Here’s a quick question, Quizzalites! Why is November Humpty Dumpty’s favorite month? … because he had a great fall. (!) More brain teasers lie just ahead. Good luck, all!
1) LITURGIES
Which of these is the small container that holds the Eucharist inside the monstrance during adoration?
a) paten
b) luna
c) aspergillum
d) lavabo
2) SCRIPTURE
The New Testament does NOT contain an epistle written to which of the following groups?
a) Romans
b) Thessalonians
c) Phoenicians
d) Corinthians
3) CHURCHES
Which of these basilicas is known as the “mother church of the faithful”?
a) St. Peter’s
b) St. John Lateran
c) St. Mary Major
d) Our Lady of Peace
4) LAY ORGANIZATIONS
Which lay Catholic religious group traditionally brings ill persons to Lourdes, France, for healing and refreshment?
a) Knights of Columbus
b) Legion of Mary
c) Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
d) Order of Malta
5) PRAYER
At what time of day is the part of the Liturgy of the Hours known as “vespers” prayed?
a) midnight
b) sunrise
c) noon
d) evening
6) GEOGRAPHY
Which of the following Catholic dioceses is located in the Philippines?
a) Antipolo
b) La Paz
c) Carcassonne
d) Newcastle
7) LITERATURE
Which of these authors was Catholic?
a) G.K. Chesterton
b) Flannery O’Connor
c) J.R.R. Tolkien
d) all of them were Catholic
8) MARIAN DEVOTION
Which of these is NOT one of the four major Marian devotional antiphons?
a) “Salve Regina”
b) “Regina Caeli”
c) “Ave Maria”
d) “Alma Redemptoris Mater”
Answers: 1) b, 2) c, 3) b, 4) d, 5) d, 6) a, 7) d, 8) c