Bible Bee Live Quizzes
Posted on July 21, 2011
We plan to continue holding Bible Bee Live Quizzes here on Memverse.com on Fridays at 4 PM EDT. (If for some reason we cannot hold a quiz, we will do our best to let you know as soon as we have that information available.) We are thrilled to have a new feature here that allows you to participate in these quizzes in real time with other Bible Bee participants. It is still a work in progress, but we believe some of the bugs have been worked out since last week's quiz.
If you plan to participate in any of these quizzes, please see this blog post: Preparing for Bible Bee quiz. It has important information about making sure your computer is ready for the quizzes.
During past quizzes, we have always had 15 questions: the first and last five were "give the reference" type questions (which are not part of the Bible Bee per se, but they are from Bible Bee passages and do reinforce the references in your mind), and five questions in the middle for you to "recite" (type) a Bible Bee passage. We have tried to keep these mostly Primary verses, with some Junior.
However, we are now entering the second season of Bible Bee quizzes - this is Week 7 in our studies - with a better quiz system and a need for more review, so the format of the quizzes may change. We plan to include more verses from previous weeks and hopefully more of these can be Primary and Timothy track verses.
On Friday, August 26, 2011, at 4 p.m. EDT, we will hold the Finale Bible Bee Live Quiz - the last one before the Local Competition on Saturday, August 27, held across the United States! Click here to enter that quiz. Bible Bee participants generally start to arrive about 10 minutes before the quiz opens. We hope you can make it and pray that God blesses you as you memorize His Word!
As a double-check to make sure your browser is ready for the quizzes, you could click the link for the last quiz and send a test message in the "Chat" section. If all is well, you should see your message.
Finally, if you experience any technical difficulties before or during the quiz, please let us know with our support forum: http://getsatisfaction.com/Memverse or in the comments below. You can spread the word by giving people the link to this post! We look forward to seeing you and your friends! Thanks.
422 responses to Bible Bee Live Quizzes
Thank you Alex and Andy!!!! This is going to be a lot of fun!!!
BTW: I like where the scoreboard is now!!
@Alex: I'm not sure I get one thing. You put a list of "Week 7" "Week 8" and so on. Are we to click the "Week 7" for this week's quiz and "Week 8" for next week's quiz? Thanks.
EDIT: Thanks, Alex, for answering my question!
@SBG: Congratulations on reaching 100 memorized verses. Yesterday, you were 1 ahead of me on the leaderboard...now you are like 15 ahead! Good job!
Awesome! I can't wait for the quizzes! I missed the last one so I can't wait to try out the new system!
I didn't know if you needed to sign up, but either way i will try to be here tomorrow (7/21).
Also - is the scoring automatic?
I have started a Facebook event called "Live high tech Bible Bee Quiz Fridays at 4:00pm EDT" at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140680996014270. If any of you are on Facebook, you can invite your Bible Bee friends and other Scripture enthusiasts among your friends to attend.
Bethany - That is correct, you use the appropriate link depending on the week.
Super401 - Scoring is automatic! :) We are always glad to hear when people plan to attend, though it is not required at all, especially with the new system.
Phil - Thanks for doing that. At this point in my life, I do not use Facebook, but I know it is a great way to spread the word about things like this, so I really do appreciate you helping by creating that.
I'm guessing most don't have Facebook, which is a good thing. I am not in any way promoting Facebook. I am just putting it out there as a tool I use that others can also use to spread the word about these awesome quizzes. I will be using other methods as well. Alex, is there any limit that can crash the system, or make the quizzes difficult to administer?
Mr. Walker - Even if people do have it, they can use it to promote things like Memverse...like you are doing. You never know, maybe we'll have more poeple join because of what you posted about on Facebook!
Can't wait for tomorrow! I would spread the word on Facebook, but I don't do FB :) I like where the scoreboard is now :) hopeful it will work for me know ;)
@Andy, Mr. Walker, Alex:
To move up from level 5 you have to refer a new user. So, I referred my oldest brother. He joined and everything (a new user....Yay!) and put me as his referrer, but I still didn't move up from that level? BTW, that was the last thing that I had to do before I could move up. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Phil - I've emailed you about the system capacity and am hoping we'll be fine. :)
Bethany - Is he showing up under your "Referrals" page (beneath Account tab)? If he is, then I would just try one more thing: go back to your Account Dashboard and see if it took you up a level. Sometimes it just needs to be reloaded... If that doesn't help, then I would double-check that you got all the quests done. Let us know how it goes.
Alex - It shows up now! Thank you so much for your help! Now, I can continue to move up levels!
Awesome! I will be there Lord willing! Can't wait!
Mr. Walker, thanks so much for the FB tool. I don't have a FB, but my Mom does, and she has lots of BB friends. Im sure she could get the word out! :)
I don't know if I can make it. We have to go to a wedding tonight and so my dad said I HAVE to take a nap...:-( yuck, I hate naps! Oh well, I'll try to make it the next times...:)
I saw a chat message from Christian Alexander saying that he was having trouble with the quizzes. Christian, which browser are you using? If you are not using Firefox, I would recommend downloading it and giving that a try.
Also saw a message from Ashley that she couldn't see chats. I would wait for about 15 seconds, then if nothing happens, try refreshing your page.
Is it the latest version of Firefox? You might also try Google Chrome. Sorry you're having trouble.
Well, my computer's having problems downloading Google Chrome, so I may just have to give up.
Okay, now Chrome is downloading. Hopefully I can make it to the quiz before it's finished.
It's a longer quiz with more recitations, so there is a greater chance you can join. Let me know of any more issues. Thanks.
I accidentally got cut off in the middle of the quiz, I couldn't "chat" there after a while, some of the verses didn't even come from Week 7, to my knowledge, and Google Chrome isn't working very well for me. Yikes...
It definitely needs some work, but it's great that you're trying to figure this out, Alex and Andy! Also, I was trying to thank Rachel Crosswhite for her prayer in the middle of the quiz. So, thank you, Rachel!
I use Internet Explorer. I did question #1, and waited for it to go to #2. But it froze. So I refreshed, (sorry, I know I wasn't supposed to) and the page came up the same way it looks when a quiz hasn't started yet. My chat didn't work for a while either. The scoreboard didn't work at all.
I don't know if i can get permission to download FF or GC either.
We are having another quiz at 5 PM EDT. If you had problems and were using Internet Explorer, I suggest downloading Mozilla Firefox for your web browser by clicking on this link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/. Then click, "Get Firefox".
Thank you, Alex, for another chance, like last week! I hope everyone's computers work this time!
Thank you, Alex, for all your dedication to making this work. These quizzes are so helpful. I had a few issues: I wasn't able to chat; I would type it in and press send but it never showed up, even after I tried several times. I came in late but that was my own fault, and it seemed to handle that fine; it just let me jump right in. And also, I didn't have to sign in when the quiz started, like I did last time, so that was an improvement. Thanks! :)
Ok. On IE I had the first question, then it messed up and I couldn't see questions or scores. Safari didn't work either. But, I downloaded and installed Firefox. So, we'll see what happens! Thank you SO much for all your work on this, Alex!
We had to call off the 5 PM EDT quiz due to what appeared to be hacking. I don't expect it to happen again. Thanks for understanding and look forward to seeing you all next Friday at 4 PM EDT. We'll also be looking into the issue that some of you had with answering the questions, even during the earlier quiz today. Thanks!
Dear EVERYONE who did the quiz at 3 this afternoon,
I was the fake hacker. I did it by changing my name in profile to your names. I did it as a joke and did not mean harm. So now I realize that it is wrong and can cause big problems. I am so sorry for pretending to be a hacker, I won't do it again. Please forgive me. I was very mean to do that.
Love, Johnny
I'm so sorry that I missed it! I took a nap (I'm not feeling the best) and then completely forgot about it. I'm very sorry. I'll try next week to come :)
Here are the scores from today's quiz:
Trevor - 108 points
Anil4Yesu - 181 points
Super401 - 77 points
Lauren Watt - 55 points
Clara K. - 117 points
AndrewReysen - 91 points
Micah McFarlane - 68 points
QueenEsther - 83 points
rdreysen - 24 points
vburk - 12 points
Elisabeth (KJV) - 12 points
Christian Alexander - 132 points
doreenreysen - 96 points
David Brainbridge - 11 points
BrookeNicole - 94 points
Sarah (Bible Bee) - 84 points
Stephen - 12 points
emmanuel7 - 18 points
Matthew Sinclair (KJV) - 25 points
Emily - 64 points
Prasanth Venigalla - 192 points
Rachel Crosswhite (KJV) - 12 points
SavedByGrace - 107 points
Sarah Stezl - 11 points
MJA - 157 points
EEA - 156 points
BiblBeeJunior11 - 88 points
aglme - 9 points
Phil Walker - 143 points
Mango - 35 points
I know we ran into some problems today and we apologize - I know some of you would have scored much higher if the questions were advancing properly... We will be working to fix them. Thanks for your patience.
Hi Everyone!
I'm so sorry that I missed the quiz. I completely forgot about it. I'll try to be there next week (I'll set a reminder somewhere so I'll see it every day).
Great job on the quiz everyone!! "See" you all next week at the quiz (I can't wait)!
Carissa
Great job everyone! I had one question for you Alex - did you do more than 15 question? I see that some poeple got a higher score than 180. Just wondering :)
@Alex - how did the 5 o clock quiz go? I was gonna do it but when there was the hacker problem my mom said I should probably get off so I wouldn't have a hacker in my account. Sorry!!
Same With vburk,
I had the same problems.
Alex I just want you to know I didn't mind that the chat wasn't working, somtimes God has some trials that we can't help.
I wasn't at the 5 oclock one becuase we Had to go to the finishing night of our VBS, so I don't know how it turned out.
Please pray for me it's not a big thing but I have our Chapionship Swim This morning though evning and I don't think I'm good enough or ready, Thank you!!!
Are you able to make a verse a"mimorized verse" because I have mimorized verses that are on here but there not in the called "mimorized".
Thanks
Ashley - I have asked those same questions and the answer to the first one is - a verse is classified as memorized when the interval for reviewing it has grown to over a month. and the answer to your second question is - No, you cannot make a verse memorized ... you have to "wait for memverse to classify it as memorized :)
Hope this helps
Alex or Andy or whoever :)
I added a chapter to my memorize list...will it stay pending until I change it to Learning?
Thanks!
BibleBeeJunior11 - Is it just me or do you look like Georgie Henley (the girl who plays Lucy in The Chronicles Of Narnia)?
*snickers* @BrookeNicole--that IS Georgie Henley from the Chronicles of Narnia movies! :) She has said before that she is a big fan of... well, either the movies or the actor, I can't remember which. So none of us know what she REALLY looks like.. yet. :)
Rachel - It will stay pending until you convert the verses to learning.
Ashley - Like Rachel said, the interval must be over a month for it to be "memorized", which of course means it will take about a month for the ones you already know to be marked "Memorized". I remember it seemed like a long time for me at first, but I see the benefit to it now.
Thanks to everyone who explained the problems they were having.
I thought you all would like to know that we are working through the bug with the scoreboard and such that vburk, Ashley, and others have reported. We just tried doing a bit more testing with Internet Explorer and realized that one of the code functions we were using for the scoreboard is not supported by IE. Other browsers may not support this function either. It is called to update the scoreboard, which happens right after the first question. Some browsers, though, like Firefox, worked fine... I suspect that when this error was hit, other things stopped working as well for some of you, including chat. Things are starting to make sense. I am optimistic that the problem will be gone for next week's quiz. Thanks for giving details.
SavedByGrace - Ohhhhhh! Haha, thanks for explaining! I was thinking, "It's amazing how much she looks like Georgie Henley" LOL
Congratulation, Alex, for memorizing your 700th verse! Good job...keep up the good work!
@BrookeNicole - nope, it's not me but I wish it was! Well at least I wish I looked like her...sometimes...but I like how God made me!!! :) yup, I loooove Georgie Henley so she's always my profile picture. I just changed the picture yesterday! But of course, it was changed from GH TO GH!! i found a perfect website with awesome icons...dedicated to Narnia..
@SBG - yeah, I love both the movies and the actors...:) I'm a die-hard fan. :)
@Rachel Crosswhite - love your picture! Was the 5:00 called off?
BibleBeeJunior11 - yes I think it was...thanks for liking my picture! It was taken in New Zealand
Yep, the 5:00 one was called off.
@Rachel Crosswhite - your picture is very nice :) Should I change my picture from a butterfly to myself? What do you think....[smile]
@Rachel Crosswhite - Whoa, do you live in NZ?
@Bethany - I love the butterfly, maybe you should add your photo to the butterfly...do you have something where you can like put the pictures together? that would be cool!
I would love to put a photo of me on my profile, but I'm just not secure about posting it on the web, ya know? :) And, since Georgie's plastered everywhere there are Narnia Fans, I decided to do her. She's 1 of my fav actors (actresses) lol :)
Oh yeah! Before I forget, Alex or Andy, I had trouble whenever I would try to comment while the verses were being recited and the reference recalls. I would type something to post and hit enter and it wouldn't post. :( can you figure that out for me? my version of Firefox is 5.0 if that helps
BBJ11 - I don't think it would work to have my picture and the butterfly all in one picture...it might be kind of small :) I might just put my picture. One day, you should put yours so that we can know what you look like =)
BBJ11 - NO I do not live in New Zealand....but might someday! I visited NZ in March and it was a BLAST!!!!! If you ever go anywhere out of the country I am telling you GO TO NEW ZEALAND. Period.
Bethany - I love your butterfly picture but would love to see what you look like ;)
BTW to everyone who's accounts seemed like they were getting hacked....
I had a dream last night that it was the next Bible Bee Quiz (on the 29th) and we were all chatting...and then I saw something under MY NAME that I did not type......."Are you ready?" and then Sarah's Bible Bee account said "Yes!" Then all of our computers froze, then the whole Memverse website changed to an eerie gray color and then pops up some top news stories.....the website was called "Memverse? No way! NEWS!!!" (the chat section was still there) then someone ( i forget who it was) messaged "we did it!!!" and then all of our accounts were deleted and then all of our computers blew up! Memverse became a new website that if you visited it it would blow your computer up!!!!!
All in a night's sleep. Great. Hope it doesn't really happen ;)
have a wonderful Sunday
@Rachel Crosswhite (KJV) - HAHAHA!!!!!!! that is sooooooooo funny!!! :) Yeah, I hope that doesn't happen here either!!!!!!!!! :) that would be so scary.........mine didn't seem to be hacked. but i don't know!
@Bethany - maybe one day. :) I'll ask my mom. ;)
Rachel Crosswhite- That would not be good. I like my computer. And i like memverse. It is a one-of-a-kind-website. That might be a little funny though... LOL... If it didnt happen. I wonder what alex will say to your dream.
I couldn't stop laughing for a full minute when I saw your dream, Rachel Crosswhite! That was absolutely hilarious! Of course, it wouldn't be funny if it actually happened, but it can't happen like that. What made me laugh the most was the name of the new website. I wish I had dreams like that (and could remember them). :)
Sorry, this has nothing to do with anything, but when I tried to add John 13:3-14 to my list of memory verses, but it seemed like it wasn't there. The reason is that I typed in MATTHEW 13:3-14. So now there is a Matthew 13:3 verse in NIV that is actually John 13:3. It is still etitable, but when I tried to erase what I had written, the screen just said "We're sorry, but something has gone wrong." I'm sure somebody is able to fix the verse, right?
SavedByGrace - I believe the reason you got the error is because you tried clicking "Edit" without anything in the textarea. The best thing to do would be to Edit it again and make the text of "Matthew 13:3" the right NIV text (instead of nothing). Basically, there is now a verse for this in the database, and you can't delete it out of the database. So please fix it by putting in the correct text, and then go ahead and delete the verse from your account. That way, it will correctly be in the database for any NIV user who wants to learn it at some point, but it will no longer be assigned to your account. Thanks! :)
Simeon - it's pretty simple :) all you do is go to your verses page hen click on the verse you want to tag. then you can make a new tag or use one someone else has created ;) hope this helps :)
BTW about my dream... I forgot to say that after the screen turned eerie gray, then little bees were flying around on the site :P
Alex - I have gotten on Memverse blog recently and seen ALOT of blog posts...then I go to a different part of Memverse and i come back to blog and they are all gone. Do you think someone is hacking the blog?! This is sooooo strange :P
Rachel Crosswhite - I don't think so. Sometimes if a moderator thinks a comment is best left unsaid, they will delete it, and I appreciate their wisdom in doing so. :)
@Marie Morris - this is week 8, then next week will be 9, and so on and so forth . :) lol
oh and alex or whoever, i wanna b here 4 wk 8 but i might b swimming so i dont know if i can come maybe we can get home in time i hope so!
Alex - I'm not talking about comments....I'm talking about actual blog posts :) But yes I appreciate the wisdom in deleting inappropriate comments :)
@Rachel Crosswhite--that seems to happen to me too, but I think I have it figured out. Sometimes, for some reason, when you click on the Blog tab, it brings you to old blog posts, and it seems like new posts. When you go back again, it only shows the new blog posts (like the one we're commenting on now) and it seems like the other ones have been erased, but they are merely farther back in the blog history. But if you find something wrong with this advice, don't be surprised--I have a record of doing that and having Alex, Andy, or someone else having to correct me. :)
I cannot wait in till the next quiz, I want to see how it turns out.
BibleBeeJunior,
Who is your picture of? it looks like Lucy on "Narnia",. is it? How old are you?
P.s I copyed your name idea....:P
Hey BibleBeeJunior11 ,
Can you post you picture for just a day or so and then change it so I can see it?
I am dieing to see your picture!!!:)
Dose anyone reconize the last name McMahan?
I want to Change me Profile picture but I'm not alowed on the site so I can't change it. Is there any way to change it without going on that website?
If not I understand:)
@AshleyBibleBeeJr11(NASB)--Yes, that is a picture of Lucy (Georgie Henley) from the Chronicles of Narnia, yes, I would also like to see BBJ11's real picture and would like to show my own also, and McMahan is the last name of the person who wrote the Sword Study. The commenters with the last name McMahan are her children. :)
EDITED--I have the same problem with the Gravatar account thing.
No, not a bad kind of unexpected. I'm just surprised because, since you were asking the question, I thought you recognized the commenters with the last name McMahan from the name in front of the Sword Study and didn't know that they were related. It was a complete surprise that YOU were actually one of them! :)
P.S.--can't wait for the next BB quiz on Friday! I plan to be there! (But of course, what does planning matter? I don't know if I'll even be living by then or if Christ will come back in that time! :) )
Wow Ashley ! Tell your Mom that I LOVE the Sword Study.....I am enjoying it so much! Did your Mom write last year's study?
@AshleyBibleBeeJr11. :) That's fine! :) Yes, it's Georgie Henley. I found it at www.spareoom.net/graphics. Ok, I will post it sometime maybe. I said MAYBE!!!! :)
Does anyone want to join me in memorizing 1 Peter after the Bible Bee? I am planning to do that
@Rachel Crosswhite - I will! I'm planning on doing it also! How is your memory work going? I will be done in about two weeks with all of mine...so I'm planning on working on 1 Peter then :)
Definitely, Rachel Crosswhite! I was thinking of doing that myself! That could be my first memorized book of the Bible--out of 66, of course... :)
SBG - It's a good place to start, also! I like the book of 1 Peter...and it's been very interesting to study in-depth. How about you? Are you enjoying the Sword Study?
Bethany - That's great! My memory work is going well, week 7 wasn't very good for me, but week 8 is going very well...I had 3 cards already memorized out of week 8 so I have only 3 other cards to do {happy dance} :) I am about 10 verses behind though :( Praise the Lord you are so far along! That's great you want to join me :)
SavedByGrace - wonderful!! yes,it will be my first book memorized as well ;) We could call it our First Peter project! Maybe we could.....I forgot what I was going to say :(
anyone else care to join?
So far the count on the First Peter project is going well!
-Rachel Crosswhite
-Bethany
-SavedByGrace
Let's see how many more we can get on this Wonderful Project. ;) LOL and PTL ;)
Alex - do you think someone can do the last week's quiz over again? I have Google Chrome and would like to see if it works now :)
That would be neat to have more people joining us in memorizing 1 Peter! We have three so far...maybe more people will join before to long. Three is a good start though!
On Memverse, in all, we have memorized over 72,000! We're trying to reach 100,000 by the end of the year!
Hey, I memorized 2 new verses the other day ! That raised the number !! ;) I have several verses I will probably have memorized on Memverse in a few days ;) {HAPPY dance}
Simeon - "PTL" stands for "Praise the Lord" :)
BTW Bethany and SBG, you know in the Bible Bee we are memorizing alot of verses out of 1 Peter so that will help :)
@ Rachel Crosswhite (KJV) "ooh" said the big mouth frog(jk).
ok thanks
@SavedByGrace there needs to be a colum on the dashboard for books memorized! read Titus its a really good book to memorize.
@Rachel Crosswhite--I kind of snickered when you asked if I was a girl, and I'm still not sure if you were serious. No, I'm actually a boy. It might be a little confusing since I didn't really specify my gender in my name. Wow...nobody's ever thought I was a girl before. ;), LOL, jk, and whatever else I need to say to let you know that I'm not offended.
@Rachel - I believe that SBG is a boy; Christian Alexander's brother, right, SBG?
oh SBG....I'm blushing :) please don't be offended :) I thought MAYBE you were a girl because of the Grace in your username, My mistake :) also, I can't tell if you picture is a boy or a girl, so sorry! I thought you were a girl all along :P SO SORRY SBG! What is you real name? again....SORRY! {i'm so embarssed, but how was I to know?!}
Rachel,
Yes, my mom wrote last years too, sorry I didn't awser right away I went swimming all day with a friend.
@Rachel Crosswhite--I am definitely not offended. It's totally all right. Anyway, my name is Nicolas Alexander, the brother of Christian Alexander. Also, I used to think God's Little Child was a girl, until he said that his name was Nathan B. Please don't be embarrassed.
SBG - I have a question for you. Is Alexander your last name? Or do your brother and you have the same middle name? Just wondering :)
Don't worry too much about it, Rachel... There were two members on this site that I thought were female also before I learned they were male...
Same here, I thought one was a girl...but actually, they were a boy. Actually, I wasn't brave enough to ask, I just waited until someone else did to find out :)
Rachel, you can count me in for memorizing 1 PETER with you guys. Do you have any time frame of when everyone wants to finish. Around the end of November each year, I lead a world wide group memorizing a short book of the Bible (or a group of around 100 verses) at the pace of 1 verse per day to give some Scripture memory in the Bible Bee off season. Last year we did 1 JOHN and the year before that 1 TIMOTHY. This upcoming year the leading vote getters are JAMES and 2 TIMOTHY.
Bethany, I tend to be a little optimistic, but I predict that memverse hits 100,000 by September 15th and hits 150,000 by the end of 2011.
All you Bible Bee guys are doing a great job spreading the excitement about memverse. But don't forget to do your best preparing and mastering your own Bible Bee verses and studying the 1 PETER sword study.
@ SavedByGrace I tried lots of symbol (☻♥⌡-♣◘♣○•♫) but couldnt find any hebrew can you tell me how to get it
BTW did you go to nationals and whats your local group
Mr. Walker - that would be WONDERFUL if Memverse got 150,000 verses memorized by the beginning of 2012! I'm striving towards that end!
You asked about a time frame that we wanted to finish by. Are you asking about memorizing 1 Peter? or our Bible Bee verses? I'd LIKE to know 1 Peter by locals...but I don't know if that will happen. Also, I'm planning on finishing all my verses in about 2 weeks...I'm quite excited :)
I will be memorizing 1 Peter as well - in fact, having just finished my Bible Bee verses I am getting started on it right now.
People memorizing 1 Peter:
-Rachel
-SavedByGrace
-Mr. Walker
-Matthew
-Bethany
Anyone else want to join?!
I want to start doing these quizzes... have not been doing them because I was not following the schedule in the Sword Study... but now since I am done with all the verses I will probably be there on Friday. It is 4 PM Central Time, right?
My goal is to finish all of my Bible Bee verses before I go on vacation on August 8th across the country, and to memorize 1 Peter between then and locals while I'm on vacation... So you can put me on your list, Rachel
Good Josiah! So it looks like we are pretty much in the same place with the Bible Bee. Also, how many years have you done the Bible Bee? Have you ever made it to Nationals?
New List of 1 Peter memorizers:
-Rachel
-SavedByGrace
-Mr. Walker
-Matthew
-Josiah
-Bethany
Anyone else?!
I am working on 1 Peter
I have participated in the Bible Bee for the past two years and both years I made it to nationals.
This is my third and last year since I just graduated from homeschool.
@ Bethany (Bible Bee)
I dont know if I want to ar not...you guys are all making me feel bad I have two weeks memorised
not 10.'tears'
I'd like to join with you in memorizing 1 Peter. Completed the first chapter. As I have already added Titus and 2Timothy to my verses a week back, may I know by when you plan to complete memorizing 1Peter? I am from India. Like to join for one of the quizzes.
Simeon - don't feel badly. Just keep working diligently towards the end and you will make it! Although it might seem hard at times...don't give up. Just keep memorizing and studying and trusting in the Lord!
Eunice Sophie - that would be great if you joined us! Wow! You already have the first chapter done...good job! I'll add you to the list:
-Rachel
-Bethany
-SavedByGrace
-Mr. Walker
-Matthew
-Josiah
-Eunice Sopia
Rachel - our number of people is going up of people going to memorize 1 Peter with us! Anyone else?!
Ok, this is BBJ11 here, I'm using my sister's page. I think I will join the 1 Peter challenge. :) Count me in!
Bethany: I've done the Bible Bee since it began, so this is my third year. I've made it to Nationals each time. The first year it had nothing to do with scripture memory (I probably memorized around 5% of the verses, and everything to do with bible knowledge (the written test was weighted pretty heavily the first year). Last year I actually did all of the verses, so... What about you?
Josiah - that's neat that you made it to Nationals all three times! This is my first year to do the Bible Bee...and I'm quite excited about it! At first, it seemed like WAY more than I could learn. But now doing it, it seems not that hard. This is the first time that I had actually done this much Bible memory. Before, I would memorize about 3 to 4 verses a week....now I'm doing three times that amount each day!
May I ask how old you are?
@Simeon--sorry it took me so long to get back to you. All you have to do to get those other symbols is type numbers in the hundreds, not just the tens. Also, I have never been to the Nationals. This is the first year that I am really trying hard to study. (And don't give up with memorizing verses just because you are behind!)
@Bethany--no, Alexander is our last name. I don't completely see how that would lessen our Internet safety though... Also, I think that Rachel Crosswhite wanted us to memorize 1 Peter AFTER the Bible Bee. Trying to do it before the locals would be a little--well, actually a lot--difficult. :) Oh, and I think that Matthew Minica is a Junior.
It's great that so many people are attempting Rachel Crosswhite's challenge. But just for anyone who wants to... is anyone who hasn't volunteered already willing to memorize the Bible with me? I've lowered my goal of 100 people to just twenty, and we have fourteen already, so... anyone willing to take up the challenge?
@Josiah DeGraaf and Marie Morris--wow! You've made it to Nationals twice too? Oh, I wish I had done that. But I'm really trying harder to memorize this year. And I'm also working hard on my Sword Study, so I'll probably do well on the written test too. Wouldn't it be cool if some of the Memverse members met each other at the Nationals? That would be so awesome...
Oh my, what a long comment. Sorry! I wonder if anyone actually took the time to read it...
SBG - Yes, I read the whole thing, just in case you were wondering :)
I thought that Alexander was your last name...because it would have been interesting if you and your older brother shared the same middle name :) People can memorize 1 Peter after the locals if they want. It doesn't really matter to me...I am planning on doing it before though. Also, do you have any other siblings doing the Bible Bee...except your older brother? I might have asked before, but I don't remember
Yes, that would be very neat if we got to meet people from Memverse at Nationals. We just have to continue studying and working hard at it!
@Bethany--Other than me and my older brother, I have an eleven-year-old sister doing the Junior Timothy Track, and two younger brothers, nine and six, who are in the Primary Timothy Track.
I guess I could try to memorize some of 1 Peter before the local Bible Bee as well--I took the time to memorize Romans 1, so I might be able to do that. :)
@SBG - Are you and your older brother doing National track, though? Maybe I was mistaken...
Yes, we are both doing National Track. I'm the youngest one in our family doing National Track.
@SBG - Neat!
@BibleBeeJunior11 - How did you get your comment there?! I'm sure that we did our's before you did your's. Besides, on recent comments....your's comes up first! May I know how?
Our list of people memorizing 1 Peter:
-Rachel Crosswhite
-Bethany
-SavedByGrace
-Mr. Walker
-Matthew
-Josiah
-Eunice Sopia
-BibleBeeJunior11
=8 people
Anyone else?!
I'd like to memorize 1 Peter with you all, also... I already memorized the first three chapters and chapter 5, so it shouldn't be too hard to finish memorizing chapter 4! The first three chapters I am working on knowing each verse by the reference, and I've already done that with chapter 5.
@Matthew Minica - THAT IS NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!! :) LOL I so wish I was done but I only have like 50 cards left. :) YAY!!!!!
@Josiah DeGraaf - me too! :)
This is so wonderful! This is great! :)
~Mr Walker - There are approx. 105 verses in 1 Peter ....I think for time frame....probably about (for me) 2 months or 3 months? I don't know. You all can go faster if you like....I was thinking like a verse to three verses a day....please tell me what you think. I'd like to keep memorizing the Bible Bee verses...finish them all (i'm TT and would like to do the NT verses after the Locals) I think it would be great to keep memorizing (it IS great) so we will still be in the habit of doing it so it won't be so hard to pick up again next year in the BB
~SBG - It's totally alright....go grateful you aren't offended :) Our 1 PETER PROJECT number is growing!
~Bethany (i always start to type your name with an A after the E) This is so wonderful! Praise the Lord! Thanks for keeping the names for the 1 PETER PROJECT updated :)
~BBJ11 - Praise the LORD that you only have 50 cards left! I have about 35+ card left (but then I'm doing TT)
~Alex - is it okay if I create a topic on the Feedback section for the 1 PETER PROJECT? Thank you :)
Here is the current list of names for the 1 PETER PROJECT
-Rachel Crosswhite (Me)
-SavedByGrace
-Bethany
-Mr Walker
-Matthew Minica
-Josiah DeGraaf
-Marie Morris
-Eunice Sopia
-BibleBeeJunior11
-Ranch4Christ
= 10 people
What a blessing! I am so blessed that all of you would like to join me in this challenge :) May the Lord bless you all as you hide his word in your heart.
BTW I am thinking of changing my name (om Memverse) to "Rachel4Him" - then you don't have to call me Rachel Crosswhite all the time (it's so long to type out) what do you think?
have a great day! (can't wait for the next quiz! hopefully it will work for me)
yikes sorry for such a long comment !!! I just had alot I needed to say :)
BTW Carissa - no baby yet...yesterday was the due date .... still waiting and praying ;)
Yay! We have ten people! That's wonderful...Thanks for updating the list, Rachel.
Anyone else want to join?!
your welcome Bethany :) I think we will get many more
Mr Walker -I love it that you have scripture challenges throughout the year...I was thinking...what about one verse a day instead of 3? :)
@Rachel Crosswhite/Rachel4Him--It might be a good idea to change your name. I don't mind either way, though. Do you already use that name on GetSatisfaction? Because I thought I had seen that name there before.
SBG - Yes I do use that name on GetSatisfaction. I might, still thinking about it ;)
Bethany: You have the physical ability to ask that question... Now whether I will answer it... ;) I'm 15.
Josiah - you're funny! I was meaning, if you minded me asking =) I'm 15 also
Would you know how to edit a verse, if it is alread verified? Thanks!
There was a green house. And inside the green house was a white house, inside the white house was a red house, and inside the red house was a bunch of little black babies. What am I? LOL (I just found this)
Mine is July 25 ....I was wondering when your bday was cause I have a friend and she is looking for a twin ;)
No, the quiz is not going to be at 4 PM Central Time, it will either be at 2 or 3... but I can't figure out which! According to my calculations, if it is 4 PM Eastern Time, it is 3 in my time zone... but if it is 20:00 UTC it is 2 in my time zone! Can someone please help me figure this out?
@BBJ11 - Don't feel too bad, I really cannot be credited for learning all 500 in seven weeks because I had already known nearly 40% of them before the Bible Bee!
I am thirteen and my birthday is May 15, if anyone cares to know. :)
EDITED: Matthew Minica, I would help if I could, but I don't know much about time zones. Sorry!
What do you mean "She's looking foward a twin"? I'm not sure if I understand!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HOPE YOU HAD A NICE DAY!
SBG - May 15 is my little brother's bday only he is 6
Bethany - Thank you.... she is looking for someone born on her birthday ... (i am too)
@Rachel Crosswhite--was that a riddle up in the comments? I was really confused when I read it, but if it is a riddle, it's a really hard one.
EDITED: I have never found anyone with my birthday, but it seems like I just did without meaning to. :) LOL
Sorry, I don't know about time zones either. Sorry!
Rachel - I see. I don't know of anyone who was born on the 25th...
I should be patient, but I am dying to know what it is now. :)
EDITED: Okay, I'm thinking...
@Rachel Crosswhite--I cheated, sorry! :( I looked on ask.com and got the answer...sorry, I should have waited!
I am 13 and my birthday is Nov. 10th - if anybody cares to know...
Rachel Crosswhite - about the time zones - that is all the info I needed. I now know that it is at 3 in my time zone, and that either I was wrong in my calculations or that the quiz room was wrong in the UTC time.
*big heave of my chest* Phew! I was hoping it wasn't going to be at 2 because I have piano lessons then!
Rachel Crosswhite - I will let Andy answer that question about using the Feedback forum for your exciting 1 Peter project...
Quiz time - Yes, 20:00 GMT/UTC. If you need help figuring this out for your time zone, you can use a website like this: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc. In Eastern Daylight Time, it will be 4:00 PM.
@Rachel Crosswhite - I am 11 years old. Hmmm... the youngest blogger? My birthday is November 17th. :)
I have no idea. :)
Can't wait for tomorrow! See you there! Also, thank you Andy and Alex for taking the time and energy to do this! You're helping so much!