Saturday, February 29, 2020

Quiz of the Day, February 2020

Quiz of the Day, February 29, 2020

Dewi is the patron saint of which country?

a. Armenia
b. Georgia
c. Ukraine
d. Wales

Quiz of the Day, February 28, 2020

The longest prayer of Jesus is found in which Gospel?

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

Quiz of the Day, February 27, 2020

George Herbert, quintessential parson, poet, pastor and priest, knew the favor of which English Monarch?

a. Elizabeth I
b. James I
c. Henry VIII
d. Charles I

Quiz of the Day, February 26, 2020 (Ash Wednesday)

Of the following which is not true about Ash Wednesday?

a. it's practice is influenced by sack cloth and ashes of the Hebrew Scriptures
b. it derived from the experience of the Black Plague ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down")
c. liturgies for it appeared under Pope Gregory I
d. ashes are produced by burning previous year's palm fronds

Quiz of the Day, February 25, 2020

Shriving is the action of which sacrament?

a. unction
b. reconciliation
c. confirmation
d. ordination

Quiz of the Day, February 24, 2020

The account of the selection of Matthias to replace Judas is found where?

a. Luke
b. John
c. Acts
d. Romans

 Quiz of the Day, February 23, 2020

Which is the assumed mount of the Transfiguration?

a. Hermon
b. Olives
c. Tabor
d. Sinai
e. Nebo

Quiz of the Day, February 22, 2020

Rachel died in childbirth of which son?

a. Joseph
b. Dan
c. Gad
d. Asher
e. Benjamin 

Quiz of the Day, February 21, 2020

What sport might be associated with the changing of Jacob's name to Israel?

a. javelin throwing
b. wrestling
c. gymnastics
d. archery

Quiz of the Day, February 20, 2020

What did Jacob most fear in his return home?

a. his father's land would be gone
b. the revenge of his brother Esau
c. the attack of his father-in-law Laban for absconding with the house gods
d. attacks on the long journey

Quiz of the Day, February 19, 2020

In which Gospel can one find the words of Jesus, "I am the Good Shepherd?"

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

Quiz of the Day, February 18, 2020

What would indicate that Rachel, wife of Jacob, was not a monotheist?

a. she was Aramean
b. she took her father's gods from his house
c. she prayed to Ashtaroth
d. she was a follower of Isis

Quiz of the Day, February 17, 2020

How many of sons of Jacob were borne by his wives maids who were given to him as wives as well?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

Quiz of the Day, February 16, 2020

Who was the first son of Jacob?

a. Reuben
b. Simeon
c. Levi
d. Judah

Quiz of the Day, February 15, 2020

Why did Jacob have two wives?

a. because polygamy was the practice of his time
b. because his father-in-law tricked him into marrying an older sister
c. he needed two wives to fill out the heads of the tribe of Israel
d. because a law said a younger sister could not precede an elder sister in marriage
e. he didn't, he had four


Quiz of the Day, February 14, 2020

The original place Beth-el or House of God came from what?

a. the dedication of the Temple 
b. the dedication of the Tabernacle
c. the dedication of the Shrine in Shiloh
d. the place of Jacob's Ladder dream

Quiz of the Day, February 13, 2020

Laban was

a. Jacob's uncle on his maternal side
b. his father-in-law
c. his employer
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, February 12, 2020

Which of the following is not true of the Isaac-Rebekah family?

a. Isaac preferred the huntsman Esau
b. Rebekah preferred Jacob
c. Esau sold his birthright for some venison stew
d. Rebekah coached Jacob to trick Isaac to bless Jacob

Quiz of the Day, February 11, 2020

Where is "let the one without sin, cast the first stone," found?

a. Leviticus
b. Deuteronomy
c. John
d. 1 John

Quiz of the Day, February 10, 2020

Rebekah was

a. barren
b. gave birth to twins
c. was the mother of Jacob and Esau
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, February 9, 2020

In which Gospel is Jesus quoted as referring to the "kingdom of heaven" rather than the "kingdom of God?'

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

Quiz of the Day, February 8, 2020

Who was the chief servant of Abraham?

a. Lot
b. Eliezer
c. Terah
d. Haran


Quiz of the Day, February 7, 2020

In biblical eugenics, what was the relationship between Isaac and Rebekah?

a. first cousins on one side
b. first cousins on two sides
c. second cousins on two sides
d. second cousins on one side

Quiz of the Day, February 6, 2020

The cave of Machpelah  was first purchased as a burial place for whom?

a. Abraham
b. Jacob
c. Joseph
d. Sarah
e. Isaac

Quiz of the Day, February 5, 2020

When Abraham was told to sacrifice his only son Isaac, he began a phase that was called by whom, the "teleological suspension of the ethical?"

a. Hegel
b. Barth
c. Kierkegaard
d. Schleiermacher

Quiz of the Day, February 4, 2020

Haggai was a prophet who wrote in the reign of which Persian king?

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

Quiz of the Day, February 3, 2020

Special biblical births are called either marvelous or miraculous; who, of the following, had a miraculous birth?

a. Samuel
b. Jesus
c. Moses
d. Isaac
e. John the Baptist

Quiz of the Day, February 2, 2020

Who is known for his bargaining prayer with God?

a. Isaac
b. Moses
c. Abraham
d. David

Quiz of the Day, February 1, 2020

What did Sarah lie about?

a. her age
b. her marriage to Abraham
c. laughing
d. the role of Hagar

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