Quiz of the Day, December 2019

Quiz of the Day, December 31, 2019

Frances Joseph Gaudet is best know for what?

a. hymnody
b. prison reform
c. mission work with Native Americans
d. ministry to the deaf

Quiz of the Day, December 30, 2019

Which prophet resuscitated life of a young boy?

a. Jeremiah
b. Amos
c. Elijah
d. Joel

Quiz of the Day December 29, 2019

Samuel was not

a. a nazirite
b. son of Hannah
c. anointer of Saul
d. anointer of David
e. a Judge of Israel
f.  a member of the tribe of Dan

Quiz of the Day, December 28, 2019

The event of the Holy Innocents puts Jesus in direct contrast with whom?

a. David
b. Elijah
c. Moses
d. Abel

Quiz of the Day, December 27, 2019

Of the following book of the New Testament, which has a self-identifying author with the name of John?

a. 1 John
b. 2 John
c. 3 John
d. John
e. Revelations


Quiz of the Day, December 26, 2019

The Infancy Narratives of Jesus are found in which Gospels?

a. Luke and Matthew
b. Mark and Luke
c. John and Matthew
d. Matthew and Mark
e. Luke and John
f. Mark and John

Quiz of the Day, December 25, 2019

Which mystic said that we needed to be mothers of God in our world?

a. John of the Cross
b. Meister Eckhart
c. Teresa of Avila
d. Julian of Norwich

Quiz of the Day, December 24, 2019

To whom was the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles written?

a. to the Gentile churches
b. to Theophilus
c. to synagogue members in Asia Minor
d. to the Pauline churches

Quiz of the Day, December 23, 2019

What is the priestly order of Abijah?

a. a division of priests set by King David
b. one of 24 divisions of priests from the time of David
c. an order of priest from Abijah, a descendent of Eleazar, son of Aaron
d. the order of priest of the father of John the Baptist
e. all of the above

 Quiz of the Day, December 22, 2019

Who is the biblical dragon slayer?

a. St. George
b. Gabriel
c. Raphael
d. Michael

Quiz of the Day, December 21, 2019

Which apostle was referred to as "the twin?"

a. Nathaniel
b. Thaddaeus
c. Thomas
d. Matthias

Quiz of the Day, December 20, 2019

Who was Martin Luther's wife?

a. he was an Augustinian monk and not married
b. a former nun
c. a member of the minor nobility
d. Katharina von Bora
e. b, c, and d
f. b and d

Quiz of the Day, December 19, 2019

Where is the reference to the Lion of Judah found in the Bible?

a. Genesis
b. The Psalms
c. Daniel
d. Revelations
e. a and b
f. a and c
g. a and d

Quiz of the Day, December 18, 2019

Which of the following is not one of the four living creatures of the Book of Revelations?

a. horse
b. ox
c. lion
d. eagle
e. man

Quiz of the Day, December 17, 2019 

The desolating sacrilege mentions in the Gospel words of Jesus have their precedence in which book of Hebrew Scriptures?

a. The Psalms
b. Zechariah
c. Daniel
d. Haggai


Quiz of the Day, December 16, 2019

Which architect designed churches which came to be dubbed as "carpenter Gothic?"

a. Frank Lloyd Wright
b. Richard Upjohn
c. Louis Sullivan
d. E. Fay Jones Quiz of the Day, December 15, 2019

Gaudete is

a. Latin for "rejoice"
b. An Advent Carol
c. Third Sunday of Advent
d. All of the above

Quiz of the Day, December 14, 2019

The "Dark Night of the Soul," is spiritual metaphor which derives from whom?

a. Walter Hilton
b. Jacob Boehme
c. John of the Cross
d. Author of "The Cloud of Unknowing"

Quiz of the Day, December 13, 2019

Which of the following is not one of seven churches referred to in the Book of Revelations?

a. Thyatira
b. Smyrna
c. Rome
d. Laodicea
e. Philadelphia
f. Pergamum

Quiz of the Day, December 12, 2019

Who is St. Juan Diego?

a. a disciple of St. Juan de la Cruz
b. a second generation Jesuit
c. a recipient of a Marian apparition in Mexico
d. a Spanish mystic from the 15th century

Quiz of the Day, December 11, 2019

Which theologian is called the architect of "neo-orthodoxy?"

a. Paul Tillich
b. Karl Barth
c. Richard Niebuhr
d. J.A.T. Robinson

Quiz of the Day, December 10, 2019

Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk.  Of what order were the Trappists?

a. Jesuit
b. Dominican
c. Benedictine
d. Cistercian


Quiz of the Day, December 9, 2019

The  Nunc dimittis, Benedictus and Magnificat are found in which Gospel?

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

Quiz of the Day, December 8, 2019

Zechariah gave his son the name John?  From what language did this name derive?

a. Hebrew
b. Classical Greek
c. koine Greek
d. Aramaic

Quiz of the Day, December 7, 2019

Which of the following is not true about St. Ambrose?

a. he was a governor when he was asked to be bishop of Milan
b. he was not baptized when he was asked to be bishop of Milan
c. he had not been a priest or deacon when asked to be bishop of Milan
d. he was member of the Arian doctrinal party
e. he ran away and hid when he was asked to be bishop
f. he had to be baptized before being made a bishop

Quiz of the Day, December 6, 2019

Which of the following did not derive from St. Nicolas of Myra?

a. Sinter Claus
b. Baba Noel
c. Kris Kringle
d. Santa Claus
e. Père Noël
f.  San Myra

Quiz of the Day, December 5, 2019

Which of the following is not regarded in the scholarly analysis of biblical genre?

a. Law
b. Prophecy
c. Apocalyptic
d. Narrative
e. Wisdom
f.  Poetry
g. Fiction

Quiz of the Day, December 4, 2019

Of the following which is not true of John of Damascus?

a. he worked as a civil servant of a Muslim Caliph
b. he was an iconoclast
c. he defended the validity of icons
d. he was a musician

Quiz of the Day, December 3, 2019

Francis Xavier was the sole founder of which order?

a. The Society of Jesus
b. The Jesuits
c. The Society of St. Mary
d. none of the above

Quiz of the Day, December 2, 2019

Who of the following regarded Jesus to be primarily prophet proclaiming an imminent apocalypse?

a. Bart Ehrman
b. Albert Schweitzer
c. Marcus Borg
d. The Jesus Seminar
e.  a and b
f. b and c

 Quiz of the Day, December 1, 2019

Advent comes from "adventus," and was a translation of what Greek word referring to the Second Coming of Christ?

a. epiphania
b. maranatha
c. parousia
d. apocalupsis

Quiz of the Day, November 2019

Quiz of the Day, November 30, 2019

How did Andrew become the patron saint of Scotland?

a. he appeared in a dream to Wallace
b. his knee cap relic was brought to Scotland
c. his finger bone relic was brought to Scotland
d. b and c
e. his shoulder blade relic was brought to Scotland

Quiz of the Day, November 29,2019

Whose mother petitioned Jesus to let her sons sit at his right and left hand side?

a. James and John's
b. Mary and Martha's
c. Andrew and Peter's
d. Thomas the Twin's

Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2019

In which Gospel is Jesus quoted as saying, "I am the bread of life?"

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

Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2019

In the Hebrew Scripture portion of the Christian Bible, what determined whether a prophet was minor or major?

a. their importance to Israel

b. their importance in anticipating Jesus as the Messiah

c. the length of the writings which bore their name

d. their importance to the Southern Kingdom of Judah

Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2019
Isaac Watts did not write which of the following hymns?

a. Amazing Grace
b. O God, Our Help in Ages Past
c. Joy to the World
d. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2019

Which religious order did James Huntington found?

a. Society of St. John the Evangelist
b. The Cowley Fathers
c. Order of the Holy Cross
d. Order of Julian of Norwich

Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2019

Who wrote an epistle to the Corinthian church and was bishop/pope of Rome?

a. Peter
b. Paul
c. Clement
d. Pius

Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2019

Who wrote about a great lion named Aslan?

a. J.R.R. Tolkien
b. G.K. Chesterton
c. T.S. Eliot
d. C. S. Lewis

Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2019

The eight day festival of Hanukkah originated to celebrate the dedication of what?

a. the menorah
b. a new altar in the Temple to replace the profaned one
c. the Temple
d. the restoration of the priests in the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2019

Which musician was featured in the TV series, "The Tudors?"

a. John Merbecke
b. William Byrd
c. Thomas Tallis
d. Ralph Vaughn Williams

Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2019

From which person was the entire designation "Maccabees" derived?

a. Mattathias
b. Judas
c. John
d. Jonathan
e. Eleazar
d. Simon
f. John Hyrcanus

Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2019

The commemoration of Hanukkah comes from the independence of Israel events written in which portion of Scriptures?

a. Daniel
b. Esdras
c. 1 Maccabees
d. Esther

Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2019

What is true about the writings of the Maccabees?

a. they are not in the Hebrew canon of Scriptures
b. they tell the derivation of the feast of Hanukkah
c. they tell about the battles of resistance by Judas and his brothers
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2019

What did Mattathias, father of Judas Maccabees,  observe among his people?

a. they refused to observe Hanukah
b. they needed the Hanukah feast
c. they refused to fight on the Sabbath and so they were slaughtered
d. they refused political alliances with the Egyptians

Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2019

When Jesus said, "Get behind me Satan," to Peter, what did this mean?

a. Peter could not be the rock on which the church was built
b. Peter did not understand about the suffering servant Messiah
c. Peter was going to deny Jesus
d. Peter was in competition with John for apostolic authority

Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2019

What is the desolating sacrilege that is reported in the Books of the Maccabees?

a. Antichus Ephiphanes sacrificing a pig on the altar of the Temple
b. the destruction of the Temple
c. the erection of idols in the Temple complex
d. the stealing of the gold from the Temple

Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2019

What is not true about Bishop Samuel Seabury?

a. he was consecrated by Scottish Bishops
b. his consecration resulted in a Scottish Eucharistic prayer for the Prayer Book
c. he was the first Episcopal Bishop for the USA
d. he became the first Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
e. he was from Connecticut

Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2019

Who reinstated the observance of the Feast of Booths?

a. David
b. Ezra
c. Isaiah
d. Jonah

Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2019

Charles Simeon is associated with which of the following?

a. S.P.C.K.
b. C.M.S.
c. S.P.G.
d. C.M.J.

Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2019

For Veterans' Day, who is the patron saint of soldiers?

a. Saint Barbara
b. Saint Joan of Arc
c. St. Martin of Tours
d. St. George
e. St. Michael, the Archangel
f. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2019

What controversial topic did Paul bring up to create havoc in a tribunal?

a. Roman taxes
b. dietary rules
c. eating food sacrificed to idols
d. the resurrection of the dead

Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2019

When Ezra returned with a remnant to rebuild the wall and Temple in Jerusalem, which of the following distressed him the the most?

A. The opposition of Tobias
B. The opposition of Sanballot
C. The intermarrying of those who return with the local peoples
D. The lack of supplies to build

Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2019

Which of the following is true?

a. all Levites were priests
b. all priests of Israel were Levites
c. Melchizedek was a Levite
d. Jethro was a Levite

Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2019

What king gave Ezra a letter giving him control of province near Jerusalem?

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

Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2019

What did Nehemiah do?

a. restored the practice of the Sabbath
b. restored the vessel to the Temple
c. made sure the Levites and singers received their portion of food
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2019

In which book of the Bible is there stated provision and support for singers and musicians?

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

Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2019

What do Jeremiah, Ezekiel and John the Divine have in common?

a. they were prophets of Israel
b. they suffered in prison
c. they were told to eat literal words on a scroll
d. they were contemporaries

Quiz of the Day, November 3, 2019

What is Eutychus known for in the Bible?

a. he was a companion of Paul
b. he fell asleep in Paul's sermon and fell out of a window on the third floor
c. he was a convert from the community of John the Baptist
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2019

For what is Tobiah and Sanballat known?

a. defeating the forces of Judah
b. opposing the rebuilding of the Temple
c. helping to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem
d. for being agents of Darius in Samaria

Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2019

Which Druid feast did All Saints' Day replace in the British Isles?

a. Imbolc
b. Beltane
c. Lughnasadh
d. Samhain

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