The Catholic Trivia Quiz

How well do you know your Church? Test your knowledge in every issue of the Southern Cross magazine – 

1. What are the two colours on the Vatican flag?

a) Yellow and Green b) Yellow and Red c) Yellow and White

2. Which of St Paul’s epistles was probably the last to be written?

a) Philemon b) Timothy c) Titus

3. In which diocese is the parish of Worcester?

a) Cape Town b) Keimoes-Upington c) Oudtshoorn

4. Who founded the Marist Brothers?

a) Jean-Baptiste de La Salle b) Edmund Rice c) Marcellin Champagnat

5. Of which city was St John Paul II archbishop before his papal election?

a) Gdansk b) Krakow c) Warsaw

6. Bradley Cooper, a practising Catholic, and Catholic-raised Lady Gaga played the leads in which film?

a) A Star Is Born b) Roma c) The Favourite

7. Which Old Testament book features the line, “By the skin of your teeth”?

a) Zecharia b) Job c) Amos

8. Which pioneer Oblate bishop in Natal was ordained by St Eugene de Mazenod, founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate?

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

9. How many 20th century popes were canonised to the sainthood?

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6

10. Which religious order for women is abbreviated CPS?

a) Precious Blood Sisters c) Sisters of Charity c) Sisters of St Paul

11. Which diocese did Archbishop Zolile Mpambani head before he was transferred to Bloemfontein?

a) Kimberley b) Klerksdorp c) Kokstad

12. Which former world footballer of the year is a Catholic?

a) Lionel Messi b) Kaka c) Ronaldinho

Answers: Catholic Trivia Quiz: 1. c) Yellow and white; 2. b) Timothy (about 67AD); 3. c) Oudtshoorn; 4. a) Marcellin Champagnat; 5. b) Krakow; 6. a) A Star Is Born; 7. b) Job (19:20 – “I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth”); 8. a) Francois Allard; 9. b) 4 (Pius X, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II); 10. a) Precious Blood Sisters; 11. c) Kokstad; 12. b) Lionel Messi