Saints
St. Patrick
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100
This saint famously loved animals
Who is Saint Francis of Assisi?
100
He is the patron saint of _____.
Ireland.
100
A relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders.
What is a keytar
100
The word Catholic means this.
What is "universal"?
100
This president had a pet alligator kept in the west bathroom of the White House.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
200
This saint is famous for a legend where he supposedly slayed a dragon.
Who is Saint George?
200
He was born in either _____ or _______.
Wales / Scotland
200
A small terra-cotta or plastic wind instrument with finger holes, a mouthpiece, and an elongated ovoid shape.
What is an ocarina?
200
This country has the most Catholics in the world.
What is Brazil?
200
This animal famously buries its food and is unable to contract or carry rabies.
What is a squirrel?
300
This saint catalogued Eucharistic Miracles and died at 15.
Who is Saint Carlo Acutis?
300
When did he die? (which century)
5th century.
300
A percussion instrument made up of a series of open-top tubes that are hit with paddles or hands, famously used by the Blue Man Group.
What is a slapaphone?
300
About how many Catholic saints are there?
10,000
300
This Welsh hill is one of the few words to rhyme with "orange."
What is The Blorenge?
400
This saint is the patron saint of archery, though he never used a bow.
Who is Saint Sebastian?
(The reason he is the patron saint of archery is because he was tied to a post and shot in the chest with multiple arrows, yet survived.)
400
What year was St. Patrick's Day instituted?
1631 AD
400
An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.
What is a theremin?
400
This pope traveled to 129 different countries.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
400
Which four famous rulers are depicted on the king cards in a standard deck?
Charlemagne, David, Caesar Augustus, and Alexander the Great
500
The patron saint of dysentery.
Who is St. Polycarp of Smyrna?
500
His real name wasn't Patrick, but rather _____.
Maewyn Succat.
500
A Japanese electronic instrument shaped like a music note, often used by little kids.
What is an otamatone?
500
The word "Rosary" means _____.
"Garland of Roses"
500
What do the four suits in a deck of cards represent?
The four pillars of medieval economy
Clubs = agriculture
Spades = the military
Diamonds = merchants
Hearts = the Church