Quiz of the Day, November 2025

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2025

Turning swords into plowshares in not found in which of the following books of the Bible?

a. Micah

b. Joel

c. Isaiah

d. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2025

Which Pope instituted the Feast of Christ the King?

a. Gregory the Great

b. Leo the Great

c. Pius XI

d. John XXIII

Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2025

Of the following, we was not a member of the Oxford literary group know as the Inklings?

a. C.S. Lewis

b. J.R.R. Tolkien

c. G.K. Chesterton

d. Charles Williams

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2025

Of the following, which have liturgical celebrations found in the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. bar mitzvah

b. bat mitzvah

c. Hanukkah

d. Purim

e. none of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2025

Where does Jesus get money to pay for taxes?

a. from a borrowed denarius coin

b. from the mouth of a caught fish

c. Jesus did not pay taxes

d. from his disciples fishing revenue

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2025

For the Jews of the Maccabean times, their revolt might best express

a. the Pharisee position against the Saduccees

b. the apocalyptic vs. the realized eschatology

c. the fight for a conserving Judaism without too much hellenistic compromise

d. the need for the Hanukkah festival

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2025

The church is referred to as the bride of Christ where?

a. Romans

b. John

c. 1 John

d. Titus

e. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2025

Prior to 1948, when was the last time of self rule for Israel?

a. the autonomy granted under Darius

b. the monarchies of David and Solomon

c. the divided kingdom era

d. the Hasmonean era

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2025

The life of Mattathias is found in what book?

a. Acts of the Apostles

b. 1 Maccabees

c. Enoch

d. Daniel

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2025

The Apocrypha books are not in the Jewish canon of Scripture mainly because

a. a council of rabbis in 2nd century BCE did not vote to include them

b. Rabbi Akiba

c. Josephus the historian's list of books

d. the council of scholars at Jamnia

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2025

Antiochus IV Epiphanes is associated with what Jewish Feast?

a. Purim

b. Passover

c. Hanukkah

d. Yom Kippur

e. Sukkot

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2025

Alexander the Great is explicitly named in

a. Zechariah

b. Daniel

c. Ezekiel

d. 1 Maccabees

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2025

Which of the following books of the Bible does not make reference to the plagues visited on Egypt?

a. Genesis

b. Exodus

c. Psalms

d. Deuteronomy

e. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2025

Of the following, who is not a patron saint of soldiers?

a. Joan of Arc

b. Martin of Tours

c. St. George

d. St. Michael the Archangel

e. St. Ignatius of Loyola

f.  St. Alban

g. St. Sebastian

h. St. Valentine

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2025

The "fallen Babylon" of the Book of Revelation is probably reference to

a. Nero

b. the Babylonian Empire which was defeated by Persia

c. Alexander's Empire

d. Rome

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2025

When was Jesus called a "ghost?"

a. by Herod after John the Baptist was killed

b. when he walked on the water

c. when he appeared to his disciples on seashore

d. when he encountered the Doubting Thomas

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2025

Why did Ezra tear his clothes in distress and anger?

a. the profaning of the Temple

b. the destruction of the holy writings

c. the intermarriage of his countrymen

d. the destruction of Jerusalem

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2025

Ahava is

a. food eaten by Israelites in exile

b. a river near the Euphrates

c. a city in Babylon

d. a song sung in the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2025

Which is not a notable number in the Book of Revelations?

a. 3

b. 7

c. 12

d. 144,000

e. 666

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2025

Of the following, who does not get "bad press" in the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Ahab

b. Jezebel

c. Rahab of Jericho

d. Hamaan

e. Tobiah

f. Sanballat 

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2025

Asaph was not

a. Solomon's close friend

b. chief Levite musicianQuiz of the Day, November 3, 2025

c. writer of a number of Psalms

d. appointed by David

What ancient people celebrated the predecessor to the "Day of the Dead?"

a. Incas

b. Aztec

c. Apache

d. Celts

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2025

Who fell asleep during a sermon?

a. the disciples

b. Eutychus

c. Dorcas

d. Sapphira

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2025

Why is October 31st called Reformation Day?

a. to provide Lutheran with a counter to Halloween

b. it's the anniversary of Luther's nailing of the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door

c. Luther opposed the veneration of the saints

d. an anniversary for Protestant opposition to superstition regarding the dead

Quiz of the Day, October 2025

Quiz of the Day, October 31, 2025

Halloween is 

a. a shorten form of saying Hallows' Eve

b. a Druid Celtic phrase

c. the Day of the Dead

d. All Saints Day

Quiz of the Day, October 30, 2025

Who was present at the dedication of the Second Temple?

a. Ezra

b. Nehemiah

c. Zerubbabel

d. Malachi

Quiz of the Day, October 29, 2025

What city is located on the site of the ancient Ecbatana?

a. Isfahan, Iran

b. Shiraz, Iran

c. Shush, Iran

d. Hamadan, Iran

e. Baghdad, Iraq

Quiz of the Day, October 28, 2025

In certain church history traditions, in what country was saints Simon the Zealot and Jude martyred?

a. Babylon

b. Armenia

c. Persia

d. Syria

Quiz of the Day, October 27, 2027

The two tax collectors called by Jesus in the Gospels are

a. Zaccheaus

b. Joseph

c. Bartimaeus

d. Levi

e. a and c

f. a and d

g. b and d

Quiz of the Day, October 26, 2025

Which of the following was not a king of Persia?

a. Cyrus

b. Darius

c. Xerxes

d. Nebuchadnezzar

e. Artaxerxes

Quiz of the Day, October 25, 2025

The Epistle to Philemon was written to

a. condemn slavery

b. make Onesimus a free man

c. to reconcile Onesimus with Philemon his owner

d. establish a Pauline church in Philemon's house

Quiz of the Day, October 24, 2025

What biblical figure would scholars believe to be most responsible for the formation of the Torah, the Writings, and the Prophets of the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Nehemiah

b. Moses

c. David

d. Solomon

e. Ezra

Quiz of the Day, October 23, 2025

Why was there a need to be 12 disciples of Jesus?

a. to be consistent with their being 12 tribes of Israel

b. to be consistent with their being 12 Patriarchs

c. to be consistent with a claim of the church being the new Israel

d. all the above

Quiz of the Day, October 22, 2025

Lamentations is about the destruction of Jerusalem by what invading country?

a. Babylon

b. Persia

c. Assyria

d. Medes

e. Elam

Quiz of the Day, October 21, 2025

Who is credited with writing a book of the Bible given the title of a word that is synonymous with weeping and crying?

a. Solomon

b. David

c. Jeremiah

d. Job

e. Malachi

Quiz of the Day, October 20, 2025

The Phos Hilaron is 

a. a reference to the Trinity

b. appointed open hymn for Evensong

c. opening hymn for Matins

d. Latin for "funny light"

Quiz of the Day, October 19, 2025

Scholars are certain of the authorship of which Gospel(s)?

a.Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. c and d

f. a and c

g. not certain of any authorship of Gospels

Quiz of the Day, October 18, 2025

A river flowing from the Temple is found in what book of the Bible?

a. Revelations

b. Isaiah

c. Ezekiel

d. Zephaniah

Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2025

Of the following, who would be considered an architect of the "monarchial episcopate?"

a. Ignatius Loyola

b. Ignatius of Antioch

c. St. Augustine of Hippo

d. St. John of Damascus

Quiz of the Day, October 16, 2025

The Psalm about being sunk in the "mire" could be by or about the experience of what person's literal experience?

a. Moses

b. David

c. Joel

d. Amos

e. Daniel

f. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, October 15, 2025

Who was held captive in a cistern?

a. Daniel

b. Ezekiel

c. Hosea

d. Jeremiah

e. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, October 14, 2025

What did Jeremiah do after his scroll was burned by the King?

a. he rewrote them

b. he added more words to a new scroll

c. he did not remember what he had written verbatim

d. Jeremiah did not write; he dictated to Baruch

Quiz of the Day, October 13, 2025

What king burned the writings of the prophet Jeremiah?

a. Rehoboam

b. Ahab

c. Jehoiakim

d. Zedekiah

Quiz of the Day, October 12, 2025

In the Acts of the Apostles, people of a certain location were so impressed with the speech of Paul, they gave him the name of what god?

a. Zeus

b. Apollo

c. Hermes

d. Eros

e. Ares

Quiz of the Day, October 11, 2025

Which of the following books of the New Testament does not mention "speaking in tongues?"

a. Mark

b. Acts

c. Galatians

d. 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, October 10, 2025

Which countries stole gold and furnishings from the First Temple?

a. Philistine and Edom

b. Assyria and Persia

c. Medes and Persia

d. Assyria and Babylon

e. Babylon and Persia

Quiz of the Day, October 9, 2025

Which is not a female deity mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Asherah
b. Astarte
c. Baal
d. Anath

Quiz of the Day, October 8, 2025

The earliest account of the Eucharist would be found in which writing of the New Testament?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, October 7, 2025

What king showed the gold of the Temple to visiting emissaries from Babylon?

a. Jeroboam

b. Josiah

c. Hezekiah

d. Asa

Quiz of the Day, October 6, 2025

What would characterize Jeremiah's advice to those who were sent into exile?

a. resist the oppressors

b. blend and inter-marry

c. maintain yourselves as a community in exile

d. become spies for the opposition

Quiz of the Day, October 5, 2025

What was used in a poultice to cure a boil of King Hezekiah?

a. garlic

b. pomegranate

c. figs

d. dates

 Quiz of the Day, October 4, 2025

Who is responsible for the Vulgate Bible?

a. Cyril

b. Methodius

c. Jerome

d. Alcuin

e. Justin Martyr

Quiz of the Day, October 3, 2025

Remigius is a patron saint of what country?

a. Wales

b. Scotland

c. France

d. Belgium

e. Luxembourg

Quiz of the Day, October 2, 2025

Who said, "Thus you shall know them by their fruits?"

a. Jesus

b. John the Baptist

c. Paul

d. James

Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2025

Which of the following is not an Assyrian king mentioned in the Bible?

a. Tiglath-Pileser III

b. Shalmaneser V

c. Sargon II

d. Xerxes I

e.Sennacherib

f. Esarhaddon

g. Ashurbanipal

Quiz of the Day, September 2025

Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2025

Of the follow, who would not be on the list of worst kings of Israel and Judah?

a. Ahab

b. Omri

c. Hezekiah

d. Jeroboam !

e. Manasseh

Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2025

Which of the following is not one of the names for an English Academic term?

a. Michaelmas

b. Hilary

c. Easter

d. Trinity

Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2025

The Prophet Isaiah used the "mother" metaphor for what place?

a. Zion

b. Bethel

c. Judah

d. Israel

e. Jerusalem

Quiz of the Day, September 27, 2025

Lancelot Andrewes was known for

a. editing the King James Bible

b. being King James chaplain

c. being a non-juror

d. his Scottish heritage

Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2025

Which of the following might be called a source for the Gospels?

a. Gospel of Thomas

b. The Didache

c. The Shepherd of Hermes

d. A Gospel source called "Q" for non-Markan material found in Matthew and Luke

Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2025

Who said that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?

a. John the Baptist

b. The author of the epistles of John

c. Jesus

d. Paul

Quiz of the  Day,September 24, 2025

The presumed first language of Jesus derived from where?

a. Ur of the Chaldees

b. Assyria

c. Aram

d. Egypt

e. Jerusalem

Quiz of the September 23, 2025

Who had the leprosy of Naaman "transferred" to them because their lying about the prophet Elisha's request for extra money?

a. Eliezer

b. Ahab

c. Gehazi

d. The son of the Shunammite woman

Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2025

What is not true about biblical Lazarus?

a. there were two of them

b. both are in afterlife events

c. one has two sisters

d. one had leprosy

e. one is fictional

f. both are found only in the Gospel of John

Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2025

What metaphors was shared by Jesus and John the Baptist?

a. Dove from Heaven

b. Vine and branches

c. Brood of vipers

d. Door of the Sheep

Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2025

Which of the following was not one of the immediate stops for Elijah before his ascension into the sky?

a. Jerusalem

b. Bethel

c. Jericho

d. Jordan River

Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2025

Of the following, who was most successful at calling down fire from heaven to destroy foes of God?

a. Abraham

b. Moses

c. Elijah

d. Elisha

e. Michael the Archangel

Quiz of the Day, September 18, 2025

Where is "Blessed are the poor in spirit" found?

a. Matthew and Luke

b. Luke

c. Matthew

d. Psalms

Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2025

What were James and John doing when Jesus called them?

a. fishing

b. conversing with their father Zebedee

c. conversing with Peter

d. mending fishing nets

Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2025

Which prophet is most quoted from in the Gospels?

a. Jeremiah

b. Ezekiel

c. Zechariah

d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2025

What saint is associated with the origin of the feast of the Holy Cross?

a. Monnica

b. Helena

c. John of the Cross

d. Augustine of Hippo

Quiz of the Day, September 14, 2025

When Elijah believed himself to be the lone faithful one, what did God say to him?

a. there are 7 other faithful ones

b. there are 70 other faithful ones

c. there are 700 other faithful ones

d. there are 7000 other faithful ones

Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2025

Elijah ran away when he was threatened by whom?

a. Ahab

b. Prophets of Baal

c. Jezebel

d. Naaman

Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2025

What religious order was named after a famous location for the prophet Elijah?

a. Dominican

b. Benedictine

c. Carmelite

d. Cistercian

Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2025

What contemporary prophet with Elijah has a book in the Bible?

a. Ezekiel

b. Jeremiah

c. Isaiah

d. Malachi

e. Joel

f. Obadiah

Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2025

Elijah did not confront which of the following kings

a. Ahab

b. Ahaziah

c. Ben-Haddad

d. Omri

Quiz of the Day, September 9, 2025

Which of the following kings does not belong on the list of good kings of Israel and Judah?

a. Jeroboam

b. David

c. Asa

d. Hezekiah

e. Jehoshaphat

f. Josiah

Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2025

Of the following, who is mentioned in all four canonical Gospels?

a. Nicodemus

b. Caiaphas

c. Annas

d. Joesph of Aramathea

Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2025

What language did Jesus speak in his words from the cross?

a. Latin

b. Hebrew

c. Most likely Aramaic

d. Greek

Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2025

What king said, "my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions?"

a. Solomon

b. the son of Solomon

c. Jeroboam

d. Ahab

Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2025

Which book does the Hebrew Scriptures say is lost?

a. Nathan, the Prophet

b. The Wisdom of the Queen of Sheba

c. The Book of Elijah

d. The Acts of Solomon

Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2025

Which Gospel or Gospels do Barabbas appear in?

a. Matthew

b. Mark 

c. Luke

d. John

e. all the above

Quiz of the Day, September 3, 2025

Of the following, which is not true regarding Solomon?

a. he is the "patriarch" of the wisdom tradition

b. he built the first temple

c. he built holy places for other gods

d. his mother was Abigail

e. God was angry with Solomon

Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2025

Where is Rahab of Jericho mentioned in the New Testament?

a. Revelations

b. Luke

c. Matthew

d. James

e. Hebrews

f. a,d,and e

g. c, d, and e

Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2025

Who is Jesus quoted as saying that his followers should hate?

a. fathers

b. mothers

c. brothers

d. wives

e. children

f. one's possessions

g. one's life

h. all the above