150+ Best Religion Trivia Questions & Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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