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
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?"
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?
c. Medes and Persia
d. Assyria and Babylon
e. Babylon and Persia
Quiz of the Day, October 9, 2025
a. Asherah
b. Astarte
c. Baal
d. Anath
Which is not a female deity mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures?
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
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
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
c. Paul
d. James
Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2025
a. Tiglath-Pileser III
Which of the following is not an Assyrian king mentioned in the Bible?
a. Tiglath-Pileser III
c. Sargon II
d. Xerxes I
f. Esarhaddon
g. Ashurbanipal
