Quiz of the Day, September 2021

Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2021

Jerome translated the Bible into what language?

a. Coptic

b. Latin

c. Gothic

d. Ethiopian

Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2021

Where is Michael the Archangel mentioned in the New Testament?

a. Matthew and Jude

b. Jude and Revelations

c. Hebrews and Revelations

d. Hebrews, Jude, and Revelations

e. Hebrews and Jude

Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2021

Which of the following is true about Hezekiah?

a. he was a good king of Israel

b. he was a good king of Judah and has a book named after him in Hebrew Scriptures

c. he was a good king of Judah

d. he was a bad king of both Israel and Judah

Quiz of the Day, September 27, 2021

Others names for Lake Tiberias include all but one of the following.  Which is not a another name for Lake Tiberias?

a. Samarian Sea

b. Sea of Galiee

c. Genneraret

d. Kinnereth

Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2021

What was Tabitha's other name?

a. Lydia

b. Junia

c. Dorcas

d. Sapphire

Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2021

Another name for the Josiah reforms might be called

a. Deuteronomic Reforms

b. Renewal of the Covenant

c. Temple Reforms

d. Zion Purification Movement

Quiz of the Day, September 24, 2021

Which of the following is not what Paul wrote about marriage?

a. a husband's body belongs to his wife

b. a wife's body belongs to her husband

c. it is better to marry than to burn with passion

d. it is better if able to remain like Paul, unmarried

e. marriage is a symbol of union of members of the church

Quiz of the Day, September 23, 2021

A famous American whaling story included a figure named after a wicked king in Israel?  Who?

a. Saul

b. Manasseh

c. Ahab

d. Ahaz

Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2021

Which prophet floated an axe head to the surface of water?

a. Elijah

b. Elisha

c. Amos

d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2021

Levi is regarded to be which disciple?

a. James the Lesser

b. Matthew

c. Matthias

d. Thaddaeus

Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2021

What biblical non-Israelite said that he would be praying to the God of Israel on the inside while publicly seeming to be praying to the god of his/her own country?

a. Ruth

b. Naaman

c. Uriah the Hittite

d. Rahab of Jericho

Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2021

To what biblical person might mouth to mouth resuscitation might be attributed?

a. Jeremiah

b. Jesus

c. Elisha

d. Elijah

Quiz of the the Day, September 18, 2021

The passing on the mantle is a metaphor which derived from 

a. the Isaian school of prophets

b. the David kingly line

c. Elijah the prophet

d. the succession of the biblical judges

Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2021

What biblical person was known for calling fire down from heaven to consume people?

a. Moses

b. Abraham

c. Elijah

d. Jesus

Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2021

Which king of Israel went to battle disguised and was killed?

a. Asa

b. Jehoshaphat

c. Ahab

d, Jeroboam

Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2021

What bishop of the Episcopal Church was the first to ordain an openly gay male to the priesthood?

a. John Walker

b. Paul Moore

c. John Shelby Spong

d. Gene Robinson

Quiz of the Day, September 14, 2021

The feast of the Holy Cross takes its origin from what event?

a. finding of pieces of the original cross in Jerusalem

b. the date tradition assigned to when the cross of constructed

c. the date of dedication in 335 of the Holy Sepulchre site in Jerusalem

d. the date that Constantine brought the relics of the cross to Rome

 Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2021

Which of the following is not true about Jezebel?

a. her reputation made her name the epitome of a bad woman

b. she was the wife of King Ahab

c. she conspired to get Naboth killed

d. she was opposed by the prophet Elisha

e. she was from Phoenicia

f. she brought the worship of a foreign god to Israel

Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2021

Which would best expressed the Gamaliel principle?

a. past precedence determines current validity

b. majority rule in counsel determines right action

c. future success will determine current validity

d. the majority rule isn't always valid

Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2021

Who fell asleep under a broom tree?

a. David

b. Nathanel

c. Jacob

d. Elijah

Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2021

Because of discrimination in the United States, Alexander Crummell went to which country to start a national Episcopal Church?

a. South Africa

b. Nigeria

c. Liberia

d. Ghana

e. Haiti

Quiz of the Day, September 9, 2021

On what mountain did Elijah have a holy competition with the prophets of Baal?

a. Olives

b. Hermon

c. Gerizim

d. Carmel

Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2021

God used what birth to feed the prophet Elijah in the wilds?

a. Dove

b. Quail

c. Crow

d. Raven

Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2021

Which of the following is not true regarding Jezebel?

a. she was the wife of Ahab

b. she was a native of Samaria

c. she was a Sidonian

d. she worshipped foreign gods

Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2021

Who provided the tomb for the body of Jesus?

a. Mary Magdalene

b. Nicodemus

c. The Sanhedrin

d. Joseph of Arimathea

Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2021

Why might Israel be used in ambiguous ways in the Bible?

a. it was the name given to Jacob

b. it was the name used for the northern kingdom

c. the twelve tribes were not always a unified kingdom

d. not all Israelites were Judahites 

e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2021

Which of the following his now true about Paul Jones?

a. he was bishop of Nevada

b. he was forced to resign because he said war was "unchristian"

c. he found the Episcopal Peace Fellowship

d. he served as a chaplain in World War Two

Quiz of Day, September 3, 2021

Jeroboam was not

a. the first king of Israel (the northern tribes)

b. the son of Solomon

c. a servant of Solomon

d. one who fled to Egypt for safety

Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2021

Astarte, Chemish, Molech and Milcom were

a. gods and goddesses honored by King Solomon

b. Greek gods and goddesses

c. the deities of Queen of Sheba

d. the deities of the Hittites

Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2021

The Queen of Sheba visited which King of Israel?

a. Saul

b. David

c. Solomon

d. Joash