My quizzy takers,
February is the month of the Holy Family. So this month’s quiz is loosely family-themed. Speaking of that, have you heard this joke? After explaining the Ten Commandments to the class, the religion teacher asked her students which commandment teaches how to treat our brothers and sisters. One child raised a hand and said, “Thou shall not kill.”
1) Catholic Hawaii
Where is the only parish in Hawaii to be named after the Holy Family?
- a) Hanalei
- b) Honolulu
- c) Hana
- d) Hawi
2) Scripture
In the Feb. 21 first reading from Leviticus, God tells what person to say to the Israelites, “You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart. Though you may have to reprove your fellow citizen, do not incur sin because of him”?
- a) Abraham
- b) Jacob
- c) Moses
- d) Jeremiah
3) Lent
Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 26. At what age are children required to start following the abstinence from meat on Fridays requirements set down by the Catholic Church?
- a) 10
- b) 14
- c) 16
- d) 18
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4) Saints
Which saint is traditionally considered to be the patron saint of families?
- a) St. Joseph
- b) St. Raphael
- c) St. Bernadette
- d) St. Valentine
5) Traditions
If you are of Filipino descent, your family might have a statue of this depiction of the Child Jesus.
- a) Divino Nino
- b) El Santo Nino de Atocha
- c) Santo Bambino di Aracoeli
- d) Santo Nino de Cebu
6) Beatitudes
According to 2018 USDA statistics, how many U.S. children lived in “food-insecure households” where “at times during the year, these households were uncertain of having, or unable to acquire, enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources for food”?
- a) 60,000
- b) 600,000
- c) 6,000,000
- d) 60,000,000
7) Catechism
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, who has the “first responsibility for the education of children.”
- a) Parishes
- b) Parents
- c) Catholic schools
- d) Godparents
Answers: 1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) a, 5) d, 6) c, 7) b