Dear readers,
By the time you read our next quiz, it’ll be Lent! So to get you prepared, we’re finishing off this quiz with some Lenten questions. But, first, another joke. What did God tell Moses when he had a headache? “Take two tablets and call me in the morning.”
1) Trivia
How did the Catholic Church in the U.S. deal with Prohibition in the 1920s and its ban on alcohol, including wine?
- a) Churches could only serve grape juice.
- b) At the time only priests received wine as part of Mass so the practice was halted temporarily.
- c) The Vatican shipped in Italian wine for use at Mass.
- d) There was a dispensation for the production of sacramental wine in the U.S.
2) Feast Day
Feb. 22 is the feast of what object(s) relating to St. Peter, which symbolizes his authority over the Church?
- a) Keys
- b) Chair
- c) Cross
- d) Staff
3) Vatican
The object(s) mentioned above are depicted in material form in St. Peter’s Basilica and created by which famous Renaissance artist?
- a) Michelangelo
- b) da Vinci
- c) Raphael
- d) Bernini
4) Black History Month
Mother Mary Lange is the foundress of the first religious order for African American women, the Oblate Sisters of Providence. She was born in Cuba but eventually found her way to what city where she established the order, a Catholic school for black children, and did many other charitable good works?
- a) New Orleans
- b) Charleston
- c) Baltimore
- d) New York City
5) Lent
Which of the following can you NOT eat on meatless Fridays during Lent.
- a) Muskrat
- b) Alligator
- c) Turtle
- d) Horse
6) Lent
There are three pillars of Lent. Which is not one of them?
- a) Fasting
- b) Almsgiving
- c) Prayer
- d) Adoration
7) Lent
What does dolorous mean?
- a) Relating to the reliable efforts of altar society members (a.k.a. Dolores-es)
- b) Of or relating to sorrow or distress
- c) Music that resonates well in a church
- d) Generous with one’s money
Answers: 1) d, 2) b, 3) d, 4) c, 5) d, 6) d, 7) b
