Friday, November 30, 2018

Quiz of the Day, November 2018

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2018

Why is Andrew the patron saint of Scotland?

a. legends say he made a trip there
b. an ancient king invoked Andrew's intercession in a battle against the Angles
c. It came from a Robert Burns haggis ceremony
d. Scottish crusaders invoked the name of St. Andrew

Quiz of the Day, November 29, 2018

The Advent Wreath tradition originally began in which Christian Church?

a. Baptist
b. Anglican
c. Catholic
d. Lutheran

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2018

From where would the most recent monarch saints on the Episcopal Calendar of Saints come?

a. Hungary
b. France
c. Germany 
d. Hawaii

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2018

In the imagery of Zechariah, Favor and Unity are the names of what?

a. Israel and Judah
b. Sheep and Shepherd
c. two different staffs of a shepherd
d. Sheep spared, sheep destroyed

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2018

Who wrote the words for the Christmas carol, "Joy to the World?"

a. John Newton
b. Percy Dreamer
c. Isaac Watts
d. Fanny Crosby

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2018

Who asked Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

a. Herod
b. Pontius Pilate
c. Peter
d. Caiaphas

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2018

Which pope first instituted the Feast of Christ the King, in response to the success of the atheistic Bolshevik revolution?

a. Pius XI
b. Pius XII
c. John XXIII
d. John Paul II


 Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2018

Who is the patron saint of mariners in that he is believed to have been martyred by being tied to an anchor and cast into the sea?

a. Peter
b. Nicolas
c. Clement I
d. Brendan


Quiz of the Day, November 22,2018

Whom of the following would be most responsible for Thanksgiving to be a feast day in the church.

a. The Pilgrims 
b. Abraham Lincoln 
c. Samuel Seabury
d.  William White

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2018

William Byrd was a student of what musician?

a.Tallis
b. Bach
c. Purcell
d. Merbecke

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2018

Whom of the following is not an English Martyr?

a. Edmund
b. Thomas a Becket
c. Alban
d. Alcuin

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2018

Habakkuk is the last of the 12 Minor Prophets whose writing is in the Hebrew Scriptures.  What determines the difference between the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets?

a. prophetic importance of prophets in Judaism
b. length of the writings
c. chronology, with Major coming before the Minor
d. place of service in Northern Kingdom or Southern Kingdom, Israel or Judah

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2018

The internal references of the Book of Daniel indicate it was written in the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century B.C.E., but scholars believe it was actually written when?

a. 1st century B.C.E.
b. 2nd century B.C.E.
c. just after Nehemiah re-built the Temple
d. In the time of Ezra

Quiz of the Day, November 17. 2018

In what Gospel does Jesus say, "You cannot serve God and wealth?"

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2018

Which of the following parable is not unique to Luke's Gospel?

a. Good Samaritan
b. The Prodigal Son
c. The Sower and the Seeds
d. The lost sheep

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2018

Samuel Seabury was the bishop of what State?

a. New York
b. Pennsylvania
c. Washington, D.C. as first presiding bishop
d. Connecticut

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2018

Where was Samuel Seabury, the first bishop of the Episcopal Church, consecrated?

a. Philadelphia
b. Longacre near Aberdeen in Scotland
c. Washington, DC
d. London

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2018

Whom of the following was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society?

a. William Wilberforce
b. Thomas Ken
c. Charles Simeon
d. Charles Gore

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2018

In birth tradition of the Bible and Christian tradition, there are marvelous and miraculous births.  There is also the notion of immaculate conception.  Whom of the following is believed to have been immaculately conceived?

a. Isaac
b. Samuel
c. John the Baptist
d. The Virgin Mary

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2018

The most obvious topic in the Book of Ecclesiasticus is what?

a. the worship of God
b. the history of Israel
c. Justice
d. Wisdom

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2018

“The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your dainties and your splendor are lost to you, never to be found again!”  This is an utterance in the Bible against whom?

a. Sodom
b. The Roman Empire
c. Jerusalem
d. Babylon the Great

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2018

The "Whore of Babylon" referred to in the Book of Revelation has been interpreted throughout the ages as what?

a. The Roman Empire
b. The Roman Catholic Church
c. The Devil's Church
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2018

Which of following churches are on the verge of a major split?

a. Ukrainian Orthodox
b. Russian Orthodox
c. Eastern Orthodox
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2018

Who was the apostle of Frisia?

a. Boniface
b. Wilfrid
d. Cyril
e. Willibrord

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2018

Which book of the Bible present a figure similar to the folklore figure of the Grim Reaper who is a hooded figure who harvests souls at their death with his scythe?

a. Daniel
b. Revelation
c. Ezekiel
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2018

The burial anthem, "Blessed are they who have died in the Lord...." comes from which book of the Bible?

a. Psalms
b. Isaiah
c. John
d. Revelation

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2018

Which of the following is not associated with the writings of Richard Hooker?

a. Via Media
b. three-legged stool
c. receptionism
d. High Church Anglicanism

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2018

Which of the following is not a "Caroline divine?"

a. Richard Hooker
b. Thomas Ken
c. Lancelot Andrewes
d. Jeremy Taylor

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2018

Who is the counter part of Lazarus in the parable of Jesus?

a. Mary
b. Martha
c. Dives
d. Theophilus

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2018

All Saints Day is when in the Orthodox Church?

a. November 1
b. First Sunday after Pentecost
c. August 6
d. First Sunday after Easter

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