By Charles Harvey
The Secret Ingredient is Spam
Rack your brain and stretch your knowledge.
 
  1. Of what did the pottage for which Esau traded his birthright consist?
    oatmeal
    lima beans
    lentils
    peas and carrots
    trust me, you don’t wanna know
     
  2. To which tribe did the prophetess Anna, who was present at the Presentation, belong?
    Asher
    Benjamin
    Choctaw
    Dan
    Levi
    Mohican
    Iroquois
     
  3. Who was the first-born son of Jacob?
    Reuben
    Benjamin
    Rotnei
    Dan
    Eliezer
     
  4. Who said: "Christianus mihi nomen est, Catholicus vero cognomen." ("Christian is my name, Catholic my surname.")
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    St. Pacian of Barcelona
    Eusebius of Pamphilius
    St. Jerome
    Tertullian
     
  5. Who established the Sorbonne?
    St. Louis, King of France
    St. Bonaventure
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Peter Abelard
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    Martin Luther (before the break)
     
  6. This is the language of the Coptic liturgy.
    Aramaic
    Babylonian
    Syriac
    Pig Latin
    Frisian
    Ge’ez
     
  7. Who called justice and mercy the two feet of God?
    St. Augustine
    St. Bernard
    St. Cyprian
    David
    St. Ephraim the Syrian
    the cast and crew of Cats
     
  8. What heresy says that to be valid, Communion must be received under both species?
    Utraquism
    Ubiquitism
    Consubstantialism
    Invination
    Expanation
    Communism
     
  9. What was Pope Paul VI’s first encyclical?
    Ecclesiam suam
    Populorum progressio
    In vino veritas
    Mit brennender Sorge
    Cogito ergo sum
    Exurge, Domine
     
  10. What was John Paul II’s nickname when he was a boy?
    Kolya
    Lolek
    Johnny P.
    Charlie the Hat
    Daryll
     
  11. Who had the bright idea of dividing time into B.C. and A.D.?
    Albrecht Duerer
    Moses
    St. Paul
    Dionysius Exiguus
    Julius Caesar
    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
     
  12. St. Paul wrote a letter to the owner of this runaway slave
    Spartacus
    Onesimus
    Sklavus Inheritus
    Domicilius
    Kunte Kinte
     
  13. This man was the son-in-law of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
    Philip the Fair
    Henry VIII
    Rotnei the Tooth
    Hermenengildo the Dashing
    Jimmy El Greco
     
  14. What was one of the methods the heresiarch Arius used to spread his miscreant doctrine?
    sea chanteys
    semaphore
    messages in bottles
    distributing tracts
    e-mail
     
  15. Falling asleep during the sermon (Okay, homily, if you must) is a long-standing Catholic tradition with a small "t." This lad fell asleep during a sermon delivered by the greatest homilist of all time, save the Lord himself, St. Paul.
    Troas
    Barnabas
    Clement
    Alexander the Coppersmith
    Eutychus
     
  16. The word barnasha means
    Son of God
    Son of Man
    Son of Justice
    Son of Iniquity
    Son of a Gun
     
  17. Where did Jesus change Simon’s name to Peter?
    Mount of Olives
    Caesarea Philippi
    Capernaum
    Bethany
    Jerusalem
     
  18. About whom did Jesus say, "Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile?"
    Andrew
    Bartholomew
    Nathanael
    Jude
    Simon the Zealot
     
  19. The word apostle means
    holy
    twelve
    chosen
    sent
    remnant
    focused
     
  20. What was the holy mountain for the Samaritans?
    Tabor
    Sinai
    Carmel
    Horeb
    Ebal
    Garizim
    Athos
    Hebron

Explain my wrong answers.
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