Alexander VI and Pope Callixtus III

9. Mecca, the holy city of Islam, is located within which country?

Saudi Arabia

10. Name all of the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’.

Pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth.

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1. The Vedas are a large body of scriptures of which religion?

Hinduism

2. “O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the world Thy hands have made…” These are the opening words of which Christian hymn?

How Great Thou Art

3. Shinto is an ethnic religion of the people of which country?

Japan

4. The most important Muslim practices are known as the ‘Pillars of Islam’ – how many are there?

Five

5. The name ‘Kaur’ is a mandatory surname for all female baptised Sikhs – how does it translate into English?

Princess

6. Joseph Smith, Jr. was a religious leader and founder of which religious movement?

Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement

7. Who was the Greek god of war?

Ares

8. Which religion of Chinese origin has a name which can be translated as ‘the way’ or ‘the path’ and is traditionally believed to have been founded by Laozi?

Taoism

9. Which religion was founded in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago?

Zoroastrianism

10. ‘Sri Harmandir Sahib’ in Amritsar, often referred to as ‘The Golden Temple’, is the holiest building of which religion?

Sikhism

1. What is the name for the Islamic holy month?

Ramadan

2. What is name for the Buddhist term used to describe the state of being free from all suffering, the aim of all Buddhists?

Nirvana

3. Brahma, Ganesha and Vishnu are Gods and Goddesses from which religion?

Hinduism

4. Name 5 of the ten commandments.

Any five of the following, in any wording:

1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image (or idol).

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

4. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother.

6. Thou shalt not kill.

7. Though shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

10. Thou shalt not covet.

5. In which modern-day country was Mother Teresa born?

Republic of Macedonia (She was born in Skopje, which at the time part of the Ottoman Empire – many sources state that she was Albanian – she was born to an Albanian mother, but Skopje is now part of Macedonia)

6. What religion is the Dalai Lama?

Buddhist

7. Candomblé is a religion with African origins, which is predominantly followed in which country?

Brazil

8. The faith of Shintoism is mostly associated with which country?

Japan

9. The ‘Harmandir Sahib’ is a religious building which is one of the holiest sites of which religion?

Sikhism (translates as ‘Golden Temple’)

10. ‘The Watchtower’ is a magazine for members of which religious group?

Jehovah’s Witnesses

1. What is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims observe a month of fasting?

Ramadan

2. Also known as the ‘Day of Atonement’, what is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar?

Yom Kippur

3. Freddie Mercury and his family were observers of which religion?

Zoroastrianism

4. Which is the largest religious structure in the world?

Angkor Wat, in Cambodia

5. Which ancient Indian religion teaches that all animals and plants have living souls of equal value and insists on non-violence, strict vegetarianism and sexual restraint, preferably celibacy?

Jainism

6. Which faith believes there is one God and that all religions and all religious leaders come from the same source and all represent different stages of God’s will?

The Bahá’í Faith

7. Which movement, sometimes referred to as a religion, started in Jamaica in the 1930s and worships Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia until 1974?

Rastafari/Rastafarianism

8. ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ is also referred to as what?

Mormonism

9. Approximately 80% of India refer to themselves as followers of which religion?

Hinduism

10. Who was the founder of Sikhism?

Guru Nanak