Quiz of the Day, October 2022

Quiz of the Day, October 31, 2022

All Hallow's Eve occurs at the same time as what Druid festival?

a. Imbolc

b. Alban Arthan

c. Samhain

d. Alban Eilir

e. Lughnasadh

 Quiz of the Day, October 30, 2022

Who wrote, "we know only in part and see dimly?"

a. the Psalmist

b. the preacher of Ecclesiastes

c. St. Paul

d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, October 29, 2022

In biblical numerology, what is the number of the beast?

a. 6

b. 66

c. 666

d. 6666

Quiz of the Day, October 28, 2022

Who might St. Simon and St. Jude be, who share a feast this day?

a. both saints of hopeless causes

b. Simon the Zealot and Jude Thaddaeus

c. both martyred in Rome

d. writers of Epistles of Jude and Simon

Quiz of the Day, October 27, 2022

Of the followings animals, which is not mentioned in the book of Revelations?

a. horse

b. locusts

c. frogs

d. lamb

e. vulture

f. scorpions

g. lions

h. eagle

i. jackal

Quiz of the Day, October 26, 2022

Where is the writing about the seven-headed dragon found?

a. Medieval alchemy texts

b. the Greek hermetic writings

c. Ezekiel

d. Revelation

Quiz of the Day, October 25, 2022

According to the writer of Ecclesiasticus, what might be considered to divine immanence?

a. Love

b. Power

c. Beauty

d. Wisdom

Quiz of the Day, October 24, 2022

Which of the following is not true about James of Jerusalem?

a. he is called the "Just"

b. he could be the author of the epistle of James

c. he presided at a council permitting Gentiles converts to remain uncircumcised

d. he is called the brother of our Lord

e. his father was Zebedee

Quiz of the Day, October 23, 2022

What is the context for the words of Jesus, "where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am present?"

a. disagreement among church members

b. Holy Eucharist

c. send of evangelists in twos

d. baptism

Quiz of the Day, October 22, 2022

Where is it written that God created humankind and left them with the power of their own free choice?

a. Ecclesiastes

b. Ecclesiasticus

c. Psalms

d. Genesis

Quiz of the Day, October 21, 2022

The parable of the Good Samaritan is found where?

a. Matthew

b. Matthew and Luke

c. Luke

d. Luke and Mark

e. John

Quiz of the Day, October 20, 2022

Who is the angel of the bottomless pit?

a. Abaddon

b. Apollyon

c. Sheol

d. Gehenna

e. a and b

f. c and d

Quiz of the Day, October 19, 2022

Of the following, who might be called a thurifer?

a. Abraham

b. Melchizedek

c. An angel in heaven

d. the prophet Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, October 18, 2022

Which of the following is not unique to the Gospel of Luke?

a. a destination reader named Theophilus (lover of God)

b. Songs and Canticles

c. story of the magi

d. eighteen unique parables

Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2022

Why is the number 144,000 important in the book of Revelation?

a. the symbolic significance of 12 times 12

b. the number of Jews who will be "saved"

c. the number from the twelve tribes that are "sealed"

d. it deals with the Ezekiel prophecy

Quiz of the Day, October 16, 2022

Where did Simon Peter make the messianic confession?

a. Capernaum

b. Jerusalem

c. Caesarea Philippi

d. Bethany

 Quiz of the Day, October 15, 2022

Of the following, who is not a Carmelite?

a. Teresa of Avila

b. Juan de la Cruz

c. Thérѐse of Lisieux

d. Philip Neri

Quiz of the Day, October 14, 2022

What island did Paul end up on after he was ship wrecked?

a. Cyrus

b. Malta

c. Crete

d. Rhodes

Quiz of the Day, October 13, 2022

What destroyed the shade bush over the sleeping Jonah?

a. a grazing deer

b. a worm

c. a hot wind

d. a large bird

Quiz of the Day, October 12, 2022

Which of the following might be the main message of Jonah?

a. God belongs to everyone

b. God uses big fish to do God's will

c. God's call takes one where one does not want to go

d. it okay to be angry about God loving our enemy

Quiz of the Day, October 11, 2022

The city of Nineveh is associated with what prophet?

a. Nehemiah

b. Ezra

c. Jonah

d. Obadiah

Quiz of the Day, October 10, 2022

According to the Acts of the Apostle, what language did the heavenly voice speak in to Saul of Tarsus when he was struck down on the road to Damascus?

a. Hebrew

b. Aramaic

c. Greek

d. Latin

e. it does not say

Quiz of the Day, October 9, 2022

"Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly before your God," is found where?

a. Isaiah

b. Jeremiah

c. Amos

d. Obediah

e. Micah

Quiz of the Day, October 8, 2022

Who was Agrippa's wife?

a. Candace

b. Eunice

c. Bernice

d. Sapphira

Quiz of the Day, October 7, 2022

Who succeeded Felix in convening a trial for Paul?

a. Herod Antipas

b. Agrippa

c. Festus

d. unknown prefect

Quiz of the Day, October 6, 2022

Of the following, which was an early designation of the "Christian religion?"

a. The Way

b. Christianity

c. the rabbinical school of Jesus

d. Resurrection Path

Quiz of the Day, October 5, 2022

Which of the following was not a pejorative opinion regarding Jesus in his time?

a. demon possessed

b. friend of sinner

c. glutton

d. drunkard

e. mad

f. blasphemer

g. greedy

Quiz of the Day, October 4, 2022

What did St. Francis of Assisi do in the fifth crusade?

a. recruited soldiers

b. traveled to Egypt to convert the Sultan

c. organized a prayer crusade

d. joined as a soldier in a crusade deployment

Quiz of the Day, October 3, 2022

Of the following religious leaders, which one did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

a. The Dalai Lama

b. Desmond Tutu

c. John R. Mott

d. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

e. Martin Luther King, Jr.

f. Mother Teresa

Quiz of the Day, October 2, 2022

Which is not true regarding the prophet Hosea?

a. he was a prophet of the northern kingdom

b. he was a prophet of Judah

c. he was commanded by God to marry a harlot

d. he prophesied during the reign of Jeroboam II

Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2022

What saved St. Paul from being significantly harmed in Jerusalem?

a. he was a Pharisee
b. his appeal to a belief in the resurrection
c. being a Roman citizen
d. his tentmaking was needed by authorities