Whitsun Quiz

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* 1. What is Whitsun?

The feast of Pentecost

An island off the coast of Australia

The bleaching quality of sunlight

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* 2. Where does the name Whitsun come from?

White Sunday (due to white vestments, and white clothing worn by catechumens to be baptised that day)

Usage by Catholics, Anglicans and Methodists in Britain and other parts of the world for Pentecost

Both a. and b.

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* 3. What does Pentecost celebrate?

50 days of eating Easter eggs

The arrival of the Three Kings to honour Jesus

The descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles

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* 4. When is Pentecost?

50 days after Christmas

7th Sunday after Easter

3rd Sunday after the first full moon after Easter

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* 5. Where does the name Pentecost come from?

From the Greek Pentēkostē meaning “fiftieth”

From the Pentecostal Revivalist Church

From an island in Vanuatu

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* 6. What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?

Gold, frankincense and myrrh

Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord

Bread and wine

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* 7. What are the fruits of the Holy Spirit?

Dates and figs

Faith, hope and charity

Charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity

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* 8. What are other names for the Holy Spirit?

Paraclete, Advocate, Holy Ghost

Third Person of the Blessed Trinity, Spirit of Truth

Both a. and b.

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* 9. What does the word Paraclete mean?

Latin for the paralysed man that was healed by Jesus

From the Greek ‘called in aid’ (para – ‘alongside’ + kletos, from kalien ‘to call’)

Aramaic for Holy Spirit

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* 10. What islands were discovered by Captain Cook on the Feast of Pentecost 1770?

Whitsundays

Pentecostals

Cook Islands