Quiz of the Day, February 2026

Quiz of the Day, February 13, 2026

Which is true about biblical "eugenics?"

a. Jacob married a Hittite woman

b. Moses married an Egyptian woman

c. Jacob married two of his first cousins

d. We don't know if Seth and Cain married their sisters

Quiz of the Day, February 12, 2026

The antipathy between Jacob and Esau was about

a. Rachel preference of Jacob over Esau

b. Isaac preference of Esau over Jacob

c. control of the land of Edom

d. getting the preferred family birthright blessing

Quiz of the Day, February 11, 2026

Greek ego eimi phrases would be found where in the Bible?

a. Genesis

b. Matthew

c. John 

d. 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, February 10, 2026

What biblical person could have had the nickname of "Red?"

a. Joseph

b. Judah

c Esau

d.Jonathan

Quiz of the Day, February 9, 2026

Of the following, who is not a biblical twin?

a. Jacob

b. Esau

c. Thomas

d. Perez

e. Miriam

Quiz of the Day, February 8, 2026

Laban was

a. Rebekah's brother

b. Bethuel's son

c. Jacob's father in law

d. Leah's father

e. Rachel's father

f.  a bride switcher

g. all the above

Quiz of the Day, February 7, 2026

Biblical "proof" for the doctrine of transubstantiation would come from which New Testament books?

a. The Gospels and 1 Corinthians

b. The Gospels and Titus

c. The Gospels and Galatians

d. John and 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, February 6, 2026

Which of the following Jewish feasts is not mentioned in Gospels?

a. Passover

b. Booth

c. Dedication (Hanukkah)

d. Purim

Quiz of the Day, February 5, 2026

Which of the following is associated with being a family burial place?

a. Hebron

b. Bethel

c. Machpelah

d. Gehenna

 Quiz of the Day, February 4, 2026

Who described the divine request to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac as the "teleological suspension of the ethical?"

a. Hegel

b. Nietzsche

c. Kierkegaard

d. Kant

e. Hume

Quiz of the Day, February 3, 2026

Of the following, who did not have specific covenant with God?

a. Abraham

b. Noah

c. Ishmael

d. Samson

Quiz of the Day, February 2, 2026

What didn't happen at the presentation of Jesus?

a. Anna prophesied

b. Simeon sang

c. Mary fulfilled her purification ritual

d. Jesus was washed/cleansed

e. Jesus was offered as first born male on 40th day

Quiz of the Day, February 1, 2026

What was the reason given in Genesis for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
a. Lot's sin
b. the wickedness of the cities
c. the homosexual behaviors
d. the failure of Abraham's intercession 

Quiz of the Day, January 2026

Quiz of the Day, January 31, 2026

Which of the following New Testament books is most obvious in presenting a unseen parallel reality to the Christ events?

a. Romans

b. John

c. Hebrews

d. 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, January 30, 2025

The first recorded biblical circumcision was done to

a. Adam

b. Noah

c. Enoch

d. Abraham

e. Moses

f. Aaron

Quiz of the Day, January 29, 2026

The first name of the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury?

a. Elizabeth

b. Evelyn

c. Margaret

d. Sarah

Quiz of the Day, January 28, 2026

What is true about Sarai and Hagar?

a. Sarai gave Hagar to Abram to be his wife

b. Sarai was jealous of Hagar after Ishmael was born

c. Sarai mistreated Hagar

d. Sarai's mistreatment caused Hagar to flee into the wilderness

e. all the above

Quiz of the Day, January 27, 2026

Which of the following is not true regarding Abraham?

a. he gave his wife Sarai to a pharaoh

b. he had eight sons

c. his descendents were more than the stars

d. he is the father of the Jews and the Arabs

Quiz of the Day, January 26, 2026

Which New Testament book has the most references to the conversion of St. Paul?

a. Galatians

b. Philippians

c. 1 Corinthians

d. Acts of the Apostles

Quiz of the Day, January 25, 2026

What Gospel includes an account of an apostle to the Samaritan people?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 24, 2026

The first woman ordained as a priest in the Anglican Communion was from where?

a. United States

b. New Zealand

c. Scotland

d. Hong Kong

Quiz of the Day, January 23, 2026

What bishop who preached very long sermons, penned the words to the Christmas Carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem?

a. Samuel Seabury

b. William Temple

c. Phillips Brooks

d. John Henry Hobart

Quiz of the Day, January 22, 2026

What biblical city is associated with the cause of humanity being polyglottic?

a. Sodom

b. Gomorrah

c. Babel

d. Jericho

Quiz of the Day, January 21, 2026

The word Semite derives from 

a. one of the names of Palestine

b. a tribe from Goshen in Egypt

c. the name of one of Noah's son

d. a famous High Priest

Quiz of the Day, January 20, 2026

In the post-flood divine order to Noah, what was Noah commanded not to eat?

a. pork

b. shell fish

c. blood of animals

d. temptation fruit

Quiz of the Day, January 19, 2026

One of Paul's most stinging criticisms was for whom?

a. Barnabas

b. Titus

c. Peter

d. Philemon

e. Onesimus

Quiz of the Day, January 18, 2026

How many people were on Noah's Ark?

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8

Quiz of the Day, January 17, 2026

The Father of the monastic movement was from where?

a. Syria

b. Turkey

c. Egypt

d. Greece

Quiz of the Day, January 16, 2026

Which English word comes from the same word used for the special acts of Jesus performed in the Gospel of John?

a. miraculous

b. wonderful

c. semiotic

d. enthusiastic

Quiz of the Day, January 15, 2025

Who was Jubal?

a. children of Adam and Eve born after Cain and Abel

b. the forefather of the musical instruments lyre and pipe

c. a brother Enoch

d. the grandfather of Noah

Quiz of the Day, January 14, 2026

What famous murderer was protected by God for the rest of his life?

a. Saul/Paul

b. Pontus Pilate

c. Cain

d. Samson

e. Joab

Quiz of the Day, January 13, 2026

Why does the Orthodox Church disagree with the Western Catholic recitation of the Nicene Creed?

a. a clause was added without universal council

b. because of three words (English) "and the Son"

c. because procession is different from sending

d. because of the filioque clause

e. all the above

Quiz of the Day, January 12, 2026

What does JEDP stand for in the study of the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. source theory

b. Yahwist, Elohist, Deuteronomist, Priestly

c. Different editorial versions

d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, January 11, 2026

Who refers to Jesus as the Lamb of God?

a. John of Patmos

b. John the Baptist

c. Peter

d. Paul

e. Stephen

f. a and c

g. a and b

Quiz of the Day, January 10, 2026

The main elements of the "Hail Mary" prayer come from which Gospel?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 9, 2026

God as Father is referred most in which Gospel?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 8, 2026

Where is Christ called the image of the invisible God?

a. Hebrews

b. Revelations

c. Colossians

d. Romans

Quiz of the Day, January 7, 2026

Before the Gospels and the writings of the New Testament, who wrote that the Lord forgives all our sins?

a. Moses

b. Ezekiel

c. The Psalmist

d. Noah

Quiz of the Day, January 6, 2026

Which of the following is not true about the observance of the Feast of the Epiphany?

a. it began after the celebration of Christmas was established

b. it pre-dates the celebration of Christmas

c. it began in Alexandria

d. it was a replacement feast for the winter solstice local celebrations

Quiz of the Day, January 5, 2026

The "armor of God" is found in which of the following biblical traditions?

a. Psalms

b. Exodus

c. Pauline

d. Johannine

Quiz of the Day, January 4, 2026

The account of Jesus walking upon the waters of the Sea of Galilee is not found in which Gospel?

a. Matthew

b. Mark 

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, January 3, 2026

Which king did Elijah anoint to reign?

a. Jehu

b. Asa

c. Ahab

d. Jehoshophat

e. he did not anoint a king

Quiz of the Day, January 2, 2026

What biblical person is known to have fled and sat down under a broom tree?

a. Elisha

b. Elijah

c. Nathaniel

d. Saul

e. David

f. Samson

Quiz of the Day, January 1, 2026

The title "King of Kings" derives first from

a. the book of Revelations

b. the Roman Caesars

c. an Assyrian King

d. Babylon

e. Persia

Quiz of the Day, December 2025

Quiz of the Day, December 31, 2025

What king of Israel was promised wisdom but did not have the faithfulness to go with the wisdom and disappointed those who wrote about him?

a. Asa

b. Saul

c. David

d. Solomon

e. Josiah

Quiz of the Day, December 30, 2025

Gaius is

a. a companion of Paul

b. in the household of Philemon

c. the recipient of the third letter of John

d. one mentioned in Paul's letter to the Romans

e. three of the above

Quiz of the Day, December 29, 2025

Which of the following is not a common topic found in the words of Jesus?

a. kingdom of God

b. I am sayings

c. advocacy of the poor

d. child motif

e. promised discipleship wealth and prosperity

Quiz of the Day, December 28, 2025

Which Gospel does not contain accounts of the parables of Jesus, his birth, and his baptism?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

Quiz of the Day, December 27, 2025

What saint might have one saint day on the calendar but could in fact be two different people of the same name?

a. Peter

b. Paul

c. John the Evangelist, John the Divine

d. James the Lesser

Quiz of the Day, December 26, 2025

St. Stephen the Martyr's communal role was as what?

a. a prophet

b. a deacon

c. a preacher

d. an elder or presbyter

Quiz of the Day, December 25, 2025

Which is true about the original observation of Christmas?

a. Christmas was in December

b. Christmas was in Gregorian calendar January

c. Christmas was Julian calendar December

d. all the above

Quiz of the Day, December 24, 2025

Which of the following is a similarity in the accounts of the birth of Jesus in Matthew and Luke?

a. visitors to the birth

b. Actual physical place of birth

c. the appearance of the Angel Gabriel

d. the birth of Jesus to a virgin

Quiz of the Day, December 23, 2025

What person's hymn might be a model for the Magnificat?

a. Miriam

b. Deborah

c. Hannah

d. David as the Psalmist

Quiz of the Day, December 22, 2025

Which of the following of the twelve disciples did not have an apocrypha or gnostic Gospel attributed to them?

a. Peter

b. John

c. Philip

d. Andrew

e. Thomas

g. James

h. Judas

Quiz of the Day, December 21, 2025

A perhaps legendary tradition assigns the origin of the hymn Te Deum to what saints?

a. Augustine and Gregory the Great

b. Augustine of Hippo and Ambrose

c. Aquinas and Albert Magnus

d. Aquinas and Anselm

Quiz of the Day, December 20, 2025

Which is not one of the colors of the four horses of the Book of Revelation?

a. red

b. pale

c. brown

d. white

e. black

Quiz of the Day, December 19, 2025

The seals and the scroll in the Book of Revelation

a. are the messages to the seven churches

b. are the progressive unveiling of God's plan in history

c. are the eventual Books of the Bible

d. are the plans to defeat the Roman Empire

Quiz of the Day, December 18, 2025

Where is Jesus referred to as the "Lion of Judah?"

a. Jude

b. Genesis

c. Romans

d. Revelation

Quiz of the Day, December 17, 2025

The desolating sacrilege is not mention in which of the following:

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. Daniel

e. 1 Maccabees

f. 2 Maccabees

Quiz of the Day, December 16, 2025

A survey of the city of Jerusalem is found where in the Bible?

a. Ezekiel

b. Daniel

c. Isaiah

d. Zechariah

e. Revelations

f. a, b, and d

g. d and e

Quiz of the Day, December 15, 2025

Where is it written about angels patrolling the earth on horses of different colors?

a. Ezekiel

b. 2 Kings

c. Revelations

d. Zechariah

Quiz of the Day, December 14, 2025

What New Testament book was written to comfort people who were worried about their departed loved ones who had died before the Lord had returned?

a. 1 Corinthians

b. 1 Thessalonians

c. Jude

d. 2 John

Quiz of the Day, December 13, 2025

The seven churches of Revelation are

a. located in modern day Turkey and Greece

b. located in modern day Turkey and Macedonia

c. all located in modern day Turkey

d. located in modern day Turkey, Greece, and Italy

Quiz of the Day, December 12, 2025

Veni Emmanuel is 

a. an Advent hymn

b. Latin title for a Psalm

c. Morning Prayer canticle

d. Compline canticle

Quiz of the Day, December 11, 2025

Which New Testament Book refers to seven churches in seven different locations?

a. Acts of the Apostles

b. 1 Corinthians

c. 1 John

d. Jude

e. Revelations

Quiz of the Day, December 10, 2025

The "tree of life" is found where in the Bible?

a. Zechariah

b. Revelations

c. Genesis

d. Ezekiel

e. all the above

f. a and c

g. b and c

Quiz of the Day, December 9, 2025

The Latin phrase which a priest using the Latin Mass says which receiving the ablutions of his hands comes from

a. 1 Corinthian 11

b. John 12

c. Psalm 26

d. Psalm 51

Quiz of the Day, December 8, 2025

Where is the "plumb line" used as a metaphor in Hebrew Scripture?

a. Amos

b. Ezekiel

c. Jeremiah

d. Isaiah

e. b and c

f. a and d

Quiz of the Day, December 7, 2025

Which person does not have a song in the Gospel of Luke?

a. Anna

b. Simeon

c. Zechariah

d. Mary

Quiz of the Day, December 6, 2025

What humble man from Turkey may be the most popular worldwide saint?

a. Nicholas of Myra

b. John of Ephesus

c. Saul of Taursus

d. George of Cappadocia

Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2025

What New Testament book makes a reference to a prophecy of Enoch which is not found in the canonical Hebrew Scriptures?

a. Revelations

b. Hebrews

c. 2 Peter

d. Jude

Quiz of the Day, December 4, 2025

Which of the following parables is found in more than one Gospel?

a. Good Samaritan

b. The Lost Coin

c. The Pearl of Great Price

d. The Sower

Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2025

John of Damascus

a. was an iconoclast

b. painted icons

c. collected icons

d. defended icons

Quiz of the Day, December 2, 2025

Francis Xavier did not make it to

a. Japan

b. Malaysia

c. Portugal

d. Spain

e. Mainland China

f. India

Quiz of the Day, December 1, 2025

Who of the following disciples was not a fisherman?

a. Peter

b. Andrew

c. James

d. John

e. Philip

f.  Matthew

Quiz of the Day, November 2025

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2025

The notion of the Rapture is

a. a belief that some people will be taken suddenly from this world

b. a dogma of the Council of Nicaea

c. is the literal belief of most mainline churches

d. written about in 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, November 29, 2025

Royalty from what American state are on the Episcopal calendar of saints?

a. Connecticut

b. Hawaii

c. Massachusetts

d. Louisiana

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2025

Where is it written that Jesus preached to the spirits of the dead?

a. Matthew

b. Revelations

c. Jude

d. 1 Peter

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2027

De profundis in the Bible is

a. reference to Jonah's despair

b. the Latin title for Psalm 131

c. the cataracts referred to in the Psalms

d. the first two words in Latin of Psalm 131

e. two of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2025

Which of the following is not a topic of the words of Jesus?

a. Wealth and greed

b. service

c. discipleship

d. kingdom of God

e. child motif

f. Son of Man

g.the evils of Rome

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2025

In what Gospel might one find a spiritual metaphor for voluntary celibacy?

a. Matthew

b. Mark

c. Luke

d. John

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