Q 01/05

In which town did Mary live when the angel announced she would bear Jesus?

A) Nazareth

B) Bethlehem

C) Jerusalem

D) Capernaum

Answer · why

A) Nazareth

She and Joseph later raised Jesus there after his birth in Bethlehem.

Q 02/05

Which angel told Mary she would conceive through the Holy Spirit?

A) Michael

B) Gabriel

C) Raphael

D) Uriel

Answer · why

B) Gabriel

Her reply: 'I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done unto me according to your word.'

Q 03/05

Mary's Hebrew name is usually rendered in English as what?

A) Hannah

B) Martha

C) Miriam

D) Sarah

Answer · why

C) Miriam

The English 'Mary' comes via the Greek Maria, a shortened form of Mariam.

Q 04/05

According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, who were Mary's parents?

A) Zechariah and Elizabeth

B) Jacob and Rachel

C) Eli and Hannah

D) Joachim and Anne

Answer · why

D) Joachim and Anne

The same text says she was given to Temple service at age three.

Q 05/05

Elizabeth, Mary's relative, descended from Aaron and so belonged to which tribe?

A) Levi

B) Judah

C) Benjamin

D) Dan

Answer · why

A) Levi

Some argue Mary herself, like Joseph, was of the royal Davidic line of Judah.