Are You Smarter Than An Atheist? A Religious Quiz
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Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups in a 32-question survey of religious knowledge by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. On average, Americans got 16 of the 32 questions correct. Atheists and agnostics got an average of 20. 9 correct answers. Jews (20. 5) and Mormons (20. 3). Protestants got 16 correct answers on average, while Catholics got 14. 7 questions right. CCN has duplicated this quiz for our Muslim readers How will you do on the quiz?
- 1.
- A.
Friday
- B.
Saturday
- C.
Sunday
- D.
Don't know
- 2.
- A.
The Hindu festival of lights
- B.
A Jewish day of atonement
- C.
The Islamic holy month
- D.
Don't know
- 3.Do you happen to know which of these is the king of gods in ancient Greek mythology?
- A.
Zeus
- B.
Mars
- C.
Apollo
- D.
Don't know
- 4.
- A.
Islam
- B.
Buddhism
- C.
Hinduism
- D.
Don't know
- 5.In which religion are Vishnu and Shiva central figures?
- A.
Islam
- B.
Hinduism
- C.
Taoism
- D.
Don't know
- 6.
- A.
Someone who believes in God
- B.
Someone who does NOT believe in God
- C.
Someone who is unsure whether God exists
- D.
Don't know
- 7.
- A.
Someone who believes in God
- B.
Someone who does NOT believe in God
- C.
Someone who is unsure whether God exists
- D.
Don't know
- 8.
- A.
Bethlehem
- B.
Jericho
- C.
Jerusalem
- D.
Nazareth
- E.
Don't know
- 9.
- A.
Before the year 1200 A.D.
- B.
Between 1200 and 1800
- C.
Sometime after 1800
- D.
Don't know
- 10.The Book of Mormon tells the story of Jesus Christ appearing to people in what area of the world?
- A.
The Americas
- B.
Middle East
- C.
Asia
- D.
Don't know
- 11.Which of the following best describes Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for Communion?
- A.
The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ
- B.
The bread and wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ
- C.
Other
- D.
Don't know
- 12.
- A.
Only Protestants
- B.
Only Catholics
- C.
Both Protestants and Catholics
- D.
Neither Protestants nor Catholics
- E.
Don't know
- 13.Please tell me which of the following is NOT one of the Ten Commandments?
- A.
Do not commit adultery
- B.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
- C.
Do not steal
- D.
Keep the Sabbath holy
- E.
All are in the Ten Commandments
- F.
Don't know
- 14.
- A.
Job
- B.
Elijah
- C.
Moses
- D.
Abraham
- E.
Don't know
- 15.
- A.
Job
- B.
Elijah
- C.
Moses
- D.
Abraham
- E.
Don't know
- 16.
- A.
Job
- B.
Elijah
- C.
Moses
- D.
Abraham
- E.
Don't know
- 17.
- A.
Jewish
- B.
Catholic
- C.
Buddhist
- D.
Mormon
- E.
Hindu
- F.
Don't know
- 18.
- A.
Catholic
- B.
Jewish
- C.
Buddhist
- D.
Mormon
- E.
Hindu
- F.
Don't know
- 19.
- A.
Catholic
- B.
Jewish
- C.
Buddhist
- D.
Mormon
- E.
Hindu
- F.
Don't know
- 20.
- A.
Catholic
- B.
Jewish
- C.
Buddhist
- D.
Mormon
- E.
Hindu
- F.
Don't know
- 21.
- A.
Christianity should be given special emphasis by the government
- B.
The government shall neither establish a religion nor interfere with the practice of religion
- C.
The Constitution does not say anything one way or the other about religion
- D.
Don't know
- 22.According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to lead a class in prayer?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Don't know
- 23.Do you happen to know what religion most people in India consider themselves?
- A.
Buddhist
- B.
Hindu
- C.
Muslim
- D.
Christian
- E.
Don't know
- 24.According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to read from the Bible as an example of literature?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Don't know
- 25.According to rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, is a public school teacher permitted to offer a class comparing the world's religions?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- C.
Don't know
- 26.Do you happen to know what religion most people in Indonesia consider themselves?
- A.
Buddhist
- B.
Hindu
- C.
Muslim
- D.
Christian
- E.
Don't know
- 27.Do you happen to know what religion most people in Pakistan consider themselves?
- A.
Buddhist
- B.
Hindu
- C.
Muslim
- D.
Christian
- E.
Don't know
- 28.
- A.
Martin Luther
- B.
Thomas Aquinas
- C.
John Wesley
- D.
Don't know
- 29.Which one of these preachers participated in the period of religious activity known as the First Great Awakening?
- A.
Billy Graham
- B.
Jonathan Edwards
- C.
Charles Finney
- D.
Don't know
- 30.Do you happen to know the name of the holy book of Islam?
- A.
Islam's Holy Book
- B.
The Bible
- C.
Qur'an
- 31.
- A.
Book of Genesis
- B.
New Testament
- C.
Old Testament
- D.
Book of Exodus
- 32.
- A.
Matthew, James, Luke, John
- B.
Jude, James, Timothy, Luke
- C.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
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