Welcome to the new year my quizzical friends! The year 2020 is going to have so many puns about perfect vision that I can’t wait to see them all!
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1) U.S. Catholics
In late December, St. Anne Church in Cow Island, Louisiana, used a crop duster plane to spread what over the small town? Hint: It coincided with the time of year when there is a traditional blessing of farmlands in southern Louisiana.
- a) incense
- b) holy water
- c) rose petals
- d) prayer cards
2) Vatican
Pope Francis released a letter during Advent this year focusing on what popular devotion of the Advent and Christmas season?
- a) the Nativity scene
- b) the Advent wreath
- c) the Jesse tree
- d) the Christmas octave
3) Christmas season
On what day do Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas, per the Julian calendar? (Western Christians go by the Gregorian calendar.)
- a) Dec. 28
- b) Jan. 1
- c) Jan. 7
- d) Jan. 12
4) Catholic Hawaii
Where in the Diocese of Honolulu is the parish named after St. Stephen the Martyr, whose feast day was Dec. 26?
- a) Makawao
- b) Kona
- c) Lihue
- d) Nuuanu
5) A to Z Catholic Dictionary
Dioceses in Eastern Catholic churches are called eparchies. What is the name for the church jurisdiction that is one step below that?
- a) exarchy
- b) patriarchy
- c) parish
- d) cluster
6) Catholic Calendar
What is the period between Jan. 13 and Feb. 25, 2020, on the Catholic liturgical calendar called?
- a) Winter
- b) Ordinary Time
- c) Christmas Coda
- d) Lenten Season
7) Bible
What is an approved Catholic version of the Bible?
- a) Good News Translation
- b) New Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition, National Council of Churches
- c) New American Bible
- d) All of the above
Answers: 1) b, 2) a, 3) c, 4) d, 5) a, 6) b, 7) d