Pontius Pilate - Quiz
A) The baptism of Jesus B) The crucifixion of Jesus C) The sermon on the mount D) The resurrection of Jesus
A) He put it to a vote B) He fled Jerusalem C) He washed his hands D) He condemned Jesus himself
A) Augustus B) Tiberius C) Caligula D) Nero
A) Hanukkah B) Pentecost C) Tabernacles D) Passover
A) Simon B) Matthew C) Lazarus D) Barabbas
A) As a figure of moral conflict B) As a martyr C) As a villain only D) As a hero
A) The opinions of the Pharisees B) The truth of the accusations C) Maintaining order and avoiding unrest D) Justice for Jesus
A) Luke B) Matthew C) John D) Mark
A) Pliny the Younger B) Josephus C) Tacitus D) Suetonius
A) "Skilled with the javelin (pilum)" B) "Leader of the Jewish council" C) "Follower of Jesus Christ" D) "Descendant of a Roman emperor"
A) "A title of nobility in Judaea" B) "A Roman legion" C) "The pileus or Phrygian cap, possibly indicating a freedman ancestor" D) "An ancient city in Italy"
A) "An ancestor lived in Jerusalem" B) "An ancestor came from Samnium in central, southern Italy" C) "An ancestor was a Roman emperor" D) "An ancestor was a Greek philosopher"
A) "Patrician origin" B) "Plebeian origin" C) "Noble origin" D) "Slave origin"
A) "In Jerusalem" B) "With a legion stationed at the Rhine or Danube" C) "In Greece" D) "In Egypt"
A) 30 to 40 AD B) 19 to 29 AD C) 17 to 27 AD D) 26 to 36/37 AD
A) Capri B) Jerusalem C) Antioch D) Caesarea
A) Ananus ben Ananus B) Eleazar ben Ananias C) Jonathan ben Ananus D) Joseph ben Caiaphas
A) Zealots B) Essenes C) Pharisees D) Sadducees
A) Herod Agrippa I B) Herod Antipas C) Philip the Tetrarch D) Archelaus
A) Lucius Vitellius B) Pontius Pilate C) Herod Antipas D) The Jewish Sanhedrin
A) E. Stauffer B) Kenneth Lönnqvist C) Daniel R. Schwartz D) Jean-Pierre Lémonon
A) Herod Antipas was removed from power. B) Their relationship mended. C) They became political allies. D) It deteriorated further.
A) Promoting the imperial cult B) Reducing military presence in Jerusalem C) Implementing tax reforms D) Building new infrastructure projects
A) All Galileans in Jerusalem were killed B) Only a few dozen were affected C) Thousands were killed D) The number does not seem particularly high
A) Seneca B) Pliny the Younger C) Tacitus D) Cicero
A) Roman soldiers B) Pontius Pilate himself C) Prominent Jews D) Nero
A) Judicium publicum B) Cognitio extra ordinem C) Repetundae D) Lex Julia de adulteriis
A) Blasphemy B) Theft C) Treason against Rome D) Sedition
A) Matthew B) Mark C) John D) Luke
A) Tacitus B) Philo C) S. G. F. Brandon D) Josephus
A) Tirathana near Mount Gerizim B) Caesarea Maritima C) Bethlehem D) Jerusalem
A) Augustus B) Lucius Vitellius the Elder C) Caligula D) Tiberius
A) Caligula B) Vespasian C) Nero D) Claudius
A) Tacitus B) Josephus C) Philo D) Eusebius
A) Benediktbeuern passion play B) Alsfelder Passionsspiel C) Frankfurter Passionsspiel D) Arnoul Gréban's fifteenth-century Passion
A) The Vindicta Salvatoris B) The Evangelium Gamalielis C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Mors Pilati
A) Denarius B) Perutah C) Sestertius D) Aureus
A) Seville B) Huesca C) Lyon D) Tarragona
A) Jerusalem B) Vienne C) Rome D) Mainz
A) 1961 B) 1984 C) 1970 D) 1955
A) 2000 B) 19th century C) 2021 D) 2018
A) Fortingall B) Bamberg C) Tarragona D) Vienne
A) Greek B) Ge'ez (Ethiopic) C) Hebrew D) Latin
A) Mystère de la Passion d'Angers by Jean Michel B) Alsfelder Passionsspiel C) Frankfurter Passionsspiel D) Ludus de Passione from Klosterneuburg
A) Stereotyped Jewish features B) Angelic characteristics C) Greek philosopher traits D) Roman imperial attributes
A) Attempting to escape B) Refusing to obey orders C) Stealing from the king D) Killing another hostage
A) Pilate's suicide is well-documented in Roman archives. B) No other surviving records corroborate Pilate's suicide. C) All historians agree on the details of Pilate's death. D) Many records confirm Pilate's suicide.
A) Completely supportive B) Mostly neutral C) Very critical D) Hostile
A) It was damaged by natural causes. B) Pilate's name is missing. C) The inscription is fragmentary. D) It was written in an unknown language.
A) It was believed to be an ancient myth. B) It was lost and forgotten. C) It was accepted as genuine. D) It was considered a forgery.
A) ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ B) ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ C) ΗΡΩΔΗΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ D) ΠΟΝΤΙΟΣ ΠΙΛΑΤΟΣ
A) Eusebius' Church History B) Justin Martyr's writings C) Apocryphal texts D) Tertullian's writings
A) It was dated to 2018. B) The cheap material C) It was discovered at Herodium. D) The inscription was in Latin.
A) The Evangelium Gamalielis B) The Vindicta Salvatoris C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Mors Pilati
A) Solomon's Pools B) Jerusalem C) Herodium D) Rome
A) Tacitus B) Philo C) The Gospels D) Josephus
A) Money and jewels B) Ruben's property C) A position in the court D) An army to fight with
A) France B) England C) Italy D) Germany
A) Eusebius' Church History B) Tertullian in late first-, early second-century C) Christian apologist Justin Martyr around 160 D) Apocryphal texts
A) They began to feature Jewish symbols. B) They only read ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ. C) They were no longer minted in Jerusalem. D) They started including a portrait of Tiberius.
A) Helen Bond B) Joan Taylor C) Alexander Demandt D) Henry MacAdam
A) Trajan B) Constantine C) Maximinus II D) Tiberius
A) Sicily B) Egypt C) Gaul D) Rome
A) ΠΙΛΑΤΟ(Υ) (Pilato(u)) B) ΤΕΡΩΝ (Tiberius) C) ΣΙΚΑΡΙΟΙ (Sicarii) D) ΜΑΞΙΜΙΝΟΣ (Maximinus)
A) Aquila B) Caesarea Palace C) Tiberieum D) Temple of Augustus
A) Solomon's Pools B) Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct C) Biar Aqueduct D) Arrub aqueduct
A) Indifference to the fate of humanity B) Faith in divine intervention C) Materialist pessimism, believing mankind will soon destroy itself D) Optimistic belief in human progress
A) Jerusalem B) Rome C) Alexandria D) Antioch
A) Manuscript illuminations B) Large-scale church paintings C) Woodcuts D) Ivory carvings
A) Metal B) Manuscripts C) Frescoes D) Ivory
A) Medicine B) Architecture C) Swordsmanship D) Astrology
A) A lighthouse B) A temple dedicated to Tiberius C) A marketplace D) A Roman bathhouse
A) Celsus B) Eusebius C) Tacitus D) Origen
A) Church History B) Talmud (Lamentations Rabbah 4.4) C) Inscription on a sealing ring D) Apocryphal texts
A) Governor of Judaea B) Pontifex Maximus C) Praetorian Prefect D) Quattuorvir (IIIVIR)
A) The Mors Pilati B) The Vindicta Salvatoris C) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii D) The Evangelium Gamalielis
A) Sicarii B) Zealots C) Roman soldiers D) Temple treasury
A) Henry MacAdam B) M. P. Charlesworth C) E. Stauffer D) Paul Maier
A) "Sejanus never existed" B) "Pilate's coins explicitly deny any connection" C) "The evidence depends entirely on Philo" D) "It was proven false by archaeological findings"
A) Bethlehem B) Egypt C) Jerusalem D) Rome
A) Biar Aqueduct B) Solomon's Pools C) Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct D) Arrub aqueduct
A) Seventh century B) Fifth century C) Eleventh century D) Ninth century
A) A. Mazar B) Josephus C) Kenneth Lönnqvist D) Talmud
A) The Cura sanitatis Tiberii B) The Vindicta Salvatoris C) The Evangelium Gamalielis D) The Martyrium Pilati
A) Aristotle B) Celsus C) Socrates D) Plato
A) Naming military structures after victories. B) Naming religious sites after gods. C) Naming buildings after Roman emperors. D) Naming public baths after senators.
A) 25 December B) 19 June C) 15 August D) 25 June |
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