This page is for your fun and enlightenment. This time it is from Catechist Magazine from an article by Page McKean Zyromski entitled What’s Your Catholic IQ.

Instructions: Finish each statement by circling the correct letter.

1.  The three sacraments of Initiation are baptism confirmation and: a. reconciliation  b.  Eucharist  C. matrimony  D Holy Orders.

2.  The church canonizes certain individuals because:  a it makes them happier in heaven; b  they are mentioned in the bible;  c it explains why we use their names at baptism;  d  it encourages us to follow in their example.

3.  The US was officially a mission church until:  a.  1776; b. 1812; c. 1865; d. 1908.

4.  Forgive us our trespasses...:a. whenever we sin; b. even if we can't forgive others; c.  as we forgive those who trespass against us;  d. and peace to people on earth.

5.  The apparition of the Blessed mother in Vietnam brings her honor as our Lady of:  a. La Vang; b. Knock; c. LaSalette;  d. Fatima.

6.  The light that indicates the presence of the reserved Sacrament in the tabernacle is called the:  a sanctuary lamp;  b. votive light;  c. Prie-dieu;  d. ambo.

7.  On the Church calendar an octave refers to: a. a week; b. nine days of prayer; c. the Twelve days of Christmas; d. the month's memorial of a person's death.

8.  The Roman governor who sentenced Jesus to death was:  a Caiphas; b. Brutus; c. Augustus Caesar; d. Pontius Pilate.

9.  When entering and leaving our pew at church we: a. genuflect or bow; b. wave to the priest; c. hum a Christian tune; d. whistle.

10.  Members of religious orders typically take three vows of poverty, chastity and: a prayer; b. obedience; c. hospitality; d. silence.

11.  An unsightly waterspout often seen on Gothic cathedrals is called:  a an undercroft; b. a flying buttress; c.  a gargoyle; d.  a transept.

12.  St. Thomas More (1478-1535) died by being:  a.  shot by a firing squad; b.  forced to drink poison; c.  beheaded; d. Hanged.

13.  The Latin phrase Ora pro nobis means:  a Rest in peace; b. Pray for us; c. Lord, have mercy;  d.Lamb of God.

14.  A place of liturgical worship for a community other than a parish is called a:  a chapel; b. hospice; c. cathedral;  d. pavilion.

15.  Of the following, the one that is not one of the traditional Corporal Works of Mercy is:  a burying the dead; b. going to Mass; c. visiting the imprisoned;  d. feeding the hungry.

16.  Joshua ordered his army to march around the city of: a. Jerusalem; b.  Bethlehem; c. Nazareth; d. Jericho.

17.  At a papal conclave, the color of smoke if no pope is elected is:  a. blue, b. yellow; c. white;  d. black.

18.  The prayer that begins "Make me a channel of your peace" is attributed to St.: a. Patrick; b. Francis of Assisi; c. Pius X; d. Jerome.

19.  Of the following, the one that is not a name for the promised land is: a Canaan; b. sanctuary; c. campanile; d. crypt.

10.  b  11.  c  12.  c  13.  b  14.  a  15.  b  16.  d  17.  d  18.  b

19.  d   20.  b

CCC= Catechism of the Catholic Church