Summer is slipping by, Heraldophiles! Enjoy it while you can! Here’s the last quiz of the season for you.
1) SAINTS
St. John Vianney, whose memorial is Aug. 4, is the patron saint of which group?
a) teenagers
b) priests
c) grandparents
d) chefs
2) FEAST DAYS
Aug. 6 is the feast of the Transfiguration. Where does tradition say was the location for this event in the life of Jesus?
a) Mount Sinai
b) Mount of Olives
c) Mount Tabor
d) Mount Ararat
3) PAPACY
What motto of Pope Leo XIV appears on his coat of arms?
a) “Cooperatores Veritatis” (“Cooperators of the Truth”)
b) “Humilitas” (“Humility”)
c) “Totus tuus” (“All yours”)
d) “In Illo uno unum.” (“In the One, we are one.”)
4) SCRIPTURE
What name is traditionally given to the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes?
a) Theophilus
b) Qoheleth
c) Hosea
d) Ben Sira
5) MEDIA
Who founded the Eternal Word Television Network?
a) Mother Angelica
b) Bishop Robert Barron
c) Father Mike Schmitz
d) Archbishop Fulton Sheen
6) OTHER FAITHS
What does the Buddhist festival of Obon, celebrated this year on Aug. 13-15, honor?
a) death of the Buddha
b) spirits of one’s ancestors
c) birth of the Buddha
d) grandchildren
7) THE ROSARY
Which of the following is not one of the glorious mysteries?
a) Assumption
b) Resurrection
c) descent of the Holy Spirit
d) Nativity
8) MUSIC
Which of these songs is traditionally sung during Benediction?
a) “Panis Angelicus”
b) “O Salutaris Hostia”
c) “Ave Maria”
d) “I Am The Bread of Life”
Answers: 1) b, 2) c, 3) d, 4) b, 5) a, 6) b, 7) d, 8) b