My quizzy friends, I’ve got a “spooky” October quiz for you this issue!
PRINTABLE QUIZ
1) Saints
Early Christian martyrs St. Lucian and St. Marcian did what before they converted to Christianity?
- a) Pretended to be healers
- b) Practiced black magic and cast spells
- c) Were gravediggers
- d) Ran a lucrative talisman shop
2) Catholic Hawaii
In a recent issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald, St. Joseph cemetery was mentioned in a history of that Waipahu parish. Because of the church relocating, the part of the cemetery that remains is now next to which of the following?
- a) Waipahu Elementary School
- b) An apartment complex
- c) A fast food restaurant
- d) A and B
- e) B and C
3) Catholic Dictionary
One Latin phrase that Catholics can connect to Halloween and All Saints is “Memento Mori.” What does it mean?
- a) Remember you must die
- b) Save your memory
- c) Remember the foolish
- d) Spirits linger
4) Catholic Hawaii
At what local Catholic school was a seminarian, while asleep, pressed down in his bed numerous times as if by an invisible weight during an alleged obsession incident, according to school lore?
- a) St. Louis
- b) Chaminade College
- c) St. Stephen Diocesan Seminary
- d) St. Anthony center in Kalihi
5) Church Calendar
Which day does All Souls Day fall on?
- a) Nov. 1
- b) Nov. 2
- c) It’s the same day as All Hallows’ Eve, Oct. 31
6) Catholic Hawaii
On what island is the famous octagonal Holy Ghost Church?
- a) Oahu
- b) Kauai
- c) Hawaii island
- d) Maui
7) Saints
Which saint’s head was given on a platter to King Herod’s wife and her daughter Salome?
- a) John the Baptist
- b) Paul
- c) Peter
- d) James
Answers: 1) b, 2) d, 3) a, 4) c, 5) b, 6) d, 7) a
