TV/Movies
For Julie Andrews, the hills were alive with this musical.
What is the Sound of Music?
These two Blesseds were officially canonized today by Pope Leo XIV.
Who are Sts. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati?
This classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg features a young boy who takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
What is The Polar Express?
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him..."
What is "might not perish but might have eternal life?" (John 3:16).
The color of a polar bear's skin.
What is black?
Polar bears have clear, hallow hair that scatters and reflects light, giving the appearance that they have white fur, which helps them camouflage in snow. Their coat has no white pigment.
In Encanto, Mirabel's sister, Luisa has this magical power.
What is super strength?
The Maid of Orleans. Became leader of the French army at the age of 17 in the Hundred Years' War.
+500 if you can give a famous quote of hers.
Who is St. Joan of Arc?
"I am not afraid, for God is with me. I was born for this!"
When asked if she was in the state of grace at her trial: "If I am not, may God put me there; if I am, may God so keep me."
Abraham Van Helsing chases down the title character in his castle in modern-day Romania in this 1897 Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker.
What is Dracula?
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs..."
What is "is the kingdom of heaven?" (Matt. 5:3)
Fastest animal in the ocean.
What is the sailfish?
It can reach 68 mph in the water.
The fictional Indiana town that is the primary setting for Stranger Things.
What is Hawkins?
This saint famously said, "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
Who is St. Augustine?
This Pulitzer Prize winning novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
"You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church, and..."
What is "the gates of hell shall not prevail against it?" (Matthew 16:18)
A bat uses this to navigate and locate its prey.
What is echolocation?
The first feature-length animated movie ever released.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?
Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to this young French girl.
Who is St. Bernadette?
This youthful finder of a golden ticket in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" was described as a "great big greedy nincompoop" 9-year-old from the fictional town of Dusselheim, Germany.
+500 if you can name the author of the book.
Who is Augustus Gloop?
Who is Roald Dahl?
Only bird that can fly backwards.
What is the hummingbird?
This acclaimed anthology TV show was created by Rod Serling, exploring various sci-fi, fantasy, and dystopian themes.
What is the Twilight Zone?
The beginning of the canonization process in which a candidate for sainthood receives this title.
+500 points if you can name the other titles/stages of the canonization process
What is Servant of God?
What is Venerable? A person is deemed to have lived a life of heroic virtue.
What is Blessed? A miracle, which cannot be explained scientifically, occurs through the intercession of the Venerable.
What is Saint? A second, different miracle must be verified through the intercession of the Blessed.
+500 for this author's birth name.
Who is Mark Twain?
Who is Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
"But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days. I will place my law within them, and..."
What is "write it upon their hearts; I will be their God and they shall be my people?" (Jeremiah 31: 33)
This animal has the highest blood pressure.
What is a giraffe?