Biblical Basics
The place where Jesus fasted for 40 days.
What is the desert?
The first day of Lent.
What is Ash Wednesday?
The animal Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
What is a Donkey?
This is commonly avoided on Fridays in Lent
What is meat (except fish)?
Eating meat.
What do Catholics avoid/abstain from on Ash Wednesday and Fridays during lent? (200 pts for both days)
An Old Testament figure who built an ark and fasted after the flood.
Who is Noah?
Lent prepares Christians to celebrate this major feast.
What is Easter?
The day Jesus died on the cross.
What is Good Friday?
The Lenten color.
What is Purple?
Almsgiving, fasting, and prayer
What are the three pillars of Lenten sacrifice?
Swallowed by a big fish for refusing to do God's will.
Who was Jonah?
40 days, not including Sundays.
How long is lent?
Holy Week begins on this day, when Jesus enters Jerusalem.
What is Palm Sunday?
This prayer is omitted from the Mass during Lent.
What is the Gloria?
This fast-food chain often sees a sales spike during Lent thanks to its Filet-O-Fish.
What is McDonald's?
Turning stones into bread, throwing himself off the temple parapet, and worshipping Satan in exchange for power.
How did Satan try to tempt Jesus after fasting in the desert?
"Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return"
or
"Repent and believe in the gospel"
What is said when ashes are applied to your forehead on Ash Wednesday?
This day is kept in silence and anticipation before Easter.
What is Holy Saturday?
The snack originally created as a lenten treat because of its simple ingredients and a symbol of the Trinity?
What is the pretzel?
Burnt palm branches.
What are the ashes from on Ash Wednesday?
The number of times Jesus fell while carrying His cross.
What is the number 3.
This word, meaning “praise the Lord,” is not sung or said during Lent.
What is Allelu--.
The name for the three holiest days from Holy Thursday to Easter.
What is the Triduum?
This devotion recalls Christ's passion in 14 steps.
What is the Stations of the Cross?
The term for bread and wine becoming the Body and Blood of Christ.
What is Transubstantiation?