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World religions: festivals and symbols quiz — Mind & society

The “World religions: festivals and symbols” quiz — Mind & society. It has 25 questions in five categories: Festival Calendar, Symbols and Signs, Sacred Spaces, Rituals and Customs, Books and Teachings. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: World religions: festivals and symbols

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Festival Calendar

  1. 100

    Nativity scenes recall Jesus's birth during which Christian holiday?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Candles in a special nine-branched lamp mark which eight-day Jewish festival?

  3. 300

    During which Hindu festival…

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  4. 400

    Which Buddhist holiday honours…

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  5. 500

    Sikhs mark the founding…

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Symbols and Signs

  1. 100

    Two intersecting beams recall Jesus's crucifixion. Which Christian emblem is this?

  2. 200

    What is the six-pointed Jewish emblem made from two overlapping triangles called?

  3. 300

    In a yoga class…

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  4. 400

    What is this Buddhist…

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  5. 500

    Which Sikh emblem combines…

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Sacred Spaces

  1. 100

    What do you call a building where Muslims gather for communal prayer?

  2. 200

    What is a Jewish house of prayer called?

  3. 300

    Which Sanskrit-derived word…

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  4. 400

    What is this Buddhist…

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  5. 500

    What is the Sikh…

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Rituals and Customs

  1. 100

    What Christian initiation rite uses water to welcome a person into the church?

  2. 200

    Pilgrims circle the Kaaba in Mecca during which Islamic pilgrimage?

  3. 300

    On a deli menu…

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  4. 400

    At a Sikh community…

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  5. 500

    What is the Jewish…

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Books and Teachings

  1. 100

    Which Christian scripture has an Old Testament and a New Testament?

  2. 200

    What is the holy book at the centre of Islam?

  3. 300

    What is the Jewish…

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  4. 400

    Krishna counsels Arjuna in…

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  5. 500

    Which Sikh scripture is…

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