Symbols
"The Golden Rule"
National IFYC Quiz Pt. 1
National IFYC Quiz Pt. 2
100
Symbol 1
What is Wicca
100
What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary. Judaism, Christianity, Islam
What is Judaism
100
Which U.S. President, while addressing a Jewish community and affirming America’s commitment to interfaith cooperation, insisted that “the Government of the United States…gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”? Clinton, George Washington, JFK, Reagan
What is George Washington
100
In which city is national IFYC's office located? Chicago, Atlanta, or LA
What is Chicago
200
Symbol 2
What is Buddhism
200
I am a stranger to no one, and no one is a stranger to me; indeed, I am a friend to all. Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism
What is Sikhism?
200
Who was the first U.S. President to host an iftar, the sundown meal when Muslims break their daily fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, at the White House? Obama, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Thomas Jefferson
What is Thomas Jefferson
200
Esther Peterson was a fierce advocate for women’s rights, consumer rights, fair minimum wage, and labor unions. She successfully lobbied for labeling of foods with their nutritional values, and according to her obituary in The New York Times, she “has an impact on Americans every time they buy a can of soup.” What tradition was Esther Peterson? Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), Reform Jewish, Episcopalian, Roman Catholic
What is Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)
300
Symbol 3
What is Sikhism
300
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
What is Buddhism
300
Which religious or ethical leader, while marching arm in arm with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. from Selma to Montgomery to rally for voter rights, reflected, “I felt my legs were praying”? What was his or her tradition? Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Judaism Pauli Murray, Christianity A. Philip Randolph, Humanism Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhism
What is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Judaism
300
Which tradition’s core text articulates a vision of “a free and universal society in which people voluntarily and intelligently cooperate for the common good…[demanding] a shared life in a shared world”? Quakerism, Jainism, Secular Humanism, Buddhism
What is Secular Humanism
400
Symbol 4
What is Jainism
400
Not one of you truly believes until you wish for others what you wish for yourself. Islam, Jainism, Hinduism
What is Islam
400
What organization, founded and led by evangelical Christians, has become a worldwide leader in the affordable-housing movement, and which self-described born-again evangelical U.S. president is one of its most prominent supporters? Samaritan’s Purse and President Ronald Reagan Points of Light Foundation and President George H.W. Bush Habitat for Humanity and President Jimmy Carter Mercy Housing and President Lyndon Johnson
What is Habitat for Humanity and President Jimmy Carter
400
Which major world religion, in the 1965 document Nostra Aetate (Latin for “In Our Age”), recognized shared philosophical questions in Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism, affirmed the unity of all people in God, decried all forms of religious discrimination, and affirmed the possibility of truth in other traditions, in so far as those truths aligned with the faith’s teaching? Greek Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Orthodox Judaism, Roman Catholicism
What is Roman Catholicism
500
Symbol 5
What is Atheism
500
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity
What is Christianity
500
Which poet, mystic, and religious thinker was translated and lauded by Ralph Waldo Emerson, promoted by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and quoted admiringly by Sherlock Holmes in a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle? Moses Maimonides, Saint John of the Cross, Edmund Spenser, Hafiz of Shiraz
What is Hafiz of Shiraz
500
Mahatma Gandhi once wrote that “the bold and brave resistance, full of wisdom” of which religious or spiritual figure inspired his own non-violent resistance philosophy? Buddha, Moses, Rama, Jesus Christ
What is Jesus Christ
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