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Answer
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What type of bird returned to Noah's ark with an olive branch?
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Dove
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At what religious gathering were over 700 people killed in 2015 due to a stampede?
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Hajj
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What country once worshipped gods named Isis, Horus, and Osiris?
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Egypt
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What was the profession of Joseph, Jesus's earthly father?
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Carpenter
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Who gained enlightenment sitting under a Bodhi tree?
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Buddha
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What is the name for a system of law based on Islamic principles?
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Sharia
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What king is the most-mentioned person in the Bible, after Jesus?
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King David
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Who is the current pope?
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Francis
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What word, starting with K, refers to foods that Jewish people are allowed to eat?
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Kosher
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What is the name for the Vietnamese New Year? (Hint: three letters)
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Tet
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According to the Bible, Jesus was born in Bethlehem. In what city was he raised?
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Nazareth
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What former country was ruled by the Dalai Lama?
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Tibet
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What is the primary language of Hinduism?
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Sanskrit
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In what Caribbean country is Vodou commonly practiced?
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Haiti
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What is the most common Protestant denomination in Scandinavia and Germany?
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Lutheranism
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What river was Jesus baptized in? (Hint: It is on the eastern border of modern-day Israel)
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River Jordan
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What is another name for the devil, starting with the letter L?
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Lucifer
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In Jewish folklore, what is the name for a monster made of clay?
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Golem
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What empire assembled a rack of 60,000 skulls from victims of human sacrifice?
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Aztecs
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What nickname refers to followers of Sun Myung Moon?
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Moonies
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What is the name for a Sufi practioner who spins as a form of devotion?
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Whirling Dervish
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Maybe it doesn't mean the same thing in the US of A
She's as flighty as a feather,
She can throw a Whirling Dervish out of Whirl--"
Wonder how many got it because they know Fraulein Maria. :)
I know the vast majority of people don't understand that, but I find jetpunk more interested in getting such details correct than most denominations.