Pyramidology - Quiz
Pyramidology
  • 1. Who was the Astronomer Royal of Scotland influenced by John Taylor?
A) Charles Taze Russell
B) Charles Piazzi Smyth
C) David Davidson
D) Joseph A. Seiss
  • 2. Which of these books was written by Charles Piazzi Smyth in 1864?
A) Great Pyramid Decoded
B) The Great Pyramid, Its Divine Message
C) A Miracle in Stone
D) Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid
  • 3. Which system of units did Charles Piazzi Smyth link to the pyramid inch?
A) Metric system
B) British Imperial Unit system
C) Ancient Egyptian cubit system
D) Roman measurement system
  • 4. Who originally theorized that the Great Pyramid contained prophetic dates for the British, Celtic, or Anglo-Saxon peoples?
A) Basil Stewart
B) Adam Rutherford
C) Robert Menzies
D) Charles Piazzi Smyth
  • 5. What is the title of the 1924 work written by David Davidson and H. Aldersmith?
A) Witness of the Great Pyramid
B) Life, and Work in the Great Pyramid
C) Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers
D) The Great Pyramid, Its Divine Message
  • 6. How many volumes comprise Adam Rutherford's work titled Pyramidology?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Two
D) Three
  • 7. Which author wrote the 1971 book titled Great Pyramid Decoded?
A) E. Raymond Capt
B) John Edgar
C) Colonel Garnier
D) Basil Stewart
  • 8. What was the profession of Joseph A. Seiss, a proponent of pyramidology?
A) Astronomer
B) Lutheran minister
C) Archaeologist
D) Colonel
  • 9. What title did Joseph A. Seiss give to his 1877 book about the Great Pyramid?
A) A Miracle in Stone
B) The Bible in Stone
C) Witness of the Great Pyramid
D) Study in Pyramidology
  • 10. Who founded the Bible Student movement?
A) Charles Taze Russell
B) Charles Piazzi Smyth
C) John Edgar
D) E. Raymond Capt
  • 11. Which variant of pyramidology did Charles Taze Russell explicitly denounce?
A) British-Israelite
B) Lutheran
C) Scientific
D) Evangelical
  • 12. What biblical passage did Charles Taze Russell use to support his pyramid theories?
A) Genesis 1:1
B) Exodus 3:5
C) Isaiah 19:19–20
D) Revelation 22:1
  • 13. What were the names of the two brothers who were archaeologists and associates of Russell?
A) John and Morton Edgar
B) David and Basil Davidson
C) Adam and Robert Rutherford
D) Charles and Piazzi Smyth
  • 14. What is the title of the two-volume work by the Edgar brothers?
A) The Anglo-Israelitish Question
B) Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers
C) Life, and Work in the Great Pyramid
D) Witness of the Great Pyramid
  • 15. In what year did the group known as Jehovah's Witnesses abandon pyramidology?
A) 1928
B) 1910
C) 1891
D) 1931
  • 16. Which researcher linked Egyptian pyramids to the golden ratio before John Taylor?
A) Friedrich Röber
B) Noah
C) John Taylor
D) Isaac Newton
  • 17. In what year was John Taylor's book on the Great Pyramid published?
A) 1869
B) 1849
C) 1859
D) 1839
  • 18. How do modern scholars explain the connections between ancient Egypt and the golden ratio?
A) As coincidental
B) As advanced scientific knowledge
C) As evidence of Hebrew engineering
D) As divine revelation
  • 19. What fraction of the sacred cubit did John Taylor claim the pyramid's inch was?
A) 1/50
B) 1/10
C) 1/100
D) 1/25
  • 20. Who originally postulated the existence of the 'sacred cubit'?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Martin Gardner
C) Friedrich Röber
D) John Taylor
  • 21. According to John Taylor, who built the Great Pyramid?
A) The Egyptians
B) The Hebrews
C) The Greeks
D) The Romans
  • 22. Did John Taylor ever visit the Great Pyramid?
A) He visited it once
B) He lived there for a year
C) No
D) Yes
  • 23. Which Biblical figure did Martin Gardner suggest Taylor might have believed was the architect?
A) Abraham
B) Moses
C) Noah
D) Job
  • 24. What is the earliest century from which knowledge of the golden ratio is known?
A) First century AD
B) Third century BC
C) Fifth century BC
D) Tenth century BC
  • 25. What did Taylor claim the Great Pyramid contained?
A) A revelation
B) The history of the world
C) Scientific maps
D) Buried treasure
  • 26. Which book of the Bible does Taylor cite to support his theories?
A) Genesis
B) Exodus
C) Psalms
D) Job
  • 27. How did Taylor describe the origin of the pyramid's design?
A) Accidentally discovered
B) Based on Roman math
C) Divinely inspired
D) Inherited from aliens
  • 28. What is another term used for pyramidology?
A) Pharaohism
B) Gizaism
C) Pyramidism
D) Egyptology
  • 29. Which of these events is NOT listed as a prediction found by pyramidologists?
A) The fall of the Roman Empire
B) The crucifixion of Jesus
C) The founding of modern-day Israel
D) The start of World War I
  • 30. When did pyramidology reach its peak?
A) By the early 1980s
B) By the 17th century
C) By the year 2000
D) By the mid-1960s
  • 31. Which type of pyramidology focuses on geometric measurements of the Great Pyramid?
A) Pseudoarchaeological
B) Numerological
C) Pyramid power
D) Metrological
  • 32. What is the primary claim of the 'pyramid power' theory?
A) Pyramids contain mathematical codes
B) Pyramids were built by extraterrestrials
C) Pyramids were tombs for Pharaohs
D) Geometric shapes possess supernatural powers
  • 33. According to the text, who proposed that the pyramids had mystical and hidden meanings?
A) Kircher
B) Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi
C) John Greaves
D) Th. Shaw
  • 34. What did Th. Shaw believe the Great Pyramid was?
A) A royal tomb
B) A temple to Osiris
C) A pre-Adamic construction
D) An astronomical observatory
  • 35. What concept did Isaac Newton create in relation to pyramidology?
A) Geometric cubit
B) Anti-gravity theory
C) Pyramid inch
D) Sacred code
  • 36. What did Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi praise the pyramids for?
A) Hidden ancient technology
B) Religious prophecy
C) Engineering genius
D) Mystical beauty
  • 37. Whom did al-Baghdadi think was buried in the Great Pyramid?
A) Agathodaimon or Hermes
B) An unnamed architect
C) A pharaoh
D) Khufu
  • 38. Besides the Giza complex, what other structures do some pyramidologists study?
A) Temples of Southeast Asia
B) The Parthenon
C) The Roman Colosseum
D) The Great Wall of China
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