Dear quizzers,
I’m going on vacation for a bit so I wanted to give you a joke to make you chuckle a little longer between quizzes. Why should you never lose your rosary? Because you’ll end up searching for decades.
1) Vatican
What is the title given to the Vatican official who does “works of mercy” in the name of the pope?
- a) Preacher of the Papal Household
- b) President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
- c) Gentleman of His Holiness
- d) Papal almoner
2) Marian Apparitions
A wooden statue of Our Lady of Akita is seen in this undated photo. On July 6, 1973, Sister Agnes Sasagawa of the Handmaids of the Eucharist in Akita, Japan, reported receiving messages from a wooden statue of Mary and witnessed the statue weeping many times. (OSV News photo/SICDAMNOME, via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where did the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita take place starting in 1973?
- a) Japan
- b) Alaska
- c) South Korea
- d) Russia
3) A to Z Catholic Dictionary
What is a cochlear in terms of the liturgy?
- a) A hearing device for those who are deaf or hard of hearing
- b) The order of the Mass
- c) A communion spoon used in some Eastern Christian churches
- d) A tilt of the priest’s head to signal for the congregation to stand
4) Feast Days
Aug. 6 is the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. That date was put on the universal liturgical calendar by Pope Calixtus III in 1457 in gratitude for what event?
- a) His ascension to the papal throne
- b) The 1456 Hungarian Catholic victory over the Turks in Belgrade
- c) All the roses in the Vatican gardens turning white
- d) None of the above
5) Bible
In the Gospel of Matthew that tells of the Transfiguration, which two prophets appeared on the mountaintop with Jesus?
- a) Moses and Elijah
- b) Jonah and Levi
- c) Isaiah and Jeremiah
- d) Only Moses appeared
6) Catholic Hawaii
The only diocesan cemetery in Hawaii is the King Street Cemetery in Honolulu which opened in what decade?
- a) 1820s
- b) 1840s
- c) 1890s
- d) 1910s
7) Catholic Chancery
The role of chancellor for a diocese typically includes all of the following duties except which?
- a) Archivist
- b) Records manager
- c) Notary
- d) Vicar general
Answers: 1) d, 2) a, 3) c, 4) b, 5) a, 6) b, 7) d
