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American Religious Leaders Trivia Quiz

This quiz explores the religious movements that were started in America, and the leaders of these movements. Some easy, some tough

A multiple-choice quiz by Team Philly Phanatics. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
PhillyRex

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
383,522

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
526

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Mary Baker Eddy's 1875 writing "Science and Health with Keys to the Scriptures" is the basis of this church's doctrine. What is the common name this church is known by? Hint

Christian Science

Divine Science

Scientology

Moorish Science Temple of Americe

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Question 2 of 10

2. Rev. Dana McLean Greeley of Boston was the first president of this church when it was created by the merger of two other religious groups in 1961. What church is it? Hint

Polish National Catholic Church

Religious Science

Unitarian Universalist Association

Progressive National Baptist Convention

3. In the 1870s Charles Taze Russell and others formed a Bible study group in Pittsburgh which evolved into the Zion's Watchtower Tract Society. Later changes to his doctrine were make under the leadership of Joseph Franklin Rutherford. What religion did these men help establish? Hint

7th Day Adventist

Jehovah's Witnesses

Universalist Church of America

The Rosicrucian Fellowship

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Question 4 of 10

4. Ann Lee came from England to upstate New York in 1774 and established the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. What other name is this group known by? Hint

Baptist

Meminites

Shakers

Duelist

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Question 5 of 10

5. His writings, transcribed from gold tablets, inspired the creation of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints. What was his name? Hint

Oliver Cowdery

Brigham Young

Joseph Smith

Angel Moroni

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Nation of Islam is an Islamic religious movement founded in Detroit in 1930. Who founded this movement? Hint

Elijah Muhammad

Wallace D. Fard Muhammad

Louis Farrakhan

Warith Deen Mohammed

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Question 7 of 10

7. Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan taught of the progressive nature of Judaism. What is the movement he is associated with? Hint

Kabbalistic Judaism

Ethical Culture

Jewish Renewal

Reconstructionist Judaism

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Question 8 of 10

8. L. Ron Hubbard wrote "Dianetics", which became the basis of which religion? Hint

Divine Science

Church of Christ, Scientist

Christian Science

Scientology

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Moorish Science Temple of America was founded about 1913. Who was the founder? Hint

Noble Drew Ali

Edward Mealy El

David Ford El

Claude Green Bey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Meshullam Zalman Schachter-Shalomi fled the Nazi forces of Europe and came to the US, where he became one of the founders of what movement? Hint

People's Temple

Unitarian Universalist

Jewish Renewal

Jews for Jesus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Mary Baker Eddy's 1875 writing "Science and Health with Keys to the Scriptures" is the basis of this church's doctrine. What is the common name this church is known by?

Answer: Christian Science

Mary Baker Eddy was born in New Hampshire. She was the daughter of a preacher. Her writings, with the Bible, are the basis of the doctrine for the Christian Science Church, which was founded in Boston.

2. Rev. Dana McLean Greeley of Boston was the first president of this church when it was created by the merger of two other religious groups in 1961. What church is it?

Answer: Unitarian Universalist Association

The merger of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America led to the creation of the Unitarian Universalist Church. It is a Christian denomination, but without any specific creed.

Answer: Jehovah's Witnesses

The name Jehovah's Witnesses did not come about until 1931, after many doctrine changes for the original Zion's Watchtower Tract Society.

4. Ann Lee came from England to upstate New York in 1774 and established the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. What other name is this group known by?

Answer: Shakers

The Shakers evolved from the Quakers of England. Ann Lee had a vision that she and some followers should come to America. In America this religion expanded. They were called the Shakers because of the dancing during their Worship Service. As of 2016 there any only four Shakers remaining.

5. His writings, transcribed from gold tablets, inspired the creation of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints. What was his name?

Answer: Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith was led to the gold tablets by the angel Moroni. Oliver Cowdery was one of the earliest members of the church. After Joseph Smith's death, Brigham Young became leader of the church and brought them to Utah.

6. The Nation of Islam is an Islamic religious movement founded in Detroit in 1930. Who founded this movement?

Answer: Wallace D. Fard Muhammad

Wallace Fard Muhammad founded the Nation of Islam to help improve the lives of African Americans. He disappeared in 1934. Elijah Muhammad then led the movement. After Elijah's death in 1975, Warith Deen Mohammed assumed leadership. In 1977, Louis Farrakhan rejected Warith Mohammed's leadership and worked to bring the movement back to its original ideals.

7. Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan taught of the progressive nature of Judaism. What is the movement he is associated with?

Answer: Reconstructionist Judaism

Mordecai Kaplan, and his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein developed Reconstructionist Judaism through the early 20th Centery. They believe Judaism is to be progressive.

8. L. Ron Hubbard wrote "Dianetics", which became the basis of which religion?

Answer: Scientology

L. Ron Hubbard wrote "Dianetics; The Modern Science of Mental Health", and "Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science", which is the basis doctrine of The Church of Scientology. The first Scientology church opened in Camden, NJ in 1953.

9. The Moorish Science Temple of America was founded about 1913. Who was the founder?

Answer: Noble Drew Ali

Timothy Drew, who later changed his name to Noble Drew Ali, founded the Moorish Science Temple of America 1913 in Newark, NJ. They believed that African Americans are descended from the Moors of Africa.

In 1929 Claude Green-bey broke off from the group to start his own movement. He was found murdered in the Temple hall a couple months later. After Noble Drew Ali's death, his brother, Edward Mealy El claimed leadership. David Ford El, Noble Ali's chauffeur, also claimed leadership because of a vision he had. The Temple's Unity Conference selected Kirkman Bey as Noble Ali's successor.

10. Meshullam Zalman Schachter-Shalomi fled the Nazi forces of Europe and came to the US, where he became one of the founders of what movement?

Answer: Jewish Renewal

Zalman Schachter Shalomi founded the B'nai Or in the 1960s, which merged with The Shalom Center in 1993 and created the alliance Jewish Renewal.

Source: Author PhillyRex

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