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Saturday, February 29, 2020

Quiz of the Day, February 2020

Quiz of the Day, February 29, 2020

Dewi is the patron saint of which country?

a. Armenia
b. Georgia
c. Ukraine
d. Wales

Quiz of the Day, February 28, 2020

The longest prayer of Jesus is found in which Gospel?

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

Quiz of the Day, February 27, 2020

George Herbert, quintessential parson, poet, pastor and priest, knew the favor of which English Monarch?

a. Elizabeth I
b. James I
c. Henry VIII
d. Charles I

Quiz of the Day, February 26, 2020 (Ash Wednesday)

Of the following which is not true about Ash Wednesday?

a. it's practice is influenced by sack cloth and ashes of the Hebrew Scriptures
b. it derived from the experience of the Black Plague ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down")
c. liturgies for it appeared under Pope Gregory I
d. ashes are produced by burning previous year's palm fronds

Quiz of the Day, February 25, 2020

Shriving is the action of which sacrament?

a. unction
b. reconciliation
c. confirmation
d. ordination

Quiz of the Day, February 24, 2020

The account of the selection of Matthias to replace Judas is found where?

a. Luke
b. John
c. Acts
d. Romans

 Quiz of the Day, February 23, 2020

Which is the assumed mount of the Transfiguration?

a. Hermon
b. Olives
c. Tabor
d. Sinai
e. Nebo

Quiz of the Day, February 22, 2020

Rachel died in childbirth of which son?

a. Joseph
b. Dan
c. Gad
d. Asher
e. Benjamin 

Quiz of the Day, February 21, 2020

What sport might be associated with the changing of Jacob's name to Israel?

a. javelin throwing
b. wrestling
c. gymnastics
d. archery

Quiz of the Day, February 20, 2020

What did Jacob most fear in his return home?

a. his father's land would be gone
b. the revenge of his brother Esau
c. the attack of his father-in-law Laban for absconding with the house gods
d. attacks on the long journey

Quiz of the Day, February 19, 2020

In which Gospel can one find the words of Jesus, "I am the Good Shepherd?"

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

Quiz of the Day, February 18, 2020

What would indicate that Rachel, wife of Jacob, was not a monotheist?

a. she was Aramean
b. she took her father's gods from his house
c. she prayed to Ashtaroth
d. she was a follower of Isis

Quiz of the Day, February 17, 2020

How many of sons of Jacob were borne by his wives maids who were given to him as wives as well?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

Quiz of the Day, February 16, 2020

Who was the first son of Jacob?

a. Reuben
b. Simeon
c. Levi
d. Judah

Quiz of the Day, February 15, 2020

Why did Jacob have two wives?

a. because polygamy was the practice of his time
b. because his father-in-law tricked him into marrying an older sister
c. he needed two wives to fill out the heads of the tribe of Israel
d. because a law said a younger sister could not precede an elder sister in marriage
e. he didn't, he had four


Quiz of the Day, February 14, 2020

The original place Beth-el or House of God came from what?

a. the dedication of the Temple 
b. the dedication of the Tabernacle
c. the dedication of the Shrine in Shiloh
d. the place of Jacob's Ladder dream

Quiz of the Day, February 13, 2020

Laban was

a. Jacob's uncle on his maternal side
b. his father-in-law
c. his employer
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, February 12, 2020

Which of the following is not true of the Isaac-Rebekah family?

a. Isaac preferred the huntsman Esau
b. Rebekah preferred Jacob
c. Esau sold his birthright for some venison stew
d. Rebekah coached Jacob to trick Isaac to bless Jacob

Quiz of the Day, February 11, 2020

Where is "let the one without sin, cast the first stone," found?

a. Leviticus
b. Deuteronomy
c. John
d. 1 John

Quiz of the Day, February 10, 2020

Rebekah was

a. barren
b. gave birth to twins
c. was the mother of Jacob and Esau
d. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, February 9, 2020

In which Gospel is Jesus quoted as referring to the "kingdom of heaven" rather than the "kingdom of God?'

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

Quiz of the Day, February 8, 2020

Who was the chief servant of Abraham?

a. Lot
b. Eliezer
c. Terah
d. Haran


Quiz of the Day, February 7, 2020

In biblical eugenics, what was the relationship between Isaac and Rebekah?

a. first cousins on one side
b. first cousins on two sides
c. second cousins on two sides
d. second cousins on one side

Quiz of the Day, February 6, 2020

The cave of Machpelah  was first purchased as a burial place for whom?

a. Abraham
b. Jacob
c. Joseph
d. Sarah
e. Isaac

Quiz of the Day, February 5, 2020

When Abraham was told to sacrifice his only son Isaac, he began a phase that was called by whom, the "teleological suspension of the ethical?"

a. Hegel
b. Barth
c. Kierkegaard
d. Schleiermacher

Quiz of the Day, February 4, 2020

Haggai was a prophet who wrote in the reign of which Persian king?

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

Quiz of the Day, February 3, 2020

Special biblical births are called either marvelous or miraculous; who, of the following, had a miraculous birth?

a. Samuel
b. Jesus
c. Moses
d. Isaac
e. John the Baptist

Quiz of the Day, February 2, 2020

Who is known for his bargaining prayer with God?

a. Isaac
b. Moses
c. Abraham
d. David

Quiz of the Day, February 1, 2020

What did Sarah lie about?

a. her age
b. her marriage to Abraham
c. laughing
d. the role of Hagar

Friday, January 31, 2020

Quiz of the Day, January 2020

Quiz of the Day, January 31, 2020

God told Abraham he would be the father of twelve princes.  How did that happen?

a. through his son Ishmael
b. his son Isaac had twelve sons
c. his grand son was the Patriarch of the twelve tribes of Israel
d. through the mother of Moses

Quiz of the Day, January 30, 2020

The covenant regarding the practice of circumcision first came to whom?

a. Adam
b. Noah
c. Abraham
d. Moses

Quiz of the Day, January 29, 2020

Who dealt harshly with Hagar?

a. Abram
b. Sarai
c. God
d. Ishmael

Quiz of the Day, January 28, 2020

Who would be regarded to be the chief architect of Scholasticism?

a. Augustine of Hippo
b. Anselm
c. Thomas Aquinas
d. Peter Abelard

Quiz of the Day, January 27, 2020

Which man met the King of Salem, Melchizedek?

A. Abram
B. Lot
C. Moses
D. David
E. Samuel

Quiz of the Day, January 26, 2020

Saul of Tarsus

A. Was a Pharisee
B. Was a Benjaminite
C. Saw Jesus of Nazareth
D. All of the above
E. A, B, & C

 Quiz of the Day, January 25, 2020

If someone has a "Damascus Road Experience," what saint would this be in reference to?

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

Quiz of the Day, January 24, 2020

The first woman ordained to the priesthood in the Anglican Communion was from where?

a. New Zealand
b. U.S.A
c. China
d. Japan

Quiz of the Day, January 23, 2020

The city of Babel was

a. a biblical city in the land of Shinar
b. named after the confusion of tongues
c. is the site of Babylon 
d. a and b
e. a and c

Quiz of the Day, January 22, 2020

The word Semitic comes from 

a. Shimon, a Hebrew name
b. Shem, son of Noah
c. From the Shema Prayer, "Hear O Israel..."
d. From Semion, meaning sign

Quiz of the Day, January 21, 2020

Which biblical figure is associated with the rainbow and its "meaning?"

a. Adam
b. Moses
c. Enoch
d. Elijah
e. Noah

Quiz of the Day, January 20, 2010

In what church was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ordained?

a. African-Methodist Episcopal
b. National Baptist Convention
c. Christian Methodist Episcopal
d. Church of God in Christ

Quiz of the Day, January 19, 2020

The week of Christian Unity in January is between feasts for which two saints?

a. John and Paul
b. Francis and Claire
c. Peter and John
d. Peter and Paul

Quiz of the Day, January 18, 2020

What is true about the confession of St. Peter regarding Jesus being the Messiah?

a. he did not understand what he confessed
b. he was not thinking about a suffering servant messiah
c. his misunderstanding led to the rebuke, "Get behind me Satan!"
d. the location of his confession was Caesarea Philippi
e. all of the above

Quiz of the Day, January 17, 2019

Who was sitting under a fig tree and was seen by Jesus from afar?

a. Andrew
b. Nathaniel
c. Levi
d. Bartimaeus

Quiz of the Day, January 16, 2020

Who was the third child of Adam and Eve?

a. Lamesh
b. Lamach
c. Enoch
d. Seth

Quiz of the Day, January 15, 2020

After Cain killed his brother, who said to him, "Where is your brother?"

a. Abel spoke from the grave
b. the Lord
c. Adam
d. Eve

Quiz of the Day, January 14, 2020

Of the following, who is the founder of the Anglican monastic order which is sometimes referred to as the "Cowley Fathers?"

a. Charles Gore
b. Richard Meux Benson
c. James Huntington
d. Thomas Merton

Quiz of the Day, January 13, 2020

Who was a co-sender of the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians?

a. Luke
b. Titus
c. Sosthenes
d. Onesimus

Quiz of the Day, January 12, 2019

The view that Jesus was proclaimed to be the Son of God at his baptism is called what?

a. docetism
b. monophysitism
c. Binarianism
d. adoptionism

Quiz of the Day, January 11, 2020

In which Gospel does Jesus refer to God as his Father the most?

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

Quiz of the Day, January 10, 2020

Laudianism might be best described as what?

a. Puritanism
b. Evangelical
c. Low Church
d. Proto-High Church

Quiz of the Day, January 9, 2020

Which of the following is not a biblical metaphor for the Holy Spirit?

a. breath
b. wind
c. dove
d. living water
e. fire
f.  oil
g. words
h. life

 Quiz of the Day, January 8, 2020

In which Gospel does Jesus state that he is the bread of life?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. Thomas
f.  Philip

Quiz of the Day, January 7, 2020

Where is it written that "one does not live by bread alone?"

a. Deuteronomy
b. Matthew
c. Mark
d. John
e. Luke
f. a, b,c
g. a, b, e

Quiz of the Day, January 6, 2020

The story of the three kings visiting the Christ Child is found where?

a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. the story of three things is not found in the Bible

Quiz of the Day, January 5, 2020

How did the Magi of the Gospel morph into three kings?

a. fulfilling Psalm 71:10
b. logic: such expensive gifts could only have come from kings
c. the Greek word for magi also can mean king
d. all of the above
e. a and b

Quiz of the Day, January 4, 2020

What was the last barrier to cross for the people of Israel to enter the Promised Land?

a. Red Sea
b. The Euphrates
c. The Jordan River
d. Mt. Hermon

Quiz of the Day, January 3, 2020

The sound of sheer silence(oxymoron with poetic poignancy),  borrowed in a Simon and Garfunkel song, was the theophany in contrast to wind, earthquake and fire, to which person in the Hebrew Scriptures?

a. David, as in the Psalm, "be still and know that I am God"
b. Moses on Sinai
c. Elijah in a cave
d. Job, after confronted by the whirlwind

Quiz of the Day, January 2, 2020

Where did the Magi visit Jesus?

a. at the family home in Nazareth
b.at the Bethlehem stable
c. at a house in Bethlehem
d. the Gospel does not indicate where

Quiz of the Day, January 1, 2020

What does the name "Jesus" mean?

a. anointed
b. God's chosen
c. salvation
d. messiah

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

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

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