Sunday, August 31, 2014

Daily Quiz, August 2014

Daily Quiz, August 31, 2014

Moses had his burning bush experience with God on what mountain?

a. Sinai
b. Horeb
c. Tabor
d. Negev

Daily Quiz, August 30, 2014

Peter had a vision giving him divine permission to lift the religious dietary restrictions (kasher which became kosher following Ashkenazi pronunciation).  Which of the following was regarded to be ritually clean for eating?

a. shrimp
b. locusts
c. eagles
d. rabbit

Daily Quiz, August 29, 2014

Piety, Charity, Discretion, Prudence, Sagacity, Mercy and Hopeful are 

a. theological virtues
b. cardinal virtues
c. characters in John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"
d. fruits of the Spirit


Daily Quiz, August 28,2014

What saint said, "The man who sings prays twice?"

a. St. Cecilia
b. St. Veronica
c. St. Augustine
d. St. Thomas Aquinas 

Daily Quiz, August 27, 2014

In the Hebrew Scriptures, if the body is said to go to the grave at death; where does the soul go?

a. Hades
b. Sheol
c. Gehenna
d. Tartarus
e. a and b

Daily Quiz, August 26, 2014

Tabitha, Phoebe and Lydia were leading women of the early church.  In what New Testament book can one find their stories?

a. 1 Corinthians
b. 2 Corinthians
c. Acts of the Apostles 
d. Luke


Daily Quiz, August 25, 2014

Bartholomew is listed in the names of the Twelve Disciples.  Some think he also was Philip's friend whose name was 

a. Lazarus
b. Nicodemus
c. Nathaniel
d. Mathias

Daily Quiz, August 24, 2104

Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar were 

a. grandsons of Noah
b. Israelite spies
c. friends of Job
d. musicians in Solomon's temple

Daily Quiz, August 23, 2014

When Saul was blinded in his encounter with Christ, who was the man who prayed for his healing and received this former persecutor of followers of Jesus?

a. Cornelius
b. Ananias
c. Rufus
d. Aquila


Daily Quiz, August 22, 2014

A "Damascus Road Conversion" is a metaphor which derived from the life of what person?

a. Saul
b. Paul
c. Peter
d. Barnabas
e. a and b


Daily Quiz, August 21, 2014

What person in the Bible said, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord?"

a. Abraham
b. Moses
c. Job
d. Solomon

Daily Quiz, August 20, 2014

The Psalmist wrote, "Seven times a day do I praise Thee."  What did this verse inspire?

a. a little known method of measure daily time
b. the monastic prayer hours
c. the numerological  significance of seven as God's number
d. the establishment of a seven day week

Daily Quiz, August 19, 2014

The Acts of the Apostles reports a magician convert who was fascinated with the power of the evangelist Philip and he wanted to purchase that power.  From this person what is the "selling" of church offices and privilege called?

a. Kickback
b. Simony
c. Felony
d. Chicanery 

Daily Quiz, August 18, 2014

Who is regarded to be the first martyr of the early Jesus Movement?

a. John the Baptist
b. Jesus
c. St. Stephen
d. James, son of Zebedee


Daily Quiz, August 17, 2014

How did Samson die?

a. of old age
b. He was beheaded by the Philistines
c. He toppled a building down on himself and 3000 others
d. in a battle against the Philistines


Daily Quiz, August 16, 2014

Samson was a miracle baby and his parent had to commit him to follow the vows of the Nazirite.  Which vow or vows did he violate?

a. uncut your hair
b. no wine 
c. no contact with dead bodies 
d. all of the above
e. a and c
f.  a and b

Daily Quiz, August 15, 2014

August 15 is the Feast of 

a. the Assumption
b. The Dormition of the Mother of God 
c. St. Mary the Virgin
d. all of the above


Daily Quiz, August 14, 2014

Samson was known for what kind of verbal play?

a. poetry
b. riddle
c. parable
d. debate


Daily Quiz, August 13, 2014

Delilah was a temptress who tricked a famous biblical strongman and judge to give up his "hairy" strength.  Who was this strong man?

a. Joshua
b. Jonathan
c.  Samuel
d.  Samson


Daily Quiz, August 12, 2014

Who was raised as an Episcopalian and came to spoof the Episcopal Church as "Catholic Lite, same religion, half the guilt?"


a. Johnny Carson
b. Jonathan Winters
c.  Robin Williams
d.  Steve Martin

Daily Quiz, August 11, 2014

The Poor Clares are members of a religious order founded by a woman who was influenced by what saint?

a. St. Basil
b. St. Francis of Assisi
c. St. Benedict
d. St. John of the Cross 


Daily Quiz, August 10, 2014

Jephthah made a vow to God if he was successful in warfare that he would offer to God the first person to come from the door of home on his return home.  Who did it turn out to be?

a. his father
b. his brother
c. his daughter
d. his son


Daily Quiz, August 9, 2014

In the crossword puzzles what is the one word definition of Ananias and Sapphira?

a. deacons
b. Cretans 
c. liars
d. generosity



Daily Quiz, August 8, 2014

What religious order has the abbreviation O.P. Order of Preachers, (Ordo Praedicatorium), are called Black Friars (from their cloaks), also Domini canes (Hounds of the Lord) and Jacobins, deriving from their Paris convent location?

a. Francisicans
b. Benedictine
c. Carmelite
d. Dominican


 Daily Quiz, August 7, 2014

"Transfiguration" comes a New Testament (koine) Greek word, a cognate for what English word?

a. Change
b.  Transition 
c.  Metamorphosis 
d.  Regeneration

Daily Quiz, August 6, 2014

August 6th is the Feast of the Transfiguration.  Which Sunday on the Church Calendar always uses the Gospel reading of the transfiguration?

a. Last Sunday after the Epiphany 
b. The Sunday before Ascension Day
c.  Second Sunday of Easter 
d.  First Sunday after Christmas

Daily Quiz, August 5, 2014

What was the recruitment criteria for Gideon's army?

a. those who drank water from cupped hands
b. those who drank water from a cup
c. those who lapped water in the stream like a dog
d. those who were accurate in shooting arrows


Daily Quiz, August 4, 2014

Gideon asked God for a sign using what criteria?

a. dew soaked fleece on dry ground in the morning
b. dry fleece on dew soaked ground in the morning
c. a lit lamp in a pitcher in the morning
d. cock crowing thrice in the morning
e. a and b



Daily Quiz, August 3, 2014

The Gideon Bible is a Bible 

a. found in a hotel room with a forward written by Hermann Gideon
b. distributed by a group named after the biblical Judge Gideon
c. from a group that started in Wisconsin
d. b and c 
d. all of the above

Daily Quiz, August 2, 2014

Barak and Deborah sang a song about the feat of the woman Jael.  What did she do?

a. gave birth to Samson
b. drove a tent peg into the head of Sisera
c. she was a famous seamstress
d. she fought the Philistines

Daily Quiz, August 1, 2014 

Who is the patron saint of funeral directors?

a. Nicodemus 
b. Joseph of Arimathea 
c. St. George 
d. St. Christopher

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