Quiz

Choose the answer that is the closest to the empirical truth:

1. The universe is: A) 15 billion years old. B) Less than 6000 years old. C) I'd prefer not to know.
2. Human beings first walked on this earth: A) 50,000 years ago. B) Less than 6000 years ago. C) I'd prefer not to know.
3. A) The earth revolves around the sun. B) The sun revolves around the earth. C) I'd prefer not to know.
4. A) Mice can be spontaneously generated from mud. Lice, too. B) Spontaneous generation does not exist. C) I'd prefer not to know.
5. A) Rashi discovered electricity. B) Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity. C) I'd prefer not to know.
6. A) Rabbis can predict the future. B) No they can not. C) I'd prefer not to know.
7. Saliva when placed on an open, bleeding circumcision wound of an infant: A) Promotes healing. B) Transmits disease. C) I'd prefer not to know.
8. Charles Darwin was: A) Evil. B) A scientist. C) Both A & B.
9. Modern medicine was made possible by: A) Science. B) Rabbis. C) God acting through scientists.
10. Which of the following knew modern physics: A) The rabbis of the Talmud. B) Galileo. C) Newton. D) None of the above. E) All of the above.

Answer keys after the jump.

Correct Answers:

1. A
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. A or C
10. D

Gedolim Answers:

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. B or C
10. A or E

Haredi Man-on-the-Street Answers:

1. B or C
2. B or C
3. B or C
4. A or C
5. A or C
6. A or C
7. A or C
8. A or C
9. B or C
10. A or E

Modern Orthodox Answers:

1. A
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. A or C
10. D