Math
What number comes next in this sequence? 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, __?
What is 42?
What is the smallest unit of an element that retains that element's chemical identity?
What is an atom?
Which ancient civilization built the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Who are the ancient Egyptians?
In Catholic moral theology, what is the term for the perfect and lasting happiness found in communion with God, which is the ultimate goal of human life and moral action?
What is beatitude?
How many sacraments does the Catholic Church recognize?
What are the seven sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony?
Five people each shake hands with every other person exactly once. How many handshakes take place in total?
What are 10 handshakes?
Why does ice float in liquid water, even though most solids sink in their own liquid form?
What is the fact that ice is less dense than liquid water because hydrogen bonds create an open crystal structure when water freezes?
In what year did the Western Roman Empire traditionally fall, when its last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed?
What is AD 476?
According to Catholic bioethics, why does a human embryo deserve respect and protection even before it has developed consciousness or the ability to feel pain?
What is the inherent dignity of every human person, which does not depend on developmental stage, consciousness, or abilities?
Which apostle is recognized by the Catholic Church as the first Pope?
Who is Saint Peter?
A number is multiplied by 3, then 12 is added. The result is equal to twice the original number plus 25. What is the original number?
What is 13?
If the Sun suddenly vanished, approximately how long would it take Earth to stop receiving its light?
What is about 8 minutes and 20 seconds?
Which fifteenth-century European inventor is most closely associated with developing movable-type printing in Europe?
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
A pregnant woman has a life-threatening medical condition. A treatment is necessary to save her life, but it may unintentionally result in the death of her unborn child. Which principle in Catholic moral theology can help evaluate whether the treatment is morally permissible, and what is one important condition for applying it?
What is the principle of double effect, which requires, among other conditions, that the bad effect not be intended as either the end or the means of the action?
In what year did the First Council of Nicaea take place, addressing the Arian controversy and affirming that the Son is of the same divine substance as the Father?
What is AD 325?
A farmer has chickens and rabbits in a pen. There are 20 heads and 56 legs in total. Assuming every animal has one head, how many rabbits are in the pen?
What is 8 rabbits?
Two biological parents have blood types A and B. Could they have a child with blood type O? Explain which parental genotypes would make it possible.
What are the genotypes AO and BO, which allow each parent to pass on an O allele so their child can have OO blood type?
What 1215 document, forced upon King John of England by rebellious barons, became an important symbol of the principle that a ruler is subject to the law?
What is Magna Carta?
A terminally ill patient declines a medical intervention that offers little hope of benefit and imposes a severe burden. Does Catholic teaching necessarily require the patient to accept the intervention? Explain the distinction that determines the answer.
What are proportionate and disproportionate means of preserving life? Catholic teaching does not require every possible treatment; a patient may refuse disproportionate means that offer little hope of benefit or impose excessive burdens.
What theological term describes the change of the whole substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ at the consecration, while the appearances of bread and wine remain?
What is transubstantiation?
A lily pad patch in a lake doubles in size every day. If it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, on which day was the lake half covered?
What is day 47?
According to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, what happens to the passage of time for an astronaut traveling at a speed close to the speed of light compared with someone remaining on Earth?
What is time dilation?
Which 1648 peace settlement ended the Thirty Years' War in the Holy Roman Empire and is widely associated with the development of the modern European state system?
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
A research team proposes using human embryos in an experiment that could lead to treatments for serious diseases affecting millions of people. Under Catholic bioethical reasoning, why is the potential medical benefit not, by itself, sufficient to justify the experiment? Identify the central moral principle involved.
What is the principle that a good end does not justify an intrinsically immoral means, together with the duty to respect the dignity and inviolability of human life?
In the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, what are the four marks that describe the Church? Name all four.
What are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic?