Thr Ultimate Religious Figures Quiz

Adam and Eve! They were cast out of Eden for eating the fruit of a tree that God had forbidden to them.

Cain! Cain was angered that God liked Abel's offering more than his own.

Seth! God gave Adam and Eve many children after the death of Abel and the banishment of Cain, including Seth.

Noah! Noah is best known for surviving the Great Flood on an Ark.

Ham! Ham was cursed for not covering Noah's nakedness while he was drunk.

Abraham! Abraham and his relatives left Ur because God promised him a new land.

Ishmael! Jealous of Hagar and worried for her son Isaac, Sarah had Abraham expel Hagar and her son, Ishmael.

Isaac! It is through this child that Jews and Christians claim their share in God's covenants.

Rebekah! Abraham's servant chose Rebekah as Isaac's wife at a well.

Jacob! After a feud that lasted many years, Jacob and Esau settled their issues peacefully.

Leah and Rachel! The pair often fought for Jacob's favor, especially by bearing children.

Joseph! He later pardoned his brothers and invited them to move to Egypt, which had food, as Canaan didn't.

Dinah! The brothers of Dinah attacked and pillaged the city of Shechem for their sister's mistreatment.

Moses! Moses later freed the Hebrew slaves from Egypt and led them into the Sinai desert.

Joshua! The Battle of Jericho proved an easy victory for the Israelites.

Rahab! Rahab hosted and aided two Israelites spies, who told Joshua to spare her family for their kindness.

Elijah! This prophet also healed a man named Naaman of an illness.

Saul! Saul had a vicious hatred of David, his servant, because he feared that David plotted to depose him.

David! King David murdered Uriah so that he could wed his wife, Bathsheba. He later repented.

Solomon! Solomon also built a magnificent temple for the Jews.

Jesus! Jesus was later crucified by Jewish and Roman authorities.

Peter! Jesus said to St. Peter that He would give him the keys of life and death.

Thomas! He is often called "Doubting Thomas" because he did not believe that Jesus had arisen at first.

Paul! St. Paul was later martyred for the faith he once viciously persecuted.

Mark! Much of St. Mark's worked was done in Egypt.

Muhammad al-Qasim! Muhammad al-Qasim was born in Makkah, Sa'udi Arabia around 570 AD.

Ali ibn Abu Talib! Ali married Fatimah bint Muhammad al-Qasim.

Abu Bakr! Abu Bakr became the first Caliph after Muhammad al-Qasim's death.

Umar! Umar al-Khattab was born in 579 AD.

Uthman II! Uthman II died from being struck repeatedly in the head by assassins.

Husayn ibn Ali! The effects of Husayn's death can be seen today in the Shi'ite-Sunni split within Islam.

The Bab! This man's real name was Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi.

Baha'u'llah! While some consider Baha'ism to be a branch of Islam, most consider it separate from Islam.

The Sibyl of Cumae! Much of the Sibyl's works have been lost to the world.

Mother Teresa! St. Mother Teresa was given the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless services to the poor.

Zoroaster! Also known as Zarathustra, Zoroaster founded a monotheistic religion, almost unheard back then.

Mazdak! The Mazdakists soon fought with with the Zoroastrian establishment after the wealthy were attacked.

Martin Luther! Luther was later excommunicated and condoned and encouraged the murder of 100,000 peasants.

Johannes Calvin! Johannes Calvin broke away from the Catholic Church and sought refuge in Switzerland.

Henry VIII Tudor! He later had his mistress, Anne Boleyn, executed on false charges of adultery and incest.

John Knox! Knox founded the religion in Scotland.

John Huss! The Hussite Churches still exist, although mainly in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.

Vivekananda! Vivekananda is known for introducing Hinduism into the United States.

Ramakrishna! Ramakrishna's chief disciple founded the Ramakrishna Mission.

Mohandas K. Gandhi! Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist shortly after Indian independence.

Guru Nanak! Guru Nanak once said, "There is no Hindu, there is no Muslim".

Guru Angad! Guru Angad was the second of the 10 Sikh Gurus.

Guru Amar Das! Guru Amar Das also did away with Purdah, or the veiling of the faces of women.

Guru Ram Das! Guru Ram Das also began construction on the Golden Temple.

Guru Arjan Dev! Guru Arjan Dev is known for being scholarly.

Guru Har Gobind! Guru Har Gobind taught that violence is sometimes necessary to protect the weak.

Guru Har Rai! Guru Har Rai was carefully not to challenge the Mughal Empire, and especially Emperor Aurangzeb.

Guru Har Krishan! Guru Har Krishan astonished the Sikh clergy with his intelligence and spiritual powers.

Guru Tegh Bahadur! Guru Tegh Bahadur's intervention prevented an Islamic invasion of Hindu Kashimir.

Guru Gobind Singh! This Sikh Guru fought many battles against the Mughal dynasty in India.

Mahavira! Mahavira was a contemporary of the Buddha.

Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)! Gautama left a life of opulence and happiness to find illumination.

Confucius! Confucius was an advisor to many prominent officials in ancient China.

Laozi! Laozi taught others to search for the "Dao", or "Way".