Friday, September 30, 2016

Quiz of the Day, September 2016

Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2016

Who of the following was not a Bible translator?

a. John Eliot
b. Jerome
c. William Tyndale
d. John Wycliffe
e. Miles Coverdale
f. Edward Sapir
g. Martin Luther
h. Miles Coverdale

Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2016

What is Michaelmas?

a. a feast for non-human beings
b. a feast for Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel
c. a feast for the Archangel Michael
d. sometime a name for the fall term at a seminary or church school
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2016

Which of the following mystics wrote "The Scale of Perfection?" (aka "The Ladder of Perfection")

a. St. Teresa of Avila
b. Walter Hilton
c. Margery Kempe
d. Thomas Traherne
e. Richard Rolle
f.  John Climacus

Quiz of the September 27, 2006

Which of the following best describes Thomas Traherne?

a. A supralapsarian
b. A Metaphysical poet
c. A Pelagian
d. A monk of Lindisfarne


Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2016

"It is more blessed to give than to receive."  These words are attributed to Jesus and in what book of the Bible are they found?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. Acts of the Apostles

Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2016

The tongue is compared to the rudder of a ship, a fire and a bit of a horse in what book in the Bible?

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

Quiz of the Day, September 24, 2016

Which prophet to Judah is associated with the reign of King Uzziah?

a. Hosea
b. Amos
c. Jeremiah
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, September 23, 2016

What is the Masoretic Text?

a. a very early text for the New Testament
b. a text of the Bible found among the Masoric people
c. Official Hebrew and Aramaic text of Hebrew Scriptures of Rabbinic Judaism
d. an ancient translation of Hebrew Scripture into Aramaic


Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2016

What record of "book burning/scroll burning" is found in the Bible?

a. the Torah was burned by the Chaldean armies
b. the Book of Maccabees by Antiochus Epiphanes
c. the magic books by Christian converts in Ephesus
d. the writings of Simon Magus

Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2016

In the story of Esther what is the name of the hateful antagonist of Mordecai?

a. Ahasuerus
b. Haman
c. Bigthana
d. Teresh


Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2016

Which of the following is not true of the man Apollos who is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles?

a. He was a Jew
b. He was from Alexandria
c. He had the baptism of John
d. He became a companion of Paul in his mission

Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2016

Which biblical figure said, "If I perish, I perish?"

a. Jesus
b. Paul
c. Esther
d. David

Quiz of the Day, September 18, 2016

Purim is the Jewish holiday which derives from the book of Esther, a story of the saving of the Jewish people from the plot of the wicked Haman.  What does "pur" in Purim refer to?

a. the wicked plot
b. lot or method of selecting the day on the calendar
c. a Persian word for "Queen"
d. gallows, on which the wicked Haman was hung

Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2016

The Bible is a book about the knowledge of God in the experience of humanity.  How many times is the name of God mentioned in the book of Esther?

a. once
b. twice
c. three times
d. nil

Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2016

Why was Queen Vashti replaced with the new Queen Esther?

a. the king preferred Esther's beauty
b. the king wanted to marry a Jew
c. Vashti refused to come to the king when bidden
d. Esther was married for a political alliance

Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2016

Which of the following "heretical" groups used the writings of Cyprian to bolster their position?

a. Peligians
b. Donatists
c. Docetists
d. Arians

Quiz of the Day September 14, 2016

Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?

a. David
b. Moses
c. Melchizedek
d. Solomon

Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2016

Which of the following saint had a surname meaning "golden-tongue?"

a. John of Constantinople 
b. Basil the Great
c. Gregory of Nyssa
d. Gregory Nazianzus



Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2016

What does "Behemoth" refer to in Job?

a. an alligator or crocodile
b. hippopotamus
c. Elephant
d. rhinoceros
e. dinosaur
f. a large animal living in/near water and eats grass

Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2016

Where does one find the phrase, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great?"

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

Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2016

What does the Gospel of John record the High Priest Caiphas as predicting about Jesus?

a. he must be turned over to the Romans
b. he must die for the nation of Israel
c. he must be punished for blasphemy
d. he must by punished for misrepresenting Judaism

Quiz of the Day, September 9, 2016

At the Council of Jerusalem where the validity of the innovation of the mission to the Gentiles was confirmed, who spoke the definitive statement of confirmation?

a. Simon Peter
b. James of Jerusalem
c. Paul
d. Barnabas

Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2016

Which of the following was the "earliest" Church Council?

a. Nicaea
b. Constantinople
c. Jerusalem
d. Ephesus
e. Chalcedon

Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2016

Spirit, Bride, Alpha, Omega, Bright Morning Star are found in a canticle from what book of the Bible?

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

Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2016

In John's Gospel, the discussion about Jesus being "Son of God," Jesus responds to his shocked interlocutors by quoting a Hebrew Scripture about humans being "gods and sons of the Most High."  What Hebrew Scripture did Jesus quote?

a. Genesis
b. Isaiah
c. Psalms
d. Job

Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2016

Albert Schweitzer, organist, physician, humanitarian and theologian wrote a book, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus."  In this book, he argues that Jesus should be primarily seen as

a. an apocalyptic prophet
b. a wisdom teacher
c. a wonder working healer
d. a rabbi founding another rabbinical school of thought

Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2016

Which of the following is not a metaphor for Jesus in the Gospel of John?

a. gate
b. shepherd
c. Good Shepherd
d. Way
e. Truth
f. Word
g. Letter

Quiz of the Day, September 3, 2106

Who is Prudence Crandall?

a. A Quaker saint on the Episcopal calendar of saints
b. A founder of a school which admitted a black child in 1831 in Connecticut
c. A person who closed her school because of fear for safety of her children
d. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2016

Which of the following biblical character says, "I have escaped by the skin of my teeth?"

a. David
b. The Psalmist
c. Jeremiah
d. Job

Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2016

A recent liturgical observance for the time September 1st through October 4th is called what?

a. Holy Cross Month
b. Rogation
c. Season of Creation
d. Harvest Festival

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