InQUIZition - Charles Harvey

Maundy, Maundy, Can't Trust That Day
Rack your brain and stretch your knowledge.

1. In medieval angelology, which of the choirs of angels was thought to "run" the universe?
a) archangels
b) seraphim
c) cherubim
d) dominations
e) virtues
f) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

2. Which of these Catholic writers has been traditionally symbolized by an ox?
a) St. Matthew
b) St. Mark
c) St. Luke
d) St. John
e) St. Thomas Aquinas
f) Fr. Benedict Groeschel

3. Which of the following is not counted as one of the "synoptic" Gospels?
a) Matthew
b) Mark
c) Luke
d) John
e) Surprised by Truth
f) none of the above

4. St. Matthew the Apostle is also known as
a) Asher
b) Caleb
c) Yehuda
d) Eleazar
e) Levi
f) Wrangler
g) Jordache

5. Which country was called "the Dowry of Mary"?
a) Albania
b) Bosnia
c) Crete
d) Denmark
e) England
f) France
g) Greece
h) Hungary
i) India
j) Japan

6. After the victory over the pagan god Baal, the Old Testament prophet Elias instructed the Israelites to take Baal's prophets and slay them. How many false prophets were there?
a) 144
b) 200
c) 333
d) 450
e) 666
f) 700
g) just two, but boy were they annoying

7. The English word "monk" comes from a Greek word that means
a) alone
b) bald
c) celibate
d) dumb (ie. silent)
e) simian
f) funny haircut

8. Which character's name in the hit 1960s television series "Bewitched" came directly from the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel?
a) Samantha
b) Tabitha
c) Larry Tate
d) Endora
e) Darrin
f) Mrs. Cravits

9. Which of the following conditions is not essentially part of the sacraments?
a) outward sign
b) instituted by Christ
c) administered by a priest or deacon
d) gives grace

10. This Roman emperor, though cured through Christian prayers, launched a severe persecution of the Catholic Church
a) Marcus Aurelius
b) Septimus Severus
c) Trajan
d) Diocletian
e) Fred III
f) Maximus Ingratitudus

11. The Latin phrase ora et labora (work and pray) is the motto of which of these religious orders?
a) Benedictines
b) Dominicans
c) Franciscans
d) Carmelites
e) Norbertines
f) Augustinians

12. The Jesuit order was suppressed by the pope in
a) 1583
b) 1613
c) 1773
d) 1804
e) 1937
f) never

13. And was unsuppressed by the pope in
a) 1588
b) 1666
c) 1789
d) 1814
e) 1963
f) never

14. The word "maundy," as in "Maundy Thursday," comes from a Latin word, meaning
a) benediction
b) fasting
c) divine
d) commandment
e) the day before Friday
f) you came and you gave without taking, but I sent you away

15. Which pope extended the Feast of the Sacred Heart to be observed by the whole Universal Church?
a) Pius VIII
b) Pius IX
c) Pius X
d) Pius XI
e) Pius XII
f) John Paul I

16. Which of the following resigned the papacy?
a) Abdicatus I
b) Adios II
c) Celestine V
d) Clintonus I
e) Erroneus IV

17. Based mainly on his public actions, Pope Paul III is known to have privately believed but never formally defined which of these positions?
a) the sun revolves around the earth
b) right hand red, left foot blue
c) you can indeed teach an old dog new tricks
d) the Old Testament story of Noah's Ark was not real, just a pious moral fable
e) Catholics are not obliged to get out of bed on Thursdays

18. Who told Job to blame God for having caused his troubles?
a) Eliphaz
b) Bildad the Shuite
c) God
d) Beelzebub
e) his wife
f) Job's inner child
g) the Reverend Al Sharpton

19. In the early Church, a well-known heretic named Pricillius was the bishop of which city?
a) Avila
b) Hemet
c) Cadiz
d) Dijon
e) Alexandria
f) Milwaukee

20. The biblical term "Land of Goshen" (which gave rise to the English exclamation, "Gosh!") refers to what contemporary region
a) Egypt
b) Greece
c) Turkey
d) Asia Minor
e) the British Isles
f) the Holy Land
g) Las Vegas

Answers: 1. e, 2. c, 3. d, 4. e, 5. e, 6. d, 7. a, 8. d, 9. c, 10. b, 11. a, 12. c, 13. d, 14. d, 15. b, 16. c, 17. a, 18. e, 19. a, 20. a