Religious Trivia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Egypt

Copt derives from Aegyptus, in Arab Qupt. They considered themselves to be the true descendants of the ancient Egyptians. There was a group of Copts in Ethiopia too, but they don't any longer want to be considered part of the Coptic community. There also was a Kingdom of the Coptic Church of which the capital was Aksum. That town is now in Ethiopia.

The Coptic Church started its history and had the largest number of its followers in Egypt, however, not in any of the other Middle East countries where it always has had small minority groups up till today.

Answer: Zealots

The story is situated in 66 AD. The fortress of Masada had been built by Herod between 37 and 31 BC. Details of the story are to be found with the Romanised Jewish historian Flavius Josephus.

Answer: Stupidity

In the very centre of the wheel there is a rooster chasing a pig chasing a snake chasing the rooster.

Answer: Persia

Manicheism sees Creation as a battle between the two independent forces of good and evil, evil not being subjected to any superior power. It can be seen as a form of Gnosticism. Mani lived from 216 till 276. He was born in the province of Babylon, which was under Persian rule.

His family was Persian,but his name is Aramaic. In the course of his life he came into conflict with the dominant Zoroastrian priests in Persia and was put to death.

Answer: Buddhist monks

The principle is that Buddhists should always focus on the spiritual rather than on the temporal and worldly. Catholics, and Christians in general, are supposed to give to Caesar what is due to Caesar, as the Gospels put it.

Answer: Ethiopia

There is a rival theory that she may have lived in Yemen. See what the Encyclopedia Britannica Online has to say on this. Check for magazine article by William S. Connery.

Answer: Haile Selassie

In the Abyssinian War, Mussolini was after the territory of what is now Ethiopia, which he wanted to make an Italian colony.

Answer: Ordo Sancti Benedicti or the Order of the Benedictines

St. Benedict of Subiaco came here in the sixth century after Christ. The Premonstratenzians are also known as the Norbertines. The Friars Minor were, of course, founded by St. Francis. Cistercians are also called Bernardines.

Answer: Islam

AH stands for 'Anno Hegirae' or the year of the Flight of Mohammed to Medina - 622 AD. On 16 July of that year (Julian calendar!) AH1 started. In the year AD 2003 we have witnessed the start of Islamic year AH 1424.

Answer: St. Augustine

In his younger years St. Augustine was a bit of a brat. St. Jerome was a much more sombre man. Erasmus was not really a saint and prayers are not what he bequeathed to the world. Thomas More had a few original prayers, e.g. a prayer in which he asks to be enlightened as to what IS to be done, and also to be enlightened as to what CAN be done, and especially to be given the wisdom to distinguish between the two.