Sunday, April 30, 2017

Quiz of the Day, April 2017

Quiz of the Day, April 30, 2017

Belteshazzar was the Babylonian name for whom?

a. Shadrach
b. Meshach
c. Abednego
d. Daniel

Quiz of the Day, April 29, 2017

Where does one find the following: " let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action..?"

a. 1 John
b. John
c. Proverbs
d. Timothy



Quiz of the Day, April 28,2017


Which of the following do not pertain to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego?

a. Song of the Three Young Men
b. Fiery Furnace
c. Lion's Den
d. Book of Daniel
e. Nebuchadnezzar's golden statue

Quiz of the Day, April 27, 2017

"Feet of Clay" as a metaphor for a hidden flaw or weakness derived from which of the following biblical contexts?

a. Ezekiel's vision of the wheels
b. Hosea's metaphor of the harlot
c. Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream
d. Jeremiah hiding his "underwear"

 Quiz of the Day, April 26, 2017

Who led the first service from the Book of Common Prayer in North America?

a. Robert Hunt, Jamestown colony
b. Francis Fletcher with Sir Francis Drake in the San Francisco Bay
c. Robert Wolfall, Chaplain of Martin Frobisher's expedition in what is now Canada
d. John Rolfe, Jamestown


Quiz of the Day, April 25, 2017

In the rather "fuzzy" record of the identity of St. Mark, what does the fuzzy record indicate?

a. he was named John Mark
b. he was a cousin of Barnabas
c. he ran naked from the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus was arrested
d. he is one of three Marks, John Mark, Mark, evangelist, and Mark cousin of Barnabas
e. he wrote the Gospel of Mark as a recorder for Peter
f. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 24, 2017

Which of the following is not true about the book of Daniel?

a. modern scholars believe it to be pseudonymous
b. it purports to take place in ancient Babylon
c. probably more likely during the Maccabean era
d. designated as Apocalyptic literature
e. has a reference to a "son of man"
f.  has the story of Daniel consigning the King to a den of lions


Quiz of the Day, April 23, 2017

Thomas, Didymus means what?

a. doubter
b. skeptic
c. twin
d. son of thunder

Quiz of the Day, April 22, 2017

Which is not true about the Latin phrase, "filoque?"

a. it was an addition to the Nicene Creed by the Western Church
b. it means "and the son"
c. the Orthodox churches accepted this addition
d. the Orthodox churches soundly rejected this addition

Quiz of the Day, April 21, 2017

In the books of the Bible below, which does not make mention of Michael the Archangel?

a. Jude
b  Ezekiel
c. Daniel
d. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, April 20, 2017

The "Valley of the Dry Bones" came in a vision to what prophet?

a. Jeremiah
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. Joel
e. Hosea

Quiz of the Day, April 19, 2017

In which Gospel does Jesus tell Peter to, "feed my sheep?"

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

Quiz of the Day, April 18,  2017

In which Gospel is Jesus quoted as saying to his disciples, "In my Father's house, there are many dwelling places(KJV mansions)?"

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. Thomas
e. John

Quiz of the Day, April 17, 2017

According to the Gospels, Jesus appeared on Easter in all but one of the following places.  Where did he not (re)appear on Easter?

a. Jerusalem
b. Galilee
c. Mount of Olives
d. Road to Emmaus

Quiz of the Day, April 16, 2017

How is the date of Easter determined?

a. the pope sets the official Sunday
b. the second Sunday in April in the Julian calendar
c. the full moon after the second Sunday of March on the Gregorian calendar
d. the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox

Quiz of the Day, April 15, 2017

Who provided the burial tomb for the body of Jesus?

a. Nicodemus
b. Mary and Martha of Bethany
c. Lazarus of Bethany
d. Joseph of Arimathaea

Quiz of the Day, April 14, 2017

Which of the following are not last words from the Cross in John's Gospel Passion account?

a. It is finished
b. Woman here is your son.
c. Son here is your mother.
d. My God, why have you forsaken me.
e. I am thirsty

Quiz of the Day, April 13, 2017

Which of the following is not liturgically proper for Maundy Thursday?

a. stripping of the altar
b. foot-washing
c. chanting "ubi caritas"
d. combining the Eucharist with a Seder
e. hosting an "Agape" or fellowship meal to emphasize that Eucharist derive from a "real" meal

Quiz of the Day, April 12, 2107

What is the significance of "Tenebrae" in the liturgy of the church?

a. it means "darkness" and includes a ritual of extinguishing candles
b. it is a Holy Week liturgical practice for Lauds and Matins for the Roman Catholic Church
c. it has been adapted to a Holy Wednesday liturgy in Episcopal Church
d. it is included in the Book of Occasional Services
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 11, 2017

Who is responsible for introduction the notion of "stations" of the cross in Europe?

a. St. Francis
b. St. Francis Xavier
c. St. Bernard
d. William Wey in the 15th century

Quiz of the Day, April 10, 2017

Egeria or Etheria is known for what?

a. pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the fourth century
b. writings about a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
c. sharing the accounts of Holy Week ritual in Jerusalem in the West
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 9, 2017

Which Gospel version of Palm Sunday, involves two donkeys and not just one?

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

Quiz of the Day, April 8, 2017

"May our daughters be like sculptured corners of a palace."  Where is this prayer found in the Bible?

a. Proverbs
b. Psalms
c. Ecclesiastes
d. 1 Chronicles

Quiz of the Day, April 7, 2017

Why was the Russian Patriarch Tikhon controversial in the Episcopal Church?

a. he was invited to co-consecrate the bishop of Fond du Lac
b. he was sympathetic to the Bolsheviks
c. he tried to convert Episcopal missions in Alaska to Orthodoxy
d. he founded the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius

Quiz of the Day, April 6, 2017


The Passion of Christ refers to what?

a. Christ's passionate love for humanity
b. suffering and endurance found in the events of Jesus leading up to his death on the cross
c. came after a Mel Gibson film about Jesus
d. refers to the Passover Lamb

Quiz of the Day, April 5, 2017

Which Passion Gospel is read on Good Friday?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. rotates with the lectionary cycle

Quiz of the Day, April 4, 2017

April 4th and January 15th are alternate feast days to commemorate which of the saints on the Episcopal calendar of saints?

a. Martin Luther
b. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
d. Caesar Chavez

Quiz of the Day, April 3, 2017

The Prayer revisited in the Rock Opera Godspell, is ascribed to what saint?



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Quiz of the Day, April 2, 2017
Which of the following are true about Mary, Martha and Lazarus of Bethany?

a. They are found in the Gospel of Mark
b. They are found in the Gospel of Matthew
c. They are found in the Gospel of Luke, but not as sisters with a sibling brother
d. They are found as family members in the Gospel of John
e.  all of the above
f.  c and d only

Quiz of the Day, April 1, 2017

Whom of the following said this:  “We have been dosing our people with religion when what they want is not this but the living God?”

a. William Temple
b. F.D. Maurice
c. C.S. Lewis
d. G.K. Chesterton

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