Catholic Trivia Quiz

by Admin · August 10, 2022

1. Who designed the uniforms of the Swiss Guards?
a) Leonardo da Vinci b) Michelangelo c) Raphael
2. Who is the bishop of Port Elizabeth?
a) Duncan Tsoke b) Jeremiah Masela c) Vincent Zungu
3. After Italy, which country has provided the largest number of canonised saints since 2006?
a) France b) Germany c) Spain
4. Where did Jesus raise Lazarus?
a) Bethany b) Capernaum c) Nain
5. Who was the first pope to propose nuclear disarmament in an encyclical?
a) John XXIII b) Paul VI c) John Paul II
6. Which book in the New Testament features the line, “A law unto themselves”?
a) Luke b) Acts c) Romans
7. In which diocese is the town of Potchefstroom?
a) Johannesburg b) Klerksdorp c) Rustenburg
8. How old was St Joan of Arc when she was executed?
a) 17 b) 19 c) 21
9. Which religious order for women is abbreviated HC?
a) Handmaids of Christ b) Holy Cross c) Holy Family
10. When in the Sunday liturgy do we recite the Creed?
a) After the Homily b) After the Offertory Procession c) After the Prayers of the Faithful
11. Who of Tom Cruise’s three ex-wives is not a practising Catholic?
a) Katie Holmes b) Mimi Rogers c) Nicole Kidman
12. Who is the patron saint of public relations?
a) Bernard of Siena b) John Chrysostum c) Francis de Sales

Answers: 1. b) Michelangelo; 2. c) Vincent Zungu; 3. c) Spain; 4. a) Bethany; 5. a) John XXIII (in Pacem in Terris, 1963); 6. c) Romans 13:11; 7. b) Klerksdorp; 8. b) 19; 9. b) Holy Cross; 10. a) After the homily; 11. b) Mimi Rogers (a Scientologist, like Cruise, who was raised Catholic); 12. a) Bernard of Siena.

This quiz was published in the February 2022 issue of The Southern Cross