Aloha, Quiz Masters! June is well underway, bringing longer days, warmer weather and plenty of opportunities to deepen our faith while enjoying the blessings of summer. Whether you’re gathering with family, traveling across our islands, or simply taking a moment for prayer and reflection, I hope you’ll make room for a little Catholic trivia too. Good luck, and may the Holy Spirit guide your memory!
1) A HERALD IN THE DESERT
June 24 is the solemnity of the nativity of St. John the Baptist. Who were John’s parents?
a) Hosea and Sarah
b) Zechariah and Elizabeth
c) Zebedee and Hannah
d) Nicodemus and Miriam
2) CHURCH TEACHINGS
What is the term for the pope’s teaching authority exercised in union with the bishops of the world?
a) Curia
b) Magisterium
c) Catechism
d) Dicastery
3) SCRIPTURE
True or false: Gehenna, a term used by Jesus to refer to a place of eternal punishment, is an actual physical valley located southwest of Jerusalem, historically associated with ancient child sacrifice.
a) True
b) False
4) LITURGICAL DOCUMENTS
What document from the Second Vatican Council reformed Catholic liturgy?
a) “Dei Verbum”
b) “Lumen Gentium”
c) “Sacrosanctum Concilium”
d) “Gaudium et Spes”
5) SAINTS
June 21 is the feast day of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, an Italian Jesuit saint after whom Gonzaga University is named. He died at the young age of 23. What caused his death?
a) He drowned trying to save the lives of his two brothers.
b) He suffered from epileptic fits, one of which killed him.
c) He caught the plague while treating plague victims.
d) He was killed in an avalanche in the Italian Alps
6) SPIRITUS SANCTUS
The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and ______?
a) Joy
b) Fear of the Lord
c) Peace
d) Dutifulness
7) THE CHURCH IN HAWAII
In what year was the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace’s cornerstone laid?
a) 1790
b) 1840
c) 1901
d) 1922
8) THE PRIESTHOOD
What Latin phrase describes the theological concept that it is God and Christ who acts through the priest in the sacraments he administers?
a) “In persona Christi servi”
b) “In persona Christi magisterium”
c) “In persona Christi capitis”
d) “In persona Christi sacramentalis”
Answers: 1) b, 2) b, 3) a, 4) c, 5) c, 6) b, 7) b, 8) c