St Nicholas
January
Christian Fiction
The Saints
Scriptural Odes
Potpourri
The Mediterranean
Phobias
Michigan
100
2250 E Paris Ave, SE
What is St. Nicholas' address?
100
The only federal holiday in the month.
What is New Year's Day?
100
Author of Til We Have Faces, Out of the Silent Planet, and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Who is Clive Staples Lewis?
100
The patron saint of agricultural workers, archers, armourers, Beirut, cavalry, the Brazilian football team, England, equestrians, Ethiopia, Malta, Palestinian Christians, soldiers, syphilis, Teutonic Knights, Georgia...lots of things.
Who is St. George?
100
"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
What are the first lines of the Song of the Theotokos or The Magnificat?
100
1/120th the size of Manhattan, it's the smallest nation in the world.
What is Vatican City?
100
Turkey changed the name of its largest city from Constantinople to this, meaning "the city."
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
What is Istanbul?
100
Acrophobia
What is the fear of heights?
100
Although this mammal has not been seen in numbers here since the early 1800's, it's still the state animal.
What is the wolverine?
200
"a worshipping community living and sharing the Faith Christ gave to the Apostles."
What is St. Nicholas' Mission Statement?
200
The Great Feast held on January 6th
When is the feast of Theophany (Epiphany)?
200
Author of Leaf by Niggle, On Fairy Stories, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Who is John Ronald Ruel Tolkien?
200
He took over the leadership of Israel after Moses' death. His feast day is September 1st.
Who is Joshua?
200
"Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;"
What are the first lines of the Prayer of St. Simeon?
200
21 states now allow this cow/bison hybrid's meat to be sold. It's leaner AND has a higher protein content.
What is beefalo?
200
The two independent island nations within the Mediterranean Sea.
What are Cyprus and Malta?
200
Blame your iPad and iPhone's design on Steve Job's suffering from koumpounophobia, or fear of this.
What are buttons?
200
These brothers developed Corn Flakes, quite accidentally, when they attempted to perfect granola.
Who are the Kellogg Brothers?
300
In December, the youth of St. Nicholas visited this community south of Lansing.
What is Holy Dormition?
300
This two-faced Roman god is January's namesake.
Who is Janus?
300
Author of The Idiot, The Adolescent, The House of the Dead, and The Possessed (Demons).
Who was Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
300
In his Rule, this monastic founder forbad his monks from reading the first seven books of the Old Testament, Samuel, and Kings before bedtime.
Who is St. Benedict of Nursia?
300
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;he has come to his people and set them free.He has raised up for us a mighty savior,born of the house of his servant David."
What are the first lines of the Song of Zecharias/Benedictus?
300
This toy's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. She hails from Willows, WI.
Who is Barbi?
300
Cyprus is one of two countries to feature this on its flag.
What is a map of the nation.
300
Chronomentrophobia
What is the fear of clocks?
300
The construction of this waterway encouraged settlers to pour into the territory of Michigan around 1825.
What is the Erie Canal?
400
The icons in the arch over the sanctuary depict this specific group of saints.
What are the Saints of North America?
400
Since 1937, the President's Inauguration Day
What is January 20th?
400
The author of this novel about exile, courage, survival and rabbits described himself to The Times of London as an, "orthodox Christian".
What is Watership Down?
400
This saint greeted the Mother of God with, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
Who is St. Elizabeth?
400
“My heart rejoices in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord.
I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation.
“No one is holy like the Lord, for there is none besides You, nor is there any rock like our God."
What are the first lines the Prayer of Hannah?
400
The only letter that does not appear in any state name.
What is "Q"
400
In the early days of WWII, Winston Churchill dispatched a troop transport with macaques to repopulate this area. Legend held that if the macaques ever disappeared, it would herald the end of British rule here.
Where is Gibraltar?
400
Hippopotomonsrosesquipedaliophobia.
Obviously...
What is the fear of long words?
400
This famous explorer/missionary died and was buried in Ludington.
Who was Pere Jacques Marquette?
500
A 2010 Pew Research poll counted 35,710 Orthodox Christians in this country, the 2nd most in the world. In 1910, Pew numbered this nation's Orthodox population at 3,290,000
What is Ethiopia?
Also, 98% of this nation's Orthodox consider "religion to be very important", 78% attend church weekly, and 68% pray daily.
500
January 14th honors this "National" Celebration
What is National Dress Up Your Pet Day?
500
This Eugene Vodolazkin novel set in 15th Century Russia has been compared to The Name of the Rose, The Canterbury Tales, and Homer's Odyssey.
What is Laurus?
500
Scripture states that Jacob "hated" this saint. He must not have hated her too strongly, because she bore him six sons and a daughter
Who is Leah?
500
"I will sing to the Lord, who has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and rider have been thrown in to the sea."
What are the first lines of the (First) Song of Moses?
500
Because they're social creatures, this alpine nation has outlawed owning only one guinea pig
What is Switzerland?
500
Because the Mediterranean Sea is only open to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar, it has very limited amount of these.
What are tides?
500
Nomophobia
No
Mo
Pho
bia.
What is the fear of having...
No
Mo bile
Pho ne?
500
The first regularly scheduled air passenger service began between these two cities in 1926
What are Detroit and Grand Rapids?