Saintly January
Biblical Videogames
Catholics in Politics
Literary Allusions
Catholic Sports
100

This very famous saint's feast day is celebrated on January 1st

Who is Mary, Mother of God?

100

Videogame company BibleBytes produced over 22 games based on Bible stories during this decade

What is the 1980s?

100

This person is the only Catholic to be voted President of the United States

Who is/was John F. Kennedy?

100

The book Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman begins with the events from this book of the Bible

What is Genesis?

100

Touchdown Jesus watches over the field of this college football team

What is Notre Dame?

200

The conversion of this saint to Christianity is celebrated on January 25th

Who is Paul?

200

This book of the Old Testament was one of the first to be turned into a maze-based videogame for the Nintendo Entertainment System

What is Exodus?

200

This man was the first Catholic ruler of a world civilization

Who was Emperor Constantine?

200

This Marvel superhero is named after a "giant man" of the Old Testament

Who is Goliath?

200

The only professional sports team with an explicitly Catholic mascot

Who are the New Orleans Saints?

300

St. Genevieve, the patron saint of the month of January, is also the patron saint of this major European city

What is Paris?

300

The title of That Dragon, Cancer, is a reference to a mythical creature from this book of the Bible

What is Revelation?

300

Charles Carroll, the first Catholic senator, hailed from this original state

What is Maryland?

300

The title character of Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea is based on this major New Testament figure

Who is Jesus?

300

This famously macho Hall of Fame wrestler was buried in the Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetary after dying from a heart attack in 2011

Who was "Macho Man" Randy Savage?!

400

St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast day is celebrated on January 28th, was a member of this religious order

What are the Dominicans?

400

Released in 2012, GLOW: Guardian Light Of the World was the first Bible-based videogame released for this relatively new electronic device

What is a smartphone?

400

The only year in which both Vice Presidential candidates were Catholic

What is 2012?

400

The number of levels of Hell in Dante's Inferno

What is nine?

400

This world title trophy is named after a legendary Catholic head coach of the Green Bay Packers

What is the Lombardi Trophy?

500

St. John (or Don) Bosco, whose feast day is celebrated on January 31st, is the patron saint of this type of entertainers

What are stage magicians?

500

In the 2016 game Jesus Christ RPG, playable characters include Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Simon Peter, and this disciple

Who is Judas (Iscariot)?

500

Al Smith became the first Catholic nominated as President by a major political party in this decade

What is the 1920s (1928)?

500

In Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, this New Testament figure sits in a stone throne while waiting for permission to proceed into the afterlife

Who is Pontius Pilate?

500

Discussion of this Catholic player's pro football Hall of Fame credentials reportedly lasted just six seconds

Who is Brett Favre?