Quiz of the Day, September, 2020

Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2020

Which scholar was responsible for the Bible translation known as the Vulgate?

a. Thomas Aquinas

b. Albert Magnus

c. Jerome

d. Anselm

Quiz of the Day, September 29. 2020

Which angels are found in the canonical biblical writings?

a. Raphael, Gabriel and Michael

b. Azrael, Uriel, Michael and Gabriel

c. Michael and Gabriel

d. Jacob, Gabriel and Michal

Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2020

"Jesus said, it is more blessed to give than to receive."  Where is this found in the Bible?

a. Mark

b. Matthew

c. Luke

d. John

e. Acts of the Apostles

Quiz of the the Day, September 27, 2020

The metaphor of the prophet Hosea is built around his relationship with whom?

a. Gomer

b. his wife

c. a prostitute

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2020

What is the worst thing that happen during a sermon of Paul?

a. he got bit by a snake

b. a young man fell asleep and fell out of an open window

c. people called him Hermes

d. he was asked to leave town

Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2020

The ancient city of Susa is located in what modern day country?

a. Iraq

b. Turkey

c. Syria

d. Iran

Quiz of the Day, September 24, 2020

What does purim refer to?

a. lots cast by Haman to determine day to begin genocie

b. stones for a Persian game

c. stones used by diviners to tell the future

d. the pearls that Esther wore

Quiz of the Day, September 23, 2020

Why was Mordecai honored by the king?

a. he was Esther's uncle

b. he revealed a plot to kill the king

c. he wrote a poem praise to the king

d. he rallied the Jews to support the king

Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2020

Haman might be associated best with which of the following:

a. accusation

b. genocide

c. politics

d. military power

Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2020

Levi, a tax collector may have also been whom?

a. Nathaniel

b. Matthew

c. Zacchaeus

d. Thaddeus 

Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2020

Which Jewish feast derives from the story of Esther?

a. Yom Kippur

b. Passover

c. Sukkot

d. Purim

Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2020

How many times is God named in the book of Esther? 

a. 0

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

e. 4

Quiz of the Day, September 18, 2020

What prophet was imprisoned in a cistern and may have written Psalm 69 which states, "save me from the mire; do not let me sink?"

a. Isaiah

b. Jeremiah

c. Joel

d. Hosea

Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2020

Which of the following is not true of Hildegard of Bingen?

a. she was a mystic

b. she is a Doctor of the Church

c. she has been canonized as a saint

d. she composed and wrote music

e. she was a Dominican nun

Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2020

What is the most off-putting aspect of the Job story?

a. Job's suffering involve a wager between God and Satan

b. Job's friends give easy answers to Job's ills

c. Job's loss of everything

d. hard to choose from a, b, or c

Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2020

Which book of the Bible seems to have a accurate description of a hippopotomus?

a. Genesis

b. Psalms

c. Job

d. Proverbs

Quiz of the Day, September 14, 2020

What person is most responsible for the origin of the Feast of the Holy Cross?

a. St. Paul

b. St. Jerome

c. Pope Leo the Great

d. Helena, mother of Constantine

Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2020

What city did John the Divine see as fallen in his vision?

a. Rome

b. Jerusalem

c. Babylon

d. Laodicea

Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2020

How did God speak to Job?

a. from a burning bush

b. through an angel

c. in a still small voice

d. out of a whirlwind

Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2020

Where is it written that Jesus wept?

a. in his death on the cross

b. in the Garden of Gethsemane

c. at the tomb of Lazarus

d. in mourning the conditions of Jerusalem

Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2020

Who said, "If you had been here my brother would not have died?"

a. Mary

b. Martha

c. unnamed Centurion

d. a and b

Quiz of the Day, September 9,2020

The Martyrs of Memphis were made such by what?

a. a plague in Egypt

b. tending for those with Yellow Fever

c. the Bubonic plague

d. by being abolitionists

Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2020

What Greek god was St. Paul once called by a crowd?

a. Zeus

b. Apollo

c. Hermes

d. Poseidon

Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2020

What does the Book of Common Prayer provide for the observance of Labor Day?

a. a liturgy for the "ordaining" of lay vocation

b. Commissioning liturgies for all labor in the Book of Occasional Service.

c. A Collect in Rite I language only

d. A Collect in Rite II language only

e. A Collect in both Rite I and II language

Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2020

Which of the following is not in the Gospel of John?

a. signs

b. "I am" sayings

c. exorcisms

d. allegories

Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2020

Which of the following does not follow an "I am" saying of Jesus in the Gospel of John?

a. light

b. love

c. resurrection

d. light

e. good shepherd

f.  gate

g. truth

Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2020

"I know that my redeemer lives," is found where in the Bible?

a. Revelations

b. Isaiah

c. Ezekiel

d. Job

Quiz of the Day, September 3, 2020

Which of the following is not true about Phoebe?

a. she was a deacon

b. she was a patron of the church

c. she delivered messages to Rome for Paul

d. she was healed by Paul

Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2020

Who was struck dead when a crowd of people yelled about him, "the voice of a god!"

a. Simon Magus

b. Ananias

c. Sapphira

d. Herod

Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2020

Jesus is cited as saying there is a "father of lies."  Who is it?

a. his religious opponents
b. Judas Iscariot
c. the devil
d. Lucifer