You think your belief system is bedrock solid? Think again. Test yourself on. . .

This quiz tests you knowledge of belief systems around the world. Try to keep an open mind.

Short answers.

1. In what way are Roman Catholicism and the Ryukyuan religion of Japan polar opposites?
2. Which gender does most of the farming in Kenya?
3. What does a Fijian bachelor have to give his future father-in-law to secure the right to marry his daughter?
4. You visit someone in Moscow, bringing red carnations as a gift. They are offended. Why?
5. Everybody who knows Venezuelans expects them to be late for every appointment. But why?
6. In Hungary, clinking beer glasses together in a toast is bad form. Whose fault is this?
7. Why shouldn't you sign your name in red in Korea?
8. What non-mainstream geographical theory was given a revival in 2004 and has since taken over your Youtube?
9. What form of popular culture did Russia propose to ban in 2008, on the grounds that it was a threat to 'national stability'?
10. What science fiction premise so offends the Chinese government that they regularly censor all entertainment containing the plot device?

This quiz will definitely test your international cultural sensitivity. Click the picture to check your answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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