InQUIZition - Charles Harvey

Everybody Was Dancing In The Moonlight
Rack your brain and stretch your knowledge.

1. St. Paul rebuked this group, calling them "you fools." They were
a) the Romans
b) the Ephesians
c) the Galatians
d) those who deny Christ's Resurrection
e) pro-choice politicians

2. Who is the patron saint of those who wish to be married?
a) St. Anne
b) St. Joseph
c) St. Raphael
d) that woman who sang "I've got the wedding bell blues" in the hit single "Why won't you marry me, Bill?"

3. All right, smartypants. Who is the patron saint of engaged couples?
a) the Blessed Virgin Mary
b) St. Martha
c) St. Mary Magdalene
d) St. Rose of Lima

4. What was St. Timothy's mother's name?
a) Lois,
b) Dorcas
c) Eunice
d) Tabitha
e) Anathema
f) Calista

5. According to St. Paul, who were Jannes and Jambres?
a) St. Paul's jailers
b) the captain and first mate of the ship on which St. Paul was shipwrecked
c) two of Pharaoh's magicians
d) the drummer and rhythm guitarist for the classic rock band FogHat.

6. At which council(s) did the Catholic Church formally define the doctrine of purgatory
a) Vatican I
b) Chalcedon
c) Trent
d) Florence
e) c and a
f) c and d

7. According to long-standing Catholic tradition, the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews is believed to have been
a) St. Peter
b) St. Paul
c) St. Luke

8. What does the Aramaic phrase "Talitha koum" mean?
a) go and sin no more
b) get up, little girl
c) your faith has saved you
d) sing "Kumbaya," I beg you
e) stop singing "Kumbaya," I beg you!

9. According to tradition, what was the name of the soldier who pierced the side of Christ on the Cross?
a) Amulek
b) Zeezrom
c) Lance
d) the Brother of Jared
e) Longinus
f) Latitudinus

10. What was St. Luke the Evangelist's regular profession
a) multilevel marketer of vitamin products
b) haberdasher
c) playwright
d) physician
e) travel agent

11. The founder of the Jesuit order was by nationality
a) French
b) Basque
c) Spanish
d) Catalan
e) Galician
f) Flemish

12. According to the Gospel account, what did the woman about to be stoned for adultery cry out
a) Stop! You have the wrong person
b) I regret that I have only one life to give for my country
c) [nothing]
d) I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
e) rock me gently, rock me slowly

13. What is the literal meaning of "Parali-pomenon," the older, traditional name for the biblical book of Chronicles?
a) unpronounceable
b) barely pronounceable
c) extra things
d) Jewish parables
e) important teachings
f) somebody read this!

14. The Medes, a group mentioned in Scripture, are known today as
a) Albanians
b) Iranians
c) Albigensians
d) Cypriots

15. The heresiarch Arius concocted and spread his heresy from his headquarters in modern-day
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) Istanbul
d) Buenos Arius
e) Alexandria

16. Esther is a Persian name that literally means
a) star
b) flower
c) Grandma Walton
d) vineyard
e) laughter
f) virtue

17. Who does the Bible credit with inventing the harp
a) Abel
b) King Hezzekiah
c) Jubal
d) Nimrod
e) King Solomon
f) the Bible says nothing about this, but does say who first played the harmonica in a Davidic-era pop song written for the purpose of humiliating the Philistines

18. What is the shortest book of the New Testament?
a) Acts
b) 2 Timothy
c) 1 John
d) Philemon
e) 2 John
f) Jude

19. Who said, "I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ"
a) Pontius Pilate
b) St. Mary Magdalene
c) St. Stephen the martyr
d) Caiaphas the high priest
e) Saul of Tarsus

20. The Waldensians, a twelfth-century heretical group in Europe, were best known for what peculiar practice or belief
a) refusal to take oaths
b) worshipping King Harvest
c) dancing in the moonlight
d) calling out, "Goodnight, Jim Bob. Goodnight, Mary Ellen. Goodnight, Johnboy," each evening before going to bed.

Answers: 1. C, 2. C, 3. C, 4. C, 5. C, 6. F, 7. B, 8. B, 9. E, 10. D, 11. B, 12. C, 13. C, 14. B, 15. E, 16. A, 17. C, 18. E, 19. E, 20. A