Religion & Faith trivia questions
505 multiple-choice Religion & Faith trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What do we call the first written book of the Kabbalah?
- What are the two major pronunciations of Hebrew?
- What are Dam, Tzefardea, Kinim?
- What do we call the language spoken by Jews in Spain and Portugal, which consisted of mainly Spanish and Hebrew words written in Hebrew letters?
- The Hebrew term for the Old Testament is Tanach. How many books are in the Tanach?
- What does Aygel Hah Zahav refer to?
- Which Hebrew term means genius?
- Who is considered the first Chassidic Rabbi?
- Which of the following is not one of the four main forms of Tibetan Buddhism?
- What is the title of the leader of the Kagyu, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism?
- What is the name of the Tibetan King who is said to have brought and solidified Buddhism in Tibet?
- Which word refers to a Tibetan Buddhist lama or other religious figure, who has consciously decided to be reborn, in order to continue his/her religious pursuits?
- Who was the founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist Dharma center in the West?
- Who is the second highest lama in the Gelugpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism?
- What year did the XIVth Dalai Lama escape Tibet?
- Padmasambhava, a widely revered Indian Buddhist master who founded the Tantric school of Buddhism in the 8th century, is known by what other name?
- The Dalai Lama and the Karmapa are believed to be emanations of what deity?
- The Holy Grail is sometimes associated with which magical object in Celtic mythology?
- Who wrote Joseph dArimathie, the first literary work to link the Holy Grail with the Last Supper of Jesus and Joseph of Arimathea?
- In Arthurian legend Percival first saw the Holy Grail in the castle of the Fisher King, who was badly wounded in this part of the body.
- Percival was the first knight in Arthurian legend to see the Holy Grail in the castle of the Fisher King. He could not heal the King’s wound, though. Why?
- Three Knights of the Round Table get to see the Holy Grail. First Percival, then Bors and next who of the following?
- In the mystery novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown the secrets of the Holy Grail are kept by this secret society.
- In the 1991 movie The Fisher King, Robin Williams’ character is obsessed with the legend of the Fisher King and tries to get the Holy Grail. He believes that this object is actually the Grail.
- The Holy Grail was a popular theme in many literary works from the 19th century such as the Arthurian cycle The Idylls of the King. Who was its author?
- The search for The Holy Grail is one of the central themes in the opera Persifal by this German composer.
- At Christmas, Christians celebrates the Nativity or birth of Jesus Christ in which city?
- Which Christian saint, regarded as the first martyr of Christianity, is commemorated on December 27 or 26?
- On September 8 or September 21, Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate the birth of this important biblical figure to parents Joachim and Anna.
- Which event is regarded as the greatest feast in the Christian calendar?