Div 2 (CFC) - Saints & Popes

RC Challenge, Division 2, Saints and Popes

1 Q: At the age of 15, this man entered the Dominican order in Peru. He was a close friend of St. Rose of Lima:

A: Who is St. Martin de Porres?

2 Q: Patroness of alcoholics:

A: Who is St. Monica?

3 Q: Patron of brewers:

A: Who is St. Augustine? (uh-GUS-tin)

4 Q: He was proclaimed the Patron of Ecology by John Paul the 2nd in 1979:

A: Who is St. Francis of Assisi?

5 Q: Until the 20th century, he was the only archangel on the Western Calendar:

A: Who is St. Michael?

6 Q: In 1891, with a few companions, this American heiress founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People:

A: Who is St. Katharine Drexel?

7 Q: In the Eastern Church art, this beautiful woman from the NT is shown holding a red egg (symbol of Resurrection):

A: Who is St. Mary Magdalen?

8 Q: Give the day of the month for these saints' feast days—St. Catherine of Siena, Feast of the Archangels, Sts. Peter and Paul:

A: What is the 29th?

9 Q: This title of the pope refers to his humility and service:

A: What is Servant of the Servants of God?

10 Q: There are over 320 cases of this phenomena, and out of this number, sixty have been canonized, one of them being St. Francis of Assisi:

A: What is the stigmata? (stig-MAH-tuh)

11 Q: St. Timothy was a bishop of this community, and it is thought to be where St. John brought St. Mary, Mother of God to live after the Crucifixion:

A: What is Ephesus?

12 Q: She was the 1st mother to witness her daughter's canonization by Pope Pius XII on 6/24/1950:

A: Who is Assunta Goretti, mother of Maria Goretti?

13 Q: A solemn declaration by the pope that someone is in heaven:

A: What is canonization?

14 Q: Which great saint originated the blessing of: "God bless you"?

A: Who is St. Gregory the Great?

15 Q: The bullet-proof vehicle of the pope?

A: What is the popemobile?

16 Q: He wears the white skull cap:

A: Who is the pope?

17 Q: He wears the red skull cap:

A: Who is a cardinal?

18 Q: Rome became a center for Christendom (The Holy Roman Empire) under this pope:

A: Who is Pope St. Gregory the Great?

19 Q: The youngest visionary from Fatima to die:

A: Who is Jacinta?

(Ju-SIN-tuh) 20 Q: Mary's 3 requests to the children of Fatima:

A: What are honor her Immaculate Conception, do penance, and pray the Rosary?

21 Q: This many years are required between and individual's death and the opening of a formal "cause" for beatification?

A: What is 5 years?

22 Q: English laymen and Chancellor of England, beheaded by Henry VIII for refusing to consider a law that would make King Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.

A: Who is St. Thomas More?

23 Q: This annual worldwide collection among Catholics is for the pope, to help defray the costs of the his travels to poor countries, and of the administration of the Holy See.

A: What is Peter's Pence?

24 Q: A Doctor of the Church, he is the founder of the Redemptorists who preach parish missions:

A: Who is St. Alphonsus Liguori?

25 Q: This many Swiss Guards guard the apostolic palaces:

A: What are 110, plus 6 officers?

26 Q: The red, yellow, and blue uniforms of the Swiss Guards were designed by this famous artist:

A: Who is Michelangelo?

27 Q: From Pope Sixtus IV, the main chapel of the Vatican palace and private chapel of the pope:

A: What is the Sistine Chapel?

28 Q: Patron saint of singers, this man is famous for chants:

A: Who is Pope St. Gregory the Great?

29 Q: She wove Jesus' seamless garment that he wore on the road to Calvary?

A: Who is the Blessed Mother?

30 Q: He is commonly called the 1st martyr:

A: Who is St. Stephen?

31 Q: Because of his extremely beautiful preaching, this saint's name means "golden mouth":

A: Who is St. John Chrysostom?

32 Q: In the year 43 by King Herod Agrippa, he was the 1st apostle to be martyred:

A: Who is St. James the Greater?

33 Q: The apostle known as the "Protoclete" (PRO-toe-cleet) "1st called"?

A: Who is St. Andrew?

34 Q: This Spanish reformer of the Carmelite order is often shown with a book and pen.

A: Who is St. Teresa of Avila?

35 Q: This Gospel writer is often portrayed in art with a book, a pen, and an angel.

A: Who is St. Matthew the Evangelist?

36 Q: This priest known for his poetry, worked with St. Teresa of Avila to reform the Carmelite order:

A: Who is St. John of the Cross?

37 Q: The mother church of a diocese and official church of a bishop.

A: What is a cathedral?

38 Q: The papal palace and the popes' residence from the 14th century on:

A: What is the Vatican?

39 Q: The parish church of Vatican City:

A: What is St. Ann's?

40 Q: The cathedral church of Rome (the official church of the bishop of Rome, the pope):

A: What is St. John Lateran?

41 Q: The feast days on September 8 and March 19.

A: What are Mary's birthday and the Feast of St. Joseph?

42 Q: Because he had Jesus laid in his own tomb, this man has become the patron saint of funeral directors.

A: Who is Joseph of Arimathea?

43 Q: Another name for the papal (PAY-pull) tiara, which is a tall headdress of gold with precious stones, encircled with three crowns and topped by a cross:

A: What is the papal crown? (or triple crown)

44 Q: The only 2 times in history that a pope has spoken "ex cathedra":

A: What are the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of the B.V. M.?

45 Q: When the pope issues a decree of canonization, his decision is considered to be this:

A: What is infallible?

46 Q: The pope is the bishop of this diocese:

A: What is the Diocese of Rome?

47 Q: Surviving a martyrdom attempt in which he was boiled in hot oil, this is the only one of the 12 apostles to die a natural death:

A: Who is St. John the Evangelist?

48 Q: This apostle was martyred by being skinned alive: (flayed)

A: Who is St. Bartholomew?

49 Q: After the death of a pope, these are the days on which he may be buried:

A: What is on the 4th thru the 6th day?

50 Q: After the death of a pope, these are the days the Conclave of the Cardinals begin meeting to select a new pope:

A: What is on the 15th through the 20th days after his death?

51 Q: After the death of a pope, this many days are set aside for mourning:

A: What is 9 days after his death?

52 Q: St. Mark's cousin and St. Paul's companion:

A: Who is Barnabas?

53 Q: These are saintly writers of the early centuries whom the Church recognizes as her special witnesses of the faith:

A: Who are the Fathers of the Church?

54 Q: The 4 "Great" Eastern (Greek) Fathers of the Church:

A: Who are: St. Athanasius (atha-NAY-sius), St. Basil (BA-zil), St. Gregory of Nazianzus (nah-zee-ANN-zus), and St. John Chrysostom (CHRIS-uh-stum)

55 Q: The number of languages Pope St. John Paul the 2nd spoke:

A: What is 8?

56 Q: This multi-millionaire American heiress from Philadelphia started Xavier University, and nearly 60 other missions and schools, mostly for poor African and Native Americans.

A: Who is St. Katherine Drexel?

57 Q: St. Peter is buried at the foot of which of the 7 hills of Rome:

A: What is Vatican Hill, St. Peter's Basilica?

58 Q: The shadow of which saint is said to have healed the infirmed:

A: Who is St. Peter in Acts 5:12-14?

59 Q: The number of miracles required to be considered for sainthood:

A: What is 2? 1 for beatification, 1 for canonization

60 Q: St. Paul was a citizen of what empire:

A: What is the Roman Empire?

61 Q: Male saint symbolized by 2 keys:

A: Who is St. Peter?

62 Q: She wiped the sweat and blood from Jesus' face during the Way of the Cross:

A: Who is Veronica?

63 Q: Of Andrew, James, and Matthew, which of these 3 disciples was not a fisherman:

A: Who is Matthew?

64 Q: Over the last 300 years, the majority of the popes have been from what country:

A: What is Italy?

65 Q: The patron saint of doctors:

A: Who is St. Luke? (or Sts. Cosmas and Damian)

66 Q: She was beatified by Pope Paul VI, her body is incorrupt since her death in 1320 and she is the patron of unwanted and physically disabled children:

A: Who is Blessed Margaret of Costello? (cost-EL-oh)

67 Q: Since St. Francis of Asissi, he is the 1st man to carry all five marks of the stigmata

A: Who is St. Padre Pio?

68 Q: The great saint who wrote the Spiritual Exercises:

A: Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?

69 Q: This is what Mary the Mother of God has in heaven that we will not have until the Final Judgment:

A: What is a body?

70 Q: Patron of a happy death:

A: Who is St. Joseph?

71 Q: The apostle to the Gentiles:

A: Who is St. Paul?

72 Q: This person said, "Ignorance of scriptures is ignorance of Christ":

A: Who is St. Jerome?

73 Q: Pope John Paul II canonized this Polish saint on 4/30/2000, establishing the 1st Divine Mercy Sunday:

A: Who is St. Faustina?

74 Q: This virgin saint is often symbolized as a lamb, which is also the meaning of her name:

A: Who is St. Agnes?

75 Q: She went to Rome to beg the Holy Father to allow her to enter the Carmelites at the age of 15:

A: Who is St. Therese of Lisieux?

76 Q: Mary, Mother of God, asked this founder of the Order of Preachers to spread devotion to the Holy Rosary:

A: Who is St. Dominic?

77 Q: A virgin martyr's feast day is on 2/6, she is the patroness of florists:

A: Who is St. Dorothy (303)?

78 Q: San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Juan Capistrano, San Carlos, and San Antonio were several of these established by this person:

A: What are California missions and St. Junipero (who-NIP-er-oh) Serra (sarah)?

79 Q: The heavenly army of God:

A: What are the angels?

80 Q: This Gospel writer was also St. Peter's secretary:

A: Who is St. Mark?

81 Q: What type of shell is a symbol of James the Greater?

A: What is a scallop shell?

82 Q: Our Lady and the apostles waited between the Ascension and Pentecost for 9 days. This established what type of prayer:

A: What is a novena?

83 Q: This saint was born in Domremy, France in 1412:

A: Who is St. Joan of Arc?

84 Q: St. Thomas Aquinas belonged to this order:

A: What is Dominican?

85 Q: The nun who saved Assisi, Italy by holding a monstrance:

A: Who is St. Clare?

86 Q: This apostle is shown as a rising eagle:

A: Who is St. John the Evangelist?

87 Q: Christianity was established in Rome by these 2 apostles:

A: Who are Sts. Peter and Paul?

88 Q: The 1st words of John Paul II to the people, after becoming pope:

A: What is "Be Not Afraid"?

89 Q: This saint added a 4th vow that we pledge our service to the poor:

A: Who is St. Mother Teresa?

90 Q: In the year 1730, about 300 years after her death, she is reported to have elevated out of her coffin to quiet the people frightened from an earthquake:

A: Who is St. Rita of Cascia?

91 Q: This apostle survived immersion in hot boiling oil and died a natural death later:

A: Who is St. John?

92 Q: Of Pope Adrian IV, Gregory I, and Pope Paul VI, which one is an Englishman:

A: Who is Pope Adrian IV?

93 Q: Her success was in convincing Pope Gregory XI to go back to Rome:

A: Who is St. Catherine of Siena?

94 Q: The \# of popes that have been native to the U.S.:

A: What are none?

95 Q: Which apostle preached the 1st sermon on Pentecost:

A: Who is St. Peter?

96 Q: These men were listed as the 1st and last in the list of apostles:

A: Who are St. Peter and St. Judas Iscariot?

97 Q: This Carmelite saint is often called, "The Little Flower":

A: Who is St. Therese of Lisieux?

98 Q: Guardian Angel of Israel:

A: Who is St. Michael?

99 Q: Pope St. John Paul II's favorite devotion:

A: What is the rosary?

100 Q: Once as she was carrying in the folds of her mantle some provisions for the poor, she met her husband, she met her husband returning from the hunt. Astonished to see her bending under the weight of her burden, he opened the mantle and found in it nothing but beautiful red and white roses, though it was not the season for flowers. Which saint is this:

A: Who is St. Elizabeth of Hungary?