Catholic Fun Facts
The dogma that Mary is completely free from all sin
What is the Immaculate Conception?
This most famous work of St. Augustine is required reading in LitHum.
What is The Confessions?
These are the five boroughs of NYC
What are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Staten Island?
(You must name them all to score.)
A jack-o'-lantern is formed by carving this winter squash
What is a pumpkin?
The 44th President of the United States and the first African American president
Who is Barack Obama?
This part of the Mass, shortly after the Consecration, is optional.
This saint and mother of Augustine prayed for years for his conversion.
Who is St. Monica?
This is the chemical process that turned the Statue of Liberty green
What is oxidation?
Halloween began as a vigil for this Catholic solemnity
What is All Saints' Day?
(NOT All Souls' Day)
One of the Founding Fathers and the first Secretary of the Treasury
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This Catholic author is most famous for his stories about hobbits and magic rings.
Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?
Before his conversion, Augustine studied this subject and later taught it in Rome.
What is rhetoric?
This was New York City’s original name
What is New Amsterdam?
One can ward off this Halloween monster using a crucifix and holy water
What is a vampire?
(Or Dracula)
A Catholic monk, theologian, and author of The Seven Storey Mountain who converted while studying at Columbia
Who is Thomas Merton?
In October 2002, Pope John Paul II introduce this new set of mysteries to the Rosary.
What are the Luminous Mysteries?
At the age of 31, Augustine heard a child’s voice tell him to say these words, prompting him to read the Bible.
What is “Take up and read”?
(Or "Take and read" or "Tolle, lege")
This is the state bird of New York
What is the Eastern Bluebird?
("Bluebird" is also acceptable.)
Formerly called "chicken feed", it is consistently ranked among the most loved and most hated candies
What is candy corn?
An American singer known for being part of a legendary musical duo, with hit songs like “Mrs. Robinson” and “The Sound of Silence”
Who is Art Garfunkel?
What are the stigmata?
St. Augustine is the patron saint of these groups of people (name at least two).
What are brewers, printers, theologians, philosophers, and sore eyes?
(Any two are acceptable.)
This was the year that New York became a state
What is 1788?
The number of installments in the Halloween movie franchise (1978-2002)
What is thirteen?
A Catholic priest, author, and co-founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
Who is Fr. Benedict Groeschel?