This Easter season is bringing us refreshment and renewal, quizzicals. Here are more Catholic trivia questions to reinvigorate your appreciation of the faith.
1) Saints
Which of the following is NOT true about St. Catherine of Siena, whose feast day is celebrated April 29?
a) She is a Doctor of the Church
b) She is one of the patron saints of Italy
c) She died at the age of 87
d) She was canonized in 1461
2) Scripture
Fill in the blank from the second reading (Revelation 21:1-5) for Sunday, April 28: “Then I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the _____ was no more.”
a) Grave
b) Sky
c) Sea
d) Temple
3) Popes
Popes Leo X, Clement VII, Pius IV and Leo XI were all part of the lineage of which powerful and famous Italian family in Florence?
a) Medici
b) Borgia
c) Colonna
d) Orsini
4) Current events — Sports
Here’s a question honoring the start of baseball season: Which legendary major league player was a member of the Knights of Columbus?
a) Roger Maris
b) Jackie Robinson
c) Mickey Mantle
d) Babe Ruth
5) Liturgy
What is “intinction?”
a) Another name for the Anointing of the Sick
b) The practice of dipping the consecrated Host into the consecrated Blood during Communion
c) The blessing done by a priest for a deacon who is to read the Gospel
d) Any act during Mass which involves incense
6) Devotions
The title of the Marian antiphon “Regina Caeli” translates to what in English?
a) “Queen of Clemency”
b) “Queen of Heaven”
c) “Eternal Queen”
d) “Forever reigning”
7) Clergy
What color vestments do priests wear during the Easter liturgical season?
a) Green
b) Purple
c) Rose
d) White
Answers: 1) c, 2) c, 3) a, 4) d, 5) b, 6) b, 7) d