Quiz of the Day, June 2018

Quiz of the Day, June 30 2018

Who succeeded Aaron as the second high priest of Israel?

a. Zadok

b. Eleazar

c. Eli

d. Phineas

Quiz of the Day, June 29, 2018

Which of the following is not true regarding St. Peter and St. Paul and the calendar of saints?

a. they share a saint's day

b. Paul's Conversion is celebrated

c. Peter's Confession is celebrated

d. they each have an individual's saint's day

Quiz of the Day, June 28, 2018

Before the Gnostics were the Gnostics, whom of the following wrote against and named early Christian "heretics?"

a. Marcion

b. Valentinus

c. Iranaeus

d. Montanus

Quiz of the Day, June 27, 2018
Who wrote the song that is known as the African-American National Anthem?

a.Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr.
b.Frederick DouglaSs
c.Julia Ward Howe
d.James Weldon Johnson

Quiz of the Day, June 26, 2018

In the biblical epic, the earth became a man-eater; it opened up and swallowed a man and his fellow rebels.  Who was this man?

a. Ahab
b. Sisera
c. Korah
d. Tobiah

Quiz of the Day, June 25, 2018

What do Moses, Samuel, John the Baptist and Jesus have in common?

a. they were raised in synagogues
b. they had special birth stories
c. they performed water miracles
d. they were all Levites

Quiz of the Day, June 24, 2018

Whom of the following is not listed as a participant in the Council of Jerusalem?

a. Peter
b. Paul
c. Barnabas
d. John Mark

Quiz of the Day, June 23, 2018

Who were the "genetic" giants of the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Philistines
b. Nephilim
c. Amalekites
d. Hittites 

Quiz of the Day, June 22, 2018

St. Alban was the first Christian Martyr of 

a. France
b. Gaul
c. Spain
d. Britain

Quiz of the Day, June 21, 2018

Why was Miriam punished by God with leprosy and temporary expulsion from the camp?

a. he challenged Aaron as High Priest
b. she supported Korah against Moses
c. she criticized Moses for being married to a foreigner
d. she attempt a coup on Moses' leadership

Quiz of the Day, June 20, 2018

What fowl did the people of Israel eat in the wilderness?

a. chicken
b. dove
c. quail
d. duck

Quiz of the Day, June 19, 2018

What kind of seed did Manna look like?

a. pomegranate
b. dill
c. cumin
d. coriander
e. mustard

Quiz of the Day, June 18, 2018

When the people of Israel were on their wilderness journey how did they know when to pull up camp and move?

a. Moses told them to
b. Aaron, the High Priest consulted the Urim and Thummim
c. they followed a rising and settling cloud
d. a pillar of fire would lead them

Quiz of the Day, June 17, 2018

With whom did Jesus identify John the Baptist?

a. Moses
b. Elijah
c. Enoch
d. Isaiah
e. Daniel

Quiz of the Day, June 16, 2018

The city of Berkeley, California was named after whom?

a. an Irish Anglican bishop
b. a philosopher of subjective idealism
c. the author of "Alciphron"
d. a giant of British empiricism
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, June 15, 2018

Which of the following authors made "mysticism" an acceptable term of Christian spirituality in Anglicanism?

a. Julian of Norwich
b. Evelyn Underhill
c. C.S. Lewis
d. Jeremy Taylor
e. William Law

Quiz of the Day, June 14, 2018

Whom of the following does not have "the Great" as part of his name?

a. Basil
b. Leo
c. Gregory
d. Anthony
e. John XXIII

Quiz of the Day, June 13, 2018

Who said, "By experts in poverty, I don't mean sociologists; I mean poor men..?"

a. Will Rogers
b. C.S. Lewis
c. G.K. Chesterton
d. Charles Williams
e. J.R.R. Tolkien

Quiz of the Day, June 12, 2018

In creative figurative language, who wrote, "Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia," contrasting the Law as born from a "slave" with Jerusalem above born of a free woman?

a. Luke
b. Paul
c. Peter
d. James

Quiz of the Day, June 11, 2018

What was Barnabas' name before he received his "Christian" name?

a. Simon
b. Joses
c. Schlmo
d. David

Quiz of the Day, June 10, 2018

What did Jesus say the unforgivable sin was?

a. blasphemy
b. blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
c. murder
d. unforgiveness

Quiz of the Day, June 9, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Columba?

a. he was born in Ireland
b. he evangelized the Picts
c. he is the Apostle of Scotland
d. he was the Abbot of Iona
e. it is the name of a popular hymn tune
f. he is the patron saint of Scotland

Quiz of the Day, June 8, 2018

Roberto de Nobili and Roland Allen are best known for what?

a. Missionary work in Africa
b. Missionary work in India
c. Adapting evangelism to indigenous cultures
d. Support of Gandhi

Quiz of the Day, June 7, 2018

Which of the following is a difference between the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed?

a. belief in the resurrection
b. belief in the Father
c. belief in the Son
d. belief in the Holy Spirit
e. Apostles Creed is first person singular, Nicene Creed is first person plural
f. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, June 6, 2018

"A time to kill," is a phrase found in what book of the Bible?

a. Psalms
b. Proverbs
c. Wisdom of Ben Sirach
d. Ecclesiastes

Quiz of the Day, June 5, 2018

As a showing of "Our God is greater than your god," what missionary bishop chopped down the famous "Thor's sacred tree?"

a. Willibrord
b. Wilfrid 
c. Anskar
d. Boniface

Quiz of the Day, June 4, 2018

Which Pope convened the Second Vatican Council?

a. Pius XII
b. John Paul II
c. John Paul I
d. Paul VI
e. John XXIII

Quiz of the Day, June 3, 2018

"Vanity of vanities, all is vanity," is a repeated phrase in what book of the Bible?

a. Proverbs
b. The Psalms
c. Ecclesiastes
d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, June 2, 2018

Who wrote or said that "the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil?"

a. Jesus
b. Solomon
c. Moses
d. Perhaps Paul in a "Pauline" letter to Timothy
e. Jude

Quiz of the Day, June 1, 2018

Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Origen and Clement are often called what?

a. Martyrs
b. Post-Nicene Fathers
c. Early Christian Apologists
d. Desert Fathers