Saints
St. Valentine
Uncommon Instruments
Random Miscellaneous Trivia
100
This saint famously loved animals
Who is Saint Francis of Assisi?
100
What is he the patron saint of?
Lovers, epileptics, beekeepers, and healing.
100
A relatively lightweight keyboard or synthesizer supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders.
What is a keytar
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
Where is his skull displayed?
Rome.
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 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)
3rd 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
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 Valentine's Day instituted?
496 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
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
While in prison, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and wrote her a letter which was signed with ______________, starting the tradition of giving valentines.
"From your Valentine."
500
A Japanese electronic instrument shaped like a music note, often used by little kids.
What is an otamatone?
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