Q 01/05

Which Oscar-winning British actress went to a Quaker school in York and has called the faith essential to her work?

A) Judi Dench

B) Maggie Smith

C) Helen Mirren

D) Emma Thompson

Answer · why

A) Judi Dench

Judi Dench. A Quaker since her schooldays at the Mount School, she is best known as M, the spy chief who sends James Bond out with his licence to kill...

Q 02/05

Who founded the Quaker movement in mid-17th-century England?

A) John Bunyan

B) Roger Williams

C) John Wesley

D) George Fox

Answer · why

D) George Fox

George Fox, a weaver's son, preached that anyone could know Christ directly, with no need of ordained clergy, and was jailed again and again for it.

Q 03/05

How did the founder say the nickname 'Quaker' began?

A) It meant 'dissenter' in Old English

B) Critics derided them as cowards

C) A magistrate he told to tremble at God's word

D) Members shook during worship

Answer · why

C) A magistrate he told to tremble at God's word

A magistrate he told to tremble at God's word coined it, by the founder's account: Justice Bennet 'was the first that called us Quakers'. The word had...

Q 04/05

On which English summit did the founder have his 1652 vision of 'a great people to be gathered'?

A) Kinder Scout

B) Pendle Hill

C) Helvellyn

D) Ingleborough

Answer · why

B) Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill. From its top he saw the sea bordering Lancashire, and within weeks he was preaching to a great crowd on Firbank Fell, winning the convert...

Q 05/05

What name is given to the travelling preachers who spread Quakerism in the 1650s?

A) The Valiant Sixty

B) The Fifth Monarchists

C) The Diggers

D) The Ranters

Answer · why

A) The Valiant Sixty

The Valiant Sixty, also called the Publishers of Truth, came mostly from the north of England and included women preachers, at a time when pulpits bel...