Aloha y’all!
Time to get those thinking caps on. This issue’s quiz has a cornucopia of subjects to challenge you. “Cornucopia” … that means “all kine stuffs!”
1) By another name
We have all heard the Gospel story of Jesus walking on the water of the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Galilee goes by several other names. Which of the names below is NOT one of them?
- a) Sea of Tiberias
- b) Lake of Gennesaret
- c) Lake Kinneret
- d.) The Sea of Spies
2) Marian titles
The name of the beautiful parish church in Lahaina that miraculously seemed to have survived the terrible fire virtually untouched is Maria Lanakila, which is Hawaiian for what Marian title?
- a) Our Lady of Victory
- b) Mary of the Seas
- c) Our Lady of Sorrows
- d) Mary the Merciful
3) Deacons numerically
We recently celebrated the feast day of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr. Approximately how many permanent deacons are there in the U.S.?
- a) 5,000
- b) 14,000
- c) 21,000
- d) 42,000
4) Big money
In several of Jesus’ parables, he refers to a unit of money that, during his time, would have represented about 15 years’ wages for the average worker in Israel. What is that unit of money called?
- a) denarii
- b) talent
- c) shekiel
- d) drachma
5) Where, oh, where
The Litany of Loreto is a collection of prayers of praise to Our Blessed Mother. Where is Loreto?
- a) Italy
- b) Israel
- c) France
- d) Louisiana
6) Try to remember …
To whom does the church dedicate the month of September?
- a) Immaculate Conception
- b) Mary Theotokos
- c) Our Lady of Sorrows
- d) All Souls in Purgatory
7) Church vocabulary
What is a “dicastery”?
- a) A residence for monks or nuns
- b) A metal tool for making rosaries
- c) A Roman term for anyone who opposed the Emperor of Rome
- d) A department of the Roman Curia in The Vatican
Answers: 1) d, 2) a, 3) b, 4) b, 5) a, 6) c, 7) d
