Religion Trivia

150+ Best Religion Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: July 26th, 2023

Test your knowledge about different religions with our collection of over 160 religion trivia questions. From easy to hard, these questions cover topics ranging from Islam to Hinduism to Christianity, making it a challenging and fun experience for trivia enthusiasts.

General Religion Trivia

Question: Approximately how many Jehovah's Witnesses are there?

Answer: 8 million

Question: Which of the following is not a denomination of Islam?

Answer: Hindu

Question: Which of the following was Saint Thomas Aquinas known as being?

Answer: Priest

Question: Where are the majority of Sikhs based?

Answer: India

Question: Islam ranks where on the list of popular religions?

Answer: 2nd

Question: What does the Islamic word 'Fiqh' mean?

Answer: Knowledge And Understanding

Question: What is the name of the cradle that Prophet Isa spoke from, according to the Quran?

Answer: On the Cradle

Question: In the Quran, how many doors are in Jannah (Paradise)?

Answer: 8

Question: Who do Muslims believe is the 'last' prophet?

Answer: Muhammad

Question: Where did Alexander Pope's family move to in 1700 to avoid anti-Catholic sentiments?

Answer: Berkshire

Islamic Practices Trivia

Question: What is the first prayer of the day called, which is mentioned in the Quran?

Answer: Fajr

Question: What is the literal meaning of the Quran in English?

Answer: The Recitation

Question: Who is the only companion of the Prophet Muhammad who is mentioned by name in the Quran?

Answer: Zaid Ibn Harithah

Question: What is the largest denomination of Islam?

Answer: Sunni

Question: What is the period called where Muslims must fast?

Answer: Ramadan

Question: What do Muslims say when they sneeze?

Answer: Alhamdu lillah

Question: In the Quran, which Sura was revealed in both Makkah and Madinah?

Answer: Al-Fatiha

Question: It is believed that the Quran was verbally revealed to who?

Answer: Muhammad

Question: What term do Muslims use to describe God?

Answer: Allah

Question: In the Quran, how many sons do Fatimah and her husband have?

Answer: 2

Question: A belief in what is fundamental to the faith of Islam?

Answer: Angels

Question: In the Quran, who was the first Prophet of Allah?

Answer: Adam

Question: In what language is the Quran written originally?

Answer: Arabic

Question: What is the word Muslims use for the pilgrimage?

Answer: Hajj

Question: What is the last Sura in the Quran called?

Answer: An-Nas

Judaism Trivia

Question: What is the name of the popular Jewish newspaper in the UK?

Answer: The Jewish Chronicle

Question: Where do Jews go to pray?

Answer: Synagogue

Question: What is the name for a senior teacher of the Torah in Judaism?

Answer: Rabbi

Question: What is the language mostly associated with Judaism?

Answer: Hebrew

Question: Who do Jews view as the father of the Jewish people?

Answer: Abraham

Question: What is the name of the Guardian Angel of Hellfire as mentioned in the Quran?

Answer: Angel Maalik

Question: What religion does British actor Lionel Blair follow?

Answer: Judaism

Question: How is Jesus referred to in the Quran?

Answer: Prophet Isa

Question: What is the name of the skull-cap worn by Jews?

Answer: Kippah

Question: What is Hanukkah also referred to as?

Answer: Festival of Lights

Question: What is the holy text of the Jews known as?

Answer: Torah

Christianity Trivia

Question: What year was Mohammad Ali Jinnah elected President of the Muslim League?

Answer: 1916

Question: What is the holy book of Islam?

Answer: Qur'an

Question: What is the language mostly associated with Islam?

Answer: Arabic

Question: What religion does the Quran belong to?

Answer: Islam

Question: What is the word Muslims use for the pilgrimage?

Answer: Hajj

Question: What is the holy book of Islam revealed to Prophet Isa?

Answer: Injeel

Hinduism Trivia

Question: The Hindu Goddess Parvati is the wife of which deity?

Answer: Shiva

Question: In the Quran, where did Adam and Hawwa reunite and have children?

Answer: Mecca

Question: The Hindu deity Ganesha has the head of which animal?

Answer: Elephant

Question: According to Kundalini yoga, Ganesha resides in which chakra?

Answer: The first

Question: Where do Muslims believe the birthplace of Muhammad is?

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Question: The Hindu deity Ganesha is the Lord of what?

Answer: Obstacles

Question: Who is the Hindu Goddess of Love?

Answer: Parvati

Religious Practices & Symbols Trivia

Question: What was the name of the 1689 act which gave Protestant non-conformists but not Catholics freedom of worship?

Answer: The Toleration Act

Question: What is the symbol of Judaism?

Answer: Star of David

Question: Where do Catholics go to pray?

Answer: Church

Question: Where do Buddhists go to worship?

Answer: Temple

Question: What is the term for a chapter in the Quran?

Answer: Surah

Question: What is the term for someone who has memorized the entire Quran?

Answer: Hafiz

Question: What is the name of the head-covering worn by women in Islam?

Answer: Hijab

Question: What is a Menorah?

Answer: A candle holder

Question: What is the term for a verse in the Quran?

Answer: Ayah

Question: What is the term used to describe a 'bridal gift' given to the bride by the groom in Islamic weddings?

Answer: Mahr

Question: What is a Kirpan?

Answer: A ceremonial sword

Religious Founders & Events Trivia

Question: When was Wicca formed?

Answer: 1900s

Question: Who founded the Jehovah's Witness movement?

Answer: Charles Russell

Question: Who is the founder of Buddhism?

Answer: Mahatma Budh

Question: Who was the first woman according to the Quran?

Answer: Hawa

Question: Who was the leader of the Church of Scientology?

Answer: David Miscavige

Question: Which Old Testament figure built an Ark?

Answer: Noah

Question: Who was the first Caliph in Islam?

Answer: Abu Bakr

Question: What is the largest protestant church in the United Kingdom?

Answer: Church of England

Question: L. Ron Hubbard founded which religion?

Answer: Scientology

Question: Who founded the Amish movement?

Answer: Jakob Ammann

Religion Geography Trivia

Question: Where is the highest concentration of Muslims?

Answer: Indonesia

Question: Where the majority of Hindus live?

Answer: India

Question: Where is the highest concentration of Mormons?

Answer: United States

Question: In what country is Jainism found?

Answer: India

Question: Name an ancient Japanese religion?

Answer: Shinto

Religious Beliefs Trivia

Question: Which Prophet of Allah was the custodian/caretaker of Hadrat Maryam?

Answer: Prophet Zackariyyah

Question: What is the most important holiday In a Catholic's calendar?

Answer: Easter

Question: What does the word Islam mean?

Answer: Obedience

Question: It is believed that the Quran is a revelation from who?

Answer: God

Question: According to the Quran, what is the one most important trait we should look for in a spouse?

Answer: Religious Devotion

Hindu Festivals Trivia

Question: The Hindu festival of Mahalakshmi Vrata is performed by whom?

Answer: Married women

Question: What is the name of the main Hindu symbol?

Answer: Aum

Question: Which of these Hindu festivals is also known as the festival of colors?

Answer: Holi

Question: The Hindu Kumbh Mela pilgrimage is held how often?

Answer: Every 12 years

Question: Bonalu is a Hindu festival worshipping which Goddess?

Answer: Mahakali

Question: The Hindu festival Ratha Yatra is held where in India?

Answer: Puri

Question: What is the mark worn on the forehead by Hindus known as?

Answer: Tilaka

Question: Shiva is believed to take many forms including the Lord of the what?

Answer: Dance

Question: What is the Hindu pilgrimage called?

Answer: Char Dham

Question: What do Hindus refer to worship as?

Answer: Puja

Question: What is the Hindu concept that the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by deities known as?

Answer: Trimurti

Question: The Hindu deity Shiva's mount is which animal?

Answer: Bull

Question: What is Amrit in Hinduism?

Answer: Holy Water

Question: What do Hindus believe the body is made up of?

Answer: 5 elements

Question: Diwali is the Hindu festival of what?

Answer: Light

Christian Denominations Trivia

Question: Methodists are a denomination of which faith?

Answer: Protestants

Question: What color badge were Jehovah's Witnesses forced to wear in concentration camps during World War 2?

Answer: Purple

Question: Lutheranism focuses on the theology and teachings of whom?

Answer: Martin Luther

Question: Who founded the Methodist church?

Answer: John Wesley

Question: How old was Jesus believed to have been when he died?

Answer: 33

Question: How many deadly sins are there in Christianity?

Answer: 7

Question: What do Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to have?

Answer: Blood Transfusions

Other Religions & Beliefs Trivia

Question: What movie is the religion Jediism based on?

Answer: Star Wars

Question: What is the name given to someone who rejects all belief in the existence of deities?

Answer: Atheism

Question: What shape is used to symbolize the Druze?

Answer: Star

Question: In what country does Rastafarianism originate?

Answer: Jamaica

Question: In what language are Hindu's holy books written?

Answer: Sanskrit

Question: In what country was the Unification Church Movement founded?

Answer: South Korea

Religious Figures & Leaders Trivia

Question: St. Peter's Basilica is in which continent?

Answer: Europe

Question: What are strict followers of Buddhism known as?

Answer: Monks

Question: Who founded the Amish movement?

Answer: Jakob Ammann

Question: Approximately how many Mormons are in the United States?

Answer: 6 million

Question: Where did Christianity originate?

Answer: Israel

Question: What language is most commonly associated with Sikhs?

Answer: Punjabi

Miscellaneous Religion Trivia

Question: Which of the following 'celebrities' is not a Mormon?

Answer: Amy Winehouse

Question: How many sons did Prophet Ya'qub have in addition to Prophet Yusuf, according to the Quran?

Answer: 11

Question: What is the name of the individual whom Sikhs follow?

Answer: Guru

Question: What language is most commonly associated with Sikhs?

Answer: Punjabi

Question: Which of the following is NOT a god worshipped by Hindus?

Answer: Jesus

Question: In the Quran, how many Suras were revealed in Makkah?

Answer: 86

Question: How do Christians believe Jesus died?

Answer: Crucifixion

Question: What is the sacred text of Mormons?

Answer: The Book of Mormon

Question: It is believed that the Quran was verbally revealed through who?

Answer: Gabriel

Question: What are the names of the Prayers of the Quran in order?

Answer: Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha

Question: The word 'Quran' features in the Quran roughly how many times?

Answer: 70

Question: What is the state religion of Argentina?

Answer: Catholicism

Question: Where are the majority of Jews based?

Answer: United States

Question: Who is regarded as the patron god of arts and yoga in Hinduism?

Answer: Shiva

Question: Approximately how many Sikhs are there in the world?

Answer: 27 million

Question: Which famous Jehovah's Witness is mentioned?

Answer: Venus Williams