How are your first days of Lent going, quizzicians? I pray this will be a season of reflection, repentance and grace. Perhaps my quiz can provide a way to deepen your knowledge of our faith. See what you can glean from my latest set of Catholic trivia.
1) Saints
Our Lady of Lujan is the patron saint of which South American country?
- a) Argentina
- b) Brazil
- c) Colombia
- d) Venezuela
2) Scripture
The Gospel reading for Sunday, Feb. 14, comes from Luke 4:1-13. The Scripture passage says that Jesus was led into the desert to be tempted by the devil for how many days?
- a) 8
- b) 12
- c) 24
- d) 40
3) Devotions
What is the Second Sorrowful Mystery of the rosary?
- a) The Agony in the Garden
- b) The Scourging at the Pillar
- c) The Crowning with Thorns
- d) The Carrying of the Cross
4) Popes
Which pope first inaugurated the “Scriptural Stations of the Cross,” a modern, biblically rooted take on the traditional stations customarily meditated on during Lent?
- a) St. John XXIII
- b) Blessed Paul VI
- c) St. John Paul II
- d) Pope Benedict XVI
5) Religious orders
The Vincentians run what is said to be the largest Catholic university, enrollment-wise, in the nation. Which school am I speaking of?
- a) Notre Dame University
- b) DePaul University
- c) Villanova University
- d) University of Portland
6) Church in Hawaii
Which of these islands does NOT have a Catholic parish named for St. Joseph?
- a) Kauai
- b) Oahu
- c) Big Island
- d) Maui
7) Other religions
What is the name of the small, brimless cap traditionally worn by Jewish men?
- a) Talmud
- b) Bentsch
- c) Haggadah
- d) Yarmulke
Answers: 1) a, 2) d, 3) b, 4) c, 5) b, 6) a, 7) d