Don’t Drink the Punch Quiz

Question: Which former preacher was the self-proclaimed prophet of the Peoples Temple?

Answer: Former preacher Jim Jones was the self-proclaimed prophet of the Peoples Temple.

Question: Who was the leader of the Branch Davidians, a group that made headlines when its Mount Carmel headquarters near Waco, Texas, was raided by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms?

Answer: David Koresh was the leader of the Branch Davidians, a group that made headlines when its Mount Carmel headquarters near Waco, Texas, was raided by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and FirearmsSeventh-day Adventist Church. Four federal agents were killed in the assault; a lengthy standoff between the group and government agents then followed.

Question: Which was not another name used by Heaven’s Gate?

Answer: Order of the Solar Temple was not a name used by Heaven’s Gate; Human Individual Metamorphosis, Bo and Peep, and Total Overcomers Anonymous were.

Question: Who was the leader of AUM Shinrikyo?

Answer: Asahara Shoko was the leader of AUM Shinrikyo, which was little known until 1995, when various members, including Asahara, perpetuated the Tokyo subway attack, in which nerve gas killed 13 people and injured thousands.

Question: How did Jim Jones die?

Answer: On November 18, 1978, the same day he ordered his followers to commit mass suicide, Jim Jones died of a gunshot wound in the head, possibly self-inflicted.

Question: Which previously little-known group perpetrated the Tokyo subway attack in 1995?

Answer: AUM Shinrikyo was the previously little-known group that perpetrated the Tokyo subway attack in 1995, in which nerve gas killed 13 people and injured thousands.

Question: Who was the leader of UFO-based group Heaven’s Gate?

Answer: Marshall Applewhite was the leader of UFO-based group Heaven’s Gate.

Question: Where did Jim Jones and his followers at the Peoples Temple set up their agricultural commune?

Answer: Jim Jones and his followers at the Peoples Temple emigrated to Guyana and set up an agricultural commune called Jonestown in 1977.

Question: How many members of the Peoples Temple died as part of Jim Jones’ plan for mass suicide?

Answer: Nine hundred and thirteen members of the Peoples Temple, including 276 children, died as part of Jim Jones’ plan for mass suicide on November 18, 1978. Jones ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, an order that the vast majority of them passively and inexplicably obeyed.