Q 01/05

Which short name for God, printed once in the King James Bible, do Rastafari use in prayer and song?

A) Abba

B) Jah

C) Elohim

D) Adonai

Answer · why

B) Jah

Jah is a shortened form of Jehovah, and Rastas speak of knowing him rather than believing in him, since they hold that God lives within each person.

Q 02/05

Which biblical city's name do Rastafari give to Western society and to the police who serve it?

A) Babylon

B) Nineveh

C) Sodom

D) Jericho

Answer · why

A) Babylon

Babylon was chosen because the Israelites were held captive there in the 6th century BCE, an exile Rastas compare to that of the African diaspora.

Q 03/05

Which biblical figure's uncut hair do Rastafari cite when calling dreadlocks a sign of strength?

A) Goliath

B) Absalom

C) Samson

D) Gideon

Answer · why

C) Samson

Samson is the model, and Rastas also cite the Book of Numbers, treating dreadlocks as a mark of their covenant with God and a rejection of conventiona...

Q 04/05

Which animal, a symbol of Ethiopia's emperors, appears on Rastafari flags of red, gold and green?

A) Eagle

B) Leopard

C) Elephant

D) Lion

Answer · why

D) Lion

The Lion of Judah was a hereditary title of Ethiopia's emperors and sat on the country's flag from 1897 to 1974. Some Rastas style their dreadlocks af...

Q 05/05

Which phrase do Rastafari say in place of 'we', since they hold that God lives within every person?

A) I and I

B) One and all

C) Us and us

D) Me and thee

Answer · why

A) I and I

I and I replaces 'we' because Rastas treat the self as divine, and the same thinking turns 'receive' into 'I-ceive' and 'Amen' into 'I-men'.