A Christmas Quiz

Answers

1.   According to tradition what does the name ‘Bethlehem’ mean?

‘The House of Bread’

2.   ‘In the beginning was the Word’ Who is the Word?

This from Saint John’s Gospel and it goes on to say ‘the Word was made flesh’ – the Word is Jesus

3.    Who, according to legend, made the first crib nativity scene?

It is said to have been Saint Francis of Assisi.

4.    What does the name ‘Emmanuel’ mean?

It means ‘God is with us’.

5.    The Season of Christmas ends

       On Twelfth Night?  -  The Baptism of the Lord?  -  The Presentation?

It is often taken as 12th Night and in the past it was the Presentation, the Church now counts the Baptism of the Lord as the end of the Season of Christmas.

6.    We are in Year C of the three year cycle of Sunday Readings?

True

7.    A well known Christmas Carol was written by a Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle?

Bishop James Chadwick (our second Bishop 1866-1882) wrote ‘Angels we have heard on high.

8.    How many wise men followed the star to Bethlehem?

We don’t know. In Saint Matthew’s Gospel it just says the wise men brought three gifts: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh and so people often assume there were three of them.

10.   Who was struck dumb by the Angel Gabriel?

Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist who doubted the angel’s message when he was told that his wife, Elizabeth, would have a baby.    

(Anyone with nine correct answers cheated.)