Quiz of the Day, August 2021

Quiz of the Day, August 31, 2021

Which book of the New Testament is most explicit about the connection between faith and good works?

a. Romans

b. Galatians

c. Ephesians

d. James

Quiz of the Day, August 30, 2021

What humanly impossible thing occurred at the dedication of the Solomon's Temple?

a. the sacrifice of 120,000 sheep

b. the sacrifice of 22,000 oxen

c. a fire from heaven consuming all of the animal offerings

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 29, 2021

Of the following, who wrote perhaps the most famous autobiography in Christian history?

a. The Venerable Bede

b. Augustine of Hippo

c. St. Gregory the Great

d. John of the Cross

Quiz of the Day, August 28, 2021

Whose ear did Simon Peter cut off with a sword?

a. Mark's

b. Malchus'

c. an unknown soldier's

d. Cyprian's

Quiz of the Day, August 27, 2021

Which biblical country was famous for its cedar trees?

a. Jordan

b. Syria 

c. Lebanon

d. Phoenicia

Quiz of the Day, August 26, 2021

What biblical figure was considered wise for suggesting that a baby be cut in two?

a. Jeremiah

b. Moses

c. Hosea

d. Amos

Quiz of the Day, August 25, 2021

Who might be called the "Father" of the Wisdom tradition in the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. David

b. Moses

c. Isaiah

d. Solomon

Quiz of the Day, August 24, 2021

A Jacob's ladder reference is found in the encounter of Jesus with whom?

a. Peter

b. Nathaniel

c. John the Baptist

d. Mary Magdalene

Quiz of the Day, August 23, 2021

Of the following, who did not support the succession of Solomon to the throne of David?

a. Bathsheba

b. Nathan

c. Joab

d. Shemei

e. Zadok

Quiz of the Day, August 22, 2021

David chose pestilence as a punishment from God for doing what?

a. for the killing of Uriah the Hittite

b. for his adultery with Bathsheba

c. for taking a census of the people

d. for failing to build a temple

Quiz of the Day, August 21, 2021

What was the name of King Agrippa's wife?

a. Candace

b. Bernice

c. Eunice

d. Lois

Quiz of the Day, August 20, 2021

Of the following, who is known for his sermons on the Song of Songs?

a. St. Teresa of Avila

b. St. John of the Cross

c. St. Bernard of Clairvaux

d. St. Gregory the Great

Quiz of the Day, August 19, 2021

What did Jesus say about marriage in heaven?

a. there is none

b. one is married to one's first spouse

c. one is married to one's last spouse

d. one can choose a different spouse

Quiz of the Day, August 18, 2021

Before Absalom was killed he

a. was ambushed

b. he was trapped in a canyon

c. he smoked out of a cave

d. he caught his long hair in branches of a tree

Quiz of the Day, August 17, 2021

Forty opponents of Paul in Jerusalem made what vow?

a. to stone Paul

b. to fast until they killed Paul

c. to turn him in to the chief priests for trial

d. to tell lies to the centurions about Paul

Quiz of the Day, August 16, 2021

How many times does the name Mary, the mother of Jesus appear in the Gospel of Mark and in the writings of St. Paul?

a. 0

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

Quiz of the Day, August 15, 2021

The Immaculate Conception refers to human origin of what person?

a. Isaac

b. Samuel

c. John the Baptist

d. Mary the Virgin

e. Jesus

Quiz of the Day, August 14, 2021

What behaviors by Shimei were tolerated by King David?

a. throwing rocks at David

b. cursing David

c. flinging dust at David

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 13, 2021

Who was Jeremy Taylor's patron?

a. Archbishop Cranmer

b. Archbishop Laud

c. Archbishop Pole

d. Archbishop Whitgift

Quiz of the Day, August 12, 2021

Which of David's son attempted a coup against him?

a. Solomon

b. Absalom

c. Nathan

d. Adonijah

e. Cheliab

f.  Shammua

Quiz of the Day, August 11, 2021

What does the Matthean "exception" refer to?

a. fasting

b. murder

c. coveting

d. divorce

e. lying

Quiz of the Day, August 10, 2021

Who was Agabus?

a. a prophet who warned David

b. a member of the house church of Priscilla and Aquila

c. a prophet who prophesied that Paul would be seized in Jerusalem

d. a leader in the Corinthian church

Quiz of the Day, August 9, 2021

David had the most conflictive relationship with which of his sons?

a. Solomon

b. Absalom

c. Amnon

d. Daniel

Quiz of the Day, August 8, 2021

Which of the following is not true regarding Amnon?

a. he was David's first born

b. he was his brother Absalom's best friend

c. he violated his half sister Tamar

d. he fooled his father David

Quiz of the Day, August 7, 2021

Who was Jedidiah?

a. another name for David's son Solomon

b. Nathan's son

c. Bathsheba's brother

d. David and Abigail's son

Quiz of the Day, August 6, 2021

Which of the following mountains was probably not ascended or viewed by Jesus?

a. Tabor

b. Gerazim

c. Herman

d. Sinai

e. Olives

f.  Zion

Quiz of the Day, August 5, 2021

Who was the husband of Bathsheba?

a. David

b. Uriah

c. Solomon

d. a and b

e. none of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 4, 2021

Where does "walking trees"  occur in the Bible?

a. Book of Revelation in the vision of John the Divine

b. In the poetry of the Psalmist

c. In the retort of Job to one of his "accusers"

d. In the healing of a blind man by Jesus

Quiz of the Day, August 3, 2021

Which of the following is not true regarding Priscilla and Aquila?

a. they were companions of Paul

b. they were evicted from Rome

c. they were tentmakers

d. they told Apollos to keep following the teachings of John the Baptist

Quiz of the Day, August 2, 2021

Which of the following is not true regarding Nathan the Prophet?

a. he anointed Solomon to be king

b. he confronted David about his Bathsheba affair

c. he offered an oracle about the everlasting house of David

d. he was the chief teacher of Solomon

Quiz of the Day, August 1, 2021

Which of the following is not true regarding Michal?

a. she was Saul's daughter

b. she was David's wife

c. she did not approve of David's dancing unclothed before the Ark

d. she had another husband

e. she was devoted to the Philistine gods