Quiz of the Day, December 2018

Quiz of the Day, December 31, 2018

Caspar, the name of a Magi, most likely derived from which of the following sources?

a. Acts of Thomas, an apocryphal writing associated with the famous "doubter"
b. the Gospel of Matthew
c. a reference in the Psalms referring to kings
d. a Parthian inscription found in Iran

Quiz of the Day, December 30, 2018

In the beginning was the Word.  What is the Greek word for "word" used in John 1:1?

a. lexi
b. rhema
c. dabar
d. logos

Quiz of the Day, December 29, 2018

What was the primary reason for a pilgrimage to Canterbury such as was recorded in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?

a. to visit the See and the Chair of Augustine of Canterbury
b. for the Easter Visit to the Cathedral to be blessed by the Archbishop
c. to obey the command of the Monarch to make the pilgrimage
d. to visit the crypt of the martyred Thomas a Becket

Quiz of the Day, December 28, 2018

The Gospel writers' penchant for parallel themes in the life of Jesus with themes in the lives of Hebrew Scriptures brought the feast of the Holy Innocent.  What is the Hebrew Scripture parallel?

a. Pharaoh's edict to slaughter all infant boys in the time of Moses
b. the plague involving the death of all first born sons
c. the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham
d. the death of David's first son born to Bathsheba


Quiz of the Day, December 27, 2018

Why have man asserted that John the Evangelist and John the Divine are not the same person?

a. the language of the Book of Revelation is significant different than the Johannine Gospel and Epistles
b. the theology of revelation is different from the other Johannine writings
c. Several Early Church Fathers/Persons asserted they were different people
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, December 26, 2018

What ordained ministry of the church did St. Stephan have?

a. priest
b. bishop
c. presbyter
d. deacon
e. prophet
f. apostle
g. martyr

Quiz of the Day, December 25, 2018

Why is Christmas often rendered as Xmas?

a. the secular world want to leave Christ out of Christmas
b. X stands a missing word
c. X is actually the Greek letter Chi, the first letter in Christos, the Greek work for Christ
d. X is for the Hebrew word for Messiah

Quiz of the Day December 24, 2018

In which book does it say a child has been born who shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace?

a. Micah
b. Zachariah
c. Haggai
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, December 23, 2018

When did the text of the Hail Mary come to its current form?

a. in the Gospels
b. at the council of Trent
c. in printed text of Savonarlo in 1495
d. in Pius VI Roman breviary in 1568

Quiz of the Day, December 22, 2018

In the Bible, what is the city of David?

a. Jerusalem
b. Zion
c. Shiloh
d. Bethlehem

Quiz of the Day, December 21, 2018

Which of the following is not true regarding the Immaculate Conception?

a. it refers to Mary
b. it refers to Jesus
c. it cannot be found in Holy Scriptures
d. it is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church

Quiz of the Day, December 20, 2018

The phrase in the "Hail Mary,"  "blessed art thou among women," is a quote of which biblical person?

a. Gabriel
b. Simeon
c. Anna
d. Elizabeth

Quiz of the Day, December 19, 2018

Which Gospel begins with John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus?

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

Quiz of the Day, December 18, 2018

Whom of the following did not compose a song found in the Bible?

a. Miriam
b. Hannah
c. Mary
d. Anna

Quiz of the Day, December 17, 2018

Of the following biblical women, which does not match in significant life events?

a. The Virgin Mary
b. Elizabeth
c. The widow of Zarephath
d. Sarah
e. Hannah

Quiz of the Day, December 16, 2018

What was the occupation of the father of John the Baptist?

a. rabbi
b. scribe
c. priest
d. seer

Quiz of the Day, December 15, 2018

The 3rd Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday?  What does gaudete mean?

a. Repent
b. Confess
c. Rejoice
d. Exalt

Quiz of the Day, December 14, 2018

The purgative, illuminative and unitive are spiritual stages in the writing of what mystic?

a. John Climacus
b. Nicolas of Cusa
c. John of the Cross
d. Teresa of Avila
e. Walter Hilton

Quiz of the Day, December 13, 2018

In which Gospel does Jesus say, "Let the one without sin among you cast the first stone at her?"

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

Quiz of the Day, December 12, 2018

Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima and Medjugorje are places associated with what saint?

a. Paul
b. Therese
c. Francis
d. Mary

Quiz of the Day, December 11, 2018

Pius XII regarded whom of the following to be the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas?

a. Paul Tillich
b. Reinhold Niebuhr
c. Karl Barth
d. Karl Rahner

Quiz of the Day, December 10, 2018

This American Trappist monk on the Episcopal calendar of saints, died of accidental electrocution in Bangkok, Thailand in 1968.

a. Thomas Keating
b. Thomas Merton
c. Fulton Sheen
d. Basil Pennington

Quiz of the Day, December 9, 2018

Which of the following words would be fit the meaning of repentance?

a. penance
b. education
c. piety
d. ritual

Quiz of the Day, December 8, 2018

To which church did St. Paul write to address the concern that members have about the fate of people who predeceased the return of Christ?

a. Corinthian
b. Thessalonian
c. Philippian
d. Galatian

Quiz of the Day, December 7, 2018

Which saint was chosen to be bishop before he was even baptized?

a. Clement I
b. Ambrose
c. Basil the Great
d. Athanasius

Quiz of the Day, December 6, 2018

Santa Claus is derived from whom?

a. Nicolas of Cusa
b. Pope Nicolas I
c. Pope Nicolas II
d. Nicholas of Myra

Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2018

Which of the following is not true regarding Clement of Alexandria?

a. he knew the apostle Peter
b. Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem were his pupils
c. he believe Plato gained knowledge from the Egyptians
d. he confronted what has come to be called Gnosticism

Quiz of the Day, December 4, 2018

John of Damascus is not known for which of the following?

a. being an iconoclast
b. supporting the Assumption of Mary
c. serving an Islamic Caliph
d. was in favor of icons and their devotional significance

Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2018

Who was a co-founder of the Jesuits who was a successful missionary to Asia while riding the coat tails of Portuguese colonial power?

a. Alfonso Salmeron
b. Francis Xavier
c. Ignatius Loyola
d. Peter Faber

Quiz of the Day, December 2, 2018

The writer of the Epistle of Peter wrote that for the Lord, one day is like a thousand day and thousand days are like one day.  Where in Hebrew Scriptures can this exact saying be found?

a. Proverbs
b. Psalms
c. Isaiah
d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, December 1, 2018

What writer immortalized Nicolas Ferrar's community of Little Gidding as a place "where prayers have been valid?"

a. C.S. Lewis
b. G.K. Chesterton
c. Charles Williams
d. T. S. Eliot

Quiz of the Day, November 2018

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2018

Why is Andrew the patron saint of Scotland?

a. legends say he made a trip there
b. an ancient king invoked Andrew's intercession in a battle against the Angles
c. It came from a Robert Burns haggis ceremony
d. Scottish crusaders invoked the name of St. Andrew

Quiz of the Day, November 29, 2018

The Advent Wreath tradition originally began in which Christian Church?

a. Baptist
b. Anglican
c. Catholic
d. Lutheran

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2018

From where would the most recent monarch saints on the Episcopal Calendar of Saints come?

a. Hungary
b. France
c. Germany 
d. Hawaii

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2018

In the imagery of Zechariah, Favor and Unity are the names of what?

a. Israel and Judah
b. Sheep and Shepherd
c. two different staffs of a shepherd
d. Sheep spared, sheep destroyed

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2018

Who wrote the words for the Christmas carol, "Joy to the World?"

a. John Newton
b. Percy Dreamer
c. Isaac Watts
d. Fanny Crosby

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2018

Who asked Jesus, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

a. Herod
b. Pontius Pilate
c. Peter
d. Caiaphas

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2018

Which pope first instituted the Feast of Christ the King, in response to the success of the atheistic Bolshevik revolution?

a. Pius XI
b. Pius XII
c. John XXIII
d. John Paul II


 Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2018

Who is the patron saint of mariners in that he is believed to have been martyred by being tied to an anchor and cast into the sea?

a. Peter
b. Nicolas
c. Clement I
d. Brendan


Quiz of the Day, November 22,2018

Whom of the following would be most responsible for Thanksgiving to be a feast day in the church.

a. The Pilgrims 
b. Abraham Lincoln 
c. Samuel Seabury
d.  William White

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2018

William Byrd was a student of what musician?

a.Tallis
b. Bach
c. Purcell
d. Merbecke

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2018

Whom of the following is not an English Martyr?

a. Edmund
b. Thomas a Becket
c. Alban
d. Alcuin

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2018

Habakkuk is the last of the 12 Minor Prophets whose writing is in the Hebrew Scriptures.  What determines the difference between the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets?

a. prophetic importance of prophets in Judaism
b. length of the writings
c. chronology, with Major coming before the Minor
d. place of service in Northern Kingdom or Southern Kingdom, Israel or Judah

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2018

The internal references of the Book of Daniel indicate it was written in the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century B.C.E., but scholars believe it was actually written when?

a. 1st century B.C.E.
b. 2nd century B.C.E.
c. just after Nehemiah re-built the Temple
d. In the time of Ezra

Quiz of the Day, November 17. 2018

In what Gospel does Jesus say, "You cannot serve God and wealth?"

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

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2018

Which of the following parable is not unique to Luke's Gospel?

a. Good Samaritan
b. The Prodigal Son
c. The Sower and the Seeds
d. The lost sheep

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2018

Samuel Seabury was the bishop of what State?

a. New York
b. Pennsylvania
c. Washington, D.C. as first presiding bishop
d. Connecticut

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2018

Where was Samuel Seabury, the first bishop of the Episcopal Church, consecrated?

a. Philadelphia
b. Longacre near Aberdeen in Scotland
c. Washington, DC
d. London

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2018

Whom of the following was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society?

a. William Wilberforce
b. Thomas Ken
c. Charles Simeon
d. Charles Gore

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2018

In birth tradition of the Bible and Christian tradition, there are marvelous and miraculous births.  There is also the notion of immaculate conception.  Whom of the following is believed to have been immaculately conceived?

a. Isaac
b. Samuel
c. John the Baptist
d. The Virgin Mary

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2018

The most obvious topic in the Book of Ecclesiasticus is what?

a. the worship of God
b. the history of Israel
c. Justice
d. Wisdom

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2018

“The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your dainties and your splendor are lost to you, never to be found again!”  This is an utterance in the Bible against whom?

a. Sodom

b. The Roman Empire

c. Jerusalem

d. Babylon the Great

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2018

The "Whore of Babylon" referred to in the Book of Revelation has been interpreted throughout the ages as what?

a. The Roman Empire
b. The Roman Catholic Church
c. The Devil's Church
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2018

Which of following churches are on the verge of a major split?

a. Ukrainian Orthodox
b. Russian Orthodox
c. Eastern Orthodox
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2018

Who was the apostle of Frisia?

a. Boniface
b. Wilfrid
d. Cyril
e. Willibrord

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2018

Which book of the Bible present a figure similar to the folklore figure of the Grim Reaper who is a hooded figure who harvests souls at their death with his scythe?

a. Daniel
b. Revelation
c. Ezekiel
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2018

The burial anthem, "Blessed are they who have died in the Lord...." comes from which book of the Bible?

a. Psalms
b. Isaiah
c. John
d. Revelation

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2018

Which of the following is not associated with the writings of Richard Hooker?

a. Via Media
b. three-legged stool
c. receptionism
d. High Church Anglicanism

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2018

Which of the following is not a "Caroline divine?"

a. Richard Hooker
b. Thomas Ken
c. Lancelot Andrewes
d. Jeremy Taylor

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2018

Who is the counter part of Lazarus in the parable of Jesus?

a. Mary
b. Martha
c. Dives
d. Theophilus

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2018

All Saints Day is when in the Orthodox Church?

a. November 1
b. First Sunday after Pentecost
c. August 6
d. First Sunday after Easter

Quiz of the Day, October 2018

Quiz of the Day, October 31, 2018

Where is reference to the woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet found?

a. Daniel
b. Ezekiel
c. Revelation of John the Divine
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, October 30, 2018

John Wycliffe translated the Bible into English using what as a source?

a. original codices of the Hebrew Scriptures and Greek New Testament
b. Latin Vulgate
c. Septuagint Old Testament and Luther's German New Testament
d. The Coptic Bible

Quiz of the Day, October 29, 2018

What is anachronistic about the words of Jesus when he said, "I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it?"

a. the church did not exist in the time of Jesus
b. the word church did not exist in the Aramaic language
c. Hades was a Greek word for hell, not Aramaic


Quiz of the Day, October 28, 2018

Why did the disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray?

a. because he knew the proper rituals
b. because John the Baptist taught his followers how to pray
c. because all rabbis in his day taught prayer
d. they said it was an important commandment

Quiz of the Day, October 27, 2018

In the monastic orders, what do Mary and Martha of Bethany symbolize?

a. resurrection and life
b. sisterly care for their brother
c. contemplative orders and "working" orders
d. matron saints of all convents

Quiz of the Day, October 26, 2018

Which of the following monarch of England is called the "Great?"

a. Elizabeth I
b. Richard I
c. Alfred
d. Cnut
e. c and d


Quiz of the Day, October 25, 2018

Where can the following quote be found, "In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle?"

a. Tolkien's "Lord of the Ring"
b. Lewis's Narnia Stories
c. Book of Daniel
d. Revelation of St. John the Divine

Quiz of the Day, October 24, 2018

What does incense symbolize in the Bible?

a. the sweet fragrance of God
b. the ascending prayers
c. the fragrance used to cover the smell of animal sacrifices
d. a gift of the Magi

Quiz of the Day, October 23, 2018

St. James of Jerusalem is not known for which of the following?

a. being a brother of our Lord
b. being a son of Zebedee
c. known as James the Just
d. died a martyr

Quiz of the Day, October 22, 2018

According to the vision of St. John the Divine, how many persons from each tribe of Israel received the "seal of the living God" on their foreheads?

a. 700
b. 7000
c. 70,000
d. 12, 000

Quiz of the Day, October 21,  2018

Which of the transliterated words are used to refer to "hell" in the New Testament?

a. Gehenna
b. Hades
c. Tartarus
d. a, b, c
e. a, b

Quiz of the Day, October 20, 2018

Where did St. Paul live for two years under house arrest?

a. Jerusalem
b. Ephesus
c. Corinth
d. Rome

Quiz of the Day, October 19, 2018

Which of the following languages was not in the biblical translation work of Henry Martyn?

a. Hindi (Hindustani)
b. Urdu
c. Armenian
d. Persian

Quiz of the Day, October 18, 2018

Which animal represents the Gospel evangelist, St. Luke?

a. Winged man
b. Winged Ox
c. Winged Lion
d. Eagle 

Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2018

Which of the theological issues would Ignatius of Antioch be most associated with?

a. monarchical episcopate
b. sins after baptism
c. the Holy Trinity
d. the dual nature of Christ

Quiz of the Day, October 16, 2018

Bishops Latimer and Ridley were burnt at stake in the reign of which monarch?

a. Elizabeth I
b. Mary, Queen of Scots
c. Edward I
d. Henry VIII

Quiz of the Day, October 15, 2018

Whom of the following is not an "official" woman Doctor of the Church?

a. Térèse of Lisieux
b. Teresa of Avila
c. Clare of Assisi
d. Hildegard of Bingen
e. Catherine of Siena

Quiz of the Day, October 14, 2018

Which prophet wrote the following: "...what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?"

a. Joel
b. Amos
c. Obadiah
d. Micah

Quiz of the Day, October 13, 2018

According to the Gospel of Luke, what is reported about the women Mary Magdalene, Chuza, Susanna and Joanna?

a. they were first witnesses of the resurrection
b. they were present at the crucifixion of Jesus
c. they were with the twelve on the preaching missions
d. they had demons cast out of them

Quiz of the Day, October 12, 2018

Which of the following prophetic writing does not make reference to "beating swords into ploughshares?"

a. Joel
b. Jeremiah
c. Micah
d. Isaiah


Quiz of the Day, October 11, 2018

What do Annas, Caiaphas and Ananias have in common?

a. famous Pharisees named in the New Testament
b. they were High Priests named in the New Testament writings
c. they belonged to the Herodian party
d. they were present for the trial of Jesus

Quiz of the Day, October 10, 2018

"Speak the word and my servant (or I) shall be healed," are the words found where?

a. A centurion's word to Jesus
b. Words in the Canon of the Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy
c. Words in the Byzantine liturgy
d. b and c
e. a and b

Quiz of the Day, October 9, 2018

"My God, why have you forsaken me?" are words of Jesus from the cross.  Where can one find these words in another place in the Bible?

a. the Pauline Epistles
b. Jeremiah
c. Psalms
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, October 8, 2018

What topic did Paul use to cause division between the Pharisees and Sadducees?

a. baptism of the Holy Spirit
b. Jesus as the Messiah
c. the resurrection from the dead
d. legitimacy of worship in the synagogue versus worship in the Temple

Quiz of the Day, October 7, 2018

What are biblical scholars referring to when they say, "the Matthean exception?"

a. the resurrection
b. the continuing legitimacy of all the laws in Hebrew Scriptures
c. divorce
d. the meaning of wealth

Quiz of the Day, October 6, 2018

Whom of the following was not a Bible translator?

a. Martin Luther
b. Jerome
c. Alcuin
d. Miles Coverdale
e. John Wycliffe
f. William Tyndale
g. Lancelot Andrewes

Quiz of the Day, October 5, 2018

What rabbi did Saul of Tarsus study with?

a. Shammai
b. Jesus
c. Gamaliel
d. Nicodemus
e. Caiaphas
f. Annas 

Quiz of the Day, October 4, 2018

Which of the following is not true about St. Francis of Assisi?

a. his name was Giovanni
b. his nickname was Francesco
c. his received the name Francesco at his baptism
d. his nickname means "the Frenchman"

Quiz of the Day, October 3, 2018

Mikvah in Judaism corresponds with what Christian sacrament?

a. Confirmation
b. Ordination
c. Baptism
d. Holy Unction


Quiz of the Day, October 2, 2018

Of the following, which does not have a list of the twelve disciples?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. Acts of the Apostles

Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2018

Which apostle quoted Jesus as having said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive?"

a. Peter
b. James
c. John
d. Paul