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100

How many Gods are there in the Trinity?

One

100

What is the only episode from Jesus’ childhood recorded in the Gospels?

The finding of Jesus in the Temple

100

What are the four dogmas about Mary?

The Mother of God
The Immaculate Conception
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary
The Assumption

100

What was the name of the tree that God forbade Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from?

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

100

Name four religious orders in the Catholic Church

Franciscans
Benedictines
Dominicans
Carmelites
Jesuits
Missionaries of Charity

100

Who wrote the four Gospels?

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John

100

Which saint was the first person to witness Jesus’ Resurrection?

St. Mary Magdalene

100

What are the Last Four Things?

Death
Judgement
Heaven
Hell

200

How many persons are there in the Trinity?

Three

200

According to tradition, how old was Jesus when he began his public ministry?

Thirty years old

200

Mary is known as ‘Theotokos’. What does ‘Theotokos’ mean?

Christ-bearer

200

Who is considered the father of the nation of Israel?

Abraham

200

In the Nicene Creed, what are the four things that we say the Church is?

One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic

200

How many books are there in the Catholic Bible?

73

200

Who is the patron saint of a happy death?

St. Joseph

200

What is a dogma?

A declaration by the Church that something is irrefutably true

300

How many days did God take to create the world?

Six

300

Who baptized Jesus?

John the Baptist

300

The dogma of Mary, the Mother of God was declared at which Church Council?

The Council of Ephesus (431)

300

The nation of Israel consisted of how many tribes?

Twelve

300

What are the three states of existence of the Church, which reflect the spiritual journey of believers?

Church Militant
Church Suffering (Penitent)
Church Triumphant

300

St. Jerome translated the Bible from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts. What language did he translate these texts into?

Latin

300

Which saint said: ‘We were made for God, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in Him’?

St. Augustine

300

What was the name of the Catholic priest who came up with the Big Bang theory?

Georges Lemaître

400

Name three people in the Old Testament who had an encounter with God

Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, the Prophets...

400

Jesus is fully-God and fully-man. At what Church Council was this truth proclaimed, and all other heresies rejected?

The Council of Nicaea (325)

400

In what year did Pope Pius IX declare the dogma of the Immaculate Conception?

1854

400

Who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?

Moses

400

What are three images of the Church in Scripture?

The Bride of Christ
Vine and the Branches
Body of Christ
Temple of the Holy Spirit
The Sheepfold
The New Jerusalem

400

According to Romans 6:23, what is the wages of sin?

Death

400

Which saint said: ‘Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ’?

St. Jerome

400

What was the name of the biologist who came up with the theory of evolution?

Charles Darwin

500

What does ‘mono-theistic’ mean?

One God

500

What are four of the ‘I am’ statements of Jesus in John’s Gospel?

I am the Bread of Life
I am the Light of the World
I am the Gate of the Sheepfold
I am the the Good Shepherd
I am the the Resurrection and the Life
I am the the Way, the Truth and the Life
I am the Vine

500

Name three places where apparitions of Mary have been reported in history

Guadalupe
Lourdes
Fatima
Knock

500

What is the Paschal Mystery?

The Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

500

What three things ensure the truth of the divine revelation that has been revealed to the Church?

Sacred Scripture
Sacred Tradition
The Magisterium

500

According to the Gospels, what two questions did Jesus ask his disciples at Caesarea Philippi?

‘Who do people say that I am?’
‘Who do YOU say that I am?’

500

Which saint said: ‘Prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven’?

St. Thérèse of Lisieux

500

What are the three mono-theistic faiths?

Christianity
Judaism
Islam