Hello quiz faithful, I've thrown in some more Lent questions for you to answer, as well as, trivia for the Easter season.
1. Palm Sunday
Each year on Palm Sunday (this year on March 16), people process along the same path that Jesus once traveled to the Old City of Jerusalem while being heralded by followers who laid palms along his path. The procession begins at what location?
- a) Mount Sinai
- b) the Mount of Olives
- c) Capernaum
- d) Golgotha
2. Other Religions
This religious community originated from the Ismaili branch of Islam in the 11th century and incorporates various philosophies into its monotheistic faith. Most members live in Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.
- a) Druze
- b) Bahai
- c) Alawism
- d) Maronite Church
3. Devotions
Taizé prayer was developed by the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic order, which is in the town of Taizé in what country?
- a) the United States
- b) Great Britain
- c) France
- d) Ukraine
4. Hawaii’s Beatified
Which of the following statements about of the statue of Our Lady of Peace, patroness of the Diocese of Honolulu is true?
- a) She is not holding anything.
- b) She is not wearing shoes or sandals.
- c) She is not wearing a veil.
- d) She is not standing.
5. Lent Question
The church conducts a worldwide Good Friday collection for the support of holy sites and shrines of what?
- a) the Church in Africa
- b) Rome
- c) the church in Communist nations
- d) the Holy Land
6. Picture

Catholics believe that the Last Supper was a Passover Seder meal celebrated by Jesus and the disciples. What is the name of the unleavened bread (seen above) that is part of a traditional Jewish Seder?
- a) lavash
- b) matza(h)
- c) chametz
- d) lefse
7. Morality
What is the Catholic Church’s position on organ transplants?
- a) It is permissible only if the donor is declared brain-dead.
- b) It is never permissible.
- c) It is permissible only if just monetary compensation is paid.
- d) It is permissible if done with the consent of the concerned parties and does not result in the death or essential mutilation of the donor.
8. Church in Hawaii
Who first organized the Filipino Catholic Clubs in Hawaii?
- a) Msgr. Osmundo Calip
- b) Father Respicio Marcos
- c) Father Paul Evers
- d) Jose and Edwina Tabilang
9. Current Events
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state, visited this island nation from Feb. 20-26. He was the highest-ranking church official to travel there since Pope John Paul II's visit in 1998. Cardinal Bertone came right after the country’s long-standing leader retired.
- a) Australia
- b) Cuba
- c) the Philippines
- d) Iceland
10. Scripture
Mary’s parents were Ann and Joachim. Which Gospel names them?
- a) The Gospel According to Luke
- b) The Gospel According to Matthew
- c) The (apocryphal) Gospel of James
- d) All of the above
11. Saints
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland (feast day this year: March 14), is one of the most well-known Catholic saints. But do you know what time period he is believed to have done most of his ministry?
- a) the fourth century
- b) the tenth century
- c) the second century
- d) the fifth century
12. East question
If you read this issue’s cover story you can answer this. How is the date for Easter determined?
- a) It is the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox (March 20 or 21).
- b) It is 40 days before Ascension Thursday, one of the Thursdays in May picked by lot by the College of Cardinals.
- c) It is the day closest to the Jewish feast of Passover.
- d) The Easter dates were established in 1545 on a rotating 50-year schedule at the Council of Trent to placate the world’s 50 largest dioceses.
Answers: 1) b 2) a 3) c 4) c 5) d 6) b 7) d 8) a 9) b 10) c 11) d 12) a