Daily Quiz, July 2015

Daily Quiz, July 31, 2015

What is the abbreviation for a member of the religious order of Ignatius Loyola?

a. O.S.B.
b. S.J.
c. O.P.
d. O.F.M.
e. O.C.S.O.

Daily Quiz, July 30,2015

William Wilberforce is best known for

a. his crusade against slavery and slave trade
b. his years of teaching at Cambridge
c. his travel diaries
d. his close relationship with John Wesley


Daily Quiz, July 29, 2015

The man Lazarus in the Gospel is

a. the brother of Mary and Martha
b. a man whom Jesus brought back to life
c. a leper in a parable of Jesus
d. all of the above


Daily Quiz, July 28, 2015

What do Bryd, Merbecke, Tallis, Purcell, Bach and Handel share in common?

a. all were trained musician in the German tradition
b. all were Lutheran musicians
c. all did exclusive church music commissions for the Church of England
d. all are on the Episcopal calendar of saints


Daily Quiz, July 27, 2015

Where was David King before he was King of Israel?

a. Moab
b. Judah in Hebron
c. Kadesh Barnea
d. Gaza


Daily Quiz, July 26, 2015

How did King Saul die?

a. of old age
b. he was killed by David in a coup
c. he was shot with an arrow in battle
d. he committed suicide in battle


 Daily Quiz, July 25, 2015

James the Apostle or James the Great has which of the following traditions about him?

a. son of Zebedee
b. brother of John
c. nicknamed Boanerges with his brother
d. fisherman
e. associate with Compestela Spain
f. followed John the Baptist
d. all of the above


Daily Quiz, July 24, 2015

Thomas à Kempis wrote a Christian devotional classic. What is the title of this classic?

a. The Interior Castle
b. The Seven Storey Mountain
c. The Imitation of Christ
d. The Practice of the Presence of God

Daily Quiz, July 23, 2015

Who was the witch of Endor?

a. name for a woman persecuted in the Salem witch trials
b. medieval woman burned at the stake for sorcery
c. a medium consulted by King Saul in battle to contact the dead Samuel
d. a medium for King Henry VIII

Daily Quiz, July 22, 2015
According to the Gospel records, who is the first person to see the resurrected Jesus?
a. Peter

b. John
c. The beloved Disciple
d. Mary Magdalene

Daily Quiz, July 21, 2015

What is the name of the woman who interceded for the rude and dismissive behavior of her husband towards David and eventually became a wife of David?

a. Michal
b. Bathsheba
c. Merab
d. Abigail
e. Maacah

Daily Quiz, July 20, 2015

Amelia Bloomer, women's right activist and celebrated in the Episcopal Calendar of saints was known is popular culture for what?

a. temperance
b. Turkish dress which became known as "bloomers"
c. fiery speeches
d. Seneca Falls Convention

Daily Quiz, July 19, 2015

According to the Gospel of Mark, what is the unforgivable sin?

a. pride
b. greed
c. sin against the Holy Spirit
d. murder

Daily Quiz, July 18, 2015

Doeg the Edomite working with King Saul against David is known for what?

a. killing David's brother
b. killing 85 priests
c. stealing Goliath's sword from David
d. killing Samuel

Daily Quiz, July 17, 2015

Which of the following did David not do when he was escaping the wrath of King Saul?

a. mimicked being a mad man
b. ate the holy bread of Presence of the priests
c. was given Goliath's sword for his own use
d. married Abigail

Daily Quiz, July 16, 2015

How did Jonathan warn David about Saul's intent to harm him?

a. shooting arrows in a field where David was hiding
b. smoke signal
c. lighting a fire
d. putting up a white cloth marker

Daily Quiz, July 15, 2015

Who did King David love with a love more wonderful than the love of a woman?

a. Abner
b. Jonathan
c. Absalom
d. Samuel

Daily Quiz, July 14, 2015

Where is Psalm 26:6 used in the liturgy: "I will wash my hands in innocence, O LORD, * that I may go in procession round your altar,...?"

a. the asperges before sprinkling people with holy water
b. silent prayer of celebrant when washes hands before the Eucharistic Prayer
c. Good Friday, as the failed gesture of Pontius Pilate
d. prayers in the vesting room for the acolytes before the liturgy

Daily Quiz, July 13, 2015

What did King Saul do when David played for him on his lyre?

a. he applauded
b. he gave him his daughter in marriage
c. he threw his spear at him
d. he made him his successor

Daily Quiz, July 12, 2015

Why did John the Baptist get imprisoned?

a. His preaching offended the Pharisees
b. His preaching offended the Saducees
c. He rebuked Herod for marrying his brother's wife
d. He did not like Salome's "Dance of the Veils"

Daily Quiz, July 11, 2015

Who is the "Father" of Western Monasticism?

a. St. Gregory of Nyssa
b. St. Francis of Assisi
c. St. Benedict of Nursia
d. St. Anthony of the Desert

Daily Quiz, July 10, 2015

"Apple of one's eye" is the eyeball and a poetic expression of protecting care used in which of the following Bible/Apocrypha books?

a. Psalms
b. Lamentations
c. Deuteronomy
d. Zechariah
e. Ecclesiasticus
f. Proverbs
g. all of the above

Daily Quiz, July 9, 2015

How did King Saul placate his really foul moods?

a. he went to battle
b. he engaged in sword fights
c. he listened to the music of a lyre
d. he paced in his garden

Daily Quiz, July 8, 2015

Before Simon Peter was summoned by the centurion Cornelius, he had a dream. What was the subject matter of the dream?

a. he prepared him for the healing of the centurion's son
b. he was given a warning of his impending arrest
c. he was told that God approved of "non-kosher" meats
d. he was warned against Gentiles who wanted to follow Chr

Daily Quiz, July 7, 2015

Which of the following is not true about Bohemia and bohemian?

a. an area within Czech Republic whose favorite son was Jan/John Hus
b. a name for artist colonies in Europe; a misnomer from the country of the same name
c. a name used in a Puccini opera for starving artists in the Latin Quarters of Paris
d. the name of a Paris bar from which the name for starving artist derived

Daily Quiz, July 6, 2015

Who of the following is the earliest reforming leader of the church?

a. Zwingli
b. Calvin
c. Luther
d. Hus

Daily Quiz, July 5, 2015

Why did King Saul feel compelled to kill his son Jonathan?

a. for an attempted coup
b. for taking David's side
c. for unwittingly eating honey during a declared fast he knew nothing about
d. because Jonathan showed cowardice in battle

Daily Quiz, July 4, 2015

In what American Book of Common Prayer was Independence Day list as an "Other Major Feast?"

a. Propose Book of 1786
b. 1789
c. 1928
d. 1979

Daily Quiz, July 3, 2015

Why wasn't Independence Day a feast day with liturgical propers in the first American Book of Common Prayer?

a. The first American Book of Common Prayer was the 1662 BCP
b. It would have created public embarrassment for the clergy, most of whom were British loyalists
c. The church did not have permission from the Archbishop of Canterbury
d. The Convention disagreed about including the King in the Prayers of the People

Daily Quiz, July 2, 2015

Who wrote the book, "Theology for the Social Gospel?"

a. William Temple
b. F.D. Maurice
c. Walter Rauschenbusch
d. Jacob Riis

Daily Quiz, July 1, 2015

What was the top selling novel of the 19th century?

a. The Song of Hiawatha
b. Uncle Tom's Cabin
c. Little Women
d. Little by Little