Q 01/05

Which astronaut privately took Communion on the Moon in 1969, using a kit from his Presbyterian pastor?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Buzz Aldrin

C) Pete Conrad

D) Alan Bean

Answer · why

B) Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin, a church elder, made bread and wine the first food and drink ever consumed on the Moon. It was also the first religious ceremony held the...

Q 02/05

Which fruit juice brand began in 1869 when a Methodist dentist made unfermented wine for Communion?

A) Mott's

B) Ocean Spray

C) Minute Maid

D) Welch's

Answer · why

D) Welch's

Welch's began as a grape juice pasteurised to stop it turning alcoholic, because its maker's church opposed intoxicating drink of any kind. His son Ch...

Q 03/05

Which conjuror's phrase may have begun as a parody of the Latin words of consecration in the Catholic Mass?

A) Hocus pocus

B) Abracadabra

C) Open sesame

D) Sim sala bim

Answer · why

A) Hocus pocus

Hocus pocus, on one old theory, mocks the Latin for 'this is my body', spoken by the priest over the bread. An Anglican archbishop proposed the link i...

Q 04/05

Leonardo da Vinci's mural The Last Supper covers a wall of a convent dining hall in which Italian city?

A) Florence

B) Rome

C) Milan

D) Venice

Answer · why

C) Milan

Milan's convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie has held the mural since Leonardo painted it in the 1490s. The work was commissioned by his patron Ludovic...

Q 05/05

Three of the four Gospels describe the Last Supper as a meal for which Jewish festival?

A) Passover

B) Hanukkah

C) Purim

D) Sukkot

Answer · why

A) Passover

Passover is why Roman Catholic Communion bread is unleavened, copying the flat bread of the Jewish feast. Eastern Orthodox churches use a risen loaf i...