Religion Flashcards
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$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| An aid to the faithful since the 13th century, one standard version has parts arranged in groups of 1, 3 or 10
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the rosary
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$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1875 she wrote, “Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe”
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Mary Baker Eddy
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$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A Mennonite leader who was pro-foot washing & anti-beard trimming gave his name to this group
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the Amish
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| “Autobiography of a Yogi” was a popular book by this religion’s first missionary to settle in the U.S.
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Hindu
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| As part of Catholic Baptism, this word doesn’t mean to go to the gym but to get rid of demons
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exorcise
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The church founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 was formally called the Church of Christ, this
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Scientist
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| To some Muslims, this cubical structure in Mecca was built by Adam & refurbished by Abraham
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the Kaaba
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$2500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| At a deer park, Buddha taught the path of this many parts, part of the 4 Noble Truths
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eight (eightfold accepted)
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| One meaning of this word is any member of Christ’s church, as in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ones
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a saint
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Christmas in December 25; this holiday around the same time starts on Kislev 25 on the Jewish calendar
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Hanukkah
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In this religion, Sufism is mystical practice aiming at direct personal experience of God
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Islam
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This religion of more than 850 million people evolved from Vedism
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Hinduism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Pope Benedict XVI’s first of these was titled “Deus caritas est”, “God is love”
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an encyclical
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Talmud says “when” this “goes in, secrets are revealed” & on the Sabbath, Kiddush is said over a cup of it
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wine
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans
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Buddhism
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Southern Convention of this denomination split from the Yankees in 1845
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the Baptists
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$3000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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$2000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Jainism, with 4 1/2 million adherents, was founded in this country by Mahavira, “the Great Hero”
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India
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| People of this religion call Christians & Jews, their fellow monotheists, Ahl al-Kitab, “People of the Book”
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Muslims (the Islams accepted)
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| (<a>Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Prague, Czech Republic.</a>) I’m in Prague at one of these Jewish houses of worship; completed in the 1200s, it’s the oldest working one in Europe
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a synagogue
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Begin this act, part of penance, by saying, “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned”–then spill the beans
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confession
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$1600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Zen, a branch of this Asian religion, aims for satori, or enlightenment
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Buddhism
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$2000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| You’ll find the word “angel” in this movement that stresses the Gospels & personal salvation
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Evangelism
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Considered to be the words of God himself, the Koran is the holy book of this religion
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Islam
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| More than 80% of India's people practice this religion
Hinduism
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Latter-Day Saints is the more correct term for members of this church
the Mormon Church
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$1600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| For more than 400 years, the chief monk of Tibetan Buddhism has gone by this title
the Dalai Lama
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$2000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| While there are 3 orders of Franciscans, all follow the ideals of the founder, St. Francis of this city
Assisi
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| LDS is an abbreviation for laus deo semper, "praise to God always", & for this term for a religious group
Latter-Day Saints
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It can be any person who's reached Nirvana, or a specific one of the 6th century B.C.
buddha
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Thomas Coke & Francis Asbury, the 1st Methodist superintendents in America, soon took this other religious title
bishop
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$3600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A homophone of a weapon, it's the list of books making up scripture
canon
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$2000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The founder of this religion in the 500s B.C. was known as Jina; an anagram of Jina gave us its present name
Jainism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The 3 branches of original Protestantism were Zwinglianism, Calvinism & this "ism"
Lutheranism
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The slanted bar on the Orthodox Cross may refer to these criminals flanking Jesus--one went to heaven and one didn't
the two thieves
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This sternly conservative Islamic movement named for an 18th century cleric is based in Arabia
Wahhabism
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1987 Hialeah, FL banned this religion's animal sacrifices; in 1993 the Supreme Court overturned the ban
Santeria
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| After initiation as a Sikh, males add this 5-letter word meaning lion to their names
Singh
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Archaeological digs in 1996 indicate that Buddha was born in this country, about 145 miles SW of Katmandu
Nepal
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the Roman Catholic Church, several parishes in an area form this territorial district headed by a bishop
diocese
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This -ism named for Protestant reformer John is associated with the values of thrift & labor
Calvinism
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$1600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| To avoid persecution by a tribe called the Quraysh, Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city
Medina
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$2000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This Jewish festival is also called the Feast of Tabernacles or the Feast of Booths
Sukkot
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This archangel was the messenger between God & Muhammad
Gabriel
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Unification Church was founded in this country in 1954
(South) Korea
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the front of the Temple de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain) The facade named this, the word for Jesus' suffering & death, has sober design elements like columns that look like bones
the Passion Facade
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Tenrikyo sect associated with this religion puts Japan at the center of the universe
Shintoism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| 1 of the 5 symbols worn by members of this Punjab-centered religion is the kirpan, a sword
Sikhism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Koran was revealed to him beginning one night on Mount Hira in 610
Mohammed
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Greco-Russian Church is another name for this family of Christian churches in eastern Europe
Orthodox churches
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Want to officiate at a friend's wedding? You can get ordained online in 3 minutes with this church abbreviated ULC
Universal Life Church
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the novel "Shogun", it's defined as "Fate immutably fixed because of deeds done in a previous life"
karma
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Judaism, "sitting" this 7-day mourning period is often done on low chairs or on the floor
shiva
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A symbol of Judaism, the Magen David is a star of this many points
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Biblically speaking, they're also called the Decalogue
The Ten Commandments
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Quakers is the popular name for members of the Religious Society of these
Friends
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The name of this religion means "the way of the gods" in both Chinese & Japanese
Shinto
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This book of the Bible was named for a prophet & son of Hilkiah the priest, not a bullfrog
Jeremiah
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the Roman Catholic Church fasting during Lent need only occur on Ash Wednesday & this day
Good Friday
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The untouchables were those who existed outside India's 4 main groups of castes in this religion
Hinduism
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This political & religious movement began in Jamaica in the 1920s
Rastafarianism
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$1600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| After WWII the state form of this Asian religion was abolished; the sectarian form was unaffected
Shintoism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This Christian religious minority group of Egypt once spoke Greek but now speaks Arabic in everyday life
Copts
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this
Episcopal
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Less than 20% of all Muslims are Shi'ites or of other groups; the rest belong to this branch
Sunni
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire
Zoroastrianism
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$1600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur
shofar
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$4000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this
Moroni
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$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Among the 854 people the Russian Orthodox Church canonized in 2000 was this czar who was buried in St. Petersburg in 1998
Nicholas II
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Each year about 1 million Hindu pilgrims journey to Varanasi, India to wash away their sins in this holy river
the Ganges
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Biblical book bearing her name begins by saying it took place "in the days when the judges ruled"
Ruth
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This holy book whose name means "recitation" is divided into 114 chapters called suras
The Koran
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1549 this Spanish priest established Christianity in Japan
St. Francis Xavier
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| From the Latin for "soul", it's the belief that natural objects like trees have souls too
animism
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| "Mendicant" religious orders made their money the hard way, they did this to earn it
Beg
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Old traditions of the Jewish holiday Lag Ba-Omer include bonfires & 3-year-old boys getting this cut for the first time
Hair
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The "Oxford Dict. of World Religions" calls it "the reverse side of blessing" (Mom didn't like it either)
Cursing
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Sawm, the fourth pillar of Islam, is this & it's done at times for a whole month
Fasting
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$900 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Rastafarians have roots in 2 places: Ethiopia & this island
Jamaica
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Shi'ite branch of this religion believes that its leadership was willed to Muhammad by his son-in-law Ali
Islam
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Its most sacred books are Kojiki, or "Record of Ancient Events", & Nihongi, or "Chronicle of Japan"
Shinto
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Unlike Luke, Acts specifies that this event took place 40 days after Jesus' resurrection
Ascension
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In this Chinese religion, the Jade Emperor rules the Earth & the Empress of Heaven rules heaven
Taoism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the classic Hindu trinity, this divinity is the creator of the universe
Brahma
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$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A 1999 study concluded that this 13-foot-long, 3-foot-wide holy relic dates back to pre-8th century Jerusalem
Shroud of Turin
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| On Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, Jews observe the destruction of the first & second of these
Temples
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Legend says he spent 98 days beneath a large bo tree, 49 to solve the riddle of suffering & 49 more to meditate
Buddha
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Among the 6 schools of philosophy of this religion are nyaya & yoga
Hinduism
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Japanese once worshiped their emperor as a descendant of Amaterasu Omikami. the top goddess in this religion
Shinto
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The sister of Moses & Aaron, she was the first woman given the title of prophetess
Miriam
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The town near Jerusalem where Jesus was born
Bethlehem
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Term for the chief religious leader of a synagogue
Rabbi
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This religious leader went home to Poland for a 13-day visit in June 1999
Pope John Paul II
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the holy book of Islam
Koran
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Mormons are also known as "Latter-Day" these
Saints
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In this religion, prayer time is announced from a minaret by a muezzin, or crier
Islam
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Founded in Boston in 1879, this church maintains "reading rooms" across the country open to the public
Christian Science
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's said that this founder of Methodism traveled 225,000 miles on horseback to preach the gospel
John Wesley
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Around 1154 the Carmelite religious order was founded on Mount Carmel in what is now this country
Israel
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Mahayana, the liberal branch of this religion, is practiced mainly in Korea, Taiwan & Japan
Buddhism
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Some images of this "Enlightened One" show a top-knot which symbolizes his supreme wisdom
Buddha
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The beliefs of this religion appear in books like the "Lao-Tzu" & the "Chuang-Tzu"
Taoism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Jesus said unto him, "Thou Art" this name, "And upon this rock I will build my church"
Peter
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the highest caste among the Hindus
Brahmans
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| From the Latin for "brother" comes this term for some mendicant monks; Tuck was one
Friars
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Zoroastrianism, water & a liquid called haoma are sacrificed in the presence of this substance
Fire
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Between February 11 & July 16, 1858, the Virgin Mary made a reported 18 appearances at this site
Lourdes
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Theravada school considers itself the closest to the original form of this religion
Buddhism
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Hindu trinity is Brahma, Vishnu & this god
Shiva
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This German's attacks on the Roman Catholic church began the Reformation
Martin Luther
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This symbol of Judaism consists of 2 overlaid triangles
the Star of David
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$1500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Dec. 1945 the supreme commander of the Allied Powers in Japan disestablished this religion
Shinto
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Hymns in the Avesta are the only record, in his own words, of what this Persian prophet believed
Zoroaster
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Hindus believe that all gods are part of this one universal spirit
Brahman
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Falasha Jews of Ethiopia claim descent from King Solomon & this woman
Sheba
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Deseret News is one of several publications owned by this church
Mormons (LDS)
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The name of this Christian sacrament is from the Greek for "to dip"
Baptism
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Tradition says this central shrine of Islam, located in Mecca, was built by Abraham & Ishmael
Kaaba
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| With more than 60 million members worldwide, it's the largest Protestant denomination
Lutheranism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This common name for the Society of Friends may come from the saying "Tremble at the word of the Lord"
Quakers
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Muslims in Uzbekistan are reclaiming these buildings that were put to secular use by the Soviets
Mosques
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Mahayanists label other schools of this religion "Hinayana" or "lesser vehicle"
Buddhism
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$1200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Guadalupe, where Juan Diego twice saw the Virgin Mary in 1531, is now a part of this world capital
Mexico City
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Bhagavad-Gita records a dialogue between a warrior named Arjuna & this avatar of Vishnu
Krishna
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| His letter to the Thessalonians, written about 51 A.D., is considered the earliest New Testament writing
Paul
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The name of this Japanese religion means "The way of the gods"
Shinto
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| During this Jewish holiday, it is customary to greet neighbors with "May You Be Inscribed for a Good Year"
Rosh Hashanah
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is the holiest shrine in this religion
Sikhism
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$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Written in 1517, the 62nd of these is "The true treasure of the church is the holy gospel of... God"
the 95 Theses
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This common Catholic prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus, is often set to music
Hail Mary (or Ave Maria)
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Hinduism the ashes of the dead are cast into this river to insure safe passage from this life
Ganges
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This term used to designate all monks in Tibetan Buddhism means "superior one"
Lama
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| One symbol of this Japanese religion is the Torii, a large gate traditionally made of wood
Shinto
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| On May 1, 1738, he & some friends began a "little society" that prefigured later Methodist societies
John Wesley
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Santeria, which combines Catholicism & African ritual, this apostle once named Simon is called Oggun
Peter
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Quaker gatherings for either business or worship are called these
Meetings
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the 1500s this German movement claimed all people, not just Catholic priests, had access to divinity
Protestant Reformation
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the 500s B.C. this religion claimed all people, not just Brahman priests, had access to divinity
Buddhism
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This term for the Christian belief that denies the trinity lent its name to a denomination
Unitarianism
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The first translation of this book printed in America was John Eliot's 1661-63 Algonquian one
the Bible
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In October 1996 the Pope told scientists this theory was sound if they accept it as God's work
evolution
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| On June 14, 1992 this world leader returned to the Russian Orthodox church after years as an athiest
Boris Yeltsin
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Persian poet Rumi was a Sufi, a member of the mystic sect of this religion
Islam
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This "Tao Te Ching" author attracted many admirers, including a young Confucius
Lao-Tzu
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| With over 8 million members, it's by far the largest Adventist group
Seventh-day Adventists
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The ultimate goal in Buddhism is to attain this state of perfect blessedness
Nirvana
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the church founded by Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The Unification Church
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| From the Greek for "not knowing", it's the belief that God's existence cannot be proved
Agnosticism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This religion centered in India's Punjab state combines elements of Hinduism & Islam
Sikhism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Though a teacher & not divine, temples in China have been erected to this man also called K'ung Fu-Tzu
Confucius
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A shrine of the Bab, a forerunner of the Baha'i, is in Haifa in this country
Israel
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1533 Thomas Cranmer became the first nonpapist archbishop of this see
Canterbury
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| One of the precepts of this nirvana-seeking group is to avoid intoxicating drinks, as they may cause stupidity
Buddhists
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Ramayana is one of the great epics of this religion
Hinduism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1759 Portugal banned the Jesuit order of this Christian church
Roman Catholic Church
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The son of a copper miner, he initiated the Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| 2 of the forms of this Eastern religion are Theravada & Mahayana
Buddhism
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This religion's chief god, the Jade Emperor, was officially sanctioned around 1000 A.D.
Taoism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The main religion on the island of Bali is a mixture of local religious rites & this major religion
Hinduism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the religion of most of Guatemala's people
Roman Catholic
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Practiced by the Soto sect, Zazen is a type of seated meditation in the Zen form of this religion
Buddhism
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Compiled in 712, the Kojiki, "Records of Ancient Matters", is one of this religion's oldest texts
Shinto
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Granth Sahib is the holy book of this religion known for its golden temple in Amritsar
Sikhism
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This major Hindu god known for his avatars has a lucky curl of hair, called the Srivatsa, on his chest
Vishnu
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Also called the "Our Father", it begins "Our father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name"
The Lord's Prayer
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Traditionally, a minyan of 10 male adults is needed to conduct public prayer in this religion
Judaism
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the more common name for the religious Society of Friends
Quakers
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Hinduism the greatest of all mantras is this sacred syllable
Om
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$3000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This religious group held its 100th annual meeting in Boston in 1995
Christian Science
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Muslims worship the same god as Jews & Christians but usually call him by this name
Allah
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This synagogue ceremony marking manhood dates to the Middle Ages
Bar Mitzvah
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Catholicism it's the place of purification for the dead who still bear some trace of sin
Purgatory
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$1300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Meaning "act", it's the term in Hinduism for acts done in one life that have repercussions in the next
Karma
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Lun Yu or "Analects" is the most reliable source on the life & teachings of this Chinese sage
Confucius
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Used in the Roman Catholic Church, it's a circle of 50 beads attached to a crucifix
Rosary
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the 18th century, this ancient Japanese religion was revived through the writings of Mabuchi & others
Shinto
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1649 George Fox, leader of this movement, was jailed for interrupting a minister
Quakers
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| With over 1 billion followers, it's the largest non-Christian religion
Islam
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| These oldest Hindu scriptures existed for centuries before they were written down
Vedas
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The first reform temple of this religion opened in Hamburg, Germany in 1818
Judaism
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Around 67 A.D. St. Linus succeeded this man as Pope
Peter
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$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The standard text of this holy book was formed during the reign of Caliph Uthman, 644-656
The Koran
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$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's estimated this founder of Methodism preached over 40,000 sermons
John Wesley
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$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Parsis, followers of this Persian religion, can be found today living in Bombay
Zoroastrianism
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, is in this city
Jerusalem
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The man with this title is the immediate spiritual father to a Benedictine monastery
Abbot
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the number of books in the Torah
5
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Mandir Mahotsav, which opened in England in August of 1995, is this religion's largest temple outside India
Hinduism
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$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Bodhi tree, a type of Indian fig tree, is sacred to followers of this religion
Buddhism
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The title of this leader of a Jewish congregation means "my master" in Hebrew
rabbi
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This apostle who denied he knew Jesus 3 times is sometimes called the "Apostle to the Jews"
Peter
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Divided into 114 suras or chapters, this Islamic book is the earliest known work in Arabic prose
the Koran
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In about 500 B.C., this philosopher was appointed minister of justice in the Chinese state of Lu
Confucius
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$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto is an important shrine of the zen form of this religion
Buddhism
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$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Artists depict Shiva, a major deity of this religion, wearing a garland of skulls around his neck
Hinduism
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$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the religion of about 85% of the people of Bangladesh
Muslim (or Islam)
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$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Followers of this religion believe Moroni was the last of the Nephite prophet- historians
Mormon
198
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| 2 curved swords, a dagger & a circle make up the symbol of this religion founded in India
Sikhism
199
$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| On Dec. 19, 1894 2 books were formally ordained as the impersonal pastor of this denomination
Christian Scientist
200
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In January of 1377, Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to this city
Rome
201
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1642 this spiritual leader became the ruler of Tibet
Dalai Lama
202
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| His name is a contraction of Arabic for "The God"; The Koran says he is eternal & omnipotent
Allah
203
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Bodhisattvas are personifications of the virtues of this founder of a religion
Buddha
204
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The horseradish on the plate for this Jewish holiday symbolizes the bitterness of slavery in Egypt
Passover
205
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In this religion the supreme sin of shirk, polytheism or the denial of Allah's unity, is unforgivable
Islam
206
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The new fire ceremony was performed every 52 years by this Mexican civilization
Aztecs
207
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1995 a 6-year-old boy in this Chinese-occupied region was identified as the reincarnated Panchen Lama
Tibet
208
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Rituals in this popular religion of Haiti are led by a houngan, a priest, or a mambo, a priestess
Voodoo
209
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In the Rig veda this major Hindu deity is called Rudra & is addressed in just 3 hymns
Shiva
210
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1995 Gordon B. Hinckley was ordained as the 15th president of this Utah-based church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
211
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The state form of this religion was disestablished in Japan after World War II
Shinto
212
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| One of the Five Pillars, or primary duties of Islam, is to fast during this month
Ramadan
213
$1400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Trimurti, or trinity of Hindu gods, consists of Brahma, Shiva & this one
Vishnu
214
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The first American consecrated a bishop in St. Peter's Basilica; he became archbishop of New York in 1939
Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman
215
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Amritsar, the religious center of the Sikhs, is located in this country's Punjab state
India
216
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A Benedictine monk named Augustine became England's first Archbishop of this c. 600
Canterbury
217
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The name of Durga, a fierce & beautiful goddess of this religion, is Sanskrit for "the inaccessible"
Hindu
218
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Poland's patron saint is St. Stanislaus of this city, the former capital of Poland
Krakow
219
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's the religion of nearly all the Malays in Malaysia
Islam
220
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This group's corporate bodies are the Watchtower Bible & Tract Societies of PA & NY
Jehovah's Witnesses
221
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This collection of Jewish religious & civil law has two parts: the mishna & the gammara
The Talmud
222
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The beliefs of this Chinese religion appear in the books "Lao-Tzu" & "Chwang-Tzu"
Taoism
223
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The goal of this form of Buddhism is to attain satori, a state of spiritual enlightenment
Zen
224
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Founded by a Persian prophet, its beliefs are contained in a sacred book called the Avesta
Zoroastrianism
225
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Each person elected to this highest Catholic office gets a new ring designed just for him
pope
226
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A hajji is a Muslim who's made a pilgrimage to this city
Mecca
227
$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Artists often depict Durga, a goddess of this Indian religion, riding a lion or a tiger
Hinduism
228
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Members of this ancient Celtic order served as judges as well as priests
Druids
229
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The archbishop of Uppsala is the presiding bishop of the church of this country
Sweden
230
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| American colony that was a "holy experiment" for the Society of Friends or Quakers
Pennsylvania
231
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| 1 of the 2 gospels in which a version of the Lord's Prayer appears
Luke (or Matthew)
232
$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This Christian church is headed by the patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt
the Coptic Christian Church
233
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Judaism it's the collective term for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
the High Holy Days
234
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A religious retreat or commune in India; Gandhi had one at Wardha
an ashram
235
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The angel Moroni told him about the golden plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated
Joseph Smith
236
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Officially, any practicing Roman Catholic male can be elected to this high office
Pope
237
$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Dating from 1763, the oldest synagogue in the U.S. is in this resort town in Rhode Island
Newport
238
$1100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| John Calvin's followers in England were "Puritans"; his followers in France were called this
Huguenots
239
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| House of worship in which prayer is led by an imam
Mosque
240
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The most conservative of the 3 major branches of Judaism is not conservative, but this
Orthodox
241
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Members of this religion commonly touch their foreheads to the ground to acknowledge God's majesty
Islam
242
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The Deseret News is the daily paper published by this church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
243
$2500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The 3 great traditional religions of China
Buddhism, Confucianism & Taoism
244
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Brown & the University of Chicago were both established by members of this Protestant denomination
Baptists
245
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| To Moslems, the adhan is a call to this
Prayer
246
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Synagogues are built so that the wall holding the ark of the Torah scrolls faces toward this city
Jerusalem
247
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This order of Catholic priests was originally called the Company of Jesus
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
248
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| At Cana, Jesus performed his 1st miracle doing this
Changing Water into Wine
249
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Zoroaster a.k.a. Zarathustra was a great prophet who taught monotheism in this land
Persia
250
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Though Hindus disapprove of killing animals, they regard the slaying of these animals as the worst offense
Cows
251
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Mormons regard both of these books as the word of God
The Bible & The Book of Mormon
252
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In most Orthodox synagogues they are separated; in Conservative & Reform they are not
The Sexes
253
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Muslim law allows a man to have up to 4 of these if he can support & care for each equally
Wives
254
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In March 1989, 35 archbishops from this country met with the Pope to discuss their flock of 53 million
United States
255
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A recent N.Y. Times-CBS poll indicates a majority of U.S. Catholic priests would like to do this
marry
256
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Religion whose Bible begins with the Book of Genesis & ends with II Chronicles
Judaism
257
$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The American Quakers' General Conference headquarters is in this city
Philadelphia
258
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The United Church is this large country's largest protestant denomination
Canada
259
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Common in Africa, it's not the worship of animals but of spirits
animism
260
$None ||| Category: RELIGION ||| On Jan. 1, 1977, in Indianapolis, Mrs. J. Means became 1st woman legally ordained a priest by this church
the Episcopal Church
261
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In October of 1986, South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church denounced this
apartheid
262
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The president of this Arab country must be a Maronite Christian
Lebanon
263
$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| English spellings of the names of all seven archangels of Judeo-Christian tradition end with these two letters
E-L
264
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| At first, Jim Bakker claimed that this Louisiana-based Pentecostal preacher wanted to take over the PTL
Jimmy Swaggart
265
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| On May 9, 1969, it was declared that 200 Catholic saints would lose these
Feast Days
266
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Believers in this Haitian religion say "loa" spirits possess them & ride them like horses
Voodoo
267
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The early Christians called all believers this, even those not canonized
saints
268
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| The 3 major branches of American Judaism
Orthodox, Conservative, & Reform
269
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| For a Buddhist, this blessed state ends the cycle of death & rebirth
Nirvana
270
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This word comes from the Hebrew word meaning "the annointed one"
messiah
271
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Few of this country's people are Buddhists, though Buddha spent most of his life there
India
272
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Both Martin Luther King Sr. & Jr. were pastors of this Atlanta church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
273
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| President Polk's middle name indicates he was a descendant of this Scottish religious reformer
John Knox
274
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1915, the Religious Society of Friends tried to make this company change its name
Quaker Oats
275
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In Judaism, the Sabbath begins and ends with this astronomical event
sunset
276
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| A hit in 1953, this song of faith made No. 3 on the charts when Elvis released in in 1965
Crying in the Chapel
277
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| India's Taj Mahal is associated with this religion
Muslim (Islam)
278
$500 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Denomination founded by a group of Oxford University students led by John Wesley
Methodism
279
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| 100 years ago the now-dead philosopher Nietzsche claimed this being was dead
God
280
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Baby Fae heart transplant occurred in a hospital run by this denomination
Seventh-Day Adventists
281
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Though Shi'ites have been getting the headlines, most Muslims belong to this sect
Sunnis
282
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1965, Pope Paul VI formally exonerated this group of blame for the death of Jesus
the Jews
283
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| It's what the P.T.L. in TV's "P.T.L. Club" stands for
Praise the Lord (or People that Love)
284
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Well-known nickname of Siddhartha Gautama
Buddha
285
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| North American Protestant group featured in the movie "Witness"
the Amish
286
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Prayer taken from salutation of Gabriel, it's now said as commonly as the Lord's Prayer
the Hail Mary (or Ave Maria)
287
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| In 1978, this pope reigned for only 34 days
Pope John Paul I
288
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Colonial Maryland was founded as haven for members of this church
the (Roman) Catholic Church
289
$100 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Country that is home to Parsis & Sikhs
India
290
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| More common name for The Watchtower Bible & Tract Society
Jehovah's Witnesses
291
$300 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Some 3 million pilgrims visit this small French town annually
Lourdes
292
$200 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| He was the doubter among the Apostles
(St.) Thomas
293
$400 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Continent with the largest Jewish population
North America
294
$600 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| Color of smoke signifying election of new Pope
white
295
$800 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This Buddhist sect seeks truth through concepts like "the sound of one hand clapping"
Zen
296
$1000 ||| Category: RELIGION ||| This word for the Mohammedan religion means "submission to the will of God"
Islam
