The Catholic Trivia Quiz

1 What happened on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem?

a) Jesus made his entry into Jerusalem b) Jesus was arrested c) Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha

2 In which diocese is the parish of Sharpeville?

a) Johannesburg b) Klerksdorp c) Pretoria

3 In which century did St Patrick die?

a) 4th b) 5th c) 6th

4 In which song did Elvis Presley, a Baptist, sing the Hail Mary?

a) Crying In The Chapel b) Miracle Of The Rosary c) Our Lady of Fatima

5 Which country in Africa has the lowest number of Catholics?

a) Algeria b) Mauritania c) Somalia

6 Which religious order for men is abbreviated SAC?

a) Comboni b) Pallottine c) Salesian

7 Pope Francis was the first pope to choose a new and non-composed regnal name since 913. Who was the last one before him?

a) Lando b) Leo c) Lucius

8 Where in Italy is the shrine of Padre Pio?

a) Castel Gandolfo b) Pietrelcina c) San Giovanni Rotondo

9 Which Old Testament book features the line “There’s nothing new under the sun”?

a) Psalms b) Proverbs c) Ecclesiastes

10 Who was the first bishop of the territory of Durban?

a) Francois Allard b) Henri Delalle c) Charles Jolivet

11 Who won an Oscar for his role as a handyman working among nuns?

a) Gregory Peck b) Paul Newman c) Sydney Poitier

12 Which order runs the basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, where the angel appeared to Mary?

a) Augustinians b) Dominicans c) Franciscans

Answers:1. c) Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, 2. a) Johannesburg, 3. b) 5th (c.461), 4. b) Miracle Of The Rosary (in 1971, 5. c) Somalia 6. b) Pallottines,
7 a) Lando, 8. c) San Giovanni Rotondo, 9. c) Ecclesiastes (9:1), 10. a) Francois Allard (of the Vicariate of Natal from 1851-73), 11. c) Sydney Poitier (for his role of Homer Smith in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field), 12. Franciscans