How is your Lenten season going, quiz friends? We’re just a few weeks away from the glorious celebration of Easter. I can’t wait. In the meantime, I have compiled another set of challenging quiz questions to hold you over. Good luck!
1) Saints
What is the name of the “good thief” that was hung on the cross next to Jesus, a saint whose feast day is celebrated March 25?
- a) St. Dismas
- b) St. Ansgar
- c) St. Barnabas
- d) St. Eligius
2) Scripture
Fill in the blank from the first reading for Sunday, March 26: “Then Samuel, with the horn of oil in hand, anointed _______ in the presence of his brothers.”
- a) Eliab
- b) David
- c) Jacob
- d) Jesse
3) Devotions
What is the Eighth Station of the Cross?
- a) Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross
- b) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
- c) Jesus falls the second time
- d) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
4) Popes
True or false: Pope Benedict XVI, whose birthday is April 16, was born on Easter Sunday in 1927.
- a) True
- b) False
5) Current events — sports
College basketball “March Madness” is in full swing. Which of the following tournament teams does not hail from a Catholic university?
- a) Creighton
- b) Dayton
- c) Purdue
- d) Seton Hall
6) Church in Hawaii
Where was St. Marianne Cope born?
- a) Syracuse, New York
- b) Heppenheim, Germany
- c) Brussels, Belgium
- d) Honolulu, Hawaii
7) Other religions
What is the name of the Jewish holiday, celebrated earlier this month, which commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from the murderous hand of Haman?
- a) Passover
- b) Hanukah
- c) Purim
- d) Rosh Hashanah
Answers: 1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) b, 7) c
