Thursday, April 30, 2020

Quiz of the Day, April 2020

Quiz of the Day, April 30, 2020

The 10 Commandments are listed in the Book of Exodus.  What other book of the Bible has the list?

a. John
b. Judges
c. Deuteronomy
d. Genesis

Quiz of the Day, April 29, 2020

What topic does Psalm 23 and John 10 have in common?

a. Messiah
b. Truth
c. Shepherd
d. Resurrection

Quiz of the Day, April 28, 2020

What is the Holy Mountain of God in Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Gerizim
b. Zion
c. Sinai
d. Tabor
e. Nebo
f.  Carmel
g. Olives
o. Hermon

Quiz of the Day, April 27, 2020

What was the best lesson that Jethro, his father-in-law, taught Moses?

a. how to parent
b. how to raise sheep
c. how to delegate authority
d. how to design the tabernacle

Quiz of the Day, April 26, 2020

What was the name of Moses' father-in-law?

a. Reuel
b. Jethro
c. Hobab
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 25, 2020

According to Church traditions about Mark the Evangelist, which of the following is not true?

a. he may be John Mark, cousin of Barnabas
b. he may not be John Mark, cousin of Barnabas
c. he was one of the 12 disciples
d. his Gospel may have been written from Peter's perspective
e. he went to Alexandria

Quiz of the Day, April 24, 2020

Why was Manna not placed in the Ark of the Covenant when it first appeared?

a. Israel had not yet reached Sinai
b. The tabernacle had not yet been constructed
c. Manna had a one day "shelf life"
d. God did not give such instructions until Moses went up Mt. Sinai

Quiz of the Day, April 23, 2020

Manna, derives from the Hebrew, meaning?

a. bread
b. bread from above
c. frost
d. "What is it?"

Quiz of the Day, April 22, 2020

Marah was the place of bitter water, unfit to drink.  How did Moses make the water sweet?

a. said a prayer
b. threw some special wood into the water
c. touched it with his staff
d. had Miriam sing and dance a prayer

Quiz of the Day,  April 21, 2020

Who is associated with the ontological argument for the existence of God in which God is defined as "that which none greater can be conceived?'

a. Thomas Aquinas
b. Peter Abelard
c. Anselm
d. Albert Magnus

Quiz of the Day, April 20, 2020

Where was Jesus seen in his post resurrection appearances?

a. Jerusalem
b. garden near his tomb
c. Galilee
d. road to Emmaus
e. Mount of Olives
f.  all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 19, 2020

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

a. he was called the twin
b. there is a Gospel with his name
c. he is believed to have traveled to India
d. the Mar Thoma church derives from his witness
e. he asked to sit on the right hand of Jesus in his kingdom

Quiz of the Day, April 18, 2020

How did Moses know where to the lead the people of Israel in their journey?

a. he had Caleb as a scout
b. he commission Joshua as a pathfinder
c. pillars of clouds and fire guided them
d. God would speak directly to Moses

Quiz of the Day, April 17, 2020

What was the disciples first response when the women told them about the resurrection?

a. they ran to the tomb
b. they didn't believe them
c. they believed them
d. they decided to meet in secret

Quiz of the Day, April 16, 2020

What is the origin of the "unleavened bread?"

a. the Israelites had a law against yeast
b. leaven was a metaphor for sin
c. Egyptian ate "puffy" bread, Israelites didn't
d. unleavened meant no time to rise because they ate on the run in their escape

Quiz of the Day, April 15, 2020

"Eat, drink, for tomorrow we die," is associated with what Greek philosophical school?

a. Stoicism
b. Epicureanism
c. Sophism
d. Platonism


Quiz of the Day, April 14, 2020

Which of the following is not true regarding Mary Magdalene?

a. she was the first apostle of the resurrection
b. she had been possessed by seven demons
c. she had been a prostitute
d. she mistook Jesus for a gardener

Quiz of the Day, April 13, 2020

What is the feast of the unleavened bread?

a. another name for Passover
b. seven days before Passover
c. seven days after Passover
d. derived during the wilderness sojourn of Israel

Quiz of the Day, April 12, 2020

Who was the first Resurrection apostle?

a. Peter
b. Mary Magdalene
c. angel/messenger at the tomb
d. Thomas

Quiz of the Day, April 11, 2020

Who took care of the burial arrangements for Jesus?

a. Mary, his mother
b. Joseph of Arimathea
c. Mary Magdalene
d. Mary, Martha and Lazarus of Bethany

Quiz of the Day, April 10, 2020

Which Passion Gospel is always read on Good Friday?

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

Quiz of the Day, April 9, 2020

What does the word "Maundy" specifically connote?

a. foot washing
b. Institution of the Eucharist
c. the betrayal of Judas
d. the new commandment

Quiz of the Day, April 8, 2020

What is a Triduum?

a. singular of Tridua
b. any major Christian celebration lasting three days
c. Maundy Thursday evening through Easter
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 7, 2020

Which of the following plants were cursed by Jesus of Nazareth?

a. mustard
b. palm tree
c. olive tree
d. fig tree

Quiz of the Day, April 6, 2020

Who is the prophet associated with the Book of Lamentations?

a. Isaiah
b. Hosea
c. Ezekiel
d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, April 5, 2020

Which prophet does the Gospel writer quote to understand the continuity in symbolism between the Triumphal Entry in the Palm Procession and Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Isaiah
b. Jeremiah
c. Zechariah
d. Haggai

Quiz of the Day, April 4, 2020

What Jewish festival derives from the last plague upon Egypt?

a. Succoth
b. Yom Kippur
c. Passover
d. Purim
e. Pentecost

Quiz of the Day, April 3, 2020

Which of the following musicals uses lyrics from Richard of Chichester?

a. Jesus Christ Super Star
b. Godspell
c. Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat
d. Phantom of the Opera

Quiz of the Day, April 2, 2020

Of the following, who was dismissed from a university for being a "Christian Socialist?"

a. William Temple
b. Joseph Butler
c. Frederick Dennison Maurice
d. C. S. Lewis

Quiz of the Day, April 1, 2020

What was the first plague inflicted on Egypt?

a. lice
b. bloody waters
c. frogs
d. hail storm

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