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Religious Trivial Pursuit
Judaism
Who was Salomon?
A) A very important jewish king.
B) A very important jewish prophet.
A very important jewish king. who is seen as the person who was responsible to built the first
great temple. The Legend say he was born in Jerusalem about 1000 BCE and ruled over Israel from about 970 to 928 BCE. The Bible portrays Solomon as great in wisdom, wealth, and
power. Solomon is the subject of many other later legends.
Which kind of calendar Judaism uses?
A) A lunar calendar of twelve month, with a thirteen month every four years. In September
2007, the Jewish Calendar change to year 5768.
B) A lunar calendar of fourteen months, with a fifteenth month every four years. In September
2007, the Jewish Calendar change to year 5769.
The Torah is one of the holy books in Judaism. What does it contain?
A) The Torah is written by Moses and it contains the ten commandments.
B) The Torah is the inspired word of God given to Moses.
The Torah is the most important document in Judaism, revered as the inspired word of God.
The word Torah means "teaching," "instruction," "scribe", or "law" in Hebrew. The Torah
includes five books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy which are also
known as Hebrew bible. In the same time is the first part of the Old Testament of the Christian bible. The Torah was written by many people and not by Moses as it is often mistaken.
Moses received the Ten Commandments only.
According to their origin what are the big groups within Judaism?
A) Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews
B) Ashkenazi , Tubenbasi and Sephardi Jews
C) Sephardi and Hamurabi Jews
According to their origins, historically, one can distinguish between Ashkenazi Jews (having
roots in central Europe) and Sephardi Jews (in Spain, Maghreb or the Middle East). Ashkenazi Jews differ from Sephardi Jews in their pronunciation of Hebrew, in cultural traditions, in
synagogue cantillation (musical ceremony) and especially in synagogue liturgy.
Was Judaism the first world wide religion?
A)Yes
B) No.
Yes, at the end of ancient world Jewish communities were established all over the RomanHellenistic Empire as far as China, India and Africa.
Where did God reveal the commandments to Moses in form of the Torah?
A) Mount Sinai
B) Jerusalem
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In addition to the Torah there is something existing that is one of the most important
pillars of Judaism. What is it called?
A) The Talmud.
B) The Iwrith
The Talmud, because it is a record of rabbinic discussions referring to questions of Jewish
law, ethics, customs and history.
Iwrith = popular Hebrew.
From a traditional point of view how often does a Jew pray during the day?
A) Three times a day, with a fourth prayer added on Shabbat and holidays.
B) Two times a day, in the morning and in the evening.
Christianity
Christians believe that Jesus, a Jew of Nazareth, was the Messiah, the Son of God
preached in Galilee and Judea a message of love to the others, repentance and forgiveness of sins. How long?
A) For about three years
B) For about ten years
To the inner circle of Jesus’ followers belonged men who received his special teaching
and training. How many were they?
A) 12
B) 13
One of Jesus followers helped as a missionary and theologian to establish Christianity as
a separate religion rather than a Jewish sect. Who was he?
A) Saint Paul
B) Saint Peter
Paul of Tarsus in Cilicia (known by the Christians as Saint Paul). He gained recognition for
the converts of the Gentile mission by the Christian community in Jerusalem. He became the
13th Apostle in addition to the 12 disciples. Together with other Christian missionaries and
theologians, he shaped the early church.
Which roman emperor recognized Christianity at first?
A) Constantine
B) Augustus
Many believers carried the message of Jesus throughout the Roman Empire. And Constantine
was the first Roman emperor to profess Christianity.
Through the persistence of Christian missionaries, small Christian communities developed
throughout the Roman Empire
When did the pope become the leading spokesman of Christianity?
A) By the 5th century
B) By the 2nd century
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By the 5th century the bishop of Rome, the pope, as a result of conciliar decisions and unique
events in Rome, had become the leading spokesman for the faith in Latin, or Western, Christendom, which assumed greater institutional strength in later periods of the Middle Ages.
In 1054 the first big division within Christianity took place. This separation caused two
different churches. Which one?
A) Roman Catholic & Greek Orthodox
B) Protestant & Catholic
The “Great Schism” divided the church of Constantinople and the church of Rome into West
(“Roman Catholic”) and East (“Greek Orthodox”). This separation was not sudden nor unexpected, but a result of significant religious, cultural and political differences between the Eastern and Western churches and different views on topics such as the use of images (icons), the
nature of the Holy Spirit, and the date of Easter celebrations. Throughout centuries, the efforts to reunify east and west failed.
When did the first crusades take place?
A) 14th century
B) 11th century
Beginning in the late 11th century, western Christians organised military expeditions, the Crusades, for the recovery of Holy Land and as a response to rise and expansion of Islam especially in regions of Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia.
What are the three major branches of Christianity?
A) Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism
B) Roman Catholicism, Jehovah Followers and Prosteantism
Who was the leading spokesperson for the second big division in Christianity?
A) Martin Luther
B) Martin Luther King
Martin Luther. The changing role and character of the church over the centuries resulted in
political manipulations, combined with the church’s increasing power and wealth. This role
was interpreted as the bankrupting of the church as a spiritual force. Martin Luther, in his 95
Theses (1517), went to the philosophical root of the problem with the church and listed his
concerns for the ethical and theological reform of it, which brought him in confrontation with
the church.
Islam
In what century Islam emerged in Arabia?
A) In the early 7th century CE.
B) In the early 8th century CE
What is the Koran?
A) The will of the God
B) A Holy book written by Muhammad
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E will of God to which man must submit, was made known through the sacred scriptures, the
Koran, which Allah revealed to his messenger, Muhammad. Those revelations, under the
form of verses, are considered as the direct word of God.
What marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar?
A) Ramadan
B) Hijra
Muhammad preached his revelations to people in Mecca and gained a small group of followers. They were subjected to violent reaction toward this new faith. In order to protect themselves it was critical for Muhammad and his followers to flee Mecca. They were invited to
practice their faith in Medina. The migration of believers in 622 CE became known as the
Hijra and marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
What are the five pillars of Islam?
1) Affirmation of the faith (shahâda), that is, to profess that “There is only one
God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God”;
2) Praying five time a day (al-salât),
3) Fasting (al-sawm) from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan;
4) Making the pilgrimage to Mecca (al-hajj) at least once in a lifetime if one’s financial and physical conditions permit it;
5) Paying an obligatory tax (al-zakât) on one’s capital, for the benefit of the poor
and needy of society.
1) Affirmation of the faith (shahâda), that is, to profess that “There is only one
God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God”;
2) Praying five time a day (al-salât),
3) Fasting (al-sawm) from dawn to sunset during the month of Ramadan;
4) Making the pilgrimage to Mecca (al-hajj) at least once in a lifetime if one’s financial and physical conditions permit it;
5) Paying a Khoums
What is the name of a mystical movement within Islam which arose after the death of
Muhammad?
A) Sufism.
B) Shiism
Sufism seeks to find divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God.
They wanted a religion of inner experience, an asceticism that renounced the luxuries of the
world and devoted itself purely to obedience to God.
What are the main holidays in Islam?
A) Ramadan and Adha (Kurban)
B) Ramadan and Bayram
Ramadan is the name of a month when Muslims are fasting. Daha means scarify. And Adah is
when God asked Ibrahim to scarify his son and he wanted to know how much Ibrahim loved
God. And then Ibrahim was very sad but he took his son to be scarified. When he wanted to
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kill him, God showed to him and said that know he knows how much he loved him and he
should scarify this sheep instead.
Bahaism
What are the roots of Bahaism?
A) Islam.
B) Bahai
Baha’i faith emerged in Persia (Iran) in the middle of the 19th century, having its roots in Islam.
Who founded Bahaism?
A) Baha’ Ullah
B) Baha Aldin Al Ayoubi
It was founded by Baha’ Ullah in 1863. He asserted that he was the messenger of God.
What does Baha’i faith proclaim?
A) It proclaims the unity of humanity but the diversity of religions.
B) It proclaims the essential unity of all religions and the unity of humanity.
Bahaism believes in the oneness of humanity and devote themselves to the abolition of racial,
class, and religious prejudices.
What is the Holy Book of Baha’i Faith?
A) The writing of Baha´ Ullah.
B) There is no special holy book.
The sacred literature of Baha’i consists of the writings of Baha’ Ullah and succeeding interpretations of them and the Koran.
Does Baha’i Faith know priesterhood and sacraments?
A) No
B) Yes
No, but there are obligations concerning prayer, fasting, and monogamy, and encouragement
to abstain from alcohol and tobacco
What happens during a service?
A) There is no preaching.
B) The service is well structured with prayers and preaches.
There is no preaching. Services consist of readings from the scriptures of all religions
Where is the most important place for the Baha’i Faith?
A) Haifa, Israel
B) Frankfurt, Germany
C) Moscow, Russia
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The high authority is the international Universal House of Justice, with headquarters in Haifa,
Israel, near the shrine of Baha’ Ullah. It functions as the administrative, legislative, and judicial body for the Baha’i commonwealth around the world.
What is the average number of the believers?
A) 6 million
B) 15 million
Buddhism
In what country has Buddhism it´s origin?
A) In India
B) In Tibet
When was Buddhism founded?
A) Around 500 BCE
B) After 500 BC
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
A) Alkummi Buddha
B) Siddhartha Gautama
Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha or Sakyamuni. He travelled around and teached in the
Ganges basin until his death at the age of eighty-four.
How many believers does Buddhism have?
A) More than 250 million
B) Less than 250 million
It is estimated that today there are a little over 250 million Buddhists in the world.
Buddhism had spread through much of Asia where it has been a dominant faith in Southeast
Asia in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, and Laos; in Central and East Asia
in China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, and Mongolia; and in numerous Himalayan areas such as Nepal, Sikkim, Butan, and Ladakh. In the U.S.A. alone there are about 5 million, the majority of
whom are Asian immigrants or their descendants. However, in recent years, numerous
Americans of English and European descent have also adopted Buddhism.
In the last fifty years in two countries Buddhist were suffering from dictatorship and
had to face worst cruelty of nearly genocidal proportions
A) Cambodia and Tibet
B) Tibet and Vietnam
The conflict is going on for over 30 years
If it come to a ranking of religions by the number of the believers in which place do we
find Buddhism?
A) 4th place
B) 5th place
4th after Christianity, Islam and Hinduism
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What is the highest aim for Buddhist believers?
A) To reach the state of Nirvana.
B) To reach the state of Nicaragua.
What does Nirvana mean?
A ) A famous Grunge band.
B) It is a state that is free from lust, anger or craving.
A state of perfect peace unobstructed by psychological conditioning. All forms of craving are
extinguished such that one is no longer subject to human suffering. The Buddha says of Nirvāṇa that it is "the highest happiness". In the experience of all, Nirvāṇa is a state which all six
bases (Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body and Mind) cannot feel.
What is the name of the Buddhist doctrine?
A) Dharma
B) Drama
It contains customs, laws and obligations, ethnic and religious obligations it also expresses the
Buddhist moral. The Kharma is connected to the fulfilment of Dharma.
Hinduism
If it come to a ranking of religions by the number of the believers in which place do we
find Hinduism?
A) 3rd
place.
B) 4th place
3rd
place after Christianity and Islam, with 900 Mill. Believers.
Who is the founder?
A) It has no one single identifiable founder.
B) Hindi Musi
What is Karma?
A) Karma is a holy book.
B) Karma is the moral and physical law of cause and effect
Karma is the moral and physical law of cause and effect by which each individual creates
one's own future destiny by accepting responsibility and accountability for one's own
thoughts, words and deeds, individual and collective.
What is the name of the Holy Scripture?
A) The four Veda
B) The five Jenga
The four Vedas are the oldest holy scriptures.
What animal has in Hinduism a special place?
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A) The cow
B) The chicken
Due to the Holy Scripture, the Veda, where you can find holy images a cow.
The Hindu society classifies people due to the place of birth into different social stratums. How is that system called?
A) The caste system.
B) The stair system
There are four casts.
 teachers and priests
 warriors, nobles, and kings
 farmers, merchants, and businessmen
 servants and labourer
Officially the caste system is abolished from the constitution but still has an important social
relevance.
Prepared for the TC “Inter-religious Dialogue Mediterranean, Caucasian and
European contexts”
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