Quiz of the Day, November 2021

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2021

How long has St. Andrew been the official patron saint of Scotland?

a. since 1320

b. unknown since legends say his relics were brought there over 1000 years ago

c. since apostolic age

d. since the Crusades when Scottish soldiers adopted him as their saint

Quiz of the Day, November 29, 2021

Hanukkah, a feast of the rededication of the Temple, commemorates the rededication for what reason?

a. it was rebuilt after destruction

b. it was remodeled

c. the menorah was restored

d. it had suffered desolating sacrilege at the hands of Antiochus Epiphanes

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2021

What Gospel is used the most in Cycle C of the Lectionary Cycle of the Book of Common Prayer?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2021

"Wherever two or three are gathered in my name, I am in the midst..."  These word of Jesus were in what context?

a. the Last Supper

b. resolving a church dispute

c. a healing event

d. sending of the evangelists

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2021

Which hymn was not written by Isaac Watts?

a. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

b. Amazing Grace

c. Joy to the World

d. O God Our Help in Ages Past

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2021

According to the Book of Common Prayer, Thanksgiving Day is called

a. a Rogation Feast

b. a Principal Feast

c. a Holy Day

d. a Major Feast

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2021

Where is the reference to a "Royal Priesthood" found in the Bible?

a. Leviticus

b. Psalms

c. Jeremiah

d. 1 Peter

Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2021

What does the "Matthean Exception" refer to?

a. purification laws regarding washing of hands

b. divorce

c. kinds of work permitted on the Sabbath

d. levirate marriage 

Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2021

What Anglican and Christian apologist wrote the well-known Narnia Chronicles?

a. T.S. Eliot

b. Charles Williams

c. J.R.R. Tolkien

d. C.S. Lewis

e. G.K. Chesterton

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2021

Which language was not included in the posting the kingship of Jesus on the inscription on the Cross?

a. Latin

b. Hebrew

c. Greek

d. Aramaic

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2021

What is the language and meaning of the word "maranatha?"

a. Greek-Come O Lord

b. Latin-the king comes

c. Hebrew-Royal arising

d. Aramaic-Come, O Lord or the Lord is coming

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2021

The feast of Hanukkah derives from what era?

a. Mosaic

b. Davidic

c. Exilic

d. Maccabean

 Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2021

In biblical tradition who was Gorgias?

a. a Greek rhetorician referred to by Ben Sirach

b. an opposing military commander to Judas Maccabeus

c. a Philistine general

d. a Gentile companion of St. Paul

Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2021

Besides the post-resurrection appearance of Christ to the disciple on the the road to Emmaus, what else was Emmaus known for?

a. famous olive groves

b. former pre-Temple shrine location

c. encampment for the Maccabean army

d. the place where David wrote the 23rd Psalm

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2021

Where are elephants mentioned in biblical canon?

a. Psalms

b. Job

c. Kings

d. Maccabees

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2021

What location is associated with St. Herman?

a. Mt. Hermon

b. St. Petersburg

c. Alaska

d. Hawaii

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2021

What does Maccabee mean?

a. the sword

b. the bow

c. the hammer

d. the mace

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2021

Which of the following happened in the year 70 C.E.?

a. the Bar Kochba revolt

b. the mass suicide at Masada

c. the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem

d. the Maccabean revolt

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2021

Which of the following is not named in the Bible as an afterlife place?

a. hades

b. Gehenna

c. heaven

d. Sheol

e. Tartarus

f. Styx

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2021

Where in the Jewish canon of Scripture can the origin of the feast of Hanukkah be found?

a. it can't be found in Jewish canon of Scripture

b. the book of Daniel

c. Maccabees

d. Psalms

e. Leviticus

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2021

Which pope negotiated with Attila the Hun?

a. Gregory the Great

b. Leo the Great

c. Pius II

d. Sixtus III

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2021

Who wrote "The Ladder of Perfection?"

a. Teresa of Avila

b. Walter Hilton

c. Margery Kempe

d. Richard Rolle

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2021

The phos hilaron is a hymn associated with what liturgies?

a. an order for evening

b. Evening Prayer

c. any evening liturgy

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2021

What "sin" distressed Ezra the most of the men in Jerusalem?

a. worship of idols

b. marrying foreign women

c. not keeping the Sabbath

d. not rotating the crops according to the Torah

Quiz of the day, November 6, 2021

The first observance of Rosh Hashanah can be found in what book of the Bible?

a. Genesis

b. Exodus

c. Leviticus

d. Deuteronomy

e. Ezra

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2021

In what book of the Bible does the number seven figure significantly?

a. Genesis

b. Daniel

c. Ezekiel

d. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2021

In what book of the Bible does Babylon stand as a symbol for something that is not Babylon?

a. Ezekiel

b. Daniel

c. Obadiah

d. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2021

Which Anglican theologian is most responsible for articulating the "Middle Way" or Via Media identity for Anglicanism?

a. Thomas Cranmer

b. F. D. Maurice

c. Richard Hooker

d. C. S. Lewis

e. Lancelot Andrewes

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2021

Dia de los muertos, is on what day of the church calendar?

a. November 2nd

b. All Souls' Day

c. All Faithful Departed Day

d. All Hallows Eve

e. All Saints' Day

f.  All of the Above

g. a, b, and c

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2021

Where is the phrase "cloud of witnesses" used in referring to heroes of faith who are also called saints?

a. Revelations

b. Psalms

c. Wisdom of Ben Sirach

d. Hebrews