Happy 2017, quizzicians! For my latest quiz, I will test you on how well you remember the events and happenings of the year past. Get those thinking caps and retrospective spectacles on!
1) Saints
St. Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero was among seven saints canonized by Pope Francis during a Mass at St. Peter’s Square Oct. 16. What country was St. Jose Gabriel, also known as the “gaucho priest” who served the poor and the sick, from?
a) Argentina
b) Bolivia
c) Colombia
d) Mexico
2) Scripture
The theme for World Youth Day 2016 this past July was “Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.” It is one of eight Beatitudes given by Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount. The theme is taken from which Gospel?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
d) John
3) Current events — sports
Which Catholic university won the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament championship on April 4, 2016?
a) Creighton
b) Notre Dame
c) Villanova
d) Gonzaga
4) Popes
Which of the following European countries did Pope Francis visit in 2016?
a) Azerbaijan
b) Armenia
c) Sweden
d) All of the above
5) Religious orders
Cathedral Catholic Academy, which closed in June 2016 after providing Catholic education in Honolulu for 80 years, was run by religious brothers of which order in 1936?
a) Christian Brothers
b) Marianists
c) Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
d) Marists
6) Church in Hawaii
Island faithful in 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. Who was the first bishop appointed to head the diocese?
a) Louis Maigret
b) Stephen Alencastre
c) James J. Sweeney
d) John Joseph Scanlan
7) Devotions
On Oct. 13, 2016, a statue sculpted by Portuguese artist Jose Thedim of which Marian apparition was placed in the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace for veneration?
a) Our Lady of Lourdes
b) Our Lady of Fatima
c) Our Lady of Guadalupe
d) Our Lady of Knock
Answers: 1) a, 2) a, 3) c, 4) d, 5) b, 6) c, 7) b
