Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: May 15, 2020

My dear quizcentrics,
I hope the quarantine provides you with a little extra time to ponder our latest quiz. Test your knowledge on the rosary, Our Blessed Mother and Japanese church history.

1. A finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Drama was Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” a play about alumni from a small Catholic college in what state? a) New York b) California c) Wyoming d) Pennsylvania

2) Pope During the month of May, Pope Francis has asked people to do what in particular? (Multiple correct answers) a) Give to charity b) Pray the rosary c) Recite the Divine Mercy prayer daily d) Fast for the end of COVID-19

3. The feast day of St. Margaret of Cortona (no, not Corona) is May 16. As a young woman, she left home because of an unpleasant stepmother, and gave birth to a child out of wedlock. Her child eventually became a Franciscan friar and Margaret did what? a) Practiced severe self-denial b) Ran a hospital c) Founded a tertiary order of Franciscan sisters d) All of the above

4. Which 20th-century pope created the five Luminous Mysteries as part of praying the rosary? a) Pope John Paul II b) Pope John Paul I c) Pope Paul VI d) Pope John XXIII

5. Multiple Choice (Two answers are correct): Do Catholics worship Mary? a) Yes. b) No, but when Catholics pray to Mary, they believe she intercedes on their behalf to her son, Jesus Christ. c) No, but they hold her in a special place of honor. d) No, but they do worship saints.

6. In Japan, during the ban on Christianity in the country, what was one way Catholics managed to celebrate Mass? a) By going into the forest b) Through sake barrel ceremonies c) Through the Japanese tea ceremony d) In kabuki performances

7. Pope Francis recently announced that Matteo Farina would be named venerable. The 19-year-old, who was inspired by Padre Pio, died of cancer in what century? a) 21st b) 20th c) 19th d) 18th

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1) Current events

A finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Drama was Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” a play about alumni from a small Catholic college in what state?

2) Pope

During the month of May, Pope Francis has asked people to do what in particular?*

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3) Saints

The feast day of St. Margaret of Cortona (no, not Corona) is May 16. As a young woman, she left home because of an unpleasant stepmother, and gave birth to a child out of wedlock. Her child eventually became a Franciscan friar and Margaret did what?

4) Rosary

Which 20th-century pope created the five Luminous Mysteries as part of praying the rosary?

5) Mary

Multiple Choice (Two answers are correct): Do Catholics worship Mary?

6) Catholic history

In Japan, during the ban on Christianity in the country, what was one way Catholics managed to celebrate Mass?

7) Saints

Pope Francis recently announced that Matteo Farina would be named venerable. The 19-year-old, who was inspired by Padre Pio, died of cancer in what century?

*The day after this issue of the Herald went to press, Pope Francis announced a special day of prayer and fasting for the end of COVID-19, thus making option d also a valid answer for Question 2.