CATHOLIC ARCHITECTURE
ANYTHING CATHOLIC
POPE-POURRI
BIBLE TRIVIA
CHURCHES & SHRINES
200
THE TOWER THAT HOUSES THE BELLS IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH IS CALLED, THIS?
WHAT IS THE BELL TOWER OR CAMPANILE?
200
IT CAN MEAN UTMOST FARTHEST & ALSO LAST AS WHEN IT PRECEDES UNCTION IN THE CATHOLIC SACRAMENTS
WHAT IS EXTREME?
200
THIS POPE WAS THE MOST RECENT TO BE FROM ITALY, & HOLDS THE TITLE OF HAVING THE SHORTEST PAPACY
WHO IS POPE JOHN PAUL I?
200
THE NUMBER OF BOOKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
WHAT IS 46?
200
THIS SHRINE IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL U.S. AND BOASTS HOSTING ONE OF THE LARGEST MONSTRANCES, AS WELL AS ATTRIBUTING THE SHRINE TO A SAINT WHO WAS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION IN 1941
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF ST. MAXIMILLIAN KOLBE? (MARYTOWN)
400
THIS PART OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE PRIEST AND ALTAR SERVERS TO PREPARE AND VEST FOR THE MASS
WHAT IS THE SACRISTY?
400
THIS 2016 MARTIN SCORSESE FILM FOLLOWS TWO PRIESTS STRUGGLING TO SPREAD CATHOLICISM IN JAPAN
WHAT IS SILENCE?
400
THE 2ND POPE IN THE CHURCH'S HISTORY
WHO IS POPE ST. LINUS?
400
HE WAS THE 3RD BORN SON OF ADAM AND EVE
WHO IS SETH?
400
THE LARGEST CHURCH IN CANADA, DEVOTED TO ST. JOSEPH, IS LOCATED IN THIS CITY
WHAT IS MONTREAL?
600
THIS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES FEATURES STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND IS OFTEN LOCATED ABOVE THE ENTRANCE, OR, ABOVE THE GRAND ORGAN
WHAT IS THE ROSE WINDOW?
600
THE LARGEST AMERICAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE IN TERMS OF POPULATION
WHAT IS LOS ANGELES?
600
THIS WAS THE FIRST POPE TO BROADCAST ON RADIO
WHO IS POPE PIUS XI?
600
HE WAS NOT ONE OF THE JUDGES IN THE BOOK OF THE SAME NAME
WHO IS SOLOMON?
600
THE LARGEST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA IS FOUND IN THIS CITY
WHAT IS WASHINGTON D.C.? (THE BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION)
800
THIS ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE IS TYPICALLY FOUND AT THE EAST END OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH, OFTEN HOUSING THE ALTAR, & HAS A DOME LIKE STRUCTURE
WHAT IS THE APSE?
800
CHARLES CARROLL OF MARYLAND WAS THE ONLY CATHOLIC TO SIGN THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT
WHAT IS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
800
THIS MANY POPES WERE ELECTED IN THE 20TH CENTURY
WHAT IS 8?
800
THIS NEW TESTAMENT FIGURE WAS REGARDED AS THE "APOSTLE OF THE APOSTLES"
WHO IS ST. MARY MAGDALENE?
800
THE CHAPEL IN WHICH THE BLESSED MOTHER APPEARED IN 1830 TO ST. CATHERINE LABOURE IS IN THIS FRENCH CITY
WHAT IS PARIS?
1000
THE NAME OF THIS ORNAMENTAL BACKDROP OFTEN SEEN IN SOME TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ENCLOSES THE HOLY OF HOLYS IN THE TABERNACLE
WHAT IS A REREDOS?
1000
THIS IS THE NAME FOR THE RING THAT THE POPE WEARS, SYMBOLIZING HIS AUTHORITY, AND WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY DESTROYED UPON HIS DEATH
WHAT IS THE FISHERMAN'S RING?
1000
THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE POPE’S OFFICIAL DOCUMENT THAT ADDRESSES THE ENTIRE CATHOLIC CHURCH, OFTEN DISCUSSING IMPORTANT ISSUES
WHAT IS AN ENCYCLICAL?
1000
THE 3 APOSTLES AT THE TRANSFIGURATION
WHO WERE PETER, JAMES, & JOHN?
1000
AMERICA'S FIRST CATHEDRAL IN BALTIMORE IS DEDICATED TO THIS EVENT IN THE BLESSED MOTHER'S LIFE
WHAT IS THE ANNUNCIATION?