Quiz of the Day, June 2020

Quiz of the Day, June 30, 2020

What was amazing about Balaam's donkey?

a. it could return home from a long distance

b. it could talk

c. it could see angels

d. all of the above

e. b and c

Quiz of the Day, June 29, 2020

Who received a vision in a dream that God permitted the eating of meat banned by the ritual purity codes of Judaism?

a. Paul

b. Philip

c. Peter

d. Andrew

Quiz of the Day, June 28, 2020

Where is the lifting up of the bronze serpent in the wilderness mentioned in the Bible?

a. Book of Genesis

b. Exodus

c. Leviticus

d. Numbers

e. John

f.  d and e

Quiz of the Day, June 27, 2020

Why wasn't Moses allowed to go into the Promised Land?

a. he died before arrival

b. he disobeyed God at Meribah

c. Jethro his father in law prophesied that he would not enter

d. his assignment was to finish the Torah before the Promised Land

Quiz of the Day, June 26, 2020

Who died in Kadesh?

a. Moses

b. Aaron

c. Miriam

d. Zipporah

Quiz of Day, June 25, 2020

How did God verify with a sign that Aaron and Moses should be the appointed leaders of Israel when many were challenging their authority?

a. Moses struck a rock and water came forth

b. Moses had a bronze serpent constructed to be a healing totem

c. Aaron's rod budded and grew almonds over night

d. the ground opened up and swallowed opponents

Quiz of the Day, June 24, 2020

In Handel's Oratorio, "Messiah," the phrase, "He is like a refiner's fire" comes from what book of the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Isaiah

b. Ezekiel

c. Zechariah

d. Malachi

Quiz of the Day, June 23, 2020

Who in the Bible got the message first about the requirement of circumcision?

a. Adam

b. Noah

c. Enoch

d. Abraham

Quiz of the Day, June 22, 2020

What is Korah known for in the Bible?

a.  assisting Aaron the High Priest

b. challenging the authority of Moses

c. refusing to eat Manna

d. crafted the bronze serpent in the wilderness

Quiz of the Day, June 21, 2020

Of all the spies who went into Canaan, why did only Caleb and Joshua survive?

a. they escaped an ambush

b. the other spies were against going to the Promise Land

c. Caleb and Joshua were Moses' favorites

d. the others died in fording the Jordan River

Quiz of the Day, June 20, 2020

Which of the following is not true about St. Alban?

a. he was a priest

b. he was a soldier

c. he was the first martyr in Great Britain

d. he was a Roman soldier

Quiz of the Day, June 19, 2020

Who was Caleb?

a. one of the twelve spies to recommend entering the Promised Land

b. a brother of Joshua

c. one who opposed Moses 

d. one who said Moses should not be allowed to enter the Promised Land

Quiz of the Day, June 18, 2020

Why did God punish Moses' sister with leprosy and temporary banishment?

a. she disagreed with Moses on the wilderness journey

b. she assisted in the making of the golden calf

c. she opposed Joshua as Moses' successor

d. she opposed Moses' marriage to a Cushite

Quiz of the Day, June 17, 2020

Which monk came to the monastery as a woman because she wanted to be with her father and was not discovered to be a woman until her death?

a. Macrina

b. Marina

c. Hildegard

d. Benedette 

Quiz of the Day, June 16, 2020

The English title of the Book of Numbers comes from

a. Hebrew meaning, in the desert

b. Hebrew meaning "census"

c. Greek meaning count or arithematizing

d. Latin translation of the Greek word for numbers

Quiz of the Day, June 15, 2020

Which of the following books of the Bible has the most information about the tabernacle?

a. Genesis

b. Exodus

c. Leviticus

d. Numbers

Quiz of the Day, June 14, 2020

Which prayer begins, "The Lord Bless you and keep you....?"

a. Pauline doxology in Ephesian

b. Benediction in Jude

c. Aaronic Blessing

d. Petrine Blessing

Quiz of the Day, June 13, 2020

Which family of the tribes of Israel was the priestly family?

a. Dan

b. Judah

c. Levi

d. Ephraim

Quiz of the Day, June 12, 2020

The name Isaac means laughter.  How did he get that name?

a. he was a smiling baby from birth

b. Abraham's first response from God about having a son

c. Sarah, hidden response when she overheard a conversation about having a baby

d. the name which the three visitors to Abraham gave 

Quiz of the Day, June 11, 2020

What was Barnabas' other name?

a. Silas

b. Joseph

c. Levi

d. Sylvanus

Quiz of the Day, June 10, 2020

Columba is associated with which monastery?

a. Lindesfarne

b. Iona

c. Whitby

d. St. Andrew's

Quiz of the Day, June 9, 2020

According to the words of Jesus, what was the sin of Sodom and Gommorah?

a. immortality

b. sexual immorality

c. persecution of Lot

d. inhospitality to God's messengers

Quiz of the Day, June 8, 2020

Which Gospel does not have an actual account of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist?

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

Quiz of the Day, June 7, 2020

To whom did God speak to out of a whirl wind?

a. Moses

b. Paul

c. Job

d. Elijah

e. David

Quiz of the Day, June 6, 2020

According to church tradition what events are favored for Ember Days?

a. baptisms

b. weddings

c. ordinations

d. confirmations

Quiz of the Day, June 5, 2020

Which Pope convened the 2nd Vatican Council?

a. Gregory the Great
b. John XXIII
c. John Paul II
d. Francis

Quiz of the Day, June 4, 2020

What biblical writer stated that "humans have no advantage over animals?"

a. Jeremiah

b. Isaiah

c. Qoheleth

d. The Psalmist

Quiz of the Day, June 3, 2020

The lyrics of the Byrds' song "Turn, Turn, Turn" derived from which book of the Bible?

a. The Psalms

b. Proverbs

c. Ecclesiastes

d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, June 2, 2020

Who was the chief editor and wordsmith of the First Book of Common Prayer?

a. Thomas Tallis

b. Thomas Cranmer

c. Richard Hooker

d. Nicholas Ridley

Quiz of the Day, June 1, 2020

The account of the Visitation is found in which Gospel?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John