Dear Quiz Masters, Summer is here again. Why not take the quiz while lounging on the beach? --H.C.Harold1. Church Trivia
What is Peter’s Pence?
- a) The coin taken from a fish’s mouth that St. Peter used to pay the Roman tax.
- b) The sword Peter used to cut off the ear of the high priest’s servant at Gethsemane.
- c) A collection taken up by Catholics every year (around June 29) for the maintenance of the pope’s charitable works.
- d) A copper penny with an image of Augustus Caesar which changed to that of Peter, leading to the emperor’s conversion.
2. Church in Hawaii
Two Hawaii-born young men, Jon Cabico and Marvin Bearis, became transitional deacons on May 30 and June 7. Bearis is the first local-born man from what religious order to reach the diaconate?
- a) Capuchin Franciscan
- b) Maryknoll
- c) Benedictine
- d) Jesuit
3. Popes
On June 2, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the Shroud of Turin will be put on display in 2010, 10 years after the last public viewing. What is the Shroud of Turin?
- a) the cloth Veronica wiped Jesus’ face with on his way to be crucified
- b) the veil that Mary wore while traveling to Bethlehem
- c) the cloth that tradition states Jesus was buried in, which has a photonegative image of a man with marks where Jesus’ crucifixion wounds were
- d) the piece of fabric that was found with petrified bread believed to be from the “miracle of the loaves and fish”
4. Vatican II
The new order of the Mass introduced by the Second Vatican Council replaced an earlier rite authorized by which earlier council?
- a) The Fourth Lateran Council
- b) The First Vatican Council
- c) The Council of Nicaea
- d) The Council of Trent
5. June Picture
Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi (above) were beatified in 2001. What was unique about this early 20th century couple?
- a) They were the first modern, martyred couple.
- b) They were the first married couple to be beatified together.
- c) They had 20 children, 10 of whom became clergy/religious.
- d) They both saw visions of Mary.
6. Liturgy
What is the name of the container incense is burned in?
- a) boat
- b) finger bowl
- c) purificator
- d) thurible
7. Creed
Most Catholics are familiar with the Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed. There are other lesser known creeds. Which of the following is a real creed?
- a) the Creed of Pius IV
- b) the Augustinian Creed
- c) the Creed of the Council of Constance
- d) the Celestine Creed
8. Saints
Venerable Matt Talbot (remembered on June 19) was a poor Irish laborer who suffered from this affliction before overcoming it and becoming a Third Order Franciscan.
- a) alcoholism
- b) epilepsy
- c) deafness
- d) stuttering
9. Current Events
When he was ordained on June 2, Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantu of San Antonio, Texas, became the youngest Catholic bishop in the country. How old is he? (See p.22)
10. June Question
As stated in St. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, the “bride of Christ” refers to what or whom?
- a) any newly professed nun
- b) the Holy City of Jerusalem
- c) Mary Magdalene
- d) the Church
11. Church in Hawaii
The Sacred Hearts Fathers and Brothers arrived in Hawaii in 1827. Exactly 100 years later, in 1927, another group of Fathers and Brothers arrived here. Who were they?
- a) Marianists
- b) Maryknollers
- c) Marists
- d) Jesuits
Answers: 1) c 2) a 3) c 4) d 5) b 6) d 7) a 8) a 9) b 10) d 11) b