Q 01/05

Which prime minister read 1 Corinthians 13 at the Westminster Abbey funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales?

A) Tony Blair

B) John Major

C) Gordon Brown

D) Margaret Thatcher

Answer · why

A) Tony Blair

Tony Blair read the chapter's close, 'and now abideth faith, hope, love', at the 1997 service, and the Church of England calls the same chapter the mo...

Q 02/05

Which event gets its earliest written account in 1 Corinthians 11, with the words 'do this in remembrance of me'?

A) The Transfiguration

B) The Last Supper

C) The Ascension

D) The baptism of Jesus

Answer · why

B) The Last Supper

The Last Supper is described here in the early 50s AD, before any Gospel was written, and Paul says he 'received from the Lord' the account of the bre...

Q 03/05

Which 1741 oratorio sets lines from 1 Corinthians 15, including 'Behold, I tell you a mystery', in its final part?

A) Bach's Christmas Oratorio

B) Haydn's The Creation

C) Handel's Messiah

D) Mendelssohn's Elijah

Answer · why

C) Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah draws the text of its final part largely from this chapter, compiled by Charles Jennens, and Brahms later set the same passage in his...

Q 04/05

Which word does the King James Version use throughout 1 Corinthians 13 where most translations say 'love'?

A) Grace

B) Mercy

C) Kindness

D) Charity

Answer · why

D) Charity

Charity translates the Greek agape, and the choice lives on in the 1662 Prayer Book collect built on the chapter: 'all our doings without charity are ...

Q 05/05

1 Corinthians 15 says the risen Christ appeared to more than how many 'brothers and sisters at the same time'?

A) Seventy-two

B) One hundred

C) Five hundred

D) Eight hundred

Answer · why

C) Five hundred

Five hundred witnesses, 'most of whom are still living', is Paul's invitation to go and check, and the appearance has no parallel in any Gospel.