A makeshift memorial for Sidney Poitier is seen on Hollywood Boulevard’s “Walk of Fame,” in Los Angeles Jan. 7, 2022. Go to Question #3 in the quiz to test yourself on knowledge of the actor. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
Readers,
It doesn’t really feel like a humorous time these days with Omicron running rampant around the islands. So, I just wish you health during these tough times!
-H.C. Harold
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PRINTABLE QUIZ
1) Current events
On the Feast of the Holy Family this year, Pope Francis gave an address at the Vatican that caused a wave of news coverage over what?
- a) His saying children shouldn’t be vaccinated.
- b) His decrying people having pets and not children.
- c) His discussion of family headship.
- d) His visit with a circus troupe.
2) Catholic celebrities
Which author, whose latest book is “The Wish,” has talked about the influence of being born and raised a Catholic on their work?
- a) Richard Russo
- b) Nicholas Sparks
- c) Alice McDermott
- d) Donna Tartt
3) More Catholic celebrities
Sidney Poitier, groundbreaking actor and civil rights activist, who died Jan. 7, became the first Black man to win an Oscar for his role in a movie that prominently features religious sisters. What is that film’s name?
- a) “Lilies of the Field”
- b) “Black Narcissus”
- c) “The Trouble with Angels”
- d) “The Sound of Music”
4) Catholic Hawaii
Catholic Charities Hawaii turns a milestone number of years old in 2022. How old is the organization?
- a) 40 years old
- b) 60 years old
- c) 75 years old
- d) 100 years old
5) February
Pope Francis has asked that people pray in particular for what group during February 2022?
- a) refugees
- b) religious sisters and consecrated women
- c) young adult Catholics
- d) vaccine researchers
6) Catholic Hawaii
Bishop Silva recently released new guidelines for what Catholic community in Hawaii?
- a) Latin Mass community
- b) Charismatic community
- c) Masses said in another language besides English
- d) The disability community
7) Vatican
On Jan. 11, Pope Francis, who has talked about how he misses being able to walk around out in public and do his own errands, stopped by a store he used to visit more frequently when he was a cardinal in Rome. What kind of store was it?
- a) a pizza shop
- b) a shoe store
- c) a record store
- d) a religious goods store
Answers: 1) b, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) b, 6) a, 7) c