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God bless you - Quiz
  • 1. What is a common English phrase used to wish a person blessings?
A) Peace be with you
B) Have a nice day
C) Best of luck
D) God bless you
  • 2. What is a shortened form of 'God bless you'?
A) God's speed
B) Bless it
C) God bless
D) Bless all
  • 3. When is 'God bless you' commonly used as a response?
A) A hiccup
B) A cough
C) A sneeze
D) A yawn
  • 4. In what other situation is the phrase used besides sneezing?
A) Accepting an apology
B) Parting or writing a valediction
C) Greeting a stranger
D) Opening a gift
  • 5. Where has the phrase been used by Jews?
A) The Quran
B) The New Testament
C) The Book of Mormon
D) The Hebrew Bible
  • 6. Which Bible reference is cited for the phrase's use in the Hebrew Bible?
A) Psalms 23:1
B) John 3:16
C) Numbers 6:24
D) Genesis 1:1
  • 7. Since when have Christians used the phrase as a benediction?
A) The 19th Century
B) The time of the early Church
C) The Reformation
D) The Middle Ages
  • 8. Who uses the phrase 'God bless you' when blessing their congregants?
A) Choir directors
B) Deacons exclusively
C) Monks only
D) Many clergy
  • 9. What is the Aaronic blessing noted for doing?
A) Healing physical illnesses instantly
B) Invoking the name of the Lord to transfer identity and presence onto his people
C) Forgiving all past sins
D) Granting worldly wealth
  • 10. What do believers call upon God to grant the recipient of the phrase?
A) Favour and protection
B) Eternal youth
C) Material riches
D) Political power
  • 11. Who wrote about blessing in the periodical Christianity Today?
A) William Butler Yeats
B) Thomas Crofton Croker
C) Dallas Willard
D) Pope Gregory I
  • 12. How did Dallas Willard define blessing?
A) A traditional superstition
B) A simple polite greeting
C) A legal contract
D) The projection of good into the life of another
  • 13. According to Dallas Willard, what does blessing always involve?
A) God
B) Medicine
C) The Church
D) Magic
  • 14. According to National Geographic, which Pope ordered unceasing prayer during the Roman Plague?
A) Pope Urban II
B) Pope Gregory I
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Pope Leo X
  • 15. During which plague was unceasing prayer ordered according to National Geographic?
A) Black Death
B) Roman Plague of 590
C) Great Plague of London
D) Antonine Plague
  • 16. Why did Pope Gregory I command that sneezing people be blessed immediately?
A) Sneezing was often the first sign of falling ill with the plague
B) It was considered bad manners not to
C) It kept the heart beating
D) It prevented evil spirits from entering
  • 17. By what year had it become customary to say 'God bless you' for a sneeze?
A) AD 750
B) AD 400
C) AD 1000
D) AD 590
  • 18. What is the status of the Pope Gregory story regarding the origin of the phrase?
A) It appears to be apocryphal
B) It is a verified biblical event
C) It is written in the Hebrew Bible
D) It is historically proven
  • 19. What folk belief claimed that sneezing could cause what to happen to the body?
A) A person's soul could be thrown from their body
B) The mind would erase memories
C) The heart would stop permanently
D) The body would shrink
  • 20. What else did folk beliefs say sneezing could open the body to?
A) Physical healing
B) Mental clarity
C) Invasion by the Devil or evil spirits
D) Pure divine light
  • 21. What Irish folk story describes the variation of sneezing as a vulnerability to evil?
A) Cuchulain's Blessing
B) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
C) Master and Man
D) The Dublin Curse
  • 22. Who wrote the Irish folk story 'Master and Man'?
A) Bram Stoker
B) James Joyce
C) Thomas Crofton Croker
D) Oscar Wilde
  • 23. Who collected the story 'Master and Man'?
A) William Butler Yeats
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Seamus Heaney
D) George Bernard Shaw
  • 24. What past folk belief claimed the heart did what during a sneeze?
A) Stops beating
B) Changes direction
C) Skips two beats
D) Beats twice as fast
  • 25. In some cultures, how is sneezing viewed instead of a sign of illness?
A) A sign of good fortune or God's beneficence
B) A warning of bad weather
C) A sign of weakness
D) A curse from enemies
  • 26. Who recorded a chance sneeze as being seen as a good omen from god around 400 BC?
A) Socrates
B) Plato
C) Aristotle
D) Xenophon
  • 27. What exists in various languages regarding sneezing besides 'God bless you'?
A) Silent prayers
B) Alternative responses
C) Mandatory fines
D) Apologies
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