By Charles Harvey

   

  1. These books were thought by some to belong to Sacred Scripture, but now their canonical authenticity is denied:
    the apocryphal Gospels

    a
    pocalypse

    codices

    intertestamental writings

    targums

       
  2. These stately, dignified early Church writers are known as the Three Cappadocians:
    Arius, Origen and Tertullian

    Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzen and Gregory of Nyssa

    Justin Martyr, Jerome and John Chrysostom

    Curly, Moe and Larry

       
  3. The first five books of the Bible were written by:
    Abraham

    Boaz

    Caleb

    Moses

    Aaron

    Josephus
    Melchisedek
    Cecil B. DeMille
    J.R.R. Tolkien

       
  4. This famous prelate was a contemporary of St. Thomas More and was martyred for fidelity to Rome:
    Cardinal Wolsey

    Cardinal Pole

    Bp. John Fisher

    Edmund Campion

    Thomas Cranmer
    Titus Oates

     
  5. This man, who had a radical conversion from playboy to religious ascetic, was killed by bandits in the Sahara in 1916:
    Alphonse Ratisbonne

    Maximilian Kolbe

    Charles de Foucauld

    Hamish Fraser

    Rudolph Valentino

    Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

      
  6. St. Ambrose, who brought St. Augustine into the Church, was bishop of:
    Amaretto

    Bologna

    Carthage

    Rome

    Jerusalem
    Milan
    Naples
    West Palm Beach

      
  7. This man convoked the Diet of Worms (yuck!) to deal with Martin Luther's middle-aged tergiversations:
    King Louis IX

    Emperor Charles

    King Philip II

    Pope Pius IV

    Elector Frederick I

    Prince Rotnei III

      
  8. Goliath (of David and Goliath fame) was:
    a Hittite

    an Edomite

    a Viking

    a Philistine

    an Egyptian

    a Cretan
    an idiot for trying to take on God's man, David.

      
  9. Have many stones did David have in his arsenal to confront Goliath?
    two

    three

    five

    seven

    nine

    he only needed one, baby

      
  10. Kyrie eleison means?
    So be it

    Body of Christ

    Word of God

    Lord, have mercy

    Dominus Vobiscum

    Mass is ended

    I'm outta here

      
  11. Yahweh spoke to him in a burning bush:
    Aaron

    Belshezzar

    Cyrus

    David

    Elijah
    Moses
    Charlton Heston

      
  12. St. Mark's Gospel notes that when Jesus called them, St. Peter and St. Andrew were casting their nets to fish. St. James and St. John were:
    also casting their nets

    mending their nets

    stowing their nets

    fixing a leak in their boat

    on coffee break

    telling fish stories

      
  13. Saul (St. Paul) was on the road to this city when he was suddenly converted:
    Athens

    Baghdad

    Cairo

    Damascus

    Tarsus

    Jerusalem

      
  14. The famous motto of the Benedictines is "Ora at Labora" which translates:
    "God helps those who help themselves"

    "
    Don't sweat the small stuff"
    "Say what?"

    "Pray and work"

    "Lunch break"

    "Smoke 'em if you got 'em"

      
  15. This famous English man of letters never became a Catholic:
    Robert Hugh Benson

    John Henry Newman

    G. K. Chesterton

    Ronald Knox

    Evelyn Waugh

    C.S. Lewis

      
  16. This is what Hebrews called "Hades" the underworld which was gone to after death
    Abbadon

    Valhalla

    Sheol

    Limbo

    Texas

    Arkansas

      
  17. In the Middle Ages there was a legend of a female pope. Though thoroughly discredited, the legend still pops up today in certain circles. It is the legend of Pope:
    Arlene

    Bernice

    Crystal

    Darla

    Endora

    Francine

    Gloria
    Joan

      
  18. When the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem, only the West Wall was left standing. It remains even today and is known as the:
    Availing Wall

    Waiting Wall

    Wall of Anticipation

    Wall of Revenge

    Mercy Wall
    Wailing Wall
    Wall of Justice

      
  19. In the Old Testament, the name Ziz was a:
    city

    hot desert wind

    cliff

    demon

    an Edomite king

    a flagon of spiced wine

    a skin condition resembling leprosy

      
  20. He sought the necromantic services of the Witch of Endor:
    Absalom

    Saul

    Solomon

    David

    Samuel

    Ahab
    Willie L. Brown, Jr., Mayor of San Francisco

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