Saturday, November 30, 2019

Quiz of the Day, November 2019

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2019

How did Andrew become the patron saint of Scotland?

a. he appeared in a dream to Wallace
b. his knee cap relic was brought to Scotland
c. his finger bone relic was brought to Scotland
d. b and c
e. his shoulder blade relic was brought to Scotland

Quiz of the Day, November 29,2019

Whose mother petitioned Jesus to let her sons sit at his right and left hand side?

a. James and John's
b. Mary and Martha's
c. Andrew and Peter's
d. Thomas the Twin's

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2019

In which Gospel is Jesus quoted as saying, "I am the bread of life?"

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

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2019


In the Hebrew Scripture portion of the Christian Bible, what determined whether a prophet was minor or major?


a. their importance to Israel

b. their importance in anticipating Jesus as the Messiah
c. the length of the writings which bore their name
d. their importance to the Southern Kingdom of Judah

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2019

Isaac Watts did not write which of the following hymns?

a. Amazing Grace
b. O God, Our Help in Ages Past
c. Joy to the World
d. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2019

Which religious order did James Huntington found?

a. Society of St. John the Evangelist
b. The Cowley Fathers
c. Order of the Holy Cross
d. Order of Julian of Norwich

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2019

Who wrote an epistle to the Corinthian church and was bishop/pope of Rome?

a. Peter
b. Paul
c. Clement
d. Pius

Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2019

Who wrote about a great lion named Aslan?

a. J.R.R. Tolkien
b. G.K. Chesterton
c. T.S. Eliot
d. C. S. Lewis

Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2019

The eight day festival of Hanukkah originated to celebrate the dedication of what?

a. the menorah
b. a new altar in the Temple to replace the profaned one
c. the Temple
d. the restoration of the priests in the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2019

Which musician was featured in the TV series, "The Tudors?"

a. John Merbecke
b. William Byrd
c. Thomas Tallis
d. Ralph Vaughn Williams

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2019

From which person was the entire designation "Maccabees" derived?

a. Mattathias
b. Judas
c. John
d. Jonathan
e. Eleazar
d. Simon
f. John Hyrcanus

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2019

The commemoration of Hanukkah comes from the independence of Israel events written in which portion of Scriptures?

a. Daniel
b. Esdras
c. 1 Maccabees
d. Esther

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2019

What is true about the writings of the Maccabees?

a. they are not in the Hebrew canon of Scriptures
b. they tell the derivation of the feast of Hanukkah
c. they tell about the battles of resistance by Judas and his brothers
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2019

What did Mattathias, father of Judas Maccabees,  observe among his people?

a. they refused to observe Hanukah
b. they needed the Hanukah feast
c. they refused to fight on the Sabbath and so they were slaughtered
d. they refused political alliances with the Egyptians

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2019

When Jesus said, "Get behind me Satan," to Peter, what did this mean?

a. Peter could not be the rock on which the church was built
b. Peter did not understand about the suffering servant Messiah
c. Peter was going to deny Jesus
d. Peter was in competition with John for apostolic authority

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2019

What is the desolating sacrilege that is reported in the Books of the Maccabees?

a. Antichus Ephiphanes sacrificing a pig on the altar of the Temple
b. the destruction of the Temple
c. the erection of idols in the Temple complex
d. the stealing of the gold from the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2019

What is not true about Bishop Samuel Seabury?

a. he was consecrated by Scottish Bishops
b. his consecration resulted in a Scottish Eucharistic prayer for the Prayer Book
c. he was the first Episcopal Bishop for the USA
d. he became the first Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
e. he was from Connecticut

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2019

Who reinstated the observance of the Feast of Booths?

a. David
b. Ezra
c. Isaiah
d. Jonah

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2019

Charles Simeon is associated with which of the following?

a. S.P.C.K.
b. C.M.S.
c. S.P.G.
d. C.M.J.

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2019

For Veterans' Day, who is the patron saint of soldiers?

a. Saint Barbara
b. Saint Joan of Arc
c. St. Martin of Tours
d. St. George
e. St. Michael, the Archangel
f. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2019

What controversial topic did Paul bring up to create havoc in a tribunal?

a. Roman taxes
b. dietary rules
c. eating food sacrificed to idols
d. the resurrection of the dead

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2019

When Ezra returned with a remnant to rebuild the wall and Temple in Jerusalem, which of the following distressed him the the most?

A. The opposition of Tobias
B. The opposition of Sanballot
C. The intermarrying of those who return with the local peoples
D. The lack of supplies to build

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2019

Which of the following is true?

a. all Levites were priests
b. all priests of Israel were Levites
c. Melchizedek was a Levite
d. Jethro was a Levite

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2019

What king gave Ezra a letter giving him control of province near Jerusalem?

a. Xerxes
b. Artaxerxes
c. Darius
d. Cyrus

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2019

What did Nehemiah do?

a. restored the practice of the Sabbath
b. restored the vessel to the Temple
c. made sure the Levites and singers received their portion of food
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2019

In which book of the Bible is there stated provision and support for singers and musicians?

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

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2019

What do Jeremiah, Ezekiel and John the Divine have in common?

a. they were prophets of Israel
b. they suffered in prison
c. they were told to eat literal words on a scroll
d. they were contemporaries

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2019

What is Eutychus known for in the Bible?

a. he was a companion of Paul
b. he fell asleep in Paul's sermon and fell out of a window on the third floor
c. he was a convert from the community of John the Baptist
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2019

For what is Tobiah and Sanballat known?

a. defeating the forces of Judah
b. opposing the rebuilding of the Temple
c. helping to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem
d. for being agents of Darius in Samaria

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2019

Which Druid feast did All Saints' Day replace in the British Isles?

a. Imbolc
b. Beltane
c. Lughnasadh
d. Samhain

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