Happy Advent Quizzers!
In honor of the season, I’ve created an all-Advent, all-Christmas themed quiz for you. Plus a Christmas joke: A man sent his friend a cryptic Christmas card. It said: A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. The friend was puzzled and wrote the sender asking what it meant. His reply back: “No L.”
1) Scripture
Which Old Testament writer said the most about the foretold birth of Christ?
- a) Jeremiah
- b) Micah
- c) Isaiah
- d) Genesis
2) Scripture
How many months did Mary stay with her cousin Elizabeth while they were both pregnant?
- a) 1
- b) 2
- c) 3
- d) 6
3) Scripture
In his efforts to kill the Messiah, King Herod ordered the killing of all children in Bethlehem under the age of what?
- a) 1
- b) 2
- c) 3
- d) 5
4) Catholic Hawaii
Christmas Island, south of the Hawaiian Islands, used to be a part of the Diocese of Honolulu. What nation is Christmas Island a part of?
- a) Kiribati
- b) French Polynesia
- c) Cook Islands
- d) Marshall Islands
5) Trivia
In what country was Christmas banned from 1649-1660?
- a) Russia
- b) Japan
- c) France
- d) England
6) Scripture
How many days old was Jesus when he was circumcised?
- a) 8
- b) 2
- c) 10
- d) 7
7) Scripture
How many magi, or wise men, or kings, came to see Jesus?
- a) 1
- b) 2
- c) 3
- d) Trick question. No specific number is mentioned in the Gospels.
Answers: 1) c, 2) c, 3) b, 4) a, 5) d, 6) a, 7) d