Sunday, July 31, 2016

Quiz of the Day, July 2016

Quiz of the Day, July 31, 2016 Quiz of the Day, July 30, 2016

What biblical leader and warrior was from Ophrah?

a. Deborah
b. Gideon
c. Abner
d. Saul




William Wilberforce, an Anglican saint would have something prominent in common with what American president?

a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quiz of the Day, July 29, 2016

Mary, Martha and Lazarus were siblings and friends of Jesus.  Where were they from?

a. Jerusalem
b. Magdala
c. Bethany
d. Bethphage
e. Capernaum


Quiz of the Day, July 28, 2016

Jael, a woman who lived in the time of the famous Judge Deborah, is best known for what?

a. raising a famous son
b. pounding a tent peg through the head of Sisera
c. composing a song in honor of Deborah
d. she was a military leader

Quiz of the Day, July 27, 2016

Which of the following is not one of the last things which Jesus said while on the Cross, as recorded in the canonical Gospels?

a. “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?”
b. My God, why have you forsaken me.
c. It is finished.
d. I thirst.
e. Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.
f. Today you shall be with me in paradise.
g. Woman, behold your son.
h. Son, behold your mother.
I. You say that I am the Son of God.
j.Father into your hands I commend my spirit.

Quiz of the Day, July 26, 2016

From where do we derive information about Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary?

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

Quiz of the Day, July 25, 2015

Camino de Santiago is the pilgrimage route in Spain to the burial site of what apostle?

a. Matthias
b. Thaddeus
c. James, son of Zebedee
d. Thomas

Quiz of the Day, July 24, 2016

Who was Barabbas?

a. one of St. Paul's fellow ministers
b. a Roman centurion
c. a prisoner who received release instead of Jesus
d. a lesser known prophet listed in Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, July 23, 2016

Before Joshua died, which of the following is not one of his instructions for the people of Israel?

a. follow the laws of the books of Moses
b. do not follow the gods of other nations
c. do not inter-marry with other nations
d. build a temple for the God of Israel

Quiz of the Day, July 22,2016

According to the accounts of the four Gospel, which of the following is not true about Mary Magdalene?

a. she had demons cast from her by Jesus
b. she was the first witness of a resurrection appearance of Christ
c. she was a former harlot
d. she was at the cross of Jesus

Quiz of the Day, July 21, 2016

Of the four Liberating Women, who was at the 1848 Convention in Seneca Falls, NY to discuss the rights of women?

a. Sojourner Truth
b. Harriet Ross Tubman
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d. Amelia Bloomer
e. c and d

Quiz of the Day, July 20, 2016


Of the four Liberating Women, whose face will soon be on the twenty dollar bill?

a. Sojourner Truth
b. Harriet Ross Tubman
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d. Amelia Bloomer

Quiz of the Day, July 19, 2016

What did Joshua understand God to command regarding the battle of Jericho and Ai?

a. they were to burn the booty
b. they were to kill all inhabitants except Rahab and her family
c. they were to kill the livestock
d. they were to spare the lives of the kings

Quiz of the Day, July 18, 2016

In the Epistle to the Roman church, according to Paul, what fulfills the Law?

a. practice of justice
b. the blood of Christ
c. love
d. the presence of the Holy Spirit

Quiz of the Day, July 17, 2017

What was the main instrument of war when Joshua and the people of Israel defeated the mighty city of Jericho?

a. bow and arrow
b. shofar
c. spears
d. swords

Quiz of the Day, July 16, 2016

The Righteous Gentiles is the name designated for which of the following?

a. Cornelius and his family
b. the Corinthian converts of St. Paul
c. Paul's Gentile protégé who converted to the Gospel
d. the heroes who helped rescue Jews during the Holocaust

Quiz of the Day, July 15, 2016

Whom did Joshua have a holy encounter with before the battle of Jericho?

a. the spirit of Moses
b. the divine presence in the tabernacle
c. the commander of the army of God
d. an angel guard of the ark of the covenant

Quiz of the Day, July 14, 2016

What did the people of Israel take from their Jordan River crossing as memorial tokens of God bringing them into the Promised Land?

a. flasks of water from the Jordan
b. twelve willow shoots from the bank of the River
c. twelve memorial stones taken from the Jordan River
d. mud to become dust to remember their miraculous crossing

Quiz of the Day, July 13, 2016

Which of the following is not associated with the parting of the waters of the Jordan River?

a. Elijah
b. Joshua
c. Moses
d. Elisha

Quiz of the Day, July 12, 2016

Which of the Presiding Bishops of The Episcopal Church became known and identified with the phrase summarizing the Presiding Bishop's vision of the Episcopal Church:  "There will be no outcasts?"

a. John Hines
b. Frank Griswold
c. Katharine Jefferts Schori
d. Edmund Browning
e. John Allin

Quiz of the Day, July 11, 2016

Which of the following is not true of Rahab of Jericho?

a. she was a prostitute
b. she is in the lineage of Jesus Christ
c. she hid two spies of Israel on her roof top
d. a sea creature was named after her
e. she was spared in the battle of Jericho

Quiz of the Day, July 10, 2016

Which modern day countries were included in the original "Promised Land?"

a. Israel
b. Egypt
c. Lebanon
d. Syria
e. Saudi Arabia
f. Jordan
g. Iraq
h . all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 9, 2016

On what mountain did Moses receive a panoramic vision of the Promised Land which he did not enter?

a. Sinai
b. Horeb
c. Gerizim
d. Nebo

Quiz of the Day, July 8, 2016

What did Moses predict about the people of Israel before he died?

a. that they would chose Caleb as their leader
b. that they would be corrupt and not keep his written laws
c. that they would extend their land to the Euphrates
d. that Jerusalem would be the place of God's temple

Quiz of the Day, July 7, 2016

What did Moses believe to be his greatest punishment from God?

a. his speech impediment
b. his oft fickle brother and sister
c. God's refusal to allow him to go into the Promised Land
d. not being able to see God's face; only His backside

Quiz of the Day, July 6, 2016

After John Wycliffe, who was the earliest Protestant reformer?

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


Quiz of the Day, July 5, 2016

For whom did Moses establish the six cities of refuge in the land of Canaan?

a. for foreigners
b. for the Levites
c. for a safe place for those who accidentally killed another person
d. for the poor

Quiz of the Day, July 4, 2016

In which Book of Common Prayer is Independence Day listed as a Major Feast?

a. 1789
b. 1892
c. 1928
d. 1979


Quiz of the Day, July 3, 2016

The Acts of the Apostles reports a book burning; what kind of books were burned?

a. Greek philosophy books
b. Roman rhetoric books
c. books of those who practiced magic
d. the Sibylline oracles

Quiz of the Day, July 2, 2016

What conclusion can be drawn from the following verse from the Psalms: "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, *  when we remembered you, O Zion."


a. that David did not write all of the Psalms
b. that this Psalm was written by a person with knowledge of the Exile
c. the Psalms could be designated as worthy of David without all of them being written by him
d. all of the above
e. a and b

Quiz of the Day, July 1, 2016

Who said, "Render unto Caesar's the things of the Caesar's; render unto God the things of God?"

a. Paul
b. Peter
c. Writer of the Letter to the Hebrews
d. Jesus

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