Quiz of the Day, January 2021

Quiz of the Day, January 31, 2021

Which Gospel does not have accounts of exorcisms?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 30, 2021

The Venite is which Psalm?

a. 100

b.  23

c.  95

d.  1

Quiz of the Day, January 29, 2021

Which of the following was a "big" issue in the Corinthian church?

a. eating food that had been sacrificed to idols

b. entering the temple of a deity

c. re-baptizing Jews who had been baptized by John the Baptist

d. whether women were allowed to marry

Quiz of the Day, January 28, 2021

The philosophical school called "Thomism" derives from whom?

a. Thomas the Apostle

b. Thomas of the Mar Thoma church of India

c. Thomas More

d. Thomas Aquinas

Quiz of the Day, January 27, 2021

Who of the following did not have a recorded disagreement with St. Paul?

a. Cephas

b. Barnabas

c. John Mark

d. Demas

e. Silas

Quiz of the Day, January 26, 2021

Which of the following is not true?

a. Timothy and Titus were proteges of Paul

b. the letters of Timothy and Titus are deutero-Pauline

c. Titus was required to get circumcised

d. Paul circumcised Timothy

e. Timothy had a Greek father and Jewish mother

Quiz of the Day, January 25, 2020

Which of the following is not true about the conversion experience of St. Paul?

a. it was on the road to Damascus

b. Saul saw a flashing light from heaven

c. Saul heard a voice

d. Saul fell off his horse

e. Saul's companions heaven a voice

f.  Saul lost his sight

Quiz of the Day, January 24, 2021

Who wrote the words of "O Little Town of Bethlehem?"

a. Samuel Seabury

b. Jonathan Edwards

c. Phillips Brooks

d. Isaac Watt

e. Charles Wesley

Quiz of the Day, January 23, 2021

Which of the following is not included in the Pauline spiritual armor?

a. sword of the Spirit

b. breastplate of righteousness

c. belt of truth

d. helmet of salvation

e. shield of faith

f.  spear of love

Quiz of the Day, January 22, 2021

Jesus did not say the kingdom of heaven/God was like

a. a mustard seed

b. leaven in dough

c. sorting out the catch of a net

d. baking a loaf of bread

Quiz of the Day, January 21, 2021

Which is not a condition for the seed which was sowed in the parable of the sower?

a. dry ground

b. rocky ground

c. thorns and brambles

d. good soil

e. seeds exposed to birds

Quiz of the Day, January 20, 2021

Which of the following is not true about Cyrus the Great?

a. he was the Emperor of Persia

b. his empire succeeded the Babylonian Empire

c. in Isaiah he is called a messiah

d. he was overthrown by Darius

Quiz of the Day, January 19, 2021

The Week of Christian Unity occurs between which two feasts?

a. Martin Luther King, Jr. and St. Paul

b  Martin Luther King, Jr. and Peter

c. Martin Luther and Pope Gregory I

d. St. Peter's confession and St. Paul's conversion

Quiz of the Day, January 18, 2021

Where did the confession of Peter regarding Christ being the Messiah occur?

a. Capernaum

b. Caesarea Philippi

c. Jerusalem

d. on the Sea of Galilee

Quiz of the Day, January 17, 2021

Where is the holy place for the Samaritan Torah based community?

a. Mt. Hermon

b. Mt. Gerizim

c. Shiloh

d. Mt. Tabor

Quiz of the Day, January 16, 2021

Jesus was said to be a High Priest after the order of Melchizedek; who in Hebrew Scriptures is associated with Melchizedek?

a. Moses

b. Levi

c. the king of Salem

d. Abraham

e. a and b

f. c and d

Quiz of the Day, January 15, 2021

What is the tetragrammaton?

a. four consonants in Hebrew

b. the Holy Name of God

c. the representation of the name of God in script which is not pronounced by most Jews

d. a Hebrew word that has been translated as "I am"

e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, January 14, 2021

Of the disciples, whose mother-in-law was healed by Jesus?

a. Andrew's

b. James'

c. Simon's

d. John's

Quiz of the Day, January 13, 2021

What "heresy" was Hilary of Poitier known for opposing?

a. docetism

b. donatism

c. Arianism

d. Marcionism

Quiz of the Day, January 12, 2021

In which Gospel can one find Nathaniel?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 11, 2021

According to the Gospel of Mark, what did Jesus do after his baptism?

a. cleansed the temple

b. preached on the banks of the Jordan

c. went into the wilderness to be tempted

d. called the first of his disciples

Quiz of the Day, January 10, 2021

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

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 9, 2021

In which of the following pairs can be found reference to the "grapes of wrath?"

a. Genesis and Revelation

b. Psalms and Isaiah

c. Isaiah and Revelation

d. Ezekiel and Revelation

Quiz of the Day, January 8, 2021

The town of Cana is associated with which sacrament?

a. baptism

b. Eucharist

c. ordination

d. confirmation

e. reconciliation

f.  matrimony

g. unction

Quiz of the Day, January 7, 2021

Which New Testament book contains a critique of seven churches located in seven cities?

a. Jude

b. Acts of the Apostles

c. Epistle to the Romans

d. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, January 6, 2021

Which of the following is true about an Orthodox Christmas?

a. it happens on January 6th

b. it happens on the Feast of the Epiphany

c. it is determined by fealty to the Julian Calendar

d. the discoveries of Galileo caused the different dates for Christmas in churches

Quiz of the Day, January 5, 2020

What book of the Bible includes the most listings of the faith heroes of the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Psalms

b. Acts of the Apostles

c. Genesis

d. Hebrews

Quiz of the Day, January 4, 2021

What is another name for Mt. Sinai?

a. Tabor

b. Herman

c. Horeb

d. Nebo

Quiz of the Day, January 3, 2021

In which Gospel does Jesus say, "unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood...?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. not in a Gospel but in 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, January 2, 2021

What is the meaning of the name Abram or Abraham?

a. Father

b. exalted or lifted up father

c. father of many nations

d. father of a multitude

Quiz of the Day, January 1, 2021

The practice of circumcision derived from

a. the creation covenant
b. the covenant with Noah
c. the covenant with Abraham
d. the Mosaic Law