Harbors and Apostolic Fastness

Question 1

Which Italian city is famous for canals and a lagoon setting?

Accepted Answer

Venice

Answer

Naples

Answer

Florence

Answer

Milan

Question 2

Which feast is traditionally preceded by Lent in Western Christianity?

Accepted Answer

Easter

Answer

Pentecost

Answer

Epiphany

Answer

Christmas

Question 3

What force primarily causes ocean tides on Earth?

Accepted Answer

The Moon's gravity

Answer

Undersea volcanic heat

Answer

Solar wind

Answer

Earth's magnetism

Question 4

Which emperor made Christianity legal in the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Answer

Nero

Answer

Trajan

Answer

Augustus

Question 5

Who directed the 1997 film Titanic?

Accepted Answer

James Cameron

Answer

Ridley Scott

Answer

Ron Howard

Answer

Steven Spielberg

Question 6

Which nation won the first race that began the America's Cup tradition?

Accepted Answer

United States

Answer

Australia

Answer

Britain

Answer

France

Question 7

Which author wrote the novel Lord Jim?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Conrad

Answer

Herman Melville

Answer

Jack London

Answer

Robert Louis Stevenson

Question 8

Which Mediterranean island is home to the fortified medieval city of Mdina?

Accepted Answer

Malta

Answer

Cyprus

Answer

Sicily

Answer

Crete

Question 9

Which artist designed the main dome of St. Peter's Basilica?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Answer

Donato Bramante

Answer

Raphael

Answer

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Question 10

What do the letters GPS stand for?

Accepted Answer

Global Positioning System

Answer

Geographic Plotting Service

Answer

Global Pointing Satellite

Answer

General Pathway Signal