Quiz of the Day, July 2022

Quiz of the Day July 31, 2022

Why is the Bible referred to as "Gideon's Bible?"

a. because Samuel Gideon translated it

b. Gideon was a biblical Judge who edited the Torah

c. Gideon as obeying God was adopted as a name for an organization

d. Wisconsin businessment decided to start and organization to distribute Bibles and name their organization after the biblical Gideon

e.a and b

f. c and d

Quiz of the Day, July 30, 2022

Who wrote "vanity of vanities, all is vanity?"

a.Ecclesiasticus

b.Ecclesiates

c.Moses

d.David

e.Solomon

Quiz of the Day, July 29, 2022

Of the following, what are Deborah and Barak known for?

a.pursuing and defeating the Philistines

b.serving as co-judges of Israel

c.singing in duet song about Israel and success in battle

d.fighting with faith, not weapons

e.all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 28, 2022

The biblical Jael is known for

a. birthing triplets

b. being a friend of Deborah

c. driving a peg through the temple of Sisera

d. being in the army of Israel

Quiz of the Day, July 27, 2022

The Gospel record some of the last words of Jesus on the cross as being in which language?

a. Latin for the soldier's sake

b. Hebrew for the native of Jerusalem

c. Greek as the lingua franca

d. Aramaic, a leftover lingua franca from Assyrian occupation

Quiz of the Day, July 26, 2022

What does Ba'al mean?

a. owner, Lord

b. refers to a Phoenician god

c. can also be a qualifier of Yahweh

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, July 25, 2022

What is the Hebrew equivalent of "James?"

a. Yeshua

b. Yacob

c. Schlmo

d. Pincas

Quiz of the Day, July 24, 2022

The phrase, "thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever" 

a. is in all Greek versions of the Gospel

b. was in the Greek version used by the translators of King James Bible

c. is found in a translation of the Gospel of Luke

d. is found in the KJV translation of Matthew

e. a and c

f. b and d

 Quiz of the Day, July 23, 2022

Who succeed Joshua as leader of Israel?

a. Caleb

b. Eli, the priest

c. Gideon, a juduge

d. Othniell, first of the Judges

Quiz of the Day, July 22, 2022

Who is the first apostle of the resurrection?

a. John

b. The Beloved Disciple

c. Peter

d. Mary Magdelene

Quiz of the Day, July 21, 2022

What American woman who is on the calendar of saints was the first woman to lead the U.S. Army in war?

a. Harriet Tubman

b. Clara Barton

c. Sojourner Truth

d. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quiz of the Day, July 20, 2022

Who organized the publishing of the "Women's Bible?"

a. Amelia Bloomer

b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c. Mary Daly

d. Dorothy Day

Quiz of the Day, July 19, 2022

Simon Peter is not listed as the sword bearer who cut off the ear of Malchus in which Gospels?

a. Luke and John

b. Matthew and Mark

c. Matthew and John

d. Mark and Luke

Quiz of the Day, July 18, 2022

Who wrote, "love fulfills the law?"

a. Writer of Epistles of John

b. Jesus

c. Paul

d. James

Quiz of the Day, July 17, 2022

Which of the following is not true about Rahab?

a. she was a former harlot

b. she lied to Jericho authorities

c. she is in the lineage of David and Jesus

d. some rabbis believed that Joshua married her after her conversion

e. she was the mother of Boaz

f. she used a blue rope to let spies down from her window

Quiz of the Day, July 16, 2022

Which of the following is not true of Joshua and his armies?

a. he fought 13 battles

b. Jericho was his first battle

c. Joshua won all the battles

d. Joshua lost at Ai

e. Joshua lost because Ai kept war booty

Quiz of the Day, July 15, 2022

When did the Manna cease to be supplied to Israel?

a. when they disobeyed God

b. when they arrived at the Jordan River

c. when they crossed the Jordan River

d. when they ate of the produce of the Promised Land

Quiz of the Day, July 14, 2022

Which of the following might be called the "gateway" to the Promised Land?

a. Mt. Sinai

b. Mt. Horeb

c. Mt. Herman

d. The Red Sea

e. The Jordan River

Quiz of the Day, July 13, 2022

Of the following, who was not involved in a "parting of the waters" event?

a. Gideon

b. Elijah

c. Elisha

d. Moses

e. Joshua

Quiz of the Day, July 12, 2022

Where was Rahab from?

a. Jerusalem

b. Jericho

c. Ashdod

d. Salem

Quiz of the Day, July 11, 2022

Which monastic founder is associated with a famous "Rule" for monastic life?

a. St. Francis

b. St. Ignatius

c. St. Francis Xavier

d. St. Benedict

e. St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Quiz of the Day, July 10, 2022

What might be feminist about Philip of Caesarea?

a. he had a prophetess daughter

b. he had two prophetess daughters

c. he had three prophetess daughters

d. he had four prophetess daughters

Quiz of the Day, July 9, 2022

Which of the following mountain is not associated with Moses?

a. Pisgah

b. Sinai

c. Herman

d. Horeb

Quiz of the Day, July 8, 2022

What would best characterize Matthew, chapter 24?

a. Beatitudes

b. Parables

c. Healing Ministry

d. Passion Narrative

e. Apocalyptic word of Jesus

Quiz of the Day, July 7, 2022

Why wasn't Moses allowed to enter the Promised Land?

a. Personal disobedience (striking rock instead of speaking to it for water)

b. because of sins of the Israelites

c. Because God chose Joshua

d. either a or b, or both, depending on which source from the Torah read

Quiz of the Day, July 6, 2022

About whom of the following is it written in the Bible that God hated?

a. Cain

b. Esau

c. Jezebel

d. Ahab

Quiz of the Day, July 5, 2022

Who was the Refuge Cities built for?

a. foreigners who came to live in Israel

b. accidental killers who needed protection from avengers

c. persons under threat over property disputes

d. women who were divorced unfairly by their husbands

Quiz of the Day, July 4, 2022

In contrast to the American system of government, the Israel of the Hebrew Scriptures would be called

a. a partial democracy

b. a theocracy

c. a monarchy

d. an oligarchy

Quiz of the Day, July 3, 2022

Who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel?

a. Aaron

b. Eleazar

c. Joshua

d. Caleb

e. David

Quiz of the Day, July 2, 2002

Why didn't the Sadducees believe in the resurrection?

a. they needed to oppose Jesus

b. they opposed the Pharisees' teaching on the resurrection

c. they could not find support for it in the prophets and writings

d. they could not find support for it in the Torah

Quiz of the Day, July 1, 2022

Who said, "render unto Caesar's the things that are Caesar's?"
a. Paul
b. Peter
c. Jesus
d. Judas