Monday, April 30, 2018

Quiz of the Day, April 2018

Quiz of the Day, April 30, 2018

Azazel is known in Hebrew Scriptures for what?

a. the scapegoat
b. assistant of Aaron
c. Moses' son
d. a burnt offering in the tabernacle

Quiz of the Day, April 29, 2018

In what biblical book can one find reference to the departed heroes of faith called the "cloud of witnesses?"

a. Ephesians
b. Romans
c. Revelations
d. Hebrews

Quiz of the Day, April 28, 2018

In which of the following places did the ark of the covenant not reside?

a. the tabernacle
b. Shiloh
c. Gibeon
d. Jerusalem in the Temple
e. Mt. Sinai

Quiz of the Day, April 27, 2018

Who, besides Jesus in the Bible, is reported to have had a forty day fast?

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

Quiz of the Day, April 26, 2018

Who, in anger, broke the tablets of the law of God given to Moses on Mount Sinai?

a. Moses
b. Miriam
c. Aaron
d. Joshua

Quiz of the Day, April 25, 2018

Scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark is written from the perspective of what disciple?

a. Mark
b. James and John
c. Peter
d. Mary Magdalene

Quiz of the Day, April 24, 2018

April 24th is on the church calendar for what commemoration?

a. Ember Day
b. Rogation Day
c. Genocide Remembrance Day
d. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quiz of the Day, April 23, 2018

Who is the soldier saint associated with a fight with a dragon?

a. Michael the Archangel
b. George
c. Arthur
d. Perceval

Quiz of the Day, April 22, 2018

What fruit was embroidered onto the hem of the robe of Aaron the High Priest?

a. apple
b. fig
c. olive
d. pomegranate
e. grape

Quiz of the Day, April 21, 2018

Who is the scholar most associated with the ontological argument for the existence of God and who defined God as "that which none greater can be conceived?"

a. Peter Abelard
b. Thomas Aquinas
c. Anselm of Canterbury
d. Blaise Pascal

Quiz of the Day, April 20, 2018

In the Bible it is written that "no one can see God and live," but it also is written that some saw the God of Israel?  According to the Book of Exodus, who saw the God of Israel?

a. Moses
b. Aaron,
c. Nadab 
d. Abihu
e. seventy of the elders of Israel
f.  all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 19, 2018

What Archbishop of Canterbury had an organ built that required 24 men to operate?

a. Thomas Becket
b. Augustine
c. Alphege
d. Thomas Cranmer

Quiz of the Day, April 18, 2018

What was the name of the mountain where Moses received the Law?

a. Tabor
b. Gerizim
c. Hermon
d. Sinai

Quiz of the Day, April 17, 2018

Where can the following be found: "As my reward the Almighty has given me the gift of language,*and with it will I offer praise to God?"

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

Quiz of the Day, April 16, 2018

Who was the person who told Moses to delegate some of his duties or he would wear himself out?

a. Jethro
b. Reuel
c. Moses' father-in-law
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 15, 2018

Some churches in Appalachia and other places practice poisonous snake handling as a part of their liturgy.  From what Gospel do these snake handling preachers derive their practice?

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

Quiz of the Day, April 14, 2018

Which of the following guaranteed victory in the battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites?

a. the archers of the Israelites
b. the larger army of the Israelites
c. Moses, keeping his arms lifted up in the air
d. the strategic move to surround the enemy

Quiz of the Day, April 13, 2018

The hymn, "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, Zion City of our God," was inspired by words from which book of the Bible?

a. Revelation
b. Psalms
c. Proverbs
d. Nehemiah

Quiz of the Day, April 12, 2018

"Manna" comes a Hebrew words meaning what?

a. heavenly bread
b. angel food
c. white frost
d. What is it?

Quiz of the Day, April 11, 2018

Who is the "founder" of the church in New Zealand?

a. Maori peoples
b. George Augustus Selwyn
c. John Pattison
d. St. Xavier

Quiz of the Day, April 10, 2018

What Roman Catholic theologian was censured in his lifetime by church authorities for his "controversial" views on science, evolution and faith but was later "rehabilitated" when the church caught up to his wisdom?  He also wrote "The Divine Milieu."

a. Galileo
b. Hans Kung
c. Charles Curran
d. Teilhard de Chardin
e. Matthew Fox


Quiz of the Day, April 9, 2018

The following feasts are holy days designated as what in the Book of Common Prayer:
The Holy Name Saint John the Baptist
The Presentation The Transfiguration
The Annunciation Holy Cross Day
The Visitation

a. Principal feasts
b. Major feasts
c. Other Feasts of our Lord
d. Lesser Feasts of our Lord
e. Days of Obligations to our Lord

Quiz of the Day, April 8, 2018

Which disciple said, "Unless I see the Risen Christ, I will not believe?"

a. Peter
b. Didymus
c. Andrew
d. John

Quiz of the Day, April 7, 2018

Whose bones did Moses and the Israelites carry with them out of Egypt to bring to the Promised Land?

a. Abraham's
b. Jacob's
c. Ephraim's
d. Joseph's

Quiz of the Day, April 6, 2018

The Second Sunday of Easter, often called "low Sunday" because of the uncanny fall off in attendance from the previous Sunday, always has which Gospel for the liturgy?

a. Christ on the Road to Emmaus
b. Mary Magdalene' encounter with the Risen Christ
c. the Doubting Thomas periscope
d. Jesus tells Peter to "feed His Sheep"

Quiz of the Day, April 5, 2018

Which New Testament writer made the distinction between the corruptible physical body and the incorruptible "spiritual" body, the one that will be raised?

a. John
b. St. Paul
c. the writer of the letter to the Hebrews
d. the writer of the Epistle of Jude
e. St. John the Divine in the Apocalypse
f. Ezekiel in his dry bones vision

Quiz of the Day, April 4, 2018

What was the requirement for Israelites and aliens to partake of the Passover Meal?

a. they had to be born of an Israelite family
b. they had to be circumcised
c. they could not be a household slave
d. they had to provide the lamb

Quiz of the Day, April 3, 2018

Who was the first person to see the Risen Christ?

a. Mary, the mother of Jesus
b. Mary, the mother of Clopas
c. Mary of Bethany
d. Mary Magdalene

Quiz of the Day, April 2, 2018

Which account of the Easter "tomb" is not correct to Gospel reports?

a. Mark has one young man at the tomb
b. Matthew has an Angel of the Lord at the tomb
c. Luke has two men at the tomb
d. John has two angels present for a Mary Magdalene who lingers at the tomb
e. John has Peter encounter two angels when he goes into the empty tomb

Quiz of the Day, April 1, 2018

Which of the following is not true about the occurrence of Easter and Passover?

a. originally Easter and Passover were commemorate at the same time
b. The Council of Nicaea fixed the calendar method for determining Easter
c. sometimes Easter and Passover can be a full month apart
d. Passover always begins on Maundy Thursday

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