Catholic Trivia
What's the most important day and celebration in the Church's year?
Easter
How many boroughs are there in New York City?
Five
For the fifty years during which Fordham’s mascot was a real living ram, the rams were all punnily named after this Egyptian pharaoh.
Who is Rameses?
For what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?
Big
Who is the main founder of the Jesuits?
Ignatius of Loyola
In which New York City borough could you find the biggest metropolitan zoo in the USA?
The Bronx
This famous poet spent much of his time at Rose Hill in the first years of the college’s history; it’s said that his poem, The Bells, was inspired by the University Church’s bell.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Which movie was incorrectly announced as the winner of Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards, during the greatest Oscars flub of all time?
La La Land
What had Ignatius of Loyola's profession been before he started the Jesuits?
Soldier
Which is the most densely populated borough in New York City?
Manhattan
Fordham once held a series of baseball games with this rival school for the right to use its then school color. However, the rival has since moved on to crimson.
What is Harvard?
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
What are you reminding yourself of when you cross yourself with holy water when you enter the church?
Your baptism
The world-famous Times Square is named after which popular newspaper?
New York Times
The Gabelli School of Business was not always named for Mario Gabelli- instead, it was once known as the…
What is the College of Business Administration?
What is the highest-grossing foreign-language film at the U.S. box office?
The Passion of the Christ
Which country has the most Catholics?
Which is the least populated borough in New York City?
Staten Island
Upset by the language, a resident Jesuit at Fordham once suggested that Fordham use the word “ram” in this rallying chant, which eventually led to the ram becoming the university’s mascot.
What is - “One dam, Two dam, three dam, Fordham!”
What actress' name, who voices Princess Elsa in the Frozen films, did John Travolta botch at the 2014 Oscars?
Idina Menzel