Quiz of the Day, August 2018

Quiz of the Day, August 31, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Lindisfarne?

a. it's call The Holy Island
b. Aidan and Cuthbert were saints who resided there
c. a famous monastery was founded there
d. it is off the coast of Scotland
e. it was an important center of Celtic Christianity


Quiz of the Day, August 30, 2018

Which apostles needed to be prepared in a dream to approach and preach to an "unclean" Gentile Roman officer who had the "profane" customs of the Gentiles?

a. Barnabas
b. Simon Peter
c. Paul
d. Luke

 Quiz of the Day, August 29, 2018

Why did John Bunyan write "Pilgrim's Progress" in prison?

a. he refused to conform to Anglican requirements in the Restoration
b. he fought with Cromwell
c. he was a Baptist minister
d. he refused allegiance to Charles II

Quiz of the Day, August 28, 2018

Which of the following is not a quote from St. Augustine?

a. Love God and do what you want.
b. That love is all there is, is all we know of love.
c. O Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
d. He who created us without our help, will not save us without our consent.

Quiz of the Day, August 27, 2018

When Paul was being sought in Damascus to be killed, how did he escape from the city?

a. angels escorted him from the city
b. he was hidden in a cart of hay
c. he was let down the city wall in a basket
d. he climbed down a rope on they city wall

Quiz of the Day, August 26, 2018

Who were Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar?

a. the names that came to be given to the three wisemen
b. the friends of Job
c. Daniel's three friends
d. along with Caleb and Joshua, spies sent to the Promised Land

Quiz of the Day, August 25, 2018

Why is the name Ananias both associated with lying and with intercessor for St. Paul?

a. there were two different men in Acts of the Apostle with same name
b. Ananias the liar converted to become Ananias the friend of Paul
c. Ananias lied to protect the life of Saul of Tarsus
d. Ananias only lied to cover for his wife Sapphira

Quiz of the Day, August 24, 2018

Who declared a place to be the "house of God" and the "gate of heaven?"

a. Moses
b. Solomon
c. Jesus
d. Jacob
e. David


Quiz of the Day, August 23, 2018

Which of the following books of the Bible might be considered the quintessential personal study of the meaning of human suffering?

a. Psalms
b. Job
c. Proverbs
d. Ecclesiastes

Quiz of the Day, August 22, 2018

Simony, the selling of ecclesiastical offices derives from what biblical person?

a. Simon Magus
b. Simon Peter
c. Simon the tanner
d. Simon the Zealot

Quiz of the Day, August 21, 2018

Whom of the following was asked to judge between papal rivals?

a. St. Ignatius Loyola
b. St. Francis of Assisi
c. St. Teresa of Avila
d. St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Quiz of the Day, August 20, 2018

Whom of the following is known for his sermons retained in a book on the Song of Songs in which the spiritual meanings are explicated?

a. Ignatius Loyola
b. Bernard of Clairvaux
c. Julian of Norwich
d. John of the Cross

Quiz of the Day, August 19, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Samson?

a. he was a Judge of Israel
b. he was blinded by the Philistines
c. he committed suicide
d. he pulled a house down on 3000 Philistines and killed them
e. Delilah was his wife and childhood family friend

Quiz of the Day, August 18, 2018

What was the source of Samson's supernatural strength?

a. he was bigger and stronger in physical size
b. he grew up wrestling wild animals
c. his long hair due to his nazirite vow
d. his holy life style and chaste behavior

Quiz of the Day, August 17, 2018

Samuel Johnson, became rector of the first Anglican parish in the 13 colonies and then went on to become president of King's College.  What happened to King's College?

a. after the Revolutionary War, the College returned to their Cambridge England campus
b. It closed after the Revolution since America could not have an institution with ties to the English monarch
c. It became Columbia University in New York City
d. It became Columbia College and then became Columbia University

Quiz of the Day, August 16, 2018

Samson ate honey collected from an unusual location and he made a riddle about that location?  From where did Samson collect the honey?

a. from the carcass of a dead lion that he had previously killed
b. from a hive in the shrine
c. from a hive on the tomb of his father
d. from the quiver for his arrows

Quiz of the Day, August 15, 2018

What do various Christians disagree about regarding the Virgin Mary?

a. her perpetual virginity
b. her Assumption into heaven
c. her sinlessness
d. her role as Co-redemptrix of the world
e. her immaculate conception
f.  all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 14, 2018

Who was Manoah?

a. the father of Samuel
b. the father of Gideon
c. the father of Samson
d. the father of Boaz

Quiz of the Day, August 13, 2018

What is the Shibboleth and Sibboleth pronunciation controversy?

a. rabbis argued about sh versus s and change in meaning of the text
b. It was used as a Jordan crossing password, since the lispers revealed their regional identity with mispronunciation
c. it is the difference between a sword and a knife
d. it was devised by the rabbis as a way of choosing their students based upon their ability to pronounce words

Quiz of the Day, August 12, 2018

In a vow that came back to haunt him, what raider-leader of Israel gave his daughter to God as a burnt offering?

a. David
b. Saul
c. Jephthah
d. Samson

Quiz of the Day, August 11, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Clare of Assisi?

a. she was a sister of St. Francis
b. she founded an order called the Poor Ladies or later called the Poor Clares
c. she was the first known writer of Rules for a religious Order
d. established a convent in San Damiano

Quiz of the Day, August 10, 2018

Who was the earliest king of Israel?

a. Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal
b. Gideon
c. Saul
d. Samuel

Quiz of the Day, August 9, 2018

What was the main fault in the life of Gideon?

a. many wives
b. compromised with the Midianites
c. he made an ephod (idol) out of gold
d. he refused to be made King of Israel

Quiz of the Day, August 8, 2018

Of four founders of monasteries/monastic movevments, who came first?

a. Francis
b. Dominic
c. Benedict
d. Ignatius

Quiz of the Day, August 7, 2018

What was the criteria for the selection of the troops of Gideon for battle?

a. good archers
b. drank water with cupped hands
c. good swordsmen
d. lapped water like a dog

Quiz of the Day, August 6, 2018

Mount Tabor is sometimes cited as the possible location for this event.

a. The Sermon on the Mount
b. The place of the return of the Son of Man
c. The Transfiguration
d. The Ascension

Quiz of the Day, August 5, 2018

Gideon was inspired by God for what?

a. to fight the Midians
b. to deliver Bibles in public facilities
c. to fight the Moabites
d. to divine God's will with fleece

Quiz of the Day, August 4, 2018

In the lectionary, which two days always use the Transfiguration periscope from the Gospels?

a. Feast of the Transfiguration and First Sunday after Easter
b. Feast of the Transfiguration and Last Sunday after Pentecost
c. Feast of the Transfiguration and Last Sunday after the Epiphany
d. Feast of the Transfiguration and Second Sunday after the Epiphany

Quiz of the Day, August 3, 2018

What couple in Hebrew Scriptures were part of a singing duet?

a. Abraham and Sarah
b. Moses and Miriam
c. Hannah and Eli
d. Deborah and Barak

Quiz of the Day, August 2, 2018

How did Sisera die?

a. of leprosy
b. a woman drove a tent peg into his temple while he slept
c. sword wound
d. hit by an arrow in battle

Quiz of the Day, August 1, 2018

Whom of the following would be the most logical patron saint of morticians?

a. Ezekiel, of dry bones fame
b. Elijah, of chariot of fire fame
c. Enoch, of deathless fame
d. Joseph of Arimathea 

Quiz of the Day, July 2018

Quiz of the Day, July 31, 2018

The "Spiritual Exercises" which derived from Ignatius Loyola might best be characterized as which of the following?

a. achieving no mind
b. devotional reading of the Bible
c. visualization of one's participation in Gospel events
d. fasting, solitude and repetition of mantras

Quiz of the Day, July 30, 2018

Where did the sibling trio of Mary, Martha and Lazarus live?

a. Bethphage
b. Emmaus
c. Jerusalem
d. Bethany

Quiz of the Day, July 29, 2018

Who did God ordain as the immediate successor of Joshua after his death?

a. Caleb
b. Judah
c. a series of Judges
d. high priests
e. no one in particular

Quiz of the Day, July 28, 2018

Whom of the following was the most prolific composer?

a. J.S. Bach
b. G.F. Handel
c. H. Purcell
d. G.P. Telemann

Quiz of the Day, July 27, 2018

Which leader of Israel commanded the sun and the moon to "stand still" so that a battle could be prolonged?

a. Moses
b. David
c. Gideon
d. Deborah
e. Joshua

Quiz of the Day, July 26, 2018

The government of which dictator was responsible for the martyrdom of Charles Raymond Barnes?

a. Duvalier
b. Trujillo
c. Castro
d. Somoza 

Quiz of the Day, July 25, 2018

Which of the following is not true about James the Apostle?

a. first martyred apostle
b. one of the sons of Thunder
c. son of Zebedee
d. present at the Transfiguration
e. challenged Judas for his mismanagement of money

Quiz of the Day, July 24, 2018

Which Thomas wrote "The Imitation of Christ?"

a. Becket
b. Aquinas
c.  à Kempis
d. the Apostle

Quiz of the Day, July 23, 2018

In Dan Brown's novel, "The Da Vinci Code," which of the following is not presented as true of Mary Magdalene?

a. she was the wife of Jesus
b. she bore a child by Jesus
c. she was the beloved disciple in the Gospel of John
d. she was a member of the priestly tribe of Levi

Quiz of the Day, July 22, 2018

When Paul went on trial before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, he was able to divide the Sadducees and Pharisees over what?

a. belief in angels
b. belief in the resurrection
c. belief in spirit
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 21, 2018

Which of the following was not part of the battle plan to take the fortified city of Jericho?

a. archers raining down arrows
b. marching around the city led by the ark of the covenant
c. blowing rams' horns
d. making a loud sustain shout

Quiz of the Day, July 20, 2018

Stanton, Bloomer, Truth and Tubman are famous women associated with which of the following?

a. women's right
b. abolition
c. temperance
d. women's under clothing
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 19, 2018

Of the following, which might be the best appellation of Macrina the Elder and Macrina the Younger?

a. Syrian women saints
b. Founders of convents
c. Cappadocian Mothers
d. Anchoress saints

Quiz of the Day, July 18, 2018

When did the waters of the Jordan part for the people of Israel to cross over?

a. when Joshua gave the command
b. when Moses gave the command
c. when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant stepped into the water
d. when the ram's horn was blown

Quiz of the Day, July 17, 2018

Which American bishop was responsible for crafting the polity of the young Episcopal Church in the former British Colonies, to mimic the bicameral democratic process of the American government?

a. Samuel Seabury
b. Philander Chase
c. William White
d. James Madison
e. Samuel Provoost

Quiz of the Day, July 16, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Rahab?

a. she was resident of Jericho
b. she was a prostitute
c. she predicted the defeat of Jericho by Israel
d. she died when Joshua led the attack on Jericho
e. she harbored two spies of Israel in Jericho

Quiz of the Day, July 15, 2018

What was the last barrier for the Israelites to enter the "Promised Land?"

a.  the warring Moabites
b. Mount Nebo
c. the Jordan River
d. the Red Sea

Quiz of the Day, July 14, 2018

How did Moses die?

a. of old age
b. a battle wound
c. at the command of the Lord
d. his heart was broken for not being allowed to enter the Promise Land

Quiz of the Day, July 13, 2018

Who was the young girl who danced for King Herod and was coaxed by her mother to ask for the head of John the Baptist?

a. Salome
b. Herodias
c. daughter of Herodias
d. wife of Philip 
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 12, 2018

Moses was not permitted to go into the Promise Land for what reason?

a. Joshua was the chosen one to do that
b. God punished Moses because he struck the Rock to get water instead of speaking to it
c. Moses died before reaching the Promised Land
d. Aaron the High Priest prophesied that Moses would not reach the Promised Land

Quiz of the Day, July 11, 2018

What saint is credited with "The Rule?"

a. St. Francis
b. St. Bernard
c. St. Benedict
d. St. Ignatius Loyola

Quiz of the Day, July 10, 2018

What was a city of refuge designated for in the book of Numbers?

a. a sanctuary city for the poor
b. a place for one who killed to be protected until proper trial
c. a place for the provision of food
d. a place for aliens to be integrated

Quiz of the Day, July 9, 2018

Why did the Gadites and the Reubenites have a disagreement with Moses?

a. they did not want to go into the Promised Land
b. they wanted to remain on the east side of the Jordon to graze their herds
c. they were in a disagreement with the tribe of Dan
d. they did not want Joshua as their new leader

Quiz of the Day, July 8, 2018

How was the successor to Moses chosen?

a. the High Priest Aaron received the message from God in the Holiest of Holies of the tabernacle
b. the people voted
c. God told Noah to make Joshua his successor
d. Joshua became the heir apparent when Caleb withdrew

Quiz of the Day, July 7, 2018

Who said that in heaven we will not marry but that we will be like angels?

a. Paul
b. John the Baptist
c. Jesus
d. Solomon

Quiz of the Day, July 6, 2018

Which Church Council decided to put to death the reformer preacher, John Hus?

a. Lyon
b. Trent
c. Constance
d. Vatican I

Quiz of the Day, July 5, 2018

In a parable of Jesus, a King saw a man without proper wedding dress at the feast.  What did the King do?

a. he provided a wedding garment
b. he made him leave the room
c. he had him sit next to him 
d. he had him bound and cast into outer darkness

Quiz of the Day, July 4, 2018

Which of the following is not true about the life of faith of first President, George Washington?

a. he was baptized into the Church of England
b. he serve on the vestry of his parish
c. he paid for pews at several churches
d. from his diaries he indicates that he went to church 14 or 16 times in a year
e. he would leave church before communion
f.  he did not have a Masonic rite burial

Quiz of the Day, July 3, 2018

Why did Balaam's donkey refuse to continue on the road forward?

a. the donkey was busying talking to Balaam
b. Balaam's donkey saw an angel blocking passage
c. Balaam's donkey was resisting Balaam's beating
d. the King of Moab brought mad dogs to stop him

Quiz of the Day, July 2, 2018

Which of the following is not true about the prophet Balaam?

a. he took a bribe from the King of Moab
b. he heard a donkey speak to him
c. he refused a bribe to issue a curse
d. the King of Moab wanted him to issue a curse against Israel

Quiz of the Day, July 1, 2018

Whom of the following made connections with the Greek poets by stating that we live and move and have our being in God and that we are God's offspring?

a. Peter
b. Ben Sirach
c. Paul
d. Timothy

Quiz of the Day, June 2018

Quiz of the Day, June 30 2018

Who succeeded Aaron as the second high priest of Israel?

a. Zadok

b. Eleazar

c. Eli

d. Phineas

Quiz of the Day, June 29, 2018

Which of the following is not true regarding St. Peter and St. Paul and the calendar of saints?

a. they share a saint's day

b. Paul's Conversion is celebrated

c. Peter's Confession is celebrated

d. they each have an individual's saint's day

Quiz of the Day, June 28, 2018

Before the Gnostics were the Gnostics, whom of the following wrote against and named early Christian "heretics?"

a. Marcion

b. Valentinus

c. Iranaeus

d. Montanus

Quiz of the Day, June 27, 2018
Who wrote the song that is known as the African-American National Anthem?

a.Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr.
b.Frederick DouglaSs
c.Julia Ward Howe
d.James Weldon Johnson

Quiz of the Day, June 26, 2018

In the biblical epic, the earth became a man-eater; it opened up and swallowed a man and his fellow rebels.  Who was this man?

a. Ahab
b. Sisera
c. Korah
d. Tobiah

Quiz of the Day, June 25, 2018

What do Moses, Samuel, John the Baptist and Jesus have in common?

a. they were raised in synagogues
b. they had special birth stories
c. they performed water miracles
d. they were all Levites

Quiz of the Day, June 24, 2018

Whom of the following is not listed as a participant in the Council of Jerusalem?

a. Peter
b. Paul
c. Barnabas
d. John Mark

Quiz of the Day, June 23, 2018

Who were the "genetic" giants of the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Philistines
b. Nephilim
c. Amalekites
d. Hittites 

Quiz of the Day, June 22, 2018

St. Alban was the first Christian Martyr of 

a. France
b. Gaul
c. Spain
d. Britain

Quiz of the Day, June 21, 2018

Why was Miriam punished by God with leprosy and temporary expulsion from the camp?

a. he challenged Aaron as High Priest
b. she supported Korah against Moses
c. she criticized Moses for being married to a foreigner
d. she attempt a coup on Moses' leadership

Quiz of the Day, June 20, 2018

What fowl did the people of Israel eat in the wilderness?

a. chicken
b. dove
c. quail
d. duck

Quiz of the Day, June 19, 2018

What kind of seed did Manna look like?

a. pomegranate
b. dill
c. cumin
d. coriander
e. mustard

Quiz of the Day, June 18, 2018

When the people of Israel were on their wilderness journey how did they know when to pull up camp and move?

a. Moses told them to
b. Aaron, the High Priest consulted the Urim and Thummim
c. they followed a rising and settling cloud
d. a pillar of fire would lead them

Quiz of the Day, June 17, 2018

With whom did Jesus identify John the Baptist?

a. Moses
b. Elijah
c. Enoch
d. Isaiah
e. Daniel

Quiz of the Day, June 16, 2018

The city of Berkeley, California was named after whom?

a. an Irish Anglican bishop
b. a philosopher of subjective idealism
c. the author of "Alciphron"
d. a giant of British empiricism
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, June 15, 2018

Which of the following authors made "mysticism" an acceptable term of Christian spirituality in Anglicanism?

a. Julian of Norwich
b. Evelyn Underhill
c. C.S. Lewis
d. Jeremy Taylor
e. William Law

Quiz of the Day, June 14, 2018

Whom of the following does not have "the Great" as part of his name?

a. Basil
b. Leo
c. Gregory
d. Anthony
e. John XXIII

Quiz of the Day, June 13, 2018

Who said, "By experts in poverty, I don't mean sociologists; I mean poor men..?"

a. Will Rogers
b. C.S. Lewis
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Charles Williams
e. J.R.R. Tolkien

Quiz of the Day, June 12, 2018

In creative figurative language, who wrote, "Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia," contrasting the Law as born from a "slave" with Jerusalem above born of a free woman?

a. Luke
b. Paul
c. Peter
d. James

Quiz of the Day, June 11, 2018

What was Barnabas' name before he received his "Christian" name?

a. Simon
b. Joses
c. Schlmo
d. David

Quiz of the Day, June 10, 2018

What did Jesus say the unforgivable sin was?

a. blasphemy
b. blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
c. murder
d. unforgiveness

Quiz of the Day, June 9, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Columba?

a. he was born in Ireland
b. he evangelized the Picts
c. he is the Apostle of Scotland
d. he was the Abbot of Iona
e. it is the name of a popular hymn tune
f. he is the patron saint of Scotland

Quiz of the Day, June 8, 2018

Roberto de Nobili and Roland Allen are best known for what?

a. Missionary work in Africa
b. Missionary work in India
c. Adapting evangelism to indigenous cultures
d. Support of Gandhi

Quiz of the Day, June 7, 2018

Which of the following is a difference between the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed?

a. belief in the resurrection
b. belief in the Father
c. belief in the Son
d. belief in the Holy Spirit
e. Apostles Creed is first person singular, Nicene Creed is first person plural
f. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, June 6, 2018

"A time to kill," is a phrase found in what book of the Bible?

a. Psalms
b. Proverbs
c. Wisdom of Ben Sirach
d. Ecclesiastes

Quiz of the Day, June 5, 2018

As a showing of "Our God is greater than your god," what missionary bishop chopped down the famous "Thor's sacred tree?"

a. Willibrord
b. Wilfrid 
c. Anskar
d. Boniface

Quiz of the Day, June 4, 2018

Which Pope convened the Second Vatican Council?

a. Pius XII
b. John Paul II
c. John Paul I
d. Paul VI
e. John XXIII

Quiz of the Day, June 3, 2018

"Vanity of vanities, all is vanity," is a repeated phrase in what book of the Bible?

a. Proverbs
b. The Psalms
c. Ecclesiastes
d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, June 2, 2018

Who wrote or said that "the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil?"

a. Jesus
b. Solomon
c. Moses
d. Perhaps Paul in a "Pauline" letter to Timothy
e. Jude

Quiz of the Day, June 1, 2018

Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Origen and Clement are often called what?

a. Martyrs
b. Post-Nicene Fathers
c. Early Christian Apologists
d. Desert Fathers