MWELE MISSION 2026
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
SCIENCE
1888 GENERAL CONFRENCE AND ADVENTIST HISTORY
KENYAN HISTORY
100

What is the official population of Vatican state as given by Mr. Mokaya during his instrumntal prophecy sessions.

882

100

In the history of notable" Vinyang'anyiro" what is the name of the man that set up a monument for her beloved in NAKURU who later ended up rejecting him and his gift.

LORD MAURICE EGERTON

100

Why do large storms and hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere but clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

The Coriolis Effect, caused by the rotation of the Earth

100

At the close of the 1888 session, who was elected as the new General Conference President to replace the defeated and broken George I. Butler?

Ole A. Olsen was elected as General Conference President in 1888. Because he was in Europe at the time of his election, he did not take office immediately, allowing temporary leadership to navigate the immediate, raw aftermath of the session

100

What was the Kaya among the Mijikenda peoples, and what dual purpose did it serve?

A Kaya was a fortified sacred forest settlement. It served as a physical defensive fortress against attacks (such as from the Oromo/Galla) and a spiritual center where elders kept sacred objects (Mwanza) and conducted rituals.

200

Our first sabbath saw us relish from a beautiful sermon that inspired.
What is the name of the soldier that slayed Shimei, and his fathers name?

Benaiah son of Jehoiada

200

Which legal and formal term is commonly used in contracts to mean "up to this time," "before now," or "previously"?

Heretofore

200

If a person with blood type A (whose mother had blood type O) has a child with a person with blood type B (whose father had blood type O), what are the possible blood types of their offspring?

A, B, AB, and O (each has a 25% chance).

200

Both Jones and Waggoner eventually left the Seventh-day Adventist Church. What specific theological aberration regarding the literal structure of God and nature (related to the Kellogg crisis) did E.J. Waggoner adopt in his later years?

Waggoner fell into a form of pantheism / panentheism (the belief that God is physically substance-immanent within all living things and nature). This matched the theological drift of Dr. J.H. Kellogg and ultimately led to his separation from church employment.

200

Contrast the core political philosophies of Kenya’s two main independence parties: KANU and KADU.

KANU advocated for a strong, centralized unitary government, while KADU advocated for Majimboism (a decentralized, federal system based on regional autonomy).

300

Following the death of Alexander the Great and the decades of civil war that followed, his massive empire was fractured and divided among his top generals (the Diadochi). Who were the four primary generals who successfully established their own dynasties over these territories

  • Ptolemy I Soter 

  • Seleucus I Nicator 

  • Cassander 

  • Lysimachus

300

Which European empire was formally dissolved by the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920, followed by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923?

The Ottoman Empire.

300

Why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth?

Because of tidal locking (or synchronous rotation).
The Moon takes exactly the same amount of time to rotate once on its axis as it does to complete one orbit around the Earth (about 27.3 days)

300

Long before the 1888 session, a bitter theological feud erupted in church periodicals between Uriah Smith and Alonzo T. Jones. What specific prophetic interpretation regarding the "Daniel 7 horns" and the identity of the tenth horn sparked this proxy war, and which historical group did Jones argue for against Smith's traditional view?

The dispute was over the identity of one of the ten kingdoms that replaced the Western Roman Empire in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13. Uriah Smith maintained the traditional view that the tenth horn was the Huns. Alonzo T. Jones argued that historical records proved the Huns were not one of the original ten kingdoms and should be replaced by the Alemanni

300

ADD 100 POINTS

100

400

In her attempt to urge the missionaries to give their best when it comes to Gods work, which verse in Jeremiah did Mrs. Mokaya read from?

Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully...

Jeremiah 48:10

400

What is the name of the cognitive bias where people with limited competence in a domain greatly overestimate their own ability, while highly competent people underestimate theirs?

The Dunning-Kruger Effect.

400

In human genetics, why are X-linked recessive disorders (like hemophilia or red-green color blindness) significantly more common in males than in females?

Males have only one X chromosome (XY), so a single copy of the mutated recessive gene causes the condition. Females have two X chromosomes (XX) and require mutations on both to display the disorder.

400

After the 1844 Great Disappointment, one of the pioneers has what is called the " Cornfield Experience".
Who was this person, describe his experience.

The pioneer who had the famous "Cornfield Experience" was Hiram Edson (1806–1882), a Methodist farmer from Port Gibson, New York, who had become a deeply committed leader among the Millerite Adventists.

His experience on the morning of October 23, 1844—the day exactly after the Great Disappointment—became the theological catalyst that gave birth to the Seventh-day Adventist Church.







400

What was the name of the ideological blueprint published by Tom Mboya and the Ministry of Economic Planning in 1965, and what economic system did it formally adopt?

Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 on African Socialism and its Application to Planning; it adopted a mixed capitalist economy (despite the "Socialism" in its title).

500

What is the name of the prominent data analyst in Kenya, who is famous for announcing the national opinion polls. He initially worked with Ipsos till his contract ended in 2019 and currently works with TIFA.

Dr Tom Wolf

500

Which Renaissance masterpiece, painted on the wall of the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, is structurally flawed because the artist used experimental oil tempera on dry plaster?

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

500

DEDUCT 100 POINTS

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500

In 1886, George I. Butler published a highly influential pamphlet titled The Law in the Galatians to counteract the teachings of Jones and Waggoner. What was Butler’s primary argument regarding the "added law" of Galatians 3:19, and how did he distinguish it from the moral law?

George I. Butler argued that the "added law" in Galatians 3:19 was strictly the ceremonial law (the sacrificial system). His rationale was that if the moral law (the Ten Commandments) was the law that was "added because of transgressions" and "brought us to Christ," it would imply that the Ten Commandments could be abolished or done away with once a believer came to faith—a position he feared would play right into mainstream Protestant anti-Sabbatarian arguments.

500

Following the assassination of popular economic planning minister Tom Mboya in 1969, tensions culminated in the "Kisumu Incident" later that year. What happened during this incident?

President Jomo Kenyatta visited Kisumu to open a hospital; a hostile crowd booed him, leading to presidential bodyguards opening fire on civilians, followed by the banning of the KPU and the detention of Oginga Odinga.

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