Quiz of the Day, May 2018

Quiz of the Day, May 31, 2018

Whom of the following was not present at the Visitation?

a. Mary
b. Gabriel
c. Elizabeth
d. John the Baptist

Quiz of the Day, May 30, 2018

What do George, Michael, Joan of Arc, Martin of Tours have in common?

a. saints from France
b. patron saints of France
c. soldier saints
d. maritime saints

Quiz of the Day, May 29, 2018

Jesus referred to a "Queen of the South."  Whom was he referring to?

a. Mary Magdalene
b. His Mother Mary
c. Candace
d. Bathsheba
e. The Queen of Sheba
f.  Judah, the area of Jerusalem

Quiz of the Day, May 28, 2018

John Calvin was born Jehan Cauvin in what country/kingdom?

a. Switzerland
b. Flanders
c. Belgium
d. France


Quiz of the Day, May 27, 2018

The most famous personality of the Council of Nicaea was Athanasius.  The Council of Nicaea was a gathering of bishops.  At the time, Athanasius was not at bishop.  Why was he there?

a. to articulate the Arian position
b. he was a deacon for the bishop of Alexandria
c. he was a well-known theologian in Nicaea
d. Emperor Constantine gave him a personal invitation

Quiz of the Day May 26, 2018

Why is there a chair in Canterbury Cathedral called "Augustine's Chair?"

a. Augustine of Hippo made a trip to Canterbury
b. Thomas Becket brought Augustine's Chair to Canterbury
c. Augustine of Canterbury was the first Archbishop of Canterbury
d. Chaucer named the chair in his Canterbury Tales

Quiz of the Day, May 25, 2018

Who is known as the "Father of the Ecclesiastical History of the English Church?"

a. Richard Hooker
b. St. Anselm of Canterbury
c. St. Augustine of Canterbury
d. Venerable Bede

Quiz of the Day, May 24, 2018

According to the Book of Proverb, who calls out in the streets?

a. the town crier
b. the King's envoy
c. the Holy Spirit
d. Wisdom

Quiz of the Day, May 23, 2018

Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who observed a heliocentric planetary system rather than the geocentric views that had prevailed in his times; what was his day job?

a. priest
b. doctor
c. inventor
d. merchant

Quiz of the Day, May 22, 2018

The first Book of Common Prayer was published the day after what major feast in the 1549?

a. The Epiphany
b. Christmas
c. Pentecost
d. All Saints' Day

Quiz of the Day, May 21, 2018

The biblical origin for the "Sanctus" (Holy, Holy, Holy) in the Mass is found where?

a. Genesis
b. Psalms
c. Isaiah
d. Revelations

Quiz of Day, May 20, 2018

The persons from various locations in the Roman world listed as present on the Day of Pentecost in Jerusalem were from what religious background?

a. Gentiles religious backgrounds
b. The community of John the Baptist
c. Judaism
d. Proselytes of Judaism
e. all of the above
f. c and d
g. a and b

Quiz of the Day, May 19, 2018

Which liturgy was used for the wedding ceremony of Prince Harry and Meghan held on May 19, 2018?

a. The traditional wedding liturgy from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
b. Nuptial Mass from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
c. Common Worship, used in the C of E, since 2000
d. A special liturgy generated for the occasion by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Quiz of the Day, May 18, 2018

The popular idiom "sour grapes" about rationalizing about not wanting something when one really did want something comes from where?

a. Jeremiah, parents' eating of sour grapes have their children's teeth on edge
b. Ezekiel, parents' eating of sour grapes have their children's teeth on edgeQuiz of the Day, c. the Psalms
d. Aesop's Fables

May 17, 2018

Which two books of the Bible make references to seven golden lamps or lampstands?

a. Ezekiel and Revelations
b. Ezekiel and Zechariah
c. Zechariah and Revelations
d. Daniel and Revelations

Quiz of the Day, May 16, 2018

Persons from which of the following location were not represented at the Pentecost event in Jerusalem?

a. Crete
b. Arabia
c. Cappadocia
d. Pamphylia
e. Ethiopia
f. Libya
g. Rome
h. Phrygia

Quiz of the Day, May 15, 2018

Whom of the following was not a son of Jesse?

a. Ramah
b. Shammah
c. Eliab
d. David
e. Abinadab

Quiz of the Day, May 14, 2018

Who succeeded Moses as the leader of Israel and led them into the Promised Land?

a. Caleb
b. Samuel
c. Gideon
d. Joshua

Quiz of the Day, May 13, 2018

Whom did God appear to in the flames of a burning bush?

a. Elijah
b. Elisha
c. Ezekiel
d. Moses

Quiz of the Day, May 12, 2018

Who is Justus and Matthias?

a. disciples who walked with Jesus
b. candidates to replace Judas Iscariot as the 12th disciple
c. lottery candidates for the position of 12th disciples
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, May 11, 2018

Whom of the following did not have an "Assumption" into heaven?

a. The Virgin Mary
b. Elijah
c. Enoch
d. Jesus

Quiz of the Day, May 10, 2018

How many days after Easter is the Feast of the Ascension?

a. 30
b. 40
c. 42
d. 38

Quiz of the Day, May 9, 2018

Gregory Nazianzus and John Chrysostom were archbishop of what city?

a. Rome
b. Antioch
c. Constantinople
d. Alexandria

Quiz of the Day, May 8, 2018

Who wrote, "“Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come?”

a. Margery Kempe
b. Evelyn Underhill
c. Dame Julian of Norwich
d. Hildegard of Bingen

Quiz of the Day, May 7, 2018
What is the New Testament Greek word for "World?"

a. sarx
b. soma
c. kosmos
d. gé


Quiz of the Day, May 6, 2018

What does Jubilee stand for in the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. a holy year celebrated after 49 years
b. a year to deal with justice for property and land management
c. a year of amnesty and release of slaves and prisoners
d. a year when debts are forgiven
e. a year not currently observed on the Jewish liturgical calendar
f. all of the above
g. a and b
h. c and d

Quiz of the Day, May 5, 2018

In which Gospel can one find the most "I am" sayings of Jesus?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John

Quiz of the Day May 4, 2018

Where can one find the phrase, "do not cast your pearls before swine?"

a. Matthew
b. the Beatitudes
c. Sermon on the Mount
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, May 3, 2018

Who was the chief theological opponent of Athanasius at the Council of Nicaea?

a. Eusebius of Caesarea
b. The Emperor Constantine
c. Arius
d. Nicholas of Myra

Quiz of the Day, May 2, 2018

What was the significance of "gleanings" in the Torah?

a. special insights reserved fro nazirites
b. unharvest produce and grain left for the poor to gather
c. the law of the tithe
d. the rules for Jubilee

Quiz of the Day, May 1, 2018

Whom of the following is definately not James the Less?

a. Son of Alphaeus
b. the Just
c. Son of Zebedee
d. Brother of our Lord

Quiz of the Day, April 2018

Quiz of the Day, April 30, 2018

Azazel is known in Hebrew Scriptures for what?

a. the scapegoat
b. assistant of Aaron
c. Moses' son
d. a burnt offering in the tabernacle

Quiz of the Day, April 29, 2018

In what biblical book can one find reference to the departed heroes of faith called the "cloud of witnesses?"

a. Ephesians
b. Romans
c. Revelations
d. Hebrews

Quiz of the Day, April 28, 2018

In which of the following places did the ark of the covenant not reside?

a. the tabernacle
b. Shiloh
c. Gibeon
d. Jerusalem in the Temple
e. Mt. Sinai

Quiz of the Day, April 27, 2018

Who, besides Jesus in the Bible, is reported to have had a forty day fast?

a. Elijah
b. Elisha
c. Jonah
d. Moses

Quiz of the Day, April 26, 2018

Who, in anger, broke the tablets of the law of God given to Moses on Mount Sinai?

a. Moses
b. Miriam
c. Aaron
d. Joshua

Quiz of the Day, April 25, 2018

Scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark is written from the perspective of what disciple?

a. Mark
b. James and John
c. Peter
d. Mary Magdalene

Quiz of the Day, April 24, 2018

April 24th is on the church calendar for what commemoration?

a. Ember Day
b. Rogation Day
c. Genocide Remembrance Day
d. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quiz of the Day, April 23, 2018

Who is the soldier saint associated with a fight with a dragon?

a. Michael the Archangel
b. George
c. Arthur
d. Perceval

Quiz of the Day, April 22, 2018

What fruit was embroidered onto the hem of the robe of Aaron the High Priest?

a. apple
b. fig
c. olive
d. pomegranate
e. grape

Quiz of the Day, April 21, 2018

Who is the scholar most associated with the ontological argument for the existence of God and who defined God as "that which none greater can be conceived?"

a. Peter Abelard
b. Thomas Aquinas
c. Anselm of Canterbury
d. Blaise Pascal

Quiz of the Day, April 20, 2018

In the Bible it is written that "no one can see God and live," but it also is written that some saw the God of Israel?  According to the Book of Exodus, who saw the God of Israel?

a. Moses
b. Aaron,
c. Nadab 
d. Abihu
e. seventy of the elders of Israel
f.  all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 19, 2018

What Archbishop of Canterbury had an organ built that required 24 men to operate?

a. Thomas Becket
b. Augustine
c. Alphege
d. Thomas Cranmer

Quiz of the Day, April 18, 2018

What was the name of the mountain where Moses received the Law?

a. Tabor
b. Gerizim
c. Hermon
d. Sinai

Quiz of the Day, April 17, 2018

Where can the following be found: "As my reward the Almighty has given me the gift of language,*and with it will I offer praise to God?"

a. Proverbs
b. Psalms
c. Ecclesiastes
d. Ecclesiasticus

Quiz of the Day, April 16, 2018

Who was the person who told Moses to delegate some of his duties or he would wear himself out?

a. Jethro
b. Reuel
c. Moses' father-in-law
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, April 15, 2018

Some churches in Appalachia and other places practice poisonous snake handling as a part of their liturgy.  From what Gospel do these snake handling preachers derive their practice?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John

Quiz of the Day, April 14, 2018

Which of the following guaranteed victory in the battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites?

a. the archers of the Israelites
b. the larger army of the Israelites
c. Moses, keeping his arms lifted up in the air
d. the strategic move to surround the enemy

Quiz of the Day, April 13, 2018

The hymn, "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, Zion City of our God," was inspired by words from which book of the Bible?

a. Revelation
b. Psalms
c. Proverbs
d. Nehemiah

Quiz of the Day, April 12, 2018

"Manna" comes a Hebrew words meaning what?

a. heavenly bread
b. angel food
c. white frost
d. What is it?

Quiz of the Day, April 11, 2018

Who is the "founder" of the church in New Zealand?

a. Maori peoples
b. George Augustus Selwyn
c. John Pattison
d. St. Xavier

Quiz of the Day, April 10, 2018

What Roman Catholic theologian was censured in his lifetime by church authorities for his "controversial" views on science, evolution and faith but was later "rehabilitated" when the church caught up to his wisdom?  He also wrote "The Divine Milieu."

a. Galileo
b. Hans Kung
c. Charles Curran
d. Teilhard de Chardin
e. Matthew Fox


Quiz of the Day, April 9, 2018

The following feasts are holy days designated as what in the Book of Common Prayer:

The Holy Name	Saint John the Baptist
The Presentation	The Transfiguration
The Annunciation	Holy Cross Day
The Visitation

a. Principal feasts
b. Major feasts
c. Other Feasts of our Lord
d. Lesser Feasts of our Lord
e. Days of Obligations to our Lord

Quiz of the Day, April 8, 2018
Which disciple said, "Unless I see the Risen Christ, I will not believe?"

a. Peter
b. Didymus
c. Andrew
d. John

Quiz of the Day, April 7, 2018

Whose bones did Moses and the Israelites carry with them out of Egypt to bring to the Promised Land?

a. Abraham's
b. Jacob's
c. Ephraim's
d. Joseph's

Quiz of the Day, April 6, 2018

The Second Sunday of Easter, often called "low Sunday" because of the uncanny fall off in attendance from the previous Sunday, always has which Gospel for the liturgy?

a. Christ on the Road to Emmaus
b. Mary Magdalene' encounter with the Risen Christ
c. the Doubting Thomas periscope
d. Jesus tells Peter to "feed His Sheep"

Quiz of the Day, April 5, 2018

Which New Testament writer made the distinction between the corruptible physical body and the incorruptible "spiritual" body, the one that will be raised?

a. John
b. St. Paul
c. the writer of the letter to the Hebrews
d. the writer of the Epistle of Jude
e. St. John the Divine in the Apocalypse
f. Ezekiel in his dry bones vision

Quiz of the Day, April 4, 2018

What was the requirement for Israelites and aliens to partake of the Passover Meal?

a. they had to be born of an Israelite family
b. they had to be circumcised
c. they could not be a household slave
d. they had to provide the lamb

Quiz of the Day, April 3, 2018

Who was the first person to see the Risen Christ?

a. Mary, the mother of Jesus
b. Mary, the mother of Clopas
c. Mary of Bethany
d. Mary Magdalene

Quiz of the Day, April 2, 2018

Which account of the Easter "tomb" is not correct to Gospel reports?

a. Mark has one young man at the tomb
b. Matthew has an Angel of the Lord at the tomb
c. Luke has two men at the tomb
d. John has two angels present for a Mary Magdalene who lingers at the tomb
e. John has Peter encounter two angels when he goes into the empty tomb

Quiz of the Day, April 1, 2018

Which of the following is not true about the occurrence of Easter and Passover?

a. originally Easter and Passover were commemorate at the same time
b. The Council of Nicaea fixed the calendar method for determining Easter
c. sometimes Easter and Passover can be a full month apart
d. Passover always begins on Maundy Thursday

Quiz of the Day, March 2018

Quiz of the Day, March 31, 2018

Whom of the following brought spices for the preparation of the body of Jesus?

a. Joseph of Arimathea
b. Peter
c. Nicodemus
d. Mary the mother of Clopas


Quiz of the Day, March 30, 2017

Which Passion account is always the assigned Passion read on Good Friday?

a. Matthew's
b. Mark's
c. Luke's
d. John's

Quiz of the Day, March 29, 2018

Which of the following is not in Maundy Thursday Gospel of John?

a. foot-washing by Jesus
b. the new commandment of Jesus
c. the words of Jesus blessing of bread and wine
d. the refusal of Peter to have his feet washed

Quiz of the Day, March 28, 2018

Which disciple betrayed Jesus?

a. Simon Peter
b. James son of Zebedee
c. Judas Iscariot
d. John son of Zebedee

Quiz of the Day, March 27, 2018

Which of the following is not a metaphor of meaning or action associated with Jesus?

a. cursing a fig tree which did not bear fruit out of season
b. saying that he was the "vine" and his followers were branches
c. saying a one should have faith like a mustard seed
d. observing that the need for the good news was like a harvest ready to reap
e. claiming to be like the largest oak tree in the forest

Quiz of the Day, March 26, 2018

Which of the following in not included in Holy Week?

a. Easter Vigil
b. Palm Sunday
c. Maundy Thursday
d. Good Friday
e. Holy Saturday

Quiz of the Day, March 25, 2018

What events is recorded in the life of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark &; Luke) after his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, which is not found in the Gospel of John?

a. the healing of the centurion's servant
b. the trial of Jesus
c. the praying in the Garden of Gethsemane
d. the cleansing of the Temple

Quiz of the Day, March 24, 2018

Bartimaeus is known in the Gospel for what?

a. he was one of the 70 sent by Jesus
b. he was blind
c. he was a friend of the disciple Philip
d. he was lame

Quiz of the Day, March 23, 2018

Which Gregory was thrown into a pit for 12 years to atone for his father's sin of assassinating a king?

a. The Great
b. Palamas
c. Nazianzus
d. The Illuminator

Quiz of the Day, March 22, 2018

Which of the following is not one of the plague inflicted upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians?

a. gnats
b. locusts
c. bloody water
d. nests of snakes
e. death of first born sons

Quiz of the Day, March 21, 2018

Which of the following is not true of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury?

a. edited and published the first Book of Common Prayer
b. granted an annulment to the marriage of King Henry VIII
c. held to the standard of clerical celibacy
d. died as a martyr shortly after Oxford martyred Bishops Latimer and Ridley

Quiz of the Day, March 20, 2018

Which of the following was not written by Thomas Ken?

a. Old Hundredth
b. Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
c. Awake My Soul, and with the Sun
d. All Praise to Thee, O God, This Night

Quiz of the Day, March 19, 2018

If Joseph was the Guardian of Jesus and not his father and Joseph is called a son of David, how is Jesus from the genetic lineage of David according to the Gospel genealogies?

a. being the legal father still places Jesus in the lineage
b. Mary, too, is a descendent of David
c. we don't know
d. it is a faith lineage, not a genetic lineage

Quiz of the Day, March 18, 2018

To prepare Moses to confront the Pharaoh, God gave Moses three signs.  Which of the following is not one of the signs?

a. his staff turning into a snake
b. his rod starting to bud
c. his hand turning leprous
d. water poured on the ground turning to blood

Quiz of the Day, March 17, 2018

St. Patrick's Breastplate is what?

a. a prayer of protection attributed to St. Patrick
b. a hymn also called The Lorica of St. Patrick
c. a hymn entitled "I Bind unto Myself Today"
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, March 16, 2018

Who was Gershom?

a. son of Joseph
b. son of Levi
c. son of Miriam
d. son of Moses

Quiz of the Day, March 15, 2018

Shiphrah and Puah are known in the Hebrew Scriptures for what occupation?

a. warriors
b. Prophetesses
c. dancers
d. midwifery

Quiz of the Day, March 14, 2018

Whom of the following wrote about the gift of speaking in "tongues" or glossolalia?

a. John
b. Luke
c. Paul
d. Peter
e. Timothy

Quiz of the Day, March 13, 2018

Of the husband and wives of the three generations of patriarchs/matriarchs, who was not buried in the cave near the field of Machpelah, near Mamre?

a. Rachel
b. Leah
c. Sarah
d. Abraham
e. Rebekah
f. Jacob
g. Isaac

Quiz of the Day,  March 12, 2018

Which pope saw fair-haired children in the slave market and said, "Non Angli, sed Angeli?"  (not angels but Anglicans)  This same pope sent a missionary to England, the one who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

a. John III
b. Benedict I
c. Pelagius II
d. Gregory I

Quiz of the Day, March 11, 2018

Why was Joseph upset with his father Jacob before Jacob died?

a. he refused to be buried in Egypt in a pyramid
b. he wanted his bones carried back to Canaan
c. Jacob continued a tradition of conferring the greater blessing on the younger sibling
d. Jacob refused to meet the Pharaoh

Quiz of the Day, March 10, 2018

Ephrath is the former name of which town?

a. Zion
b. Emmaus
c. Bethlehem
d. Bethel
e. Bethany

Quiz of the Day, March 9, 2018

In an act of ecclesiastical nepotism, a reluctant Gregory of Nyssa was forced to become bishop by whom?

a. his brother Basil the Great
b. his persuasive sister Macrina
c. his brother Peter Sebaste
d. his father, Basil the Elder

Quiz of the Day, March 8, 2018

When Jacob and all of his family came to dwell in the land of Goshen as sheep herders in Egypt who told him "all shepherds are abhorrent to Egyptians?"

a. Reuben
b. Joseph
c. the Pharaoh
d. Benjamin

Quiz of the Day, March 7, 2018

Why was John the Baptist beheaded?

a. a party favor for Salome who danced and asked for his head
b. he was seen as a public disturbance for Herod's administration
c. it was ordered by the Roman Governor
d. John had accused Herod of treason

Quiz of the Day, March 6, 2018

Moses led the people of Israel out of Egypt?  How did they get there in the first place?

a. Egypt invaded Canaan and brought them there
b. Canaan was a province of Egypt
c. Jacob took his family to Egypt to survive a severe drought
d. Abraham, a patriarch of Israel had settled in Egypt

Quiz of the Day, March 5, 2018

"Talitha cum" means what?

a. Get up and walk
b. Little girl, get up
c. Why have you forsaken me
d. Come quickly

Quiz of the Day, March 4, 2018

What did Joseph do to his brothers when they arrived in Egypt looking for grain?

a. he concealed his identity
b. he held one in captivity
c. he demanded they go home and bring Benjamin
d. he set them up to be charged with stealing his silver cup
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, March 3, 2018

Of the following, who is the most prolific Anglican hymnodist?

a. George Herbert
b. Percy Drearmer
c. John Henry Newman
d. Charles Wesley

Quiz of the Day, March 2, 2018

Jacob had two wives, Leah and Rachael.  Which sons were sons of Rachael?

a. Joseph and Dan
b. Benjamin and Dad
c. Asher and Dan
d. Benjamin and Joseph
e. Joseph and Levi
f.  Benjamin and Levi


Quiz of the Day, March 1, 2018

Who is the patron saint of Wales?

a. Patrick
b. David
c. Alban
d. Andrew