Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Quiz of the Day, July 2018

Quiz of the Day, July 31, 2018

The "Spiritual Exercises" which derived from Ignatius Loyola might best be characterized as which of the following?

a. achieving no mind
b. devotional reading of the Bible
c. visualization of one's participation in Gospel events
d. fasting, solitude and repetition of mantras

Quiz of the Day, July 30, 2018

Where did the sibling trio of Mary, Martha and Lazarus live?

a. Bethphage
b. Emmaus
c. Jerusalem
d. Bethany

Quiz of the Day, July 29, 2018

Who did God ordain as the immediate successor of Joshua after his death?

a. Caleb
b. Judah
c. a series of Judges
d. high priests
e. no one in particular

Quiz of the Day, July 28, 2018

Whom of the following was the most prolific composer?

a. J.S. Bach
b. G.F. Handel
c. H. Purcell
d. G.P. Telemann

Quiz of the Day, July 27, 2018

Which leader of Israel commanded the sun and the moon to "stand still" so that a battle could be prolonged?

a. Moses
b. David
c. Gideon
d. Deborah
e. Joshua

Quiz of the Day, July 26, 2018

The government of which dictator was responsible for the martyrdom of Charles Raymond Barnes?

a. Duvalier
b. Trujillo
c. Castro
d. Somoza 

Quiz of the Day, July 25, 2018

Which of the following is not true about James the Apostle?

a. first martyred apostle
b. one of the sons of Thunder
c. son of Zebedee
d. present at the Transfiguration
e. challenged Judas for his mismanagement of money

Quiz of the Day, July 24, 2018

Which Thomas wrote "The Imitation of Christ?"

a. Becket
b. Aquinas
c.  à Kempis
d. the Apostle

Quiz of the Day, July 23, 2018

In Dan Brown's novel, "The Da Vinci Code," which of the following is not presented as true of Mary Magdalene?

a. she was the wife of Jesus
b. she bore a child by Jesus
c. she was the beloved disciple in the Gospel of John
d. she was a member of the priestly tribe of Levi

Quiz of the Day, July 22, 2018

When Paul went on trial before the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem, he was able to divide the Sadducees and Pharisees over what?

a. belief in angels
b. belief in the resurrection
c. belief in spirit
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 21, 2018

Which of the following was not part of the battle plan to take the fortified city of Jericho?

a. archers raining down arrows
b. marching around the city led by the ark of the covenant
c. blowing rams' horns
d. making a loud sustain shout

Quiz of the Day, July 20, 2018

Stanton, Bloomer, Truth and Tubman are famous women associated with which of the following?

a. women's right
b. abolition
c. temperance
d. women's under clothing
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 19, 2018

Of the following, which might be the best appellation of Macrina the Elder and Macrina the Younger?

a. Syrian women saints
b. Founders of convents
c. Cappadocian Mothers
d. Anchoress saints

Quiz of the Day, July 18, 2018

When did the waters of the Jordan part for the people of Israel to cross over?

a. when Joshua gave the command
b. when Moses gave the command
c. when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant stepped into the water
d. when the ram's horn was blown

Quiz of the Day, July 17, 2018

Which American bishop was responsible for crafting the polity of the young Episcopal Church in the former British Colonies, to mimic the bicameral democratic process of the American government?

a. Samuel Seabury
b. Philander Chase
c. William White
d. James Madison
e. Samuel Provoost

Quiz of the Day, July 16, 2018

Which of the following is not true about Rahab?

a. she was resident of Jericho
b. she was a prostitute
c. she predicted the defeat of Jericho by Israel
d. she died when Joshua led the attack on Jericho
e. she harbored two spies of Israel in Jericho

Quiz of the Day, July 15, 2018

What was the last barrier for the Israelites to enter the "Promised Land?"

a.  the warring Moabites
b. Mount Nebo
c. the Jordan River
d. the Red Sea

Quiz of the Day, July 14, 2018

How did Moses die?

a. of old age
b. a battle wound
c. at the command of the Lord
d. his heart was broken for not being allowed to enter the Promise Land

Quiz of the Day, July 13, 2018

Who was the young girl who danced for King Herod and was coaxed by her mother to ask for the head of John the Baptist?

a. Salome
b. Herodias
c. daughter of Herodias
d. wife of Philip 
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 12, 2018

Moses was not permitted to go into the Promise Land for what reason?

a. Joshua was the chosen one to do that
b. God punished Moses because he struck the Rock to get water instead of speaking to it
c. Moses died before reaching the Promised Land
d. Aaron the High Priest prophesied that Moses would not reach the Promised Land

Quiz of the Day, July 11, 2018

What saint is credited with "The Rule?"

a. St. Francis
b. St. Bernard
c. St. Benedict
d. St. Ignatius Loyola

Quiz of the Day, July 10, 2018

What was a city of refuge designated for in the book of Numbers?

a. a sanctuary city for the poor
b. a place for one who killed to be protected until proper trial
c. a place for the provision of food
d. a place for aliens to be integrated

Quiz of the Day, July 9, 2018

Why did the Gadites and the Reubenites have a disagreement with Moses?

a. they did not want to go into the Promised Land
b. they wanted to remain on the east side of the Jordon to graze their herds
c. they were in a disagreement with the tribe of Dan
d. they did not want Joshua as their new leader

Quiz of the Day, July 8, 2018

How was the successor to Moses chosen?

a. the High Priest Aaron received the message from God in the Holiest of Holies of the tabernacle
b. the people voted
c. God told Noah to make Joshua his successor
d. Joshua became the heir apparent when Caleb withdrew

Quiz of the Day, July 7, 2018

Who said that in heaven we will not marry but that we will be like angels?

a. Paul
b. John the Baptist
c. Jesus
d. Solomon

Quiz of the Day, July 6, 2018

Which Church Council decided to put to death the reformer preacher, John Hus?

a. Lyon
b. Trent
c. Constance
d. Vatican I

Quiz of the Day, July 5, 2018

In a parable of Jesus, a King saw a man without proper wedding dress at the feast.  What did the King do?

a. he provided a wedding garment
b. he made him leave the room
c. he had him sit next to him 
d. he had him bound and cast into outer darkness

Quiz of the Day, July 4, 2018

Which of the following is not true about the life of faith of first President, George Washington?

a. he was baptized into the Church of England
b. he serve on the vestry of his parish
c. he paid for pews at several churches
d. from his diaries he indicates that he went to church 14 or 16 times in a year
e. he would leave church before communion
f.  he did not have a Masonic rite burial

Quiz of the Day, July 3, 2018

Why did Balaam's donkey refuse to continue on the road forward?

a. the donkey was busying talking to Balaam
b. Balaam's donkey saw an angel blocking passage
c. Balaam's donkey was resisting Balaam's beating
d. the King of Moab brought mad dogs to stop him

Quiz of the Day, July 2, 2018

Which of the following is not true about the prophet Balaam?

a. he took a bribe from the King of Moab
b. he heard a donkey speak to him
c. he refused a bribe to issue a curse
d. the King of Moab wanted him to issue a curse against Israel

Quiz of the Day, July 1, 2018

Whom of the following made connections with the Greek poets by stating that we live and move and have our being in God and that we are God's offspring?

a. Peter
b. Ben Sirach
c. Paul
d. Timothy

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