St. Christopher Quiz
(This quiz is based on legends. The events may not be historically accurate.)
St. Christopher Quiz Questions
1) What is the meaning of Christopher?
a) Christ the King
b) Christ the Redeemer
c) Christ carrier
d) Christ the Saviour
2) When is the feast day of St. Christopher? (His feast was removed from the universal calendar in 1969 by the Vatican but continues in local calendars.)
a) 19 March
b) 14 July
c) 25 July
d) 28 August
3) What was Reprobus (Offero) doing to help people?
a) Giving them money
b) Giving them food
c) Giving them shelter
d) Carrying across the river
4) One day Reprobus (Offero) was carrying a child. What was unusual about the child?
a) Height
b) Weight
c) Beauty
d) Wisdom
5) Who was the child?
a) Christ
b) Mary
c) St. Joseph
d) St. Peter
6) Why was the child very heavy?
a) It ate too much
b) It bore the sins of the world
c) It wore heavy clothes
d) It wore armour
7) What happened to the staff St. Christopher planted on the ground?
a) It became gold
b) It became silver
c) It fell
d) It grew into a tree
8) During whose reign St. Christopher was martyred?
a) Augustus
b) Nero
c) Caligula
d) Decius
9) When was St. Christopher martyred?
a) 100
b) 150
c) 201
d) 251
10) Which country has St. Christopher as its patron?
a) Barbados
b) Jamaica
c) Guyana
d) St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Christopher Quiz Answers
1) What is the meaning of Christopher?
c) Christ carrier
2) When is the feast day of St. Christopher? (His feast was removed from the universal calendar in 1969 by the Vatican but continues in local calendars.)
c) 25 July
3) What was Reprobus (Offero) doing to help people?
d) Carrying across the river
4) One day Reprobus (Offero) was carrying a child. What was unusual about the child?
b) Weight
5) Who was the child?
a) Christ
6) Why was the child very heavy?
b) It bore the sins of the world
7) What happened to the staff St. Christopher planted on the ground?
d) It grew into a tree
8) During whose reign St. Christopher was martyred?
d) Decius
9) When was St. Christopher martyred?
d) 251
10) Which country has St. Christopher as its patron?
d) St. Kitts and Nevis