1. Clergy

Which of these is something a deacon can’t do?

• a) preside at a wedding
• b) preach the homily at Mass
• c) administer the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
• d) preside at a burial

2. Catholic Hawaii

What can be found on the top of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace’s bell tower?

• a) a decorative rooster
• b) a marble cross
• c) a satellite dish
• d) a statue of Father Damien

3. Church Trivia

Hagiography is the study of what?

• a) indulgences
• b) saints
• c) Hagars, early Christian Vikings
• d) Scripture

4. Current Events

A Gallup Values and Beliefs survey poll released May 15 showed that for the first time since Gallup began this particular poll in 1995, 51 percent of Americans identified themselves as what versus 42 percent identifying themselves as what? (See p. 22.)

• a) pro-president versus anti-president
• b) pro-states rights versus strong central government
• c) pro-soda versus pro-pop
• d) pro-life versus pro-choice

5. Picture

In Christianity, this symbol is used to illustrate the Holy Trinity and thought to be a different form of the shamrock. What is it called?

• a) clubs
• b) crux immissa
• c) trefoil
• d) pentagram

6. Catholics Around the World

What region of the world has had the largest exodus of Christians in the last several years?

• a) Africa
• b) the Middle East
• c) the Pacific
• d) Eastern Europe

7. Hawaii’s Beatified

The Sisters of St. Francis are planning to erect a bronze statue near the place Mother Marianne landed in Honolulu on first arriving in 1883. Where did she and her fellow nuns come ashore?

• a) Pearl Harbor
• b) Waikiki Beach
• c) Honolulu Pier 2
• d) Kakaako waterfront

8. Scripture

On Pentecost Sunday, the first reading comes from Acts 2: 1-11, which speaks of all of the following happening at Pentecost except what?

• a) “a noise like a strong driving wind”
• b) “tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one”
• c) “a light that blinded their eyes with its power”
• d) “they … began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them”

9. Saints

CNS Photo/Bob Roller

Charles Lwanga and 21 other Catholic martyrs are remembered on their feast day, June 3. In 1885-86, after refusing to denounce their Christianity, these African youth were killed by King Mwanga of what east Africa country?

• a) Uganda
• b) Tanzania
• c) Rwanda
• d) Somalia