Div 2 (CFC) - General Questions

RC Challenge, Division 2, General Questions

1 Q: In the last 100 years, 2 other names for the Holy Land:

A: What are Palestine and Israel?

2 Q: This is suffering for your religious beliefs:

A: What is persecution?

3 Q: The phrase "I thirst" is written on the wall next to the crucifix in every one of this rel. order's chapels all over the world :

A: What is the Missionary of Charity?

4 Q: The sin of holding on to possessions:

A: What is covetousness?

5 Q: The moment the soul separates from the body.

A: What is death?

6 Q: What is unjustly revealing a crime or secret that is true about another, but harmful to that person's reputation. It is a sin against justice?

A: What is detraction?

7 Q: Lucia (the Fatima visionary) was related to Francisco and Jacinta in what way?

A: What is a cousin?

8 Q: Permission to be lax in Church Law, given by a priest, temporarily or permanently for good reasons?

A: What is dispensation?

9 Q: By believing in the Trinity, we have what?

A: What is faith?

10 Q: The sins vs. hope?

A: What are presumption and despair?

11 Q: Of the 4 last things, which last for eternity?

A: What are Heaven and Hell?

12 Q: Musical instruments, shields, and scrolls symbolize what?

A: What are angels?

13 Q: Another name for the Cardinal Virtues?

A: What is moral virtues?

14 Q: A building that houses consecrated religious women:

A: What is a convent?

15 Q: Seven lamps or a dove are a symbol of this:

A: What is the Holy Spirit?

16 Q: The human body after its resurrection from the dead and reunion with the soul, which beholds the vision of God.

A: What is the glorified body?

17 Q: The laws of the Church, issued by Pope St. John Paul II in 1983, that contains 7 "books".

A: What is the Code of Canon Law?

18 Q: Any person, place, or thing that of its nature or because of human frailty can lead one to do wrong.

A: What is occasion of sin?

19 Q: Two terms that mean showing disrespect to God:

A: What is blasphemy, profanity, (or: cursing, perjury, swearing a false oath)?

20 Q: Also called a Vigil for the Deceased, a period of time before the funeral when mourners may visit the body of the deceased and offer their condolences to the bereaved.

A: What is a wake?

21 Q: 2 kinds of Divine revelation.

A: What are public and private?

22 Q: Catholics and Muslims both believe in what?

A: What are angels? (also, one God)

23 Q: 2 parts of 4 major church buildings in Rome that are closed off by bricks except during a Jubilee Year:

A: What are the Holy Doors?

24 Q: A form of purification through God that leads one to a high degree of sanctity. It is also referred to as a dryness of soul:

A: What is the dark night of the soul?

25 Q: The altar in the Sistine Chapel is made of what material?

A: What is mother of pearl?

26 Q: Idle talk, especially about others:

A: What is gossip?

27 Q: A relatively small place for worship?

A: What is a chapel?

28 Q: Which cardinal virtue is the strength to do what is right in spite of difficulty?

A: What is fortitude?

29 Q: The virtue to render to God the worship and service he deserves.

A: What is religion? (or piety)

30 Q: A journey to a shrine or holy place as an act of penance, form of religious devotion, or to seek the intercession of a saint.

A: What is a pilgrimage?

31 Q: The number of cardinals to vote for a new pope cannot exceed this:

A: What is 120?

32 Q: Religious order that manages the Vatican radio.

A: Who are the Jesuits?

33 Q: The courtyard in front of this basilica in Rome has soldiers of the Swiss Guard:

A: What is St Peter's Basilica?

34 Q: The 3rd, 7th, and 9th stations of the cross have this in common:

A: What are falls?

35 Q: 3 places to be sent at particular judgement (the judgment immediately after death):

A: Where are heaven, hell, or purgatory?

36 Q: 2 kinds of sin that all mankind (except the B.V.M.) incurs:

A: What are: original and actual sin?

37 Q: These are days of required fasting and abstinence for Catholics:

A: What are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?

38 Q: These days require abstinence (not eating meat) but not fasting:

A: What are all Fridays in Lent?

39 Q: The 3 steps a candidate must complete to become a religious:

A: What are : postulant, novice, and professed?

40 Q: A person who wishes to enter to the religious life, but hasn't been admitted to membership of a religious order. The purpose of this stage is to acquire knowledge of the religious life.

A: What is a postulant?

41 Q: A person formally admitted to a religious order but not yet a member for life:

A: What is a novice?

42 Q: A person in a religious community who has been admitted for life and taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

A: What is a professed member?

43 Q: This miracle occurred 1250 years ago in the 8th century. The host/wine visibly turned into flesh/blood.

A: What is the Miracle of Lanciano? (lon-chee-AH-no)

44 Q: What 2 things is the Devil not permitted to do:

A: What are know our thoughts, and tempt us beyond our strength?

45 Q: The "Glory Be to the Father" is also known as this:

A: What is the Minor Doxology?

46 Q: These are doctrines of faith taught in error:

A: What are heresies?

47 Q: Prior to Christianity, name the only religion that didn't have goddesses:

A: What is Judaism?

48 Q: Name the highest act of the virtue of fortitude:

A: What is martyrdom?

49 Q: This cathedral is the seat of the archbishop of New York City:

A: What is St. Patrick's Cathedral?

50 Q: On this day, also called the birthday of the Church, the apostles baptized 3000 people:

A: What is Pentecost?

51 Q: Name the 3 California missions that are named after the archangels:

A: What are San Gabriel, San Miguel, San Raphael?

52 Q: Name the 4 categories of actions to obtain grace:

A: What are prayer, penance, sacraments, and good works?

53 Q: Of the 7 Capital sins, this one is also an animal:

A: What is sloth?

54 Q: Title of the day that a nun or religious sister receives her habit:

A: What is her Clothing Day?

55 Q: This Jewish harvest took place 50 days after Passover. Christians refer to it as Pentecost:

A: What is the Festival of Weeks?

56 Q: This place became the stage for martyrdom of many Christians in Rome:

A: What is the Coliseum?

57 Q: Constantine opened the Council of Nicea, but this Bishop of Rome didn't attend:

A: Who is Pope Sylvester?

58 Q: Name the 3 powers/abilities of the soul:

A: What are free will, intellect, and memory?

59 Q: Name your 4 "mothers":

A: What are you biological mother, you Godmother, the BVM, and Mother Church?

60 Q: Being in a state of grace is if we are free from which sins:

A: What are original and mortal?

61 Q: A moral virtue that inclines a person to do as the person in authority asks, and it is also a vow:

A: What is obedience?

62 Q: Christ gave us the example of this theological virtue and it is the only one that we take to heaven with us:

A: What is charity?

63 Q: Which is a Fruit of the Holy Spirit (sensitivity, blissfulness, or joy):

A: What is Joy?

64 Q: The 2 mortal sins that Judas committed after betraying Christ:

A: What are 1. despair and 2. suicide

65 Q: A synonym for temptation and anything that can lead one to sin:

A: What is an occasion of sin?

66 Q: The state of being sorry for our sins out of love of God, not fear of punishment:

A: What is perfect contrition?

67 Q: Anger, hatred, and revenge are forbidden under which commandment:

A: What is the 5th commandment, "Thou shall not kill"?

68 Q: The feast day in Mexico when Catholics build altars in their homes and decorate them to commemorate the dead:

A: What is the Day of the Dead or La Dia de Los Muertos?

69 Q: The act by which a common building or object is dedicated to the service and worship of God:

A: What is consecration?

70 Q: Largest Catholic Church in Europe:

A: What is St. Peter's basilica?

71 Q: Of the 2 kinds of grace, which one is destroyed by mortal sin?

A: What is sanctifying grace?

72 Q: Virtue of being fair to all:

A: What is justice?

73 Q: The Immaculate Conception refers to what:

A: What is that the Blessed Mother was born without original sin?

74 Q: Also known as the Paraclete:

A: Who is the Holy Spirit?

75 Q: Why did God make you?

A: What is to know, love, and serve Him in this life, and to be happy with Him in the next?

76 Q: Legendary cloth that wiped Jesus' face on the way to Calvary:

A: What is Veronica's veil?

77 Q: 2 spices used to prepare for Christ's burial:

A: What is myrrh and aloe? Jn 19:39

78 Q: 2 mysteries of faith expressed by the sign of the cross:

A: What are the Trinity and Redemption?

79 Q: Christians living during the Roman Empire were persecuted for 300 years. Name the 1st and last of the 10 major persecutions:

A: What is 1. The Burning of Rome, 64 A.D, by Nero, when Sts. Peter/Paul were martyred and 2. Persecution by Diocletian (dye-oh-CLEE-shun) and Galerius (gol-AIR-eeus), 303-324 A.D.?

80 Q: Which Edict marked the official end of the 300 years of Roman persecution of Christians?

A: What is the Edict of Milan, by Constantine in 313 A.D.?

81 Q: Name the 3 sources of temptation:

A: What are the world, the flesh, and the devil?

82 Q: One of the oldest libraries in the world, the Vatican library has about how many books:

A: What is 1 million?

83 Q: The month and day of the Annunciation:

A: What is 3/25?

84 Q: The Passionists take their name from this event in Christ's life:

A: What is the Passion?

85 Q: In 1498, where did Portuguese explorers (Vasco de Gama) find evidence of Christianity dating back to St. Thomas the Apostle:

A: Where is India?

86 Q: This animal symbol was found in the catacombs:

A: What is a fish?

87 Q: The month October is dedicated to what:

A: What is the Holy Rosary?

88 Q: A person that may lead/sustain the singing during the Mass:

A: Who is a cantor?

89 Q: How do we know that celibacy is good:

A: What is because it was Christ's example and he requested it?

90 Q: The 2nd oldest city in the S.W. United States:

A: What is Sante Fe?

91 Q: In Hebrew, the city of peace:

A: What is Jerusalem?

92 Q: Name the patron of the U.S.:

A: Who is the Immaculate Conception?

93 Q: On the Jesse Tree, the Key of David is a symbol of what:

A: What is authority and power?

94 Q: Augustinian monks living in the Swiss Alps used these to find people needing help to make their way to the monastery:

A: What are St. Bernard dogs?

95 Q: This piece of evidence is not required to be declared a venerable:

A: What is a miracle?

96 Q: When public officials take bribes, they offend this Commandment:

A; What is the 7th Commandment, .........?

97 Q: These are the Children of Eve:

A: What is the human race?

98 Q: This prayer to Mary, ascribed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, has the words "Remember, most loving Virgin Mary, never was it known, that anyone who turned to you for help was left unaided"?

A: What is the memorare? (mem-oh-RAH-ray)

99 Q: The day, 3/25, that Jesus was conceived and made man:

A: What is the Feast of the Incarnation? (or the Feast of the Annunciation)

100 Q: The 2 Holy Days of Obligation in the month of December:

A: What are the Immaculate Conception and Christmas?