Sunday, December 31, 2017

Quiz of the Day, December 2017

Quiz of the Day, December 31, 2017

What did the childless Hannah promise God should God allow her to bear a child?

a. the child would be a priest
b. the child would take the vow of the nazirite
c. the child would anoint the first King of Israel
d. the child would be a soldier in the army

Quiz of the Day, December 30, 2017

Whom of the following biblical performed what might be called mouth to mouth resuscitation or some kind of CPR equivalent?

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

Quiz of the Day, December 29, 2017

To whom is the Second Epistle of John addressed?

a. the church at Ephesus
b. to a local church bishop
c. to the elect lady
d. to general readership

Quiz of the Day, December 28, 2017

The slaughter of the Holy Innocents serves as a story to present Jesus in comparison to whom?

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

Quiz of the Day, December 27, 2017

In Church tradition, the disciple "whom the Lord loved" is regarded to be?

a. John the Apostle
b. John the Evangelist
c. John, son of Zebedee
d. John of Patmos
e. John the Divine
f. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, December 26, 2017

Who were Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus?

a. Leaders of churches found by Paul
b. Evangelists commissioned in Antioch
c. The first martyrs of the Jesus Movement
d. Earliest deacons ordained to served the poor

Quiz of the Day, December 25, 2017

Who is best known for the promulgation of the eternal birth of Christ in the soul?

a. St. Paul
b. Meister Eckhart
c. Thomas Traherne
d. Julian of Norwich

Quiz of the Day, December 24, 2017

How long is the fourth "week" of Advent in 2017?

a. 6 days
b. 5 days
c. 3 days
d. 1 day

Quiz of the Day, December 23, 2017

In what book of the Bible can one read about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

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

Quiz of the Day, December 22, 2017

Who is the Apostle of India?

a. Sadhu Sindar Singh
b. Francis Xavier
c. Roberto de Nobili
d.  Thomas


Quiz of the Day, December 21, 2017

Which of the following is not true of St. Thomas the Apostle?

a. he is founder of Thomism
b. a Gospel is attributed to him
c. he is called the "Twin"
d. he is referred to as Didymus
e. he wanted empirical evidence of the resurrected Christ

Quiz of the Day. December 20, 2017

Who is the speaker in the "Magnificat?"

a. Elizabeth
b. Simeon
c. Mary
d. Hannah

Quiz of the Day, December 19, 2017

Seven is an important number in the Book of Revelations.  Which of the following is not an item of seven in the Book of Revelations?

a. lamp stands
b. swords
c. spirits of the churches
d. angels
e. trumpets
f. bowls
g. plagues
h. crowns

Quiz of the Day, December 18,  2017

Where can Philadelphia be found in the Bible?

a. it can't; it was a Quaker invention for a city in Pennsylvania
b. Acts of the Apostles
c. Book of Revelations
d. Romans


Quiz of the Day, December 17, 2017

Third Sunday of Advent is called "Gaudete" Sunday.  What does "gaudete" mean?

a. rose colored vestments
b. light the rose/pink candle
c. Rejoice
d. Prepare


Quiz of the Day, December 16, 2017

Who mourned over Jerusalem and wished that he could gather it children like a hen gathers her brood under her wing?


a. Jeremiah
b. David
c. Jesus
d. Hosea

Quiz of the Day, December 15, 2017

Which of the following is Zerubbabel known for?

a. disobeying Haggai
b. defeating Antiochus Epiphanes
c. rebuilding the Temple
d. bringing thousand back from exile in Persia

Quiz of the Day, December 14, 2017

Which of the following is not a writing of the Spanish mystic Juan de la Cruz?

a. Ascent of Mt. Carmel
b. The Spiritual Canticle
c. The Interior Castle
d. The Dark Night of the Soul

Quiz of the Day, December 13, 2017

The famous Neapolitan song "Santa Lucia" is inspired by what?

a. St. Lucy of Syracuse
b. Santa Lucia in the Bay of Naples
c. Dark days of winter
d. The celebration of light

Quiz of the Day, December 12, 2017

Where was John the Divine when he experienced his "divined" state of revelation?

a. Ephesus
b. Laodicea
c. Patmos
d. Thyatira

Quiz of the Day, December 11, 2017

Which of the following prophets received a message from God involving the masonry device of a plumb line?

a. Micah
b. Joel
c. Amos
d. Obadiah


Quiz of the Day, December 10, 2017

Which Gospel has the three songs: of Mary, of Zechariah and of Simeon?

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

Quiz of the Day, December 9, 2017

The Gospel of Mark begins with what?

a. birth narratives of Jesus
b. genealogy of Jesus on Mary's side
c. genealogy of Jesus on Joseph's side
d. the witness and ministry of John the Baptist

Quiz of the Day, December 8, 2017

In what book of the Bible is it written that Michael the Archangel contended with the devil over the body of Moses?

a. Revelations
b. Exodus
c. Daniel
d. Jude

Quiz of the Day, December 7, 2017

"Per saltum" ordination is "direct ordination" or the leaping over all ordained ministries to the one to which one was called.  Of the following who was baptized and made bishop in a most direct way?

a. Cyril
b Clement
c. Ambrose
d. Augustine

Quiz of the Day, December 6, 2017

The "real" Santa Claus was from where?

a. Holland
b. Lapland
c. Rome
d. Myra
e. Bari

Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2017

The eve of December 6, is a big gift giving day in which country the saint known as Sinterklaas?

a. England
b. The Netherlands
c. Belgium
d. Finland

Quiz of the Day, December 4, 2017

Which Christian saint is reported to have worked as an administrator for a Muslim Caliph?

a. Cyprian
b. John of Damascus
c. Gerontius
d. Pope John I

Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2017

The Advent Wreath, with candles, is a liturgical fixture in many Christian Churches.  Where and in what faith community did it originate?

a. England-Anglicanism
b. Ireland-Celtic Christian
c. Rome-Roman Catholic
d. Germany-Lutheranism
e. Constantinople-Orthodox Tradition

Quiz of the Day, December 2, 2017

Channing William Moore was a missionary bishop to what countries?

a. India and China
b. Hong Kong and Indonesia
c. China and Japan
d. Japan and Korea

Quiz of the Day, December 1, 2017

T.S. Eliot's poem about Little Gidding is about a place made noteworthy in church history by which of the following:

a. Oliver Cromwell
b. George Herbert
c. Nicolas Ferrar
d  William Shakespeare

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