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Explore the beliefs and stories that have guided humanity for millennia with our Religion, Mythology & Folklore quiz collection. Covering world religions, sacred texts, creation myths, gods and goddesses, and the folk traditions of cultures across the globe, these quizzes offer a fascinating window into humanity's spiritual and imaginative life.
Questions range from the major world religions and their key texts and figures to Greek, Norse, and Egyptian mythology, fairy tales, legends, and the supernatural beliefs that have shaped societies throughout history. Whether you're theologically curious or a mythology enthusiast, these quizzes will challenge what you think you know.
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The last time there were 2 of these at the same time was 1449 with Felix V & Nicholas V
Answer: Popes
Seraphim have 6 of them: 2 to cover their faces, 2 to cover their feet & 2 to fly with
Answer: Wings
A famous passage from the Bible,the Twenty-third Psalm begins with the line “The Lord is my” what?
Answer: Shepherd
Shivah in this religion is a 7-day period of mourning
Answer: Judaism
This bishop who died in 460 A.D. is celebrated on March 17
Answer: Saint Patrick
In 1903, Edward VII became the first man to meet the Pope as head of this body that popes once headed
Answer: Church of England
To where do Muslims make pilgrimage?
Answer: Mecca
In the phrases “bar mitzvah” and “bat mitzvah,” “bar” and “bat” are Hebrew words meaning what?
Answer: Son and Daughter
Name the fabulous winged horse of Greek Mythology?
Answer: Pegasus
This religious leader died in India around 483 B.C., possibly from eating contaminated pork.
Answer: Buddha
His wife was Penelope and his son, Telemachus. He was exiled from his home on Ithaca for angering the gods?
Answer: Odysseus
Who, according to the Bible, led the Israelites into The Promised Land?
Answer: Joshua
Which mythical creature has the body of a lion, a goat's head rising from its back and a snake's head at the tip of its tail?
Answer: Chimera
What does someone become after being canonized?
Answer: Saint
What chapel do Cardinals congregate in to elect a new Pope?
Answer: Sistine Chapel
What Jewish holiday is the Day of Atonement?
Answer: Yom Kippur
A prayer rug called a “sajjada” is traditionally used by members of what religion?
Answer: Islam
& in this corner, standing "six cubits and a span", from Gath & I Samuel 17, "The Philistine Fist" ...him!
Answer: Goliath
Jesus cleansed the temple by casting out all that was sold within & said, "Ye have made it a den of" these.
Answer: Thieves
With more than a billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity.
Answer: Roman Catholicism
During the 5th & 6th centuries, under the T'ang dynasty, this religion became "the way" of China.
Answer: Taoism
Begun around 1500 by Guru Nanak, this religion incorporates elements of Hinduism.
Answer: Sikhism
The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this.
Answer: Episcopal
This Seattle-based airline puts prayer cards on the food trays.
Answer: Alaska Airlines
This religion was created by a man who wrote Westerns, horror & science fiction stories.
Answer: Scientology
Lamaism is another name for this religion in which the ruler chief monk is the Dalai Lama.
Answer: Buddhism
Because oak was sacred in this ancient Celtic religion, rituals were usually held in forests.
Answer: Druidism
The Western Wall is sacred to which religion?
Answer: Judaism
St. Augustine's mother was a Christian, but his father was one of these, from the Latin for "country dweller".
Answer: Pagan
Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member.
Answer: The Quakers
Around 500 B.C. this country's King Darius I recognized Zoroastrianism.
Answer: Persia
In Islam, Harut & Marut are a couple of fallen ones of these.
Answer: Angels
A land of mist & cold, Niflheim was the lowest region of hell in this 5-letter mythology.
Answer: Norse
Ulysses met up again with Agamemnon & Ajax in a place ruled by this god.
Answer: Hades
In Genesis 11 this structure of bricks & mortar is meant to reach heaven.
Answer: Tower of Babel
Daedalus built the labyrinth in which this half-man, half-bull monster was kept.
Answer: The Minotaur
Charles Wesley's "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" is a hymn for this holiday.
Answer: Easter
In 1871 the federal government arrested this Mormon leader for polygamy.
Answer: Brigham Young
Said to belong to Saint Peter, Vatican City’s official flag depicts two crossed what?
Answer: Keys
Sunni is the largest denomination of what religion?
Answer: Islam
Marking the first day of Lent, observers of Ash Wednesday have ashes placed on what part of the body?
Answer: Forehead
The goddess of marriage among other things, she was not only Zeus' wife, she was his sister too.
Answer: Hera
A full moon gets this type of monster in a hairy situation.
Answer: Werewolf
In a Mary Shelley work, he's the doctor who used electricity to charge his constructed monster to life.
Answer: Dr. Frankenstein
Now coexisting with the Roman Catholic Church there, it's the chief religion of many of the people in Haiti.
Answer: Voodoo
It's a "cinch" you know this term for the area of the Midwest & South noted for its religious fundamentalism.
Answer: Bible Belt
Part of many religions, it's the opposition to war & violence as means of settling disputes.
Answer: Pacifism
The Paraclete is this part of the Trinity.
Answer: Holy Spirit
The Egyptian god Horus had the head of what creature?
Answer: Falcon
Edmund Halley thought a comet might have caused this event described in Genesis 7.
Answer: Great Flood