It's time for another pop quiz, and this time we're going to hit you with 12 trivia

questions drawn from episodes in our religion category.

Religion is something that people think about a lot, but are they often thinking about many

different ones and obscure references and factoids from faiths they have never practiced?

Well, this might be tougher than you think, and it's coming up right now, Unskeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Pop Quiz, Religious Symbolism.

I hope you've been listening very carefully to Skeptoid over the years because today

we're putting your knowledge of the subject to the test, with another famous Skeptoid pop

quiz.

Today's theme is Religious Symbolism, so the questions are all going to pertain to

Skeptoid episodes on that topic.

The answers to all the questions were in the episodes, so as long as you're either

a really dedicated listener or have good general knowledge on the subject, you ought to do

well.

Are you ready?

Let's get started with a question on Number 1, The Shroud of Turin.

One of the problems encountered when radio carbon dating this famous shroud said to have

covered the body of Jesus was that no comparable fabric could be found from two thousand

years ago to use as a control.

What about the shroud's fabric made it unique to the period?

A, it is linen and linen was unknown in the time and place of Jesus.

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