Quiz of the Day, March 2021

Quiz of the Day, March 31, 2021

Who said, "The heart  is devious above all else; it is perverse?"

a. Jesus

b. Paul

c. Jeremiah

d. the Psalmist

Quiz of the Day, March 30, 2021

St. Paul belonged to what religious party of Judaism?

a. Sadducees

b. Pharisees

c. Zealots

d. Herodians

e. Benjaminites

Quiz of the Day, March 29, 2021

Which Creed is part of the baptismal vows?

a. Nicene

b. Chalcedonian

c. Apostles

d. Athanasian

Quiz of the Day, March 28, 2021

Why is there two donkeys in the presentation of the Palm Sunday event?

a. the colt unridden needed to have its mother near

b. one of the donkeys must have been out of sight in some accounts

c. fulfillment of how the Gospel writer read a portion of Hebrew Scripture

d. animal husbandry of the time; two donkey together

Quiz of the Day, March 27, 2021

Shalom is the Hebrew word for

a. peace

b. love

c. friendship

d. blessing

Quiz of the Day, March 26, 2021

To whom did Jesus say, "I am resurrection and I am life?"

a. Mary of Bethany

b. Mary Magdalene

c. Mary, Mother of our Lord

d. Martha of Bethany

Quiz of the Day, March 25, 2021

The Annunciation story is found where?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. a and c

f.  a and b

Quiz of the Day, March 24, 2021

The forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden was

a. an apple

b. a pomegranite

c. a fig

d. an olive

e. not included in the story

Quiz of the Day, March 23, 2021

Which of the following Empires did not conquer Jerusalem?

a. Assyrian

b. Babylonian

c. Persian

d. Greek under Alexander the Great

e. Roman

Quiz of the Day, March 22, 2021

In the "object" lesson posed to Jeremiah by God, who did the basket of good figs represent?

a. those who were taken in exile to Babylon

b. those who remained in Judah

c. those who escaped to Egypt

d. those who dwelled in Samaria

Quiz of the Day, March 21, 2021

In which Gospel, does Jesus tell his disciples they must eat his flesh and drink his blood?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, March 20, 2021

Who built the first Temple in Jerusalem?

a. David

b. Samuel

c. Eli

d. Solomon

Quiz of the Day, March 19, 2021

How did God communicate with Joseph, husband of Mary?

a. angel

b. in a dream

c. an angel in a dream

d. reading the Torah

Quiz of the Day, March 18, 2021

Of the following, who helped to set the model for Holy Week liturgies?

a. Cyril of Jerusalem

b. Paul

c. John Chrysostom

d. Athanasius

Quiz of the Day, March 17, 2021

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

a. he was born in Armagh, Ireland

b. he was born in Britain 

c. he was never formally canonized as a saint

d. he is not the only Patron saint of Ireland

Quiz of the Day, March 16, 2021

Where is it found that it is written that God will write the laws within the heart?

a. Isaiah

b. Jeremiah

c. Ezekiel

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, March 15, 2021

What word does Paul use for "Torah" in the Epistle to the Romans?

a. the Latin word "lex" for the Roman context

b. the Greek word "nomos"

c. the transliteration of "Torah" into Greek

d. all three of the above depending on the context

Quiz of the Day, March 14, 2021

Leaven or yeast in the Bible is a symbol of what?

a. corruption since it is "old" dough saved to infect the next batch

b. a symbol in the parables of the spread of the kingdom of God

c. the Gospel

d. the Word of God

e. a and b

f. c and d

Quiz of the Day, March 13, 2021

Which of the following was Jesus not accused of?

a. being a Samaritan

b. having a demon

c. being a glutton

d. being a false priest

Quiz of the Day, March 12, 2021

Servus sevorum Dei, is the epitaph for whom?

a. Notre Dame University

b. Gregory the Great

c. Leo the Great

d. Augustine of Canterbury

Quiz of the Day, March 11, 2021

Which Bible verse is most often displayed by spectators at athletic contests?

a. Psalm 23:1

b. John 1:1

c. John 3:16

d. Roman 3:23

Quiz of the Day, March 10, 2021

"There is a balm in Gilead," a Spiritual with a phrase which derives from which book of the Bible?

a. Psalms

b. Jeremiah

c. Isaiah

d. Malachi

Quiz of the Day, March 9, 2021

What did the Valley of the son of Hinnom become a metaphor of?

a. tribulation

b. temptation

c. hell

d. defeat

Quiz of the Day, March 8, 2021

Why did God send a host of poisonous snakes on the Israelites to bite and kill many f them?

a. they complained about lack of good food and water

b. they disobeyed Moses

c. they worshiped a golden calf

d. they said they wanted to go back to Egypt

Quiz of the Day, March 7, 2021

Paul wrote that the Cross was what for the Jews?

a. incompatible with the true Messiah

b. a stumbling block

c. a corner stone

d. an offense

Quiz of the Day, March 6, 2021

In the 10 Commandments what rationale is given for requiring the sabbath?

a. Labor requires a day of rest

b. the religious leaders need required attendance

c. God rested from creating on the seventh day

d. Market day was also on the seventh day

Quiz of the Day, March 5, 2021

The first person in the Bible required to be circumcised was

a. Adam

b. Noah

c. Moses

d. Jacob

e. Abraham

Quiz of the Day, March 4, 2021

Of the following who had a significant influence on the spiritual direction of John Wesley's life?

a. his Oxford don

b. the Methodist preachers

c. prisoners in the Oglethorpe colony

d. the Moravians

Quiz of the Day, March 3, 2021

Of the following, who wrote the most hymns?

a. John Wesley

b. Charles Wesley

c. John Newton

d. Isaac Watts

e. George Herbert

f.  Fanny Crosby

Quiz of the Day, March 2, 2021

Which of the following prophets was imprisoned in a cistern?

a. Elijah

b. Isaiah

c. Ezekiel

d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, March 1, 2021

The unnamed Samaritan woman at the well, written about in John, chapter 4, came to have a name in church tradition.  What name did she have?

a. Dorcas
b. Photina
c. Eunice
d. Lois