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Religion General Knowledge #2

Can you answer these questions about various world religions, past and present?
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First submittedMay 5, 2013
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What is the first book in the Bible?
Genesis
Who is the most important prophet in Islam?
Muhammad
What mountain was the home of the Greek gods?
Mount Olympus
Who was the Greek god of the underworld?
Hades
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
What is the Jewish name for the first five books of the Bible?
Torah
What are the two main branches of Islam?
Sunni
Shia
Besides India, what other country is predominately Hindu?
Nepal
Who was the first supreme head of the Church of England?
Henry VIII
What are members of the Jesus Christ Church Latter-Day Saints better known as?
Mormons
What modern witchcraft religion was invented by Gerald Gardner?
Wicca
What is Hinduism's holiest river?
Ganges
In what ancient country did Zoroastrianism originate?
Persia
What church, located in the Vatican, is the largest in the world?
St. Peter's Basilica
What religion is based on the teachings of Laozi?
Daoism
What group of people elects the pope?
College of Cardinals
What was the Greek name of the Roman goddess Venus?
Aphrodite
What Jamaican religious tradition was practiced by Bob Marley?
Rastafari
What Norse god was the ruler of Asgard?
Odin
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62 Comments
mal
+12
Level 63
Jul 5, 2013
Well there's the thing I've learnt today- that Thor wasn't the ruler of Asgard
dawinna
+1
Level 12
Jul 8, 2013
lol
samiamco
+17
Level 68
Sep 26, 2018
Spoiler alert: It was Loki posing as Odin the whole time.
KeithRuffles
+11
Level 65
Jul 5, 2013
"Besides India, what other country is predominately Hindu?"

Mauritius is also a candidate as around half its population profess to be hindus. Not as high as India and Nepal, but still a potential answer to this question.

Tramp
+1
Level 77
Dec 21, 2015
Hindus also make up the largest religious group in Guyana, surprisingly, but they don't make up the majority of the population.

Nepal is obviously the answer though.

jovanmajstor
+4
Level 62
Oct 26, 2018
I'm not really sure what you meant when you said that Hinduism is the largest religion in Guyana, but according to statistics there Christianity makes up 66% of population, and Hinduism makes up 24,9%. And I think Mauritius should be taken as an answer.
Dollyfroggy
+3
Level 61
Sep 27, 2023
Mauritius isn't a majority. It's only 48.54%.
TheForsakenFurby
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Level 74
Mar 12, 2021
I think they were splitting up all the sects of Christianity. No one church in Guyana has more membership than Hinduism, although according to Wikipedia Pentecostalism comes very close. But yeah, Christianity as a whole is definitely more popular than Hinduism.
jmellor13
+3
Level 67
Apr 25, 2021
I read this too quickly, and thought it said "No church has more membership than Hinduism, although Wikipedia Pentacostalism comes close." I know some pub trivia members who more or less treat Wikipedia as a religious text.
howard38
+4
Level 61
Oct 26, 2018
Less than half the population is Hindu in Mauritius.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 30, 2021
Yes. Predominant implies 50% at the bare minimum.
cdguy24
+2
Level 51
Jul 5, 2013
surprised more people didn't know the Bob Marley question
selah13
+1
Level 44
Dec 21, 2015
my mind blanked on it. :P
Carry
+1
Level 63
Jul 6, 2013
12 - not bad for an atheist huh? :P
PrettyTiedUp
+3
Level 68
Oct 30, 2018
20/20 in 1.33 minutes remaining and I too am an atheist :)
JackintheBox
+2
Level 80
Nov 10, 2019
I would say 12/20 is pretty good for a commoner/layman. I got 15.
nerdalert
+7
Level 86
Feb 7, 2020
Atheists, vegans, and crossfitters....
TheForsakenFurby
+7
Level 74
Mar 12, 2021
You have astral projected me into Seattle
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 69
Apr 25, 2021
Atheists, really? Even vegans and crossfitters aren't as obnoxious about that thing they care about than many many religious people are!
AnAngryYordle
+1
Level 70
Aug 23, 2023
20/20 first try as an atheist. It's more about general knowledge
CaritasInVeritate
+6
Level 91
Apr 25, 2014
On the Zoroastrianism question perhaps consider allowing Iran, the modern name for Persia.
schmib
+1
Level 60
Nov 21, 2014
Yes I put Iran as well and missed that one
Skeptikitten
+4
Level 44
Jun 6, 2015
It said specifically what ANCIENT country.
BenjiSG
+3
Level 65
Sep 26, 2023
To Iranians it has been Iran since ancient times. Persia is from the Greek name for Iran.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 3, 2015
Iran will work now
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 61
Sep 27, 2023
Accept Achaemenid?
cyninoregon
+4
Level 36
Feb 10, 2015
Damnation, I could not remember Rastafari....I was using a Jamaican accent, pretending to smoke a spliff, trying to sing reggae and nothing made me remember. My dog is through with me. Scared him to death--he could not figure out what I wanted. I am going to have to study Vikings--I never know any of that stuff ever. They never taught any religions back when I was in school unless you went out of your way in college..not even much mythology. I have learned Zoroastrianism, Janism and Hinduism (and Catholocism for that matter) from TV, then looking them up. And have known Buddhists and Jewish people. But never met a Viking or an ancient Greek.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Dec 21, 2015
Not many people have!
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Dec 21, 2015
You should also accept Woden and Wotan for Odin, amongst other spellings.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 21, 2015
Okay
ddddan
+1
Level 80
Oct 27, 2018
I thought the word "Norse" narrows it down as those are the Old German / Old English names
ACrewAndR
+2
Level 74
Dec 21, 2015
As a complete atheist am pleased to have answered them all correctly. This is more General Knowledge than any great religious test. :)
samiamco
+3
Level 68
Sep 26, 2018
Well, I'm a Buddhist (and thus also an atheist by definition) and got 100%, but come on… not even ONE piddly little question about Buddhism? Poo.
Koopa
+1
Level 80
Jul 19, 2022
I've noticed that on these quizzes, they treat Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism as religions. I learned them as belief systems, as none of them worshipped a god.
partdavid
+1
Level 72
Aug 15, 2023
Dictionaries do a good job of capturing the usage and definition of words like "religion" and those are certainly religions--belief in a god not required.
Unobtainium
+1
Level 34
Apr 25, 2024
"Religion" as a term mostly involves answers to the "big" questions, belief in superhuman "powers", or a pursuit given supreme importance.
GeographyGeek42
+2
Level 66
Apr 22, 2018
Being from Utah, I am surprised, I forgot Mormon but got Wicca correct. that was thoe only one I missed
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Oct 26, 2018
maby accept: "papal conclave "
samiamco
+1
Level 68
Oct 27, 2018
A papal conclave is a *meeting* of the College of Cardinals, but the group of people themselves is the College of Cardinals. Therefore, the answer should not be changed or expanded.
romeyjondorf
+1
Level 27
May 21, 2019
It should have excepted 'Oden' with an 'E' as an answer.
JamesVI
+1
Level 65
Jan 8, 2021
100% first time. I have spent the last hour or so doing other religious general knowledge quizzes so perhaps that explains why.
oranje
+1
Level 65
Apr 25, 2021
Surprisingly 20/20.
queenfanfran
+2
Level 40
Apr 27, 2021
fun fact: freddie mercury grew up Zoroastrian!
Illjord
+2
Level 67
Apr 29, 2021
Taoism is another spelling for Daoism, as the Chinese sound is a cross between an English D and T.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jun 5, 2023
That's why Taoism has always been an accepted type-in.
k455381
+1
Level 59
Mar 14, 2024
that's pretty cool i didn't know that bro
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Jun 17, 2021
Ironically enough the word Hinduism/Hindus comes from Indus I believe, but it might just be sindhu which is Sanskrit for river and is therefore not referring to a particular river, I'm not totally sure
dwinflusa
+4
Level 51
Jun 7, 2023
Great quiz. Since this site is big on accuracy, please reword the question with the correct name of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"
FrigorifcFeynman
+1
Level 61
Sep 27, 2023
I agree, I love your quizzes but please get the name right
chrieraux
+2
Level 17
Nov 6, 2023
This is an issue where the site is actually big on inaccuracy. It's been brought up on many quizzes, and even on this particular quiz there were previously a number of comments about this. But they apparently have been purged. Quizmaster actually did change the wording of that church's name from when this quiz was first posted....to the current odd word jumble. Quizmaster has some kind of hangup on this and just can't stomach using that church's official name. Quizmaster will reject calls to correct the name, purge comments pointing out the absurdity of the justifications given, and ultimately change the name to an even more bizarre "wrong" name, but never use the actual name.
Lukose
+3
Level 71
Jun 28, 2023
I refuse to believe less people know of Odin than the Henry the 8th thing. That’s actually insane.
partdavid
+3
Level 72
Aug 15, 2023
They're very close in the stats (at this time a little less than two-thirds), but it doesn't surprise me for English speakers. There's no real reason other than trivia curiosity to even know who Odin was supposed to be, whereas Anglicanism/Episcopalianism is a thriving current religion; in fact the state religion of a major country. I'd imagine almost every citizen of the UK who would want to take a trivia quiz would know this as they are still subjects of the head of their state church.

In addition, the power struggle between the crown and the papacy is one of the defining struggles of an enormous swath of history, especially of English-speaking people, and Henry's breaking with the church is not just an event of religious significance but of enormous historical import. Among English speakers who've retained almost anything they learned about the history of the middle ages, Henry's break with the church would be right up there with the Conquest and Crusades.

Unobtainium
+1
Level 34
Apr 25, 2024
I assumed a basic understanding of Norse mythology was common knowledge, even if it comes from inaccurate pop culture. The origin of Anglicanism and the life of Henry VIII are just things everyone should know ideally.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jul 13, 2024
They are only 1% apart at the moment. The fact that the question about Odin is last might have some impact on the scores if people ran out of time, though this quiz is generous enough (or gave up/quit halfway). Also Henry VIII seems to be an answer for like 50% of quizzes on this site :D

For me it is somewhat the opposite (though I am not an "English speaker"). The only reason I know about Henry is trivia, and it might actually be from this quiz site to be precise. I don't believe we covered it at school. I might have come across it on some tv quiz, (or heard that list of wives somewhere, before here but that's about it.)

And I know about Odin and that pantheon as long as I can remember, for me that is common knowledge. I don't remember not knowing it. And no I didn't grow up with all those Marvel movies. I actually grew up without the internet (wow that somehow sounds weird haha, hard to imagine a life without now.).

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Sep 29, 2023
Not really tbh
scf
+1
Level 40
Sep 26, 2023
Could you please accept Bereshit/Bereishit as answer for the first book in the Bible, too? It is the Hebrew name for that book.
kmalarks98
+2
Level 62
Sep 26, 2023
St Peter's Basilica is not a church; a church is proper to a parish and St Peter's is not a parish. The canonical term for St Peter's is an oratory.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Sep 29, 2023
Just missed Wicca
blubanister4life
+2
Level 21
Sep 29, 2023
Agnostic atheist here, got 18/20. Not bad.
leontodon
+1
Level 70
Nov 11, 2023
I suggest adding "Bereshit" and "Bereishit" as synonyms of "Genesis".
aarizhssn
+1
Level 68
Dec 12, 2023
Zoroastrianism did not originate in "Persia"/Fars, which is in southwestern Iran. It likely originated somewhere in northeastern Iran, Afghanistan, or Central Asia.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jul 12, 2024
annoyingly we spell it as thora, the french too I think. I even tried thorah (and when that didnt work I was confused so tried koran before trying thora(h) again and in desperation rightclicked for spelling suggestion which did not suggest torah. So I gave up.. only one I missed

Edit, just checked and in German it is funny, apparently there all of the above is used, thora, thorah and torah! Ow wait not thorah but tora.

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