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Quiz about Christian Evangelists in the USA
Quiz about Christian Evangelists in the USA

Christian Evangelists in the U.S.A. Quiz


This quiz highlights American evangelists and their 'failings'. I'll supply the clue, and you decide which evangelist it belongs to.

A multiple-choice quiz by crannoch. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
crannoch
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
76,186
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
3008
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Question 1 of 10
1. She was called 'the trance evangelist' and prophesied that San Francisco would be destroyed in 1890. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. He claimed he was Elijah, and founded a city called Zion in 1900. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. He made a missionary trip to Africa, but on the return boat trip in 1911, nine died for lack of food and water. He was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in penitentiary. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. She became involved with married evangelist Burroughs Waltrip, who subsequently left his wife and two children and married her. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 1979 he was sentenced to a 12-year prison term for conspiring to (1) burn a state trooper's home (2) burn a creditors home and (3) mug a newspaperman who had exposed his drug arrests. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. At his peak, he was raking in $80 million a year until ABC did an expose on him in 1991. He was the first preacher to combine saturation tv exposure and massive direct-mailings. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. James Randi exposed this evangelist's use of electronic devices on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 1987 he was photographed with a prostitute outside a New Orleans motel. He was caught again in 1991. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. He says he was led out of a Jewish orphanage by two angels. He took over the Heritage USA properties after Jim Bakker was convicted. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. He had a vision of a 900 foot tall Jesus in 1980. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. She was called 'the trance evangelist' and prophesied that San Francisco would be destroyed in 1890.

Answer: Maria Woodworth-Etter

Maria Woodworth-Etter(1844-1924) had vast influence in Pentecostal circles and was also called the 'voodoo priestess'.
2. He claimed he was Elijah, and founded a city called Zion in 1900.

Answer: John Dowie

He was convicted on manslaughter and neglect but a higher court ruled that the conviction was unconstitutional. Many had gone to his faith homes for healing, and died because of no medical attention.
3. He made a missionary trip to Africa, but on the return boat trip in 1911, nine died for lack of food and water. He was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in penitentiary.

Answer: Frank Sandford

He also ran the 'Holy Ghost and Us' bible school in Lancaster, Maine.
4. She became involved with married evangelist Burroughs Waltrip, who subsequently left his wife and two children and married her.

Answer: Kathryn Kuhlman

Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976). Her ministry took in {$2} million to {$3} million annually.
5. In 1979 he was sentenced to a 12-year prison term for conspiring to (1) burn a state trooper's home (2) burn a creditors home and (3) mug a newspaperman who had exposed his drug arrests.

Answer: LeRoy Jenkins

His ministry was making $3 million a year just from selling miracle water, prayer cloths and healing T-shirts.
6. At his peak, he was raking in $80 million a year until ABC did an expose on him in 1991. He was the first preacher to combine saturation tv exposure and massive direct-mailings.

Answer: Robert Tilton

He claimed his hairweave and plastic surgery were necessary as he did so much praying that the ink from the letters had seeped into his system.
7. James Randi exposed this evangelist's use of electronic devices on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Answer: Peter Popoff

8. In 1987 he was photographed with a prostitute outside a New Orleans motel. He was caught again in 1991.

Answer: Jimmy Swaggart

9. He says he was led out of a Jewish orphanage by two angels. He took over the Heritage USA properties after Jim Bakker was convicted.

Answer: Morris Cerullo

He has a Gulfstream plane estimated value of $50 milliion, and a 12,000 square foot mansion, estimated value of $12 million.
10. He had a vision of a 900 foot tall Jesus in 1980.

Answer: Oral Roberts

Source: Author crannoch

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