Science
Belgian physicist and Catholic priest, Georges Lemaitre, proposed this theory to explain the origins of the universe.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
Moses received the 10 Commandments from God on this mountain.
What is Mount Sinai? Exodus 19:20
"You're going to need a bigger boat" is a line from this famous movie.
Among others, this famous composer has written the soundtracks for Moana, Encanto, and Hamilton.
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda?
This country gifted the United States the Statue of Liberty.
What is France?
The structures that carry genetic information in our cells.
+200 for the full name
What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
The Israelites, led by Joshua, destroyed this famous city after marching around it with the Ark of the Covenant for six days and then marching around it seven times on the seventh day. When they blew the horns and the people shouted, the wall collapsed and the Israelites took the city.
What is Jericho? Joshua 6:20
Taylor Swift's fiancé went to this college, which also happens to be Jake's alma mater.
+100 points if you can name this college's mascot
+100 points if you can name what number he wore
+100 points if you can name what position he started out at in college
What is the University of Cincinnati?
What is the Bearcats?
What is number 18?
What is quarterback?
Composed the music for The Lion King and also performed the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight."
Who is Elton John?
In the Middle Ages, this word was used to describe the change of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.
+200 if you can describe how we understand this change.
+200 if you can name what brings about this change
What is Transubstantiation?
Transubstantiation means the change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of his Blood.
This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit. However, the outward characteristics of bread and wine, that is the "eucharistic species", remain unaltered.
This planet has the most gravity.
What is Jupiter?
The first king of Israel, son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin.
Who is Saul? 1 Samuel 10:1
Vanessa Hudgens plays three roles in this Christmas comedy film.
What is The Princess Switch?
The soundtracks for Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, E.T., Jaws, and Star Wars were all composed by this renowned film composer.
+300 points each for other soundtracks he composed.
Who is John Williams?
Schindler's List, Home Alone, Superman (1978), Saving Private Ryan, Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hook, Dracula, The Patriot, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, War of the Worlds, Lincoln.
This Ukrainian nuclear power plant was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986.
What is Chernobyl?
This Austrian Augustinian monk and scientist is known as the "Father of Modern Genetics."
Who is Gregor Mendel?
Jesus 1) was born in this city, 2) lived in this country for a few years, and 3) grew up in this town.
+400 for the meaning of Jesus's birth city in Hebrew
+400 for the meaning of Jesus's birth city in Aramaic
What is 1) Bethlehem? 2) Egypt? 3) Nazareth? 1) Matthew 2:1; 2) Matthew 2:13-15; 3) Matthew 2:23
House of bread in Hebrew
House of meat in Aramaic
The two main stars of La La Land. 200 points if you can only name one.
Who are Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone?
Jared Leto, who played the Joker in the DC Extended Universe, is also the frontman of this rock band.
What is 30 Seconds to Mars?
These American families were the center of a violent, 30+ year feud in the West Virginia-Kentucky area in the 19th century, Civil War era. This bloody feud gained national attention and culminated in a legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who are the Hatfields and McCoys?
+500 if you can explain what the wager is
Who is Blaise Pascal?
Pascal's wager is a philosophical argument suggesting that it is in one's best interest to believe in God, because the rewards of belief outweigh the minor inconveniences of religious practices, while the consequences of non-belief are far worse than the minor inconveniences of belief.
The 12th chapter of this book tells us about a great battle between a dragon and a woman who was clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
+500 to explain who these figures represent and what this chapter refers to
What is the Book of Revelation?
Dragon=Satan
Woman=Mary
The dragon makes war against the women and her offspring, "those who keep God's commandments and bear witness to Jesus."
This Hollywood star was received fully into the Catholic Church on New Years Eve in 2023, after playing the role of Padre Pio in a movie.
+500 if you can name who received him into the Church.
Who is Shia Labeouf?
Who is Bishop Robert Barron?
This classical composer was deaf.
+100 for his full name
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Catholic artist, most famous for his Pieta, sculptures of David and Moses, frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the designs for St. Peter's Basilica.
Who is Michelangelo?