Quiz of the Day, January 2025

Quiz of the Day, January 21, 2025

What Gospel pericope would indicate best whether Jesus was literate?

a. arguing with the Temple leaders as a young boy

b. writing letters in the sand

c. being called the Word of God in John

d. being called the Word made flesh

e. account of him reading Isaiah in a synagogue liturgy

Quiz of the Day, January 20, 2025

According to the words of Jesus, where might be the origin of the word "Gospel?"

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. Isaiah

f.  Psalms

Quiz of the Day, January 19, 2025

Of the following, who is first associated with the city of Jerusalem?

a. David

b. Saul

c. Samuel

d. Melchizedek

Quiz of the Day, January 18, 2025

What saints bookend the week of Prayer for Christian Unity?

a. Hilda and Augustine

b. Peter and Paul

c. Peter and John

d. Paul and John

Quiz of the Day, January 17, 2025

Who are the Father and Mother of monasticism?

a. Francis and Clare

b. Anthony and Scholastica

c. Anthony and Emma

d. Paul the Hermit and Emma

Quiz of the Day, January 16, 2025

What is not true about glossillaia?

a. it is the gift of tongues

b. it can refer to speaking a human language not ones own

c. it can refer to sounds that are not a known human language

d. it is a gift of the Spirit

e. Paul did not have this gift

 Quiz of the Day, January 15, 2025

In John's Gospel, where did Jesus perform his "first sign?"

a. Capernaum

b. Nazareth

c. On the Jordan River

d. Cana

Quiz of the Day, January 14, 2025

Of the following, which would not be an element of John's Gospel?

a. I am sayings

b. a book of signs

c. parables

d. long discourses

 Quiz of the Day, January 13, 2025

Which of the following is not in the gifts of the Spirit list of Paul in 1 Corinthian 12?

a. love

b. faith

c. miracles

d. healing

e. tongues

d. utterances of knowledge and wisdom

e. interpretation of tongues

f.  prophecy

g. discernment of spirits

Quiz of the Day, January 12, 2025

What is not true about the baptism of Jesus?

a. it was in the Jordan River

b. John the Baptist presided

c. Jesus insisted that it was necessary

d. the voice of God declared Jesus as beloved Son

e. his baptism is recorded in the Gospel of John

Quiz of the Day, January 11, 2025

Where in the Bible is it written that the Spirit appears in bodily form?

a. in the creation story

b. in the Word Made Flesh

c. at the baptism of Jesus

d. at the resurrection of Jesus

Quiz of the Day, January 10, 2025

What biblical prophets were used to explain the ministry of John the Baptist by the Gospel writers?

a. Malachi

b. Isaiah

c. Elijah

d. Jeremiah

e. Hosea

f. a and b

g. a,b, and c

h. a,b, and d

Quiz of the Day, January 9, 2025

King Ahab's wife Jezebel is mentioned in what New Testament book?

a. Romans

b. Jude

c. Revelations

d. 2 Peter

Quiz of the Day, January 8, 2025

Which Gospel begins with the baptism of Jesus by John?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 7, 2025

The Nicolaitans are mentioned in which book of the Bible?

a. Jude

b. Luke

c. Ephesians

d. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, January 6, 2025

When did December 25th replace January 6th as the date for Christmas?

a. in the 1 A.D. when Jesus was born

b. in 1582

c. when the Romans made the winter solstice the date for Christmas

d. the date didn't change for many Christians

e. when Western Christendom changed from the Julian to Gregorian calendar

f. two of the above

g. three of the above

Quiz of the Day, January 5, 2025

Who said to Jesus, "Show us the Father?"

a. Thomas

b. Peter

c. James

d. Nathaniel

e. Philip

Quiz of the Day, January 4, 2024

What is the other names for Mt. Sinai?

a. Nebo

b. Horeb

c. Har  ha-Elohim

d. Har Bashan

e. Har Babnunim

f. all the above

g. b through e

Quiz of the Day, January 3, 2024

Which Gospel has the distinctive "I am" statements of Jesus?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 2, 2024

What people mentioned in the Bible did not experience death?

a. Melchizadek and Elijah

b. Melchizadek, Elijah, and Enoch

c. Enoch and Elijah

d. Jesus, Enoch, and Elijah

e. Melchizadek and Enoch

Quiz of the Day, January 1, 2024

Circumcision was the sign of a covenant with whom?

a. Adam

b. Noah

c. Abraham

d. Abram

e. Eve

f. Sarai

Quiz of the Day, December 2024

Quiz of the Day, December 31, 2024

Which of the following pericopes are not in all manuscripts of John's Gospel?

a. I am the Vine

b. The Good Shepherd

c. The woman taken in adultery

d. The Raising of Lazarus

Quiz of the Day, December 30, 2024

According to the Revelation of St. John the Divine, what color is the hair of the one like the Son of Man?

a. golden

b. bright yellow as the sun

c. white as wool

d. black as bitumen

Quiz of the Day, December 29, 2024

In what Gospel is the primordial Jesus called Word who is God?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, December 28, 2024

What feature of the infancy narratives does not present Jesus like Moses?

a. the holy Innocents

b. flight to Egypt

c. the Magi

d. humble place of birth

e. the angels appearing to the shepherds

Quiz of the Day, December 27, 2024

The "disciple whom Jesus loved" is assumed to be?

a. Mary Magdalene

b. Lazarus

c. John

d. Peter

Quiz of the Day, December 26, 2024

Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus were

a. the first martyrs

b. companions of Paul

c. deacons

d. early Gentile converts

Quiz of the Day, December 25, 2024

Which Gospels have the infancy narratives of Christmas?

a. Matthew and Mark

b. Mark and Luke

c. Luke and John

d. Mark and John

e. Matthew and Luke

Quiz of the Day, December 24, 2024

What aphrodisiac was involved in the family birth efforts of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah?

a. figs

b. leeks

c. mandrakes

d. pomegranates

Quiz of the Day, December 23, 2024

The Phos Hilaron

a. is a hymn for evening prayer

b. is a hymn for Easter morning

c. is a hymn for Good Friday evening

d. is a hymn for morning prayer, Maundy Thursday

Quiz of the Day, December 22, 2024

Of the follow, who is not responsible for wording in the famous prayer, Ave Maria?

a. Gabriel in Luke

b. Elizabeth in Luke

c. Pope Leo I

d. Pope Pius V

e. Pope Urban IV

f.  Petrus Canisius

Quiz of the Day, December 21, 2024

St. Thomas the apostle did not

a. have a namesake Gospel

b. have the name of Didymus

c. did not become the apostle to India

d. did not become known as a doubter

e. have a feast day determined by the solstice

Quiz of the Day, December 20, 2024

Katharina von Bora was not

a. a Cistercian nun

b. a Reform leader

c. married to Martin Luther

d. a convent escapist

e. Swiss

Quiz of the Day, December 19, 2024

The Angel Gabriel did not appear to

a. Moses

b. Mary

c. Daniel

d. Zechariah

Quiz of the Day, December 18, 2024

The seven-fold gifts of the Spirit as originally stated resided upon whom?

a. the shoot arise from the stump of Jesse

b. Jesus

c. each baptized person

d. David

Quiz of the Day, December 17, 2024

What English Christian humanist wrote the Lord Peter Wimsey stories?

a. Madeleine L'Engle

b. Dorothy Sayers

c. G.K. Chesterton

d. Charles Williams

Quiz of the Day, December 16, 2024

Of the following, which was not an architect of any existing church buildings?

a. Richard Upjohn

b. Ralph Adams Cram

c. Christopher Wren

d. Frank Lloyd Wright

e. Frank Gehry

Quiz of the Day, December 15, 2024

The gaudete theme, "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice," is found where?

a. Psalms

b. Philippians

c. Galatians

d. 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, December 14, 2024

The Carmelite Order gets its name from a mountain made famous by what prophet?

a. Isaiah

b. Elisha

c. Ezekiel

d. Elijah

Quiz of the Day, December 13, 2024

What saint wears a crown of lighted candles?

a. Mary

b. Lucy

c. Brigitte

d. Pepetua

Quiz of the Day, December 12, 2024

Gaudete  is

a. Christmas carol

b. Rose Sunday

c. Latin word for rejoice

d. all the above

Quiz of the Day, December 11, 2024

About whom did Jesus say, "the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he?"

a. Judas

b. Herod

c. John the Baptist

d. Pontius Pilate

Quiz of the Day, December 10, 2024

Repentance in New Testament Greek means most literally

a. getting better

b. amendment

c. improvement

d. after mind

Quiz of the Day, December 9, 2024

What biblical preacher referred to his audience as a "brood of vipers?"

a. Paul

b. Jesus

c. Elijah

d. John the Baptist

e. Stephen

Quiz of the Day, December 8, 2024

Which of the following High Priests are not mentioned in the New Testament?

a.Simon ben Camithus, 17–18
b.Joseph ben Caiaphas, 18–36 (son-in-law of the high priest Ananus ben Seth)
c.Jonathan ben Ananus, 36–37
d.Theophilus ben Ananus, 37–41

e. a and d

f. a and c

g. d

Quiz of the Day, December 7, 2024

What saint was baptized, confirmed, ordained a deacon, priest, and bishop in one day?

a. Augustine of Hippo

b. Athanasius

c. Ambrose

d. Pope Leo I

Quiz of the Day, December 6, 2024

Santa Claus derives from

a. Nicholas of Myra

b. Sinter Klaus of the Netherlands

c. Nicholas of Sion

d. Nicholas of Tolintino

Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2024

Which Gospel does not have an account of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, December 4, 2024

Besides Jesus, who of the following gets the most coverage in the Gospels?

a. Peter

b. John, son of Zebedee

c. James, son of Zebedee

d. John the Baptist

Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2024

"The Son of Man coming on the clouds" is not found in

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

e. Daniel

f. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, December 2, 2024

The father of John the Baptist was 

a. a prophet

b. a scribe

c. a priest

d. a rabbi

Quiz of the Day, December 1, 2024

Apocalypse is

a. the name of book of Revelation

b. refers to the "end times"

c. means unveiling

d. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 2024

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2024

The Advent wreath derived from

a. a papal pronouncement in the 19th century

b. German Lutherans in 19th as way for kids to count down to Christmas

c. Swedish Lutherans

d. Lapland Lutherans

Quiz of the Day, November 29, 2024

Black Friday derived from

a. Black Plague days in the Middle Ages

b. the churches condemnation of materialism

c. Commercial term for retailer going from red to black

d. Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2024

Which of the following was not written by Isaac Watt?

a. Joy to the World

b. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

c. O God Our Help in Ages Past

d. Amazing Grace

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2024

Who was the man who climbed into a tree to see Jesus?

a. Levi

b. Bartamaeus

c. Zacchaeus

d. Nathaniel

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2024

Where is the reference "Son of Man" found before it appears in the Gospel?

a. Daniel

b. Psalms

c. 2 Esdras

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2024

The Christian Church year begins with what season?

a. Christmas

b. Pentecost

c. Easter

d. Advent

e. Epiphany

f.  Lent

g. ordinary time

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2024

Which of the following is not true about the Feast of Christ the King?

a. it was instituted in 1925 by Pius XI

b. it was originally observed on the last Sunday in October

c. it was moved to the last Sunday in ordinary time

d. it is not observed in the Episcopal Church

Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2024

Which of the following popes had a letter which was included in some early lists of New Testament writings but did not make the canon?

a. Peter

b. Linus

c. 1 Clement

d. Anacletus

Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2024

The following is not true about C.S. Lewis:

a. he was Anglican

b. he was a Cambridge don

c. he was a Christian apologist

d. he was a literary critic

e. he was sci-fi writer

f.  he wrote children fantasy literature

e. he wrote an faith autobiography

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2024

In what book of the Bible is there a threat from God to put dung on the faces of the priests?

a. Isaiah

b. Jeremiah

c. Ezekiel

d. Malachi

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2024

Where is the Oracle of David found?

a. Psalms

b. 1 Kings

c. 1 Chronicles

d. 2 Samuel

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2024

 Shigionoth is

a. the wife of Habakkak

b. a musical term in Habakkak

c. a musical term Psalms 7

d. none of the above

e. b and c

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2024

Who hosted the merger "meeting" between Latin and Celtic Christianity?

a. Augustine

b. Venerable Bede

c. Hilda of Whitby

d. Alcuin

Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2024

Reference to the Archangel Michael is found where?

a. Daniel

b. Psalms

c. Zechariah

d. Jude

e. Revelations

f. b,c, and f

g. a, d, and e

h. a,c, and e

Quiz of the November 16, 2024

Who said, "you can't serve God and wealth?"

a. Paul

b. John the Baptist

c. Writer of Ecclesiastes

d. Jesus

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2024

The phrase, "I will pour my spirit upon all flesh" cannot be found in

a. Isaiah

b. Ezekiel

c. John

d. Acts

e. Joel

f. Zechariah

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2024

The following is not true about the first American Episcopal Bishop, Samuel Seabury:

a. he was from Connecticut

b. he studied at Yale

c. he studied medicine in Scotland

d. he owned a slave

e. he was the first Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2024

Which of the four Gospels is least apocalyptic?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2024

Which of the following is not the song of a mother?

a. nunc dimittis

b. Magnificat

c. Song of Hannah

d. Song of Miriam

e. Song of Deborah

f.  a, d, and e

g. e only

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2024

St. Martin of Tours is a patron saint for

a. priests

b. soldiers

c. artists

d. farmers

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2024

"The first shall be last and the last shall be first," is a saying attributed to whom?

a. Paul

b. John the Divine

c. Jesus

d. the Psalmist

e. the writer of Ecclesiastes

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2024

Of the follow, who was not an English mystic?

a. Julian of Norwich

b. Margery Kemp

c. Thomas a Kempis

d. Walter Hilton

e. Richard Rolle

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2024

Where can a reference be found to "the whore of Babylong?"

a. Daniel

b. Ezekiel

c. Jeremiah

d. all the above

e. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2024

Ruth was

a. David's grandmother

b. David's great grand mother

c. David's great aunt

d. David's great great aunt

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2024

About God, which biblical book states, "He is All!"

a. Ecclesiastes

b. Ecclesiasticus

c. Proverbs

d. Psalms

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2024

What form of governance national or local is not found in the Bible?

a. theocracy headed by prophet, judge or priest

b. monarchy

c. communalism

d. democracy

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2024

Who became Ruth's second husband?

a. Jesse

b. Obed

c. Boaz

d. Mahlon

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2024

The oft quoted phrase for marital couples, "Where you go, I will go, where you stay I will stay," was said by who to whom?

a. David to Bathsheba

b. Jacob to Rachel

c. Ruth to her mother-in-law Naomi

d. the lover to her beloved in Song of Solomon

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2024

Which member church of the Anglican Communion, does not have archbishops?

a. Australia

b. Nigeria

c. New Zealand

d. The United States of America

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2024

Liberation theologian, Father Gustavo Gutiérrez, recently passed away; which of the following best expresses the gist of Liberation Theology?

a. in Jesus all are liberated
b. Moses is the greatest liberation prophet
c. all theologies are ideologies on behalf of people in socio-economic situations, so the only safe ideology is to adopt the preference of Jesus on behalf of the poor
d. it is easier for camels to go through the eye of a needle than for the wealthy to inherit the kingdom of God

Quiz of the Day, October 2024

Quiz of the Day, October 31, 2024

How many heads did the beast in the Book of Revelations have?

a. 10

b. 7

c. 6

d. 666

Quiz of the Day, October 30, 2024

Who is the Queen of the South?

a. Judah

b. Jerusalem

c. Rachel

d. Sheba

Quiz of the Day, October 29, 2024

In which Gospel does Jesus tell his disciples that he will not leave them as orphans?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, October 28, 2024

Ruth is not

a. Israelite

b. a Moabite

c. in the lineage of Jesus

d. an immigrant to Israel

Quiz of the Day, October 27, 2024

Of the following English monarch, which is on the Episcopal calendar of saints?

a. Elizabeth I

b. Alfred the Great

c. Charles I

d. Richard I

Quiz of the Day, October 26, 2024

What biblical figures literally ate "words?"

a. Jeremiah and Ezekiel

b. Moses and John the Divine

c. Ezekiel and John the Divine

d. Amos and John the Divine

e. Micah and Ezekiel

Quiz of the Day, October 25, 2024

The other name of Dorcas was

a. Lois

b. Eunice

c. Tabitha

d. Lydia

e. Sapphira

Quiz of the Day, October 24, 2024

Which of the following animal is not referred to in the Book of Revelations?

a. jackal

b. horse

c. lamb

d. dragon

e. locust

f. rabbit

g. serpent

h. lion

i.  eagle

j.  calf

k. scorpion

Quiz of the Day, October 23, 2024

Of the following, who was not one of the Twelve disciples?

a. James, son of Zebedee

b. James, son of Alphaeus

c. James the Just

d. James, brother of our Lord

e. James of Jerusalem

f. c, d, and e

g. a and b

Quiz of the Day, October 22, 2024

Of the Apocrypha books, how many are regarded to be wisdom books?

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

Quiz of the Day, October 21, 2024

Where is Joseph listed as one of the tribes of Israel?

a. 1 Kings

b. Exodus

c. 1 Samuel

d. Genesis

e. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, October 20, 2024

In what Gospel is Peter called the "rock" on which the church will be built?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, October 19, 2024

Of the following, which language did Henry Martyn not translate the Bible in?

a. Chinese

b. Urdu

c. Hindi

d. Persian

e. Judaeo-Persic

Quiz of the Day, October 18, 2024

Of the following, who is not a patron saint of doctors and physicians?

a. Raphael

b. Luke

c. Cosmas

d. Damian

e. John Chyrsostom

Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2024

Nineveh was the capital of what nation and conquered by what nation?

a. Assyria, Medes and Babylonians

b. Hittites, Persians

c. Samaria, Assyria

d. Babylon, Parthians

e. Assyria, Persians

Quiz of the Day, October 16, 2024

Of the following, who did not have an experience on a boat or ship?

a. Paul

b. Jesus

c. Peter

d. Jonah

e. David

f. Noah

g.Andrew

Quiz of Day, October 15, 2024

Of the following saints, who is not a Carmelite?

a. Teresa of Avila

b. John of the Cross

c. Claire of Assisi

d. Thérèse of Lisieux

Quiz of the Day, October 14, 2024

What reason did Paul present to Agrippa for his arrest?

a. his opposition to the high priest

b. his belief in the resurrection

c. his accusation of the Romans for crucifying Jesus

d. his belief in the true meaning of the Torah

Quiz of the Day, October 13, 2024

What prophet juxtaposed the following: do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God?

a. Joel

b. Amos

c. Obadiah

d. Micah

Quiz of the Day, October 12, 2024

Mary Magdalene was not

a. one who had been possessed by demons

b. a harlot

c. a first witness to the resurrection

d. at the crucifixion of Jesus

Quiz of the Day, October 11, 2024

Where is the beat "swords into plowshares" reference found in the Bible?

a. Isaiah

b. Joel

c. Micah

d. all the above

Quiz of the Day, October 10, 2024

According to the Gospels, Jesus was not accused of

a. being a drunk

b. being in league with the devil

c. being mad

d. being a friend of sinners

e. being a tax collector

Quiz of the Day, October 9, 2024

Of the following books, which would not be considered wisdom literature?

a. Proverbs

b. Ecclesiastes

c. Job

d. Song of Solomon

e. Jonah

Quiz of the Day, October 8, 2024

According to the Acts of the Apostles, what family member of St. Paul was present in Jerusalem when he was seized?

a. mother

b. sister

c. brother

d. father

Quiz of the Day, October 7, 2024

The phrase, "I know that my redeemer lives," is found in which book of the Bible?

a. Revelations

b. Isaiah

c. Jeremiah

d. Job

Quiz of the Day, October 6, 2024

Who said, "Curse God and die?"

a. the writer of Ecclesiastes

b. Jezebel

c. the prophets of Baal to Elijah

d. Job's wife

Quiz of the Day, October 5, 2024

What saved Paul from getting a flogging in Jerusalem?

a. he escaped from the city

b. he had a centurion friend

c. he revealed his Roman citizenship

d. he had the privileges of a rabbi

Quiz of the Day, October 4, 2024

What language are the original letters of St. Paul, a Jew, written in?

a. Hebrew

b. Aramaic

c. Latin

d. koine Greek

Quiz of the Day, October 3, 2024

Who is the patron saint of accountants and tax collectors?

a. Zacchaeus

b. Matthew

c. Barnabas

d. Timothy

Quiz of the Day, October 2, 2024

What saint was known as the "Little Flower of Jesus?"

a. Teresa of Avila

b. Clare of Assisi

c. Thérèse of Lisieux

d. Julian of Norwich

Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2024

Who said that Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive?"

a. Matthew's Gospel writer

b. St. Paul in Galatians

c. St. Paul according to writer of the Acts of the Apostle

d John's Gospel writer