Q 01/05

Into which lake, almost ten times saltier than the ocean, does the Jordan River empty?

A) Aral Sea

B) Dead Sea

C) Caspian Sea

D) Lake Van

Answer · why

B) Dead Sea

The Dead Sea has no outlet, so the Jordan River's water can only leave by evaporating, and the salts it carried in stay behind.

Q 02/05

Which US state has its own Jordan River, named because it also drains a freshwater lake into a salty one?

A) Nevada

B) Idaho

C) Oregon

D) Utah

Answer · why

D) Utah

Utah's Jordan River runs from Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake, and Mormon settlers named it in 1847 after noticing the likeness to the biblical river...

Q 03/05

Water from the Jordan River was used at the 2013 christening of which British royal baby?

A) Prince George

B) Prince William

C) Prince Harry

D) Prince Louis

Answer · why

A) Prince George

Prince George was christened with it at St James's Palace because Jesus was baptised in the river, a custom Bulgaria's royal house also kept.

Q 04/05

Which password did Gileadite guards at the Jordan River fords use to unmask fleeing Ephraimites who mispronounced it?

A) Hallelujah

B) Hosanna

C) Shibboleth

D) Selah

Answer · why

C) Shibboleth

Shibboleth, a Hebrew word for an ear of grain, gave the Ephraimites away because their dialect changed its first sound. The word has since come to mea...

Q 05/05

Who made Jordan a popular first name in Europe by carrying Jordan River water home to baptise their children?

A) Vikings

B) Crusaders

C) Huguenots

D) Puritans

Answer · why

B) Crusaders

Crusaders and pilgrims brought the water back in containers for baptisms at home, and the river's name caught on for the children.