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