kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: religion-faith
Question: Many of King Solomons wise sayings are recorded in Book 10 of Proverbs.  Which of these is NOT found there?
Choices: When you see trouble coming, dont be stupid and walk right into it--be smart and hide.; Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.; Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children make them sad.; You will say the wrong thing if you talk too much--so be sensible and watch what you say.
Answer: When you see trouble coming, dont be stupid and walk right into it--be smart and hide.
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Question: Mary was visited by this angel.
Choices: Uriel; Raphael; Gabriel; Michael
Answer: Gabriel
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Question: Jesus was fond of using parables to give his messages.  Which of these was NOT one he used?
Choices: The Parable of the Mustard Seed; The Parable of the Old Men and the Young; The Parable of the Prodigal Son; The Parable of the Ten Servants
Answer: The Parable of the Old Men and the Young
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Question: Which of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the first to be called out?
Choices: Black Horse (Famine); Red Horse (War); White Horse (Conquest ); Pale/Green Horse (Death)
Answer: White Horse (Conquest )
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Question: Complete the following quote from Matthew 5:3: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for ________
Choices: they shall be comforted.; shall be called children of God.; they shall see Heaven.; theirs is the Kindgom of Heaven.
Answer: theirs is the Kindgom of Heaven.
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Question: Who wrote the first five books of the Bible?
Choices: Adam; Joseph; Moses; Abraham
Answer: Moses
Category: religion-faith
Question: In the Bible, how many wives and concubines did Solomon have?
Choices: 2000; 500; 1000; 100
Answer: 1000
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Question: Who wrote most of the books in the New Testament?
Choices: David; John; Peter; Paul
Answer: Paul
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Question: Who wrote the Book of Revelation while in exile?
Choices: Paul; Peter; James; John
Answer: John
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Question: According to the accepted theory, how old was Jesus when He was crucified?
Choices: 33; 27; 40; 30
Answer: 33
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Question: How old was Jesus when He performed His first miracle (Biblical, not Apocriphal)?
Choices: 40; 33; 27; 30
Answer: 30
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Question: David, the famous ancient King of Israel, was the oldest child in the family.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: It is stated in the Bible that God told Moses to build the Temple in Jerusalem.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: According to the New Testament, who obtained permission to take Jesus Christs body down from the cross and place it in the tomb?
Choices: Joseph of Arimathea; Joseph of Antioch; Mary Magdalene; Apostle Peter
Answer: Joseph of Arimathea
Category: religion-faith
Question: Apostle Paul was a kind, friendly and peace-loving man who always helped Christians even before his conversion to Christianity.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Seven people went on the ark with Noah according to the Bible, Genesis, chapters 6 to 9.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What was the profession of Luke the Apostle according to the New Testament?
Choices: Tax collector; Carpenter; Physician; Boat builder
Answer: Physician
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Question: Who committed the first murder in the Bible?
Choices: Cain; Solomon; Adam; Abel
Answer: Cain
Category: religion-faith
Question: Who was Gods son according to the Bible?
Choices: John; Peter; Solomon; Jesus
Answer: Jesus
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Question: What is the name of the angel that God sent to tell Mary she was to conceive Jesus?
Choices: Abraham; Gabriel; Michael; Peter
Answer: Gabriel
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Question: Who was Jesus earthly father according to the Bible?
Choices: Solomon; Joseph; no one; David
Answer: Joseph
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Question: Which of the following is not generally considered one of the seven deadly sins?
Choices: obfuscation; hatred; lust; envy
Answer: obfuscation
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Question: According to Matthew and Luke, in what city was Jesus born?
Choices: Jerusalem; Bethlehem; Babylon; Nazareth
Answer: Bethlehem
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Question: Can a deacon get married?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
Category: religion-faith
Question: You drink the coffee and turn the cup upside down.  The reader predicts the future, deciphering various patterns formed inside the cup.
Choices: Hakata; Scrying; I Ching; Tasseomancy
Answer: Tasseomancy
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Question: This is a deck of 78 cards with pictures and inscriptions on them. They are divided into several suits and the person extracts cards that the reader interprets.
Choices: Tarot; Cartopedy; Belote; Cledonism
Answer: Tarot
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Question: This method of divination uses air and water. The person covers their head with a cloth, fill a vase with water and expose it to the air.  They whisper a wish over the vase. If bubbles show on the water surface, this is considered a positive sign and the wish will probably come true.
Choices: Water scrying; Critomancy; Dowsing; Eromancy
Answer: Eromancy
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Question: This method includes hexagrams which consist of six lines either solid or broken. Solid lines are considered strong and active, and broken lines stand for weak and acquiescent. These lines define the meaning of the hexagrams. Each hexagram has a different meaning. You determine your own hexagram by tossing 3 coins 3 times.
Choices: Tarot; I Ching; Aura information; Astrology
Answer: I Ching
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Question: This method of divination uses a set of 24 alphabet letters that are usually carved on small tiles, so that the person could extract one of all 24 and to interpret its meaning. They were also carved and drawn building walls for protection.
Choices: Runes; Tarot; Palm reading; Shell scrying
Answer: Runes
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Question: This is the careful screening of your palm, its shapes and lines in order to guess some events from the past and see events in the future.
Choices: Palmistry; Cledonism; Tasseomancy; Cartopedy
Answer: Palmistry
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Question: This method uses climate conditions to predict the future. It was considered that climate is the attitude of gods towards men, and that each atmospheric event had its own meaning.
Choices: Cephalomancy; Aeromancy; Graphology; Bibliomancy
Answer: Aeromancy
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Question: This method uses books for predicting ones future. The person should take a book, open to a random page and read a passage. Then he should interpret it.
Choices: Geomancy; Bibliomancy; Hydromancy; Chiromancy
Answer: Bibliomancy
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Question: This way of divination uses onion sprouts. First a ritual is held in order to state what the divination is about. Then the onion sprouts are put on an altar. It is thought that onion sprouts can tell you about friends and relatives who are far away, give love advice and answer yes or no questions about the future.
Choices: Cromniomancy; Crystallomancy; Chirognomy; Cyclomancy
Answer: Cromniomancy
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Question: This method uses birds to predict the future. The divinator scatters grains and then he carefully observes the way the birds peck at the grain.
Choices: Austromancy; Captopromancy; Botanomancy; Alectryomancy
Answer: Alectryomancy
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Question: In ancient times people thought that illnesses were caused by demons, possessing the soul of a person. So they cured those illnesses with exorcism. Exorcism is derived from the Greek word  exorkizein. What does this word mean?
Choices: To kill the soul; To kill the ghost; To expel the demon; To bind by oath
Answer: To bind by oath
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Question: Ancient Babylonian priests were one of the first exorcists. They meant to destroy the evil spirit, possessing the victim, by performing this ritual.
Choices: They killed the possessed person by stabbing them with a sacrificial knife.; They destroyed a wax or clay image of a demon.; They drew mighty symbols on the forehead of the victim.; They drilled a hole in the skull of the possessed.
Answer: They destroyed a wax or clay image of a demon.
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Question: Exorcism is not popular among religions nowadays.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Jesus Christ is considered to be an exorcist. One of the legends tells of Jesus casting out multiple demons from a madman. The spirits then entered the bodies of some animals. What kind of animals were they?
Choices: Vultures; Pigs; Crows; Cows
Answer: Pigs
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Question: Jesus Christ gave the power to exorcise demons to his disciples.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: In Judaism the evil spirit that possesses the soul of its victim is called dybbuk. It is exorcised through this part of the body.
Choices: Mouth; Chest; Small toe; Left Arm
Answer: Small toe
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Question: The exorcist must feel as free of sin as possible. Why?
Choices: So the exorcist does not die; So the exorcist can easily absorb the demons; So demons cannot easily possess the exorcist; So the possessed victim does not die
Answer: So demons cannot easily possess the exorcist
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Question: Exorcism is related to ASC. What does ASC stand for?
Choices: Affecting Spirit of Cataclysm; Affected Soul by Craziness; Affected Soul by Cabala; Altered State Of Consciousness
Answer: Altered State Of Consciousness
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Question: During Christian exorcism, the victim is to hold a crucifix and the exorcist is encouraged to use holy water and relics. These  two other objects should also be present.
Choices: Skull and Bones; Salt and Wine; Feather and Ink-pot; Sword and Shield
Answer: Salt and Wine
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Question: Although all exorcisms proceed differently, some stages are common. There are five common stages - The Presence, Break-point, The Voice, The Clash and this.
Choices: Expatriation; Expulsion; Deportation; Redemption
Answer: Expulsion
Category: religion-faith
Question: Adam was the first human made by God according to the Bible texts.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: The Ten Commandments can be found in the book of Exodus, New Testament.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: According to the Bible, Gods laws were given to Moses on Mount Rushmore.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Moses talked to God on the mountain and received the Ten Commandments in 40 days.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Moses broke the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written when he slipped on the rocky mountainside.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: According to the Bible texts, Jesus earthly father Joseph was sheep herder.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: religion-faith
Question: In the Bible texts, âAm I my brotherâs keeper?â was a question asked by Cain to God.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This line from the Bible is from an address by God to Noah: âAnd the bow shall be in the cloud and I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.â
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: According to the Bible, Judas Iscariot was paid 30 pieces of gold to betray Jesus.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In Genesis, we can read that Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: The magic wand is a must have accessory of every witch, if she wants to work wonders. What is the wand is made of?
Choices: Glass; Metal; Chestnut; Hazel
Answer: Hazel
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Question: Every new witch receives a special craft name, which they only disclose to coven members and keep a secret from everyone else.  Why?
Choices: It would bring ill fate upon the person; It would take away the magical powers of the coven; It would kill the person who knows the secret name; Knowing the craft name gives magical powers
Answer: Knowing the craft name gives magical powers
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Question: Incense is often used in witchcraft.  What is the meaning of jasmine scented incense?
Choices: To ease hurt caused by love; Luck in love; True love; Intense desire
Answer: Luck in love
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Question: This is one of the most widely used religious symbols. It is generally used for protection. Even though it is often associated with witchcraft, it was also used in Christianity, symbolizing the five wounds of Christ.
Choices: Hazel; Sword; Pentagram; Chalice
Answer: Pentagram
Category: religion-faith
Question: This is when the spell casting powers are at their fullest.  It is the hour of midnight on a full moon.
Choices: The Midnight Hour; The Power Hour; The Witching Hour; The Moon Hour
Answer: The Witching Hour
Category: religion-faith
Question: It is  the magical power of this herb: In the event of some kind of troublesome misfortune, gather the root with care during the descent of the lions cub and hang it around your neck.  It will drive away cares and cause a merry heart. - Syrenius (1540 - 1611).
Choices: Wormwood; Barberry; Betony; Angelica
Answer: Angelica
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Question: An ancient tradition was to distinguish witches by their color. There were white, red, green, etc. witches. The tradition doesnt exist any more but the meaning of the colors is still applied in various practices. What is the color for these magical uses: divination, spirituality, protection, psychic powers, healing, truth, peace?
Choices: Green; Pink; White; Yellow
Answer: White
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Question: When you collect flowers or herbs for magical purposes you should have in mind the hour at which you gather them. What are the magical hours?
Choices: 3, 6, 9 and 12; 4, 6, 8 and 11; 1, 7, 9 and 11; 1, 4, 5 and 10
Answer: 3, 6, 9 and 12
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Question: This ancient pagan ritual was practiced in Scotland until the end of the 19th century. It allows a couple to make a commitment to each other within their own spiritual path. This commitment lasts for one year and a day. After that the couple can go their own way or renew their bond.
Choices: Handfasting; Faerie; Anam cara; A prayer of passage
Answer: Handfasting
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Question: What is this spell used for?  Dear Father, tsar fire, be gentle and kind to me.  Burn away all my aches  pains, tears  worries.
Choices: Love; Happiness; Wealth; Faith
Answer: Happiness
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Question: Every Catholic can receive any of the seven sacraments, but no one can receive all seven.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the Catholic term describing a place of purification after bodily death, but before the soul enters heaven?
Choices: apocalypse; limbo; purgatory; apocrypha
Answer: purgatory
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Question: This part of the Catholic mass, in which the priest asks God to change the bread and wine into Jesus body and blood, is called what?
Choices: invocation; consecration; offertory; communion
Answer: consecration
Category: religion-faith
Question: The Hail Mary is a biblical prayer.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: What was the church council that revised the prayers used in the Catholic mass and authorized masses to be said in the language of the local people?
Choices: Nicea; Vatican II; Vatican I; Trent
Answer: Vatican II
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Question: A schism in the Christian church culminated in two bishops excommunicating each other in 1054, resulting in what?
Choices: the division between Catholicism and Orthodoxy; the Protestant Reformation; the ecumenical movement; the Crusades
Answer: the division between Catholicism and Orthodoxy
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Question: There are ten holy days of obligation, days other than Sunday on which all the worlds Catholics are required to attend mass.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the Catholic term for a person who, after death, goes to heaven?
Choices: saint; cherub; seraph; angel
Answer: saint
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Question: What does the Catholic church teach about Mary, Jesus mother?
Choices: She was a virgin when Jesus was born, but not necessarily after.; Joseph divorced her quietly after Jesus was born.; She was a virgin when Jesus was conceived, but not necessarily after.; She was a virgin until her death.
Answer: She was a virgin until her death.
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Question: According to the Bibles description of the creation of the world, on what day of the week were the sun, moon, and stars formed?
Choices: Second; Third; Fifth; Fourth
Answer: Fourth
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Question: According to the Bible, Sarah and Abraham have a common relative by blood.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who begged for the body of Jesus to give it a proper burial?
Choices: Joseph of Arimathaea; Peter; Mark; Matthew
Answer: Joseph of Arimathaea
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Question: What scripture of the King James Bible is most noted for the story of the birth of Jesus?
Choices: Luke, Chapter 1; Luke, Chapter 3; Luke, Chapter 2; Matthew, Chapter 2
Answer: Luke, Chapter 2
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Question: According to the biblical texts, whom do these words belong to: Thou shalt have no other gods before me!?
Choices: Moses; Aaron; Miriam; God
Answer: God
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Question: The first of the 10 commandments that also contains a promise was Honor thy Father and Mother.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: religion-faith
Question: Who was Ruths mother-in-law according to biblical texts?
Choices: Mara; Naomi; Orpah; Boaz
Answer: Naomi
Category: religion-faith
Question: According to the Bible, Ruth was the great grandmother of David.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who wrote Epistle to the Romans, included in the New Testament canon of the Christian Bible?
Choices: Peter; Paul; Mark; Luke
Answer: Paul
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Question: According to Christian beliefs, what was the nature of the first sin man ever committed?
Choices: Greed; Murder; Disobedience; Blasphemy
Answer: Disobedience
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Question: According to the Bibles interpretation of Moses life, who ran along the bank to make sure that Moses was alright in his basket after he was set adrift on the Nile river?
Choices: His brother; His mother; His sister; His father
Answer: His sister
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Question: According to the Bible, did the Pharaohâs wife find little Moses who was drifting along the Nile in a basket.
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: What does the name Moses mean according to the Biblical texts?
Choices: Found; Child of the river; Conceived by a Hebrew; Drawn out
Answer: Drawn out
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Question: What was the name of Mosess brother according to the Bible?
Choices: Clive; Aaron; Peter; John
Answer: Aaron
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Question: According to Exodus, what was the ninth plague that God inflicted on Egypt in order to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelite slaves leave?
Choices: Death of First Born Child; Lice; Darkness; Frogs
Answer: Darkness
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Question: Why did Moses have to flee out of Egypt and settle on the Sinai Peninsula according to the Bible?
Choices: He killed an Egyptian; He was banned for disrespectable behaviour towards the Pharaoh.; None of these; He killed the Pharaoh
Answer: He killed an Egyptian
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Question: According to the last chapters of Exodus, what was the Tabernacle, which was built after the Israelites passed safely the Red Sea with Gods help?
Choices: A vehicle with a prayer altar; A portable prayer altar; A portable place of worship; A portable irrigating system
Answer: A portable place of worship
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Question: Who is the second oldest living man according to the Bible?
Choices: Enoch; Mahalalel; Jared; Methuselah
Answer: Jared
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Question: What is the name of the only Archangel mentioned in the Bible?
Choices: Lucifer; Jesus; Michael; Gabriel
Answer: Michael
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Question: Who was emperor of Rome at the time of Jesus death?
Choices: Augustus; Tiberius; Caligula; Claudius
Answer: Tiberius
Category: religion-faith
Question: King Solomon had 300 wives and 700 concubines.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: religion-faith
Question: This tradition was founded in England in the 1960s by Alex Sanders, who referred to himself as the King of his Witches.
Choices: Strega; Gardnerian; Celtic; Alexandrian
Answer: Alexandrian
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Question: Caledonii tradition comes from this country.
Choices: France; Italy; England; Scotland
Answer: Scotland
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Question: This system is indigenous to South Central Pennsylvania, USA.
Choices: Strega; Satanic; Pow-Wow; Seax-Wica
Answer: Pow-Wow
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Question: This tradition was founded by Raymond Buckland in 1973.
Choices: Seax-Wica; Dianic; Teutonic; Hereditary
Answer: Seax-Wica
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Question: This tradtion is also know as the Nordic tradition.
Choices: Eclectic; British Traditional Witch; Pictish; Teutonic
Answer: Teutonic
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Question: The International Red Garters are an organization of British traditional witches.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: If I practice the Craft by myself,  not as part of a coven, I am said to be this.
Choices: Strega; Solitary; Alexandrian; Pictish
Answer: Solitary
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Question: An eclectic witch strictly follows his or her chosen tradition.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Voodoo is actually a religion, which originated in Africa. Voodoo comes from the West African word vodun. What does vodun mean?
Choices: Revenge; Spirit; Doll; Death
Answer: Spirit
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Question: The structure of Voodoo, as we know it today, was developed after the Europeans started slavery. Where was Voodoo born?
Choices: Jamaica; Hawaii; Taiti; Haiti
Answer: Haiti
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Question: Voodoo rituals include animal sacrifice.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: The French rulers persecuted Voodoo priests and practitioners. In 1791 a revolution exploded, which was led by the Voodoo priests. It ended in the year of Napoleons crowning.
Choices: 1784; 1804; 1754; 1854
Answer: 1804
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Question: The high Voodoo priest and priestess are often called this.
Choices: Papa and Maman; Supreme Magicians; Son and Daughter of the Serpent; Dad and Mum
Answer: Papa and Maman
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Question: Voodoo Dancing is just a prelude to sexual frenzy.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: In Voodoo, God is considered to be too distant for people to communicate with. Therefore, Voodoo priests communicate with God through Loa. What is Loa?
Choices: The spirits; The dolls; The drums; The demons
Answer: The spirits
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Question: Voodoo dolls are commonly used for voodoo.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Voodoos equivalent in Cuba is Santeria. Do you know which the equivalent of Voodoo in Brazil is?
Choices: Maabaa; Mooboo; Macumba; Mojo
Answer: Macumba
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Question: Nowadays Voodoo is no longer a religion.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: How is New Year referred to in Judaism?
Choices: Tzom Gedalia; Rosh Hashannah; Yom KIppur; Shabbat
Answer: Rosh Hashannah
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Question: At Passover, Jews eat a special meal done in a special order.  What is that meal called?
Choices: A festavus for the rest of us; A seder; A Shidduch; A circumcision
Answer: A seder
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Question: What is the traditional Jewish prayer book called?
Choices: Siddur; Seder; The United Psalmistry; Shofar
Answer: Siddur
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Question: How many letters are in the hebrew alphabet?
Choices: 24; 22; 25; 20
Answer: 22
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Question: How many vowels are in the Hebrew alphabet ?
Choices: 8; 0; 5; 6
Answer: 0
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Question: We consider there to be three Patriarchs in Judaism. Who were they?
Choices: Moses, David, Abraham; Abraham, David, Moses; Abraham, Issac, Jacob; David, Joshua, Solomon
Answer: Abraham, Issac, Jacob
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Question: In Judaism, who was Joshuas father?
Choices: Abraham; Solomon; Nun; Moses
Answer: Nun
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Question: On the first day of which month do Jews celebrate New Year?
Choices: Cheshvan; Adar; Tishrei; Av
Answer: Tishrei
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Question: Which Hebrew phrase is most commonly associated with the English expression Good Luck and/or Congratulations?
Choices: Laych lGehinnom; Hayem Yankel; Oy Vey; Mazel Tov
Answer: Mazel Tov
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Question: Who was the Baal Shem Tov ?
Choices: The founder of the Bnai Brith; The first Premier of  Israel; The founder of Chassidism; The first President of Israel
Answer: The founder of Chassidism
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Question: According to the second half of the Acts of the Apostles, what was Pauls name before God changed it?
Choices: Peter; Luke; Saul; John
Answer: Saul
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Question: The second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, Luke 2, tells us the story of Christs birth.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In the Old Testament, a man is said to have lived to be 969 years old.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: There is a man in the Bible named Rehoboam who had 88 children.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: There was an army mentioned in the Old Testament that consisted of men who were all left-handed and numbered 700.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Does the Bible ever speak of the sun moving backwards?
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: Yes
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Question: Which line gives the correct order of the first 5 books of the Old Testament?
Choices: Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Exodus; Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Leviticus; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Numbers; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Answer: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
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Question: What tribe of Israel was Moses born into?
Choices: Reubon; Benjamin; Jacob; Levite
Answer: Levite
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Question: Eye of newt and toe of frog
Choices: ol of bat and tongue of dog ; The Tempest; Hamlet; A Midsummers Night Dream; Macbeth
Answer: Macbeth
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Question: She held me spellbound in the night
Choices: ncing shadows and firelight; azy laughter in another room ; d she drove herself to madness; at group sings about a Witchy Woman with the moon in her eyes?; J Giles Band; The Eagles; The Zombies; Grateful Dead
Answer: The Eagles
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Question: Do you think God knew what He was doing when he created woman? Or do you think it was another one of his minor mistakes like tidal waves, earthquakes or FLOODS!, asked Daryl Van Horne in The Witches of Eastwick. What actor played Daryl Van Horne, just your average horny little devil?
Choices: Dennis Hopper; Harvey Keitel; Christopher Walken; Jack Nicholson
Answer: Jack Nicholson
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Question: Ding dong the witch is dead.
Choices: ich old witch?; e wicked witch.; l you could see under the house was two shrivelled up legs and a pair of ruby slippers. Which wicked witchs demise brought forth such joy to the citizens of Oz in the book The Wizard of Oz?; The Wicked Witch of the West; The Wicked Witch of the North; The Wicked Witch of the South; The Wicked Witch of the East
Answer: The Wicked Witch of the East
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Question: The movie An American Haunting was based on one of the most famous hauntings in American folklore. A Tennessee farmer shot at a strange animal with the body of a dog and the head of a rabbit.  What name was given to the entity that haunted the family and was said to have murdered the Tennessee farmer?
Choices: The Blair Witch; The White Witch; Mother Shipton; The Bell Witch
Answer: The Bell Witch
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Question: The works of this Jewish thinker formed the basis of the writings of Thomas Aquinas.
Choices: Rashi; Bal Shem Tov; Maimonides; Ibn Gabriol
Answer: Maimonides
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Question: What is prayer shawl worn by Jews in the morning Jewish services, during the Torah service, on Yom Kippur, and other holidays called?
Choices: A kippah; A mohel; A mezzuzah; A tallit
Answer: A tallit
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Question: Even when Jewish men are not reading Torah, they wear a garment with fringes with knots. It is worn under the shirt with the fringes exposed. What is this garment called ?
Choices: Yarmulka; Tephilin; Tallit katan; Kippah
Answer: Tallit katan
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Question: The night before Yom Kippur, called this,  is the most important night service in Judaism.
Choices: Rosh Hashannah; Musaff; Shabbat  HaGadol; Kol Nidre
Answer: Kol Nidre
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Question: The most important prayer in Judaism is called the Shema. What does it affirm?
Choices: That we will not be moved; Our faith that there is one and only God.; That everyday problems will eventually solve if we have faith; We thank God for delivering us from at least some of our problems
Answer: Our faith that there is one and only God.
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Question: What is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet?
Choices: Dalet; Gimmel; Bet; Aleph
Answer: Aleph
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Question: What do Jews do when the case which houses the Torah is opened?
Choices: Become quiet; Close eyes; Bow heads; Stand up
Answer: Stand up
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Question: On the Holy Day of Yom Kippur, Jews ask that all their sins be forgiven.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: On which Holy Day do Jews feast on unleavened bread?
Choices: Rosh Hashannah; Channukah; Passover; Yom Kippur
Answer: Passover
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Question: There are two ways to pronounce Hebrew words. One is called Ashkanazi and the other one, this
Choices: Galut; Asian; Sawphateet; Sephardic
Answer: Sephardic
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Question: These fundamental statements have led to the formulation of the Buddhist philosophy, and contain the basic principles of the spiritual teacher, Buddha.
Choices: The Seven Articles of Faith; The Three Scrolls; The Ten Paths; The Four Noble Truths
Answer: The Four Noble Truths
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Question: What is the central theme of the teachings of religious teacher Buddha and of Buddhist philosophy as a whole?
Choices: Happiness; Achieving perfection; Achieving unity with nature; Suffering
Answer: Suffering
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Question: What was the birth name of the historic figure known as Buddha, the founder of the Buddhist religion?
Choices: Siddhartha Gautama; Jakili Saruputa; Elkini Baros; Malik Mohammed
Answer: Siddhartha Gautama
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Question: What is the formula to end or reduce suffering according to the principles of Buddhism?
Choices: The Ten Righteous Practices; Deep Meditation; The Noble Eightfold Path; The Six Cures
Answer: The Noble Eightfold Path
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Question: After completing his religious reawakening, Buddha considered himself to be which of these?
Choices: a man, who woke up to the nature of reality; a god; a prophet, sent by a supreme being to deliver the universal truth; pure spiritual energy
Answer: a man, who woke up to the nature of reality
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Question: The beginning of the Buddhist religion can be traced back to the fifth century BC in which country?
Choices: China; Thailand; India; Pakistan
Answer: India
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Question: What is the Japanese variation of Buddhism, that emphasizes on the role of sitting meditation in pursuing enlightenment?
Choices: Mahayana; Thervada; Zen; Tantric
Answer: Zen
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Question: What is the definition of Zen Koan, one of the important aspects of Buddhist religious practices?
Choices: A question, meant to challenge rational thinking; A clan of spiritual leaders in the Zen Buddhist religious community; A sitting pillow, used during mediation; An robe worn by Zen Buddhist monks
Answer: A question, meant to challenge rational thinking
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Question: Creating complex, radial, and symbolic sand paintings is a practice typical for which branch of Buddhism?
Choices: Theravadic Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Nichiren Buddhism; Zen Buddhism
Answer: Tibetan Buddhism
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Question: Which of the following statements best describes the essence of Buddhism?
Choices: It is a means for people to save themselves.; It is the legacy of a prophet, sent to earth with a message of universal love.; It is a religion that seeks to attract and convert others.; It is a tradition aimed at spreading peace in the world.
Answer: It is a means for people to save themselves.
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Question: Son of a Jewish immigrant from Breslau, Prussia, Lucius Nathan Littauer was born in Gloversville, Upstate New York, in 1859. Being a politician wasnt his only occupation; what is Lucius Littauers other achievement with which he remained in history?
Choices: The first Jewish  basketball coach in Oxford; The first professional Jewish baseball player; The first Jewish football coach at Harvard; The first Jewish professional football coach
Answer: The first Jewish football coach at Harvard
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Question: Julius Vogel, a London born Jew, who first became involved in politics in 1862, was the first Jew to be on this political post.
Choices: Prime Minister of Australia; Prime Minister of Canada; Prime Minister of New Zealand; Governor General of Canada
Answer: Prime Minister of New Zealand
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Question: During the 1968 presidential campaign, Rabbi Baruch Korff developed a personal relationship with this American president, who even referred to Korff as My Rabbi.
Choices: Gerald Ford; Lyndon Johnson; Richard Nixon; Jimmy Carter
Answer: Richard Nixon
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Question: In 1927 Charles A. Levine was the first Jew to do what?
Choices: Fly the Atlantic; Fly a USAF fighter; Get a degree in aerospace engineering; Build a monoplane
Answer: Fly the Atlantic
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Question: In what business did John M. Brunswick and his two half brothers, David and Emmanuel, make their fortune?
Choices: Entertaining industry; Aircraft industry; Billiard table business; Cell phone business
Answer: Billiard table business
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Question: The music for Somewhere Over the Rainbow, one of the most famous and beloved songs of the late 1930s, was based on a Jewish Cantorial theme.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: Isachar Zacharie, an English born Jew, who was related to important American politicians, worked as what?
Choices: Lincolns podiatrist; Al Gores press secretary; The first Jewish Prime Minister; Washingtons lawyer in Virginia
Answer: Lincolns podiatrist
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Question: Why was Rabbi David Einhorn, a German rabbi and later leader of the Jewish reform movement in the United States, forced to leave Baltimore in 1861, during the Civil War?
Choices: He expressed too radical views; He insulted the Governor of Maryland,Thomas Hicks; He insulted the Mayor of Baltimore, George Williams; He preached against slavery
Answer: He preached against slavery
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Question: A famous and talented composer was almost bankrupt when he wrote one of his best-known works, Judas Maccabaeus - an oratorio based on a Jewish theme. Who was this classical composer?
Choices: Hayden; Handel; Chopin; Mozart
Answer: Handel
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Question: Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were great 100-yard runners in the 1930s. They were to be on the 4x100 meter relay race team for the USA in the 1936 Olympics, but eventually did not take part in the race. What was the reason?
Choices: They were late to the field; They refused to run on Saturday (Shabbos); They were caught using steroids; Hitler demanded their exclusion
Answer: Hitler demanded their exclusion
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Question: Bodhisattva is consciously seeking what?
Choices: Tranquility; Enlightenment; Thangka; Buddha
Answer: Enlightenment
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Question: What is Dharma?
Choices: The cosmic principles of existence; The Hindu Goddess of happiness; The extinction of desire and individual consciousness; Same as Adharma
Answer: The cosmic principles of existence
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Question: Buddhist believe that this depends on the actions that we have taken in the past.
Choices: Our Nirvana; Our happiness; Our births; Our Karma
Answer: Our births
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Question: In Buddhism the cycle of rebirths is known as what?
Choices: Bodhi; Dharma; Samsara; Thangka
Answer: Samsara
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Question: Which saint is known as the patron of children?
Choices: Anthony; Nicholas; Barbara; Martha
Answer: Nicholas
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Question: Who is known as the patron of India?
Choices: Francis Xavier; John the Divine; Giles; Catherine
Answer: Francis Xavier
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Question: St. Benedict is known as the patron of which of these groups of people?
Choices: Monks; Librarians; Musicians; Fishermen
Answer: Monks
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Question: Who was the first Italian-American woman to be canonized as a saint of the Catholic Church?
Choices: Mother Catherine; Dorothea of the Angels; Frances Cabrini; Agnes of God
Answer: Frances Cabrini
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Question: Which saint is referred to as the patron of fishermen?
Choices: Andrew the Apostle; Raphael the Archangel; Jerome; Sebastian
Answer: Andrew the Apostle
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Question: Which  saint is most often invoked for the recovery of a lost object?
Choices: Josephine; Rebecca; Anthony; Jude
Answer: Anthony
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Question: Who used to be the patron saint of travelers?
Choices: St. Michael; St. Christopher; St. Theresa; St. Andrew
Answer: St. Christopher
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Question: Which saint is the patron of all animals and living creatures?
Choices: Francsis of Asissi; Francis de Salles; Francis of Rome; Francis Xavier
Answer: Francsis of Asissi
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Question: Who is the patron saint of writers and librarians?
Choices: Jerome; Thomas Aquinas; Gregory; Edward the Confessor
Answer: Jerome
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Question: To which saint does one pray for healthy eyes?
Choices: St. Mary of Naples; St. Lucy, Virgin; St. Frances of the Holy Redeemer; St. Anne
Answer: St. Lucy, Virgin
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Question: What is the Hindu Trinity?
Choices: Shiva, Brahma, Krishna; Shiva, Lakshmi, Ganesh; Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva; Buddha, Brahma, Ganesh
Answer: Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva
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Question: Hinduism is a monotheistic religion.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: What is the most sacred river for Hindus?
Choices: Jamuna; Gange; Siddharta; Goa
Answer: Gange
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Question: How many women-followers did the Hindu deity Lord Krishna have?
Choices: 108; 2; 1; 167
Answer: 108
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Question: What are the main characters of the ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana?
Choices: Brahma and Vishnu; Rama and Krishna; Rama and Sita; Krishna and Shiva
Answer: Rama and Sita
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Question: Who is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, known as the Hare Krishna?
Choices: Prabhupada; George Harrison; Sai Baba; Dalai Lama
Answer: Prabhupada
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Question: Lord Ganesh, one of the most worshipped divinities in Hinduism, has the head of what animal?
Choices: cobra; lion; bear; elephant
Answer: elephant
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Question: Which of these belonged to the highest-ranking Hindu caste?
Choices: widows; warriors; priests; workers
Answer: priests
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Question: Krishna is an incarnation of which Hindu god?
Choices: Vishnu; Buddha; Shiva; Brahma
Answer: Vishnu
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Question: The Swastika is a solar symbol for Hindus.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: According to the Book of Esther, Esther replaced this disobedient Biblical queen.
Choices: Queen Ruth; Queen Vashti; Queen Mary; Queen of Sheba
Answer: Queen Vashti
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Question: This brave Biblical woman led the Israelites to victory in the battle against Sisera.
Choices: Rebecah; Leah; Sarah; Deborah
Answer: Deborah
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Question: According to the Bible, King David saw this beautiful woman bathing, and immediately desired her, but she was married.
Choices: Ahinoam; Abigail; Michal; Bathsheba
Answer: Bathsheba
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Question: This Biblical woman couldnt have children, but finally God granted her a son, who was to be named Samuel and become one of the Bibles most prolific prophets of all time.
Choices: Hannah; Abigail; Peninnah; Hagar
Answer: Hannah
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Question: According to the New Testament, this woman had a son called John the Baptist.
Choices: Martha; Elizabeth; Maacah; Mary
Answer: Elizabeth
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Question: According to the Book of Exodus, this brave mother hid her young baby son, Moses, in a basket along the Nile River, so that no one could kill him.
Choices: Jochebed; Miriam; Martha; Zipporah
Answer: Jochebed
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Question: This biblical heroine hid two Israelite spies in her house under stalks of flax.
Choices: Leah; Rehab; Naomi; Rachel
Answer: Rehab
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Question: In the Bible, this woman gave birth to male twins and as she was in labor the twins jostled each other, one babys hand grasping the heel of the other infants foot.
Choices: Rachel; Rebekah; Leah; Hagar
Answer: Rebekah
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Question: This Biblical woman poured perfume on Jesus feet and wiped them with her hair.
Choices: Mary; Keturah; Samaritan woman; Sarah
Answer: Mary
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Question: According to the Bible, this woman became a widow and decided to live with her mother-in-law instead of going home to her family. She then married Boaz.
Choices: Ruth; Naomi; Oprah; Esther
Answer: Ruth
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Question: Which of these architects designed St. Peters Basilica in Rome?
Choices: Carlo Marchionni; Donato di NiccolÃ² di Betto Bardi; Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni; Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Answer: Carlo Marchionni
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Question: Raphael Santi was the original architect of the Chigi Chapel but Gian Bernini finished it, after Raphael became a father.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: St. Peters Basilica is both the Popes principal church and his official ecclesiastical seat.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: The Temple of Vespasian was begun by Titus after whose death?
Choices: his brother-in-law, Jesus; his father, Vespasian; his brother, Domitian; his best friend, Tiberius
Answer: his father, Vespasian
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Question: Following Michelangelos death, his student, Giacomo della Porta continued with the unfinished portions of Palazzo Farnese.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Did Leonardo Da Vinci design the facade for the church of Santa Bibiana.
Choices: No; Yes
Answer: No
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Question: When Michelangelo was still an apprentice, he made an imitation of a famous Roman statue that was sold in Rome as an ancient Roman original. What was the name of the original statue?
Choices: Cherubini; Bacchus; Il Putto Dormiente; Moses
Answer: Il Putto Dormiente
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Question: All originals of Leonardo da Vincis Leda and the Swan have been either lost or destroyed.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: How  many books are in the Torah?
Choices: 18; 5; 21; 10
Answer: 5
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Question: Jason Marquis (Cardinals), Shawn Green (Arizona),and Brad Asmus (Houston) are all Jewish.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: What was the only automobile brand named after a Jew?
Choices: Oldsmobile; Citroen; Duesenberg; Auburn
Answer: Citroen
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Question: Which of these great home run hitters was Jewish?
Choices: Tony Gwynn; Hank Greenberg; Jimmy Foxx; King Kong Keller
Answer: Hank Greenberg
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Question: Except for Saturday, how many times a day must an Orthodox Jew pray?
Choices: 19; 3; 1; 5
Answer: 3
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Question: On front of the home of every Jew, there is a special decoration or religious symbol. It is also found inside the home at very doorpost and every gate. In each one, there are three sections of the (Old) Testament.  What do we call these religious objects?
Choices: Moshiach; Mohels; Mezzuzas; Torahs
Answer: Mezzuzas
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Question: On Columbus first trip to the new world, many Jews were employed by Columbus. What was the highest job held by a Jew?
Choices: Weatherman; Translator; Treasurer; Supply commander
Answer: Translator
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Question: What religious article must every unmarried Jewish woman wear?
Choices: Red String; Star of David; None; Fringes
Answer: None
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Question: In Judaism locusts are kosher, which means that they are allowed to be eaten.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: In every synagogue, in every country in the world, there are the same number of statues. How many?
Choices: 10; 5; 0; 3
Answer: 0
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Question: According to the Bible, God forbade Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of the apple tree.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Who is the first human who murdered a human according to the Bible?
Choices: Eve; Cain; Adam; Abel
Answer: Cain
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Question: According to the Book of Revelation, there are angels of the Devil.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: It is written in the Bible, that false Christs and prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: According to Christian theology, Jesus Christ is a person with an entirely human nature.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What Biblical figure built an ark on top of a mountain?
Choices: Moses; Jacob; Noah; Joseph
Answer: Noah
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Question: What Biblical hero split the sea so that he and his people could go across?
Choices: Noah; Joseph; Jacob; Moses
Answer: Moses
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Question: What does the name Moses mean according to the Bible?
Choices: Prince of Egypt; taken from the water; beautiful; sour
Answer: taken from the water
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Question: How many books are there in the Bible?
Choices: 64; 65; 59; 66
Answer: 66
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Question: How many times a year is a healthy, adult Jew required to fast?
Choices: 0; 13; 6; 2
Answer: 6
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Question: Historically, Golda Meir was the first female Jewish leader.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: What is the subject of the first Book of the  Talmud ?
Choices: There is no first book; Blessings; Civil Torts; Shabbat
Answer: Blessings
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Question: It is considered that the Jewish Golden Age occurred in this country.
Choices: Spain; France; Israel; India
Answer: Spain