Q 01/05

Who founded the Bible Student movement from which Jehovah's Witnesses stem?

A) Joseph Smith

B) Charles Taze Russell

C) William Miller

D) Ellen G. White

Answer · why

B) Charles Taze Russell

Russell started a Bible study group in Pittsburgh in 1870 and by 1912 was the most distributed Christian author in the United States.

Q 02/05

In which US city did Russell and others form their Bible study group in 1870?

A) Boston

B) Philadelphia

C) Pittsburgh

D) Cincinnati

Answer · why

C) Pittsburgh

Russell had grown up working in his father's haberdashery there, and he later sold his clothing stores for about $300,000 to fund the ministry.

Q 03/05

In what year was the name "Jehovah's witnesses" adopted?

A) 1901

B) 1914

C) 1925

D) 1931

Answer · why

D) 1931

Joseph Rutherford introduced it at a convention in Columbus, Ohio, to set his group apart from other Bible Student groups.

Q 04/05

The name Jehovah's Witnesses is based on a verse from which book of the Bible?

A) Revelation

B) Isaiah

C) Psalms

D) Acts

Answer · why

B) Isaiah

Isaiah 43:10 reads "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord" in the King James Version, and the resolution was adopted on July 26, 1931.

Q 05/05

In which city was the 1931 convention held where the new name was announced?

A) Cedar Point, Ohio

B) Brooklyn, New York

C) Columbus, Ohio

D) Los Angeles, California

Answer · why

C) Columbus, Ohio

The name was chosen partly to signal fresh evangelizing methods after years of defections following Russell's death.