Religion Trivia Questions
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What is the title of the leader of a Jewish congregation that means 'my master' in Hebrew?
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rabbi
What is the official religion in all three Scandinavian countries?
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lutheranism
What is the informal name of the Religious Society of Friends, which has orthodox and conservative sects?
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quakers
What is the holy city that thousands of pilgrims travel to annually from Cairo and Damascus to fulfill the hajj?
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mecca
Whose sister Miriam watched as he was discovered by Pharaoh's daughter on the Nile?
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moses
What religious group's members originally called themselves the Church of Christ and was founded by Joseph Smith?
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mormons
What religion do the Chinese refer to as Ch'an in its Zen form?
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buddhism
What is the official state religion of Algeria?
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islam
Who is the absolute ruler of Vatican City?
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pope
What religion was Pakistan established as a haven for?
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islam
Which religion, closely associated with Utah, is practiced by about 10% of the people in Tonga?
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mormonism
Who is the religious figure that received his first revelation from Allah on Mount Hira around 610?
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muhammad
What is the title of the person who receives a unique ring upon election to the highest office in the Catholic Church?
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pope
Religiously speaking, what faith is abbreviated as 'Xnty.'?
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christianity
What religion involves the practice of meditating on logical paradoxes known as koan in its Zen form?
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buddhism
What is the common name for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?
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mormons
In which religion do members often touch their foreheads to the ground as a gesture of acknowledging the majesty of God?
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islam
What is the state religion of Thailand?
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buddhism
What is the U.S.-based religion whose founder referred to it as 'the scientific system of divine healing'?
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christian science
Which English city's archbishop role did the Benedictine monk named Augustine become the first to hold around the year 600?
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canterbury
What is the name of the church founded by Rev. Sun Myung Moon?
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unification church
Which name, meaning 'harvester,' was adopted by a renowned nun of the 20th century?
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mother teresa
What is the more common name for the religious Society of Friends?
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quakers
In what Chinese-occupied region was a 6-year-old boy identified as the reincarnated Panchen Lama in 1995?
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tibet
What religion's name translates to 'the way of the gods' in Japanese?
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shinto
Who is the oldest son of Noah and the ancestor of the Semites?
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shem
In which country did St. Brigid, also known as St. Bride, found the first Women's Religious Community?
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ireland
What is the formal name of the Quaker Church, known as the Religious Society of?
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friends
Which Louisiana-based minister was defrocked by the Assemblies of God in 1988?
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jimmy swaggart
Who is the Persian prophet whose beliefs are recorded in the hymns of the Avesta?
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zoroaster
What denomination is named for the father of the German Reformation?
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lutheranism
What is the term for a tenth of one's annual income given to support a church?
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tithe
Which denomination's basic profession of beliefs is outlined in the Augsburg Confession, adopted in 1530?
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lutheranism
In which large country is the United Church the largest Protestant denomination?
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canada
What is the term for a charm worn to ward off harm or injury?
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amulet
What is the name of the annual pilgrimage that brings more than a million pilgrims to Mecca each year?
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hajj
According to the laws of which religion is halal meat slaughtered?
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islam
What is the term for a religious retreat or commune in India, one of which Gandhi had at Wardha?
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ashram
Tenrikyo is a faith-healing sect associated with which Asian religion?
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shinto
What is another term for Holy Communion derived from the Greek word for 'grateful'?
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eucharist
Vaikuntha is considered the heavenly abode of Vishnu in which religion?
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hinduism
What is the primary religion of most Uzbeks in Uzbekistan?
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islam
In March 1989, 35 archbishops from which country met with the Pope to discuss their flock of 53 million?
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united states
Which religion was founded by Guru Nanak, who was originally a Hindu?
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sikhism
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