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