Quiz of the Day, October 2019

Quiz of the Day, October 31, 2019

What is Halloween known as for the Lutherans?

a. Diet of Worms Day
b. Reformation Day
c. Wittenberg Castle Day
d. Martin Luther Day

 Quiz of the Day, October 30, 2019

The Bible translation of John Wyclif was based on what?

a. translation of the original biblical languages of Hebrew and Greek
b. Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Septuagint and exist codices of the New Testament
c. the Latin translation of the Bible from Jerome called the Vulgate
d. the German edition of the Bible of Martin Luther

Quiz of the Day, October 29, 2019

According to the Bible which is not true?

a. there are seven spirits of God
b. God is Holy Spirit
c. churches have spirits
d. a sin against the Holy Spirit is not forgiven
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, October 28, 2019

The Baptismal versicles and response, "There is one Lord, one faith and one baptism.  There is one God and Father of all," come from which Epistle?

a. Romans
b. 1 Corinthian
c. Ephesians
d. Colossians
e. Philippians

Quiz of the Day, October 27, 2019

In Ephesus, Paul encountered Apollos.  What did Apollos and his fellow disciples indicate for the city of Ephesus?

a. Greeks were becoming Christian
b. A community of John the Baptist was present
c. Converts of the devotees of the goddess Diana were many
d. Baptism was practiced in Ephesus before Paul arrived

Quiz of the Day, October 26, 2019

Which Persian king order the stopping of the rebuilding of the temple due to a letter sent by political foes of the rebuilding project?

a. Xerxes
b. Artaxerxes
c. Darius
d. Cyrus the Great

Quiz of the Day, October 25, 2019

Who is Beelzebul?

a. ruler of the demons
b. Mesopotamian deity
c. Roman deity
d. a Hitite deity

Quiz of the Day, October 24, 2019

What modern apocalyptic sect leader took his name from Cyrus the Great?

a. Jim Jones
b. David Koresh
c. Hal Lindsey
d. Charles Russell


Quiz of the Day, October 23, 2019

Who was the brother of Jesus, bishop of Jerusalem, called the "Just," and was flung off the pinnacle of the Temple in his death?

a. John
b. Joses
d. James
e. Stephen

Quiz of the Day, October 22, 2019

As to the resurrection from the dead, who wrote or said that we would be raised as spiritual body, thus meaning a bodily resurrection is a spiritual body resurrection?

a. Jesus
b. Writer of the Epistle of James
c. St. Paul
d. Writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews

Quiz of the Day, October 21, 2019

What former Anglican is about to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church?

a. Dorothy Day
b. Thomas Merton
c. Evelyn Underhill
d. John Henry Newman

Quiz of the Day, October 20, 2019

Lydia, the seller of purple, was from which city?

a. Macedonia
b. Philippi
c. Antioch
d. Corinth


Quiz of the Day, October 19, 2019

Which conqueror was responsible for burning down the Temple in Jerusalem?

a. Cyrus
b. Darius
c. Sennacherib
d. Nebuchadnezzar

Quiz of the Day, October 18, 2019

What was Luke's occupation besides Gospeler and Chronicler of the early church?

a. scribe
b. tent maker
c. physician
d. military officer

Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2019

Which prophet was thrown into a muddy bottom cistern because his words anger the king?

a. Isaiah
b. Hosea
c. Elijah
d. Jeremiah

Quiz of the Day, October 16, 2019

Where were Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley burned at the stake?

a. Cambridge
b. London
c. Durham
d. Oxford

Quiz of the Day, October 15, 2019

What did King Jehoiakim do with the written words of Jeremiah on a scroll?

a. he preserved for the eventual "Bible"
b. he had them cut up and he ate them to get them inside of him
c. he burned them
d. he had scribe make five copies

Quiz of the Day, October 14, 2019

Bishop Joseph Schereschewsky

a. translated the Bible into Chinese languages
b. was paralyzed
c. typed 2000 pages with one finger
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, October 13, 2019

Who of the following was called "Zeus?"

a. Paul
b. Barnabas
c. Silas
d. Ananias

Quiz of the Day, October 12, 2019

Who was the secretary of the prophet Jeremiah?

a. Baruch
b. Micah
c. Obadiah
d. Shaddrack

Quiz of the Day, October 11, 2019

Who was Jeremiah's father?

a. Baruch
b. Hilkiah
c. Neriah
d. Josiah

Quiz of the Day, October 10, 2019

The sevenfold gifts of the Spirit invoked at Holy Baptism come from a list found in which book of the Bible?

A. 1 Corinthian
B. 2 Corinthians
C. Isaiah
D. Romans
E. Colossians

Quiz of the Day, October 9, 2019

Huldah was

A. A queen
B. A prophetess
C. A maid servant
D. A warrior

Quiz of the Day, October 8, 2019

Which of the following is most significant about the reign of Josiah?

A. The recovery of the Book of the Law
B. The Babylonian Exile
C. The Persian Exile
D. The recovery of the Ark of the Covenant

Quiz of the Day, October 7, 2019

King Manasseh was 

A. King of Judah
B. King of Israel
C. Son of Ahab
D. One who was faithful

Quiz of the Day, October 6, 2019

How was King Hezekiah healed?

A. He wore garlic around his neck
B. He applied a fig poultice
C. He bathed in the Jordan River
D. He repented of his sins

Quiz of the Day, October 5, 2019

The Phos Hilaron is a hymn sung or said at what office?

A. Morning Prayer 
B. Evensong 
C. Noonday Prayer
D. Compline

Quiz of the Day, October 4, 2019

Sennacherib was king of what country?

A. Samaria
B. Assyria
C. Parthia
D. Elam

Quiz of the Day, October 3, 2019

Which of the following is not true regarding the first Pope?

A. He was married
B. He was not married
C. One of his name was Cephas
D. He denied being a follower of Jesus

Quiz of the Day, October 2, 2019

Hezekiah was

A. King of Israel
B. King of Judah
C. Defeated the Assyrians
D. Defeated the Egyptians

Quiz of the Day, October 1, 2019

Who said, “he who refrains from marriage does better?”

A. Pope Gregory I
B. Paul
C. Jesus
D. King Henry VIII

Quiz of the Day, September 2019

Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2019

Which of following angels is not included in the canonical books of the Bible?

A. Gabriel
B. Uriel
C. Raphael
D. Michael

Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2019

In the causality answers of the Hebrew Scriptures, why did the people of Israel get carried away into captivity and the temple destroyed?

A. The strength of the invading armies of Assyria
B. The strength of the Babylonian armies
C. The failure of the people of Israel to keep the commandments
D. The strength of the Persian armies

Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2019

Of the following, whom might be considered a queen of Israel?

A. Jezebel
B. Athaliah
C. Deborah
D. Bathsheba

Quiz of the Day, September 27, 2019

What did Jesus warn about regarding prayer before he introduced the “Our Father?”

A. Prayer as empty phrases
B. Prayer as the Gentiles pray
C. Prayer as volume of words
D. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2019

Who anointed Jehu as king of Israel?

A. Elijah
B. Elisha
C. Samuel
D. A protege prophet of Elisha

Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2019

“Turn the other cheek,” is found where?

A. In the New Testament
B. In the Gospel of Matthew
C. In the Sermon on the Mount
D. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, September 24, 2019

Whose servant was Gehazi?

A. Elijah’s
B. Abraham’s
C. Elisha’s
D. David’s

Quiz of the Day, September 23, 2019

Which of the following is not true of Naaman?

A. He was an Assyrian general healed of leprosy by Elisha’s ministry
B. He is referred to by Jesus in the Gospel
C. He is not mentioned in the New Testament
D. He is a symbol of “foreigners” or Gentiles having access to God’s healing grace

Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2019

Which of the following did not occur in the days after Saul was converted?

A. He went blind
B. He received his sight
C. He preached in the Damascus synagogues
D. He fell off a horse
E. He escaped the city being lowered in a basket 

Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2019

The Book of Job might be called a “theodicy.”  What is a theodicy?

A. a document about the suffering caused by God
B. The defense of God as creator
C. The defense of divine intervention
D. The justification of belief in God in spite of problem evil and innocent suffering

Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2019

Who was called the “Tishbite?”

A. Jeremiah
B. Amos
C. Micah
D. Elijah

Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2019

Dag Hammarskjold was

A. Post-humous Nobel Peace Prize Winner
B. A UN Secretary-General
C. Put on the Episcopal Calendar of Saints
D. Swedish
E. All of the Above

Quiz of the Day, September 18, 2019

The Jehoshaphat of the phrase “jumpin’ Jehoshaphat” is who?

A. A king of Israel
B. A book of the Apocrypha
C. A king of Judah
D. An Assyrian king

Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2019

Who had 26 divine visitations and wrote a book about them?

A. Julian of Norwich
B. Teresa of Avila
C. Madame Guynn
D. Hildegard

Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2019

What did Chloe report to St. Paul?

A. Progress in the Corinthian church
B. Quarreling in the Corinthian church
C. The success of the ministry of Apollos
D. The departure of Barnabas

Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2019

Which of the following might be call the Gameliel principle?

A. If you snooze you lose
B. If something endures, it is a sign of God’s will
C. God helps those who help themselves
D. Good things come to those who wait

Quiz of the Day, September 14, 2019

Whom of the following is most responsible for the Feast of the Holy Cross?

a. Monica
b. St. Paul
c. Helena
d. Athanasius

Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2019

Of the following, whom has a collect in his name in Morning Prayer?

a. St.Basil
b. Thomas Cranmer
c. Richard Hooker
d. St.John Chrysostom



Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2019

How many prophets of Baal and Asherah did the prophet Elijah challenge to a "holy duel" on Mount Carmel?

a. 100
b. 500
c. 400
d. 800

Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2019

Which prophet had to "deal" with King Ahab?

a. Elisha
b. Elijah
c. Hosea
d. Isaiah

Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2019

What Melville character had the same name as the husband of Jezebel?

a. Omri
b. Jeroboam
c. Ahab
d. Joash

Quiz of the Day, September 9, 2019

Lois was the grandmother of whom?

a. Titus
b. Peter
c. Timothy
d. John Mark

Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2019

Who set up shrines in Bethel and Dan to replace Jerusalem for the people in Northern Israel?

a. Solomon
b. Rehoboam
c. Jeroboam
d. Ahab

Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2019

Which of the following is not true regarding Rehoboam?

a. he succeeded his father Solomon as King
b. he was the brother of Jeroboam, the king of the northern kingdom
c. Israel  separated from Judah during his reign
d. some Israelites resided within the territory of Judah in his reign

Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2019

What happened to Jeroboam, a servant of King Solomon?

a. he became the next king of Israel
b. he became the king of Judah
c. he became the king of Jerusalem
d. he became the high priest of the temple

Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2019

Which biblical person is reported to have had as wives seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines?

a. David
b. Samson
c. Ahab
d. Solomon
e. Cyrus
f.  Xerxes

Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2019

Who of the following did not regard Jesus of Nazareth to be primarily an apocalyptic prophet preaching an imminent end of the world?

a. E.P. Sanders
b. Albert Schweitzer
c. Bart Ehrman
d. Scholars of the Jesus Seminar
e. Alan Segal

Quiz of the Day, September 3, 2019

Which of the following proposed that faith without works is dead?

a. Paul's Epistle to the Romans
b. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
c. The Epistle of James
d. The Book of Revelation

Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2019

Who of the following is not listed in Paul's letter to Philemon?

a. Paul
b. Titus
c. Timothy
d. Onesimus
e. Archippus
f.  Apphia
g. Philemon

Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2019

Which temple was the temple of Solomon?

a. the first
b. the second
c. the third
d. the last

Quiz of the Day, August 2019

Quiz of the Day, August 31, 2019

Where was the Ark of the Covenant before it came to reside in the temple built by Solomon?

a. Shiloh
b. Hebron
c. Zion, city of David
d. Bethlehem, city of David

Quiz of the August 30, 2019

King Hiram of Tyre provided what for the Temple of Solomon?

a. granite
b. cedar
c. marble
d. oak

Quiz of the Day, August 29, 2019

Which of the following is associated with Solomon?

a. playing the harp
b. wife Bathsheba
c. divide the baby and give half to each woman
d. the northern kingdom of Israel

Quiz of the Day, August 28, 2019

Augustine of Hippo was not

a. the author of "Confessions"
b. the author of "The City of God"
c. son of Monnica
d. the first Archbishop of Canterbury

Quiz of the Day, August 27, 2019

Who anointed Solomon to be the successor king of David?

a. David
b. the prophet Nathan
c. Zadok the priest
d. Samuel

Quiz of the Day, August 26, 2019

What is true of the biblical Adonijah?

a. he was a son of David
b. he was a brother of Solomon and Absalom
c. he was a rival to the throne of Solomon
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 25, 2019

For which of the following did David feel "stricken" by the Lord?

a. marrying Bathsheba
b. taking a census of Israel and Judah
c. for arranging the death of Absalom
d. for marrying Abigail

Quiz of the Day, August 24, 2019

Whose dream was responsible for the naming of the dream place, "Beth-el," of house of God?

a. Joseph
b. Daniel
c. Jacob
d. Abraham

Quiz of the Day, August 23, 2019

Who said, "I am only a boy," when he was called by God as a prophet?

a. Hosea
b. Jeremiah
c. Isaiah
d. Daniel

Quiz of the Day, August 22, 2019

Felix and Agrippa were Roman officials who enter the story of what biblical person?

a. Timothy
b. Philemon
c. Paul
d. Peter


Quiz of the Day, August 21, 2019

Which of the follow was the prelude to the killing of Absalom, the rebelling son of David?

a. he was bucked off his horse
b. his long thick hair was caught in a tree leaving him hanging
c. David ordered the pursuit and killing of Absalom
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 20, 2019

Which of the following saints was born in a town famous for its mustard name? (Dijon)

a. Thomas Aquinas
b. Benedict
c. Bernard
d. Igntius Loyola

Quiz of the Day, August 19, 2019

What topic did Paul raise to divide his religious opponents in Jerusalem?

a. the topic of Jesus as Messiah
b. the belief in the resurrection from the dead
c. the future of Jerusalem
d. the issues of circumcision and Quiz of the Day August 18, 2019

Where in the New Testament can one read about Rahab, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel?

a. Matthew
b. John
c. Revelations
d. Hebrews

Quiz of the Day, August 17, 2919

How did Paul avoid being flogged by the tribune is Jerusalem after his arrest?

a. The tribune included followers of Jesus
b. Paul declared himself a Roman citizen with attending rights
c. Peter intervened on his behalf
c. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 16, 2019

Which of the following is not a reference to Eucharistic belief?

a. Transubstantiation
b. Consubstantiation
c. Receptionist
d. Real Presence
e. Complementarianism

Quiz of the Day, August 15, 2019

Where is it written that Jesus is the pioneer of our faith?

a. John
b. Romans
c. Hebrews
d. 1 Corinthians

Quiz of the Day, August 14, 2019

Who said, “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword?”

a. Paul
b. David
c. Jesus
d. Elijah

Quiz of the Day, August 13, 2019

Who prophesied that Paul would be seized by the Jews?

a. Barnabas
b. Ananias
c. Agabus
d. Silas

Quiz of the Day, August 12, 2019

Which son of David had his half brother assassinated?

a. Absalom
b. Solomon
c. Amnon
d. Jonadab
e. Shimeah

a. Quiz of the Day, August 11, 2019

Which of the following is not true about the rape of Tamar?

a. David was complicit by asking Tamar to fix meal for the feigning sick Amnon
b. Absalom was Tamar's brother and Amnon's half brother
c. David did not punish Amnon
d. Absalom would eventually attempt a coup against David
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 10, 2019

What happened to the first child born to Bathsheba, the wife whom David stole from Uriah the Hittite?

a. he was Solomon, King of Israel
b. the baby died at birth
c. he was Absalom, who rebelled against David
d. he was born with a deformity

Quiz of the Day, August 9, 2019

Why was Abram's name changed to Abraham?

a. because he moved from Ur to Canaan, a new land with new language
b. Abraham was his Hebrew name
c. the "ham" was added when he was going to be the father of many nations
d. Moses added the "ham" to Abram

 Quiz of the Day, August 8, 2019

Which of the following might be called the "faith" chapter of the Bible?

a. Hebrews 11
b 1 Corinthians 13
c. John 3
d. John 1

Quiz of the Day, August 7, 2019

Which of the following is not true regarding Miphibosheth?

a. he was crippled
b. he was the son of Jonathan
c. as Saul grandson, he was a heir to the throne of Israel
d. he ate at the table of King David 

Quiz of the Day, August 6, 2019

Who was present at the Transfiguration event?

a. Jesus
b. Peter
c. Moses
d. Elijah
e. James
f. John
g. voice of God
h. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, August 5, 2019

Which of the followed did the most famous render of "praying hands?"

a. Albrecht Dürer
b. Rembrandt
c. Cranach the Elder
d. Matthias Grünewald

Quiz of the Day, August 4, 2019

Why did David gain the rebuke of his daughter Michal?

a. he took her away from Saul
b. he took her away from her husband in the regime change
c. he danced before the Ark of the Covenant in a mere loin cloth
d. David would not let her be devote to Baal

Quiz of the Day, August 3, 2019

Who said that "we too are God's offspring?"

a. Peter
b. Andrew
c. Paul
d. Timothy

Quiz of the Day, August 2, 2019

What is the city of David?

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

Quiz of the Day, August 1, 2019

What did David do to people who killed the son of Saul?

a. rewarded them with a position in his kingdom
b. had them killed
c. had them exiled
d. made the spies against those who opposed him