Dear Quizanistas,
It’s summertime and bathing suit season. Good thing I work out religiously — Christmas and Easter! I filled this quiz with sunny questions to match our warm days. Enjoy!
1) Scripture
How many sons did Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites, have?
- a) 7
- b) 2
- c) 12
- d) 15
2) Catholic Hawaii
Which Catholic church is closest to Sunset Beach on the north shore of Oahu?
- a) St. Michael, Waialua
- b) Sts. Peter
and Paul, Waimea - c) Our Lady of Sorrows, Wahiawa
- d) Our Lady of the Water, Haleiwa
3) Liturgy
The “Veni, Sancte Spiritus” sequence, is sung before the Gospel reading on Pentecost Sunday and during its octave at some Catholic churches. Fill in the blank for this line of the sequence according to the Edward Caswall translation used in the U.S.: “Come, Holy Spirit, come! / And from your celestial home / ___ a ray of light divine!”
- a) Cast
- b) Shoot
- c) Shed
- d) Sprinkle
4) Pentecost
Speaking of Pentecost, the Sunday feast day is sometimes called Whit Sunday or Whitsun for short, particular in Britain and Ireland. Where does the name come from?
- a) Because of Pentecost’s speaking in tongues, which connects to a person having great wit
- b) Because it’s an abbreviation of White Sunday, the color worn by catechumens baptized on this day in the early church
- c) Named after the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of the name’s taking hold
- d) Because only white flowers were allowed in churches on Pentecost Sunday for many years
5) Vatican
What Egyptian object connected to the sun can be seen in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican?
- a) the colonnades
- b) Imperial Porphyry
- c) the royal staircase
- d) an obelisk
6) Prayers
Where does this prayer come from? “Father, yours is the morning and yours is the evening. Let the Sun of Justice, Jesus Christ, shine for ever in our hearts and draw us to that light where you live in radiant glory.”
- a) Evening Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours
- b) Lectio Divina
- c) Morning Offering
- d) Memorare
7) Other Faiths
When does the Jewish Sabbath or Shabbat begin?
- a) Sunday at sunrise
- b) Friday at sunset
- c) Saturday at sunrise
- d) Saturday at sunset
Answers: 1) c, 2) b, 3) c, 4) b, 5) d, 6) a, 7) b