Jeoparody Patron Saints Making Saints Martyrs Miracles “Pope” - pourri Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Patron Saints This revered follower of St. Francis of Assisi is the Saint we pray to when we lose something.

$100 Answer from Patron Saints St. Anthony of Padua

$200 Question from Patron Saints This shepherd, who is the brother of James the Lesser and nephew to Mary and Joseph, is the patron Saint of desperate or hopeless causes. He is also known for having a children’s hospital named for him.

$200 Answer Patron Saints St. Jude

$300 Question from Patron Saints St. Germaine Cousin was born deformed and inflicted with an ugly disease. She was abused and made to sleep in the stable and given tablescraps by her father and stepmother. She received no schooling, but learned to pray the Rosary and did so constantly. For this she was made the patron Saint of what people?

$300 Answer from Patron Saints Unattractive People

$400 Question from Patron Saints There is nothing funny about the life of St. Vitus, who was sentenced to death by lion for sorcery when he exorcized the son of an anti-Christian emperor. The last laugh was on the emperor, though, for instead of attacking him the lion licked the Saint’s feet. St. Vitus is now the patron of this group of people.

$400 Answer from Patron Saints Comics or Comical People

$500 Question from Patron Saints St. Clare of Assisi, a follower of St. Francis of Assisi and founder of her own order, The Poor Clares, was too ill to attend Mass one Christmas Eve, but was still able to see the Mass being celebrated in the church while she remained in her cell. For this reason, she was made the Patron Saint of what?

$500 Answer from Patron Saints Television

$100 Question from Making Saints We are all saints with a little ‘s’ – anyone who is a faithful follower of Christ is a saint. However, some people become Saints through this special process.

$100 Answer from Making Saints Canonization

$200 Question from Making Saints The Congregation for the Causes of Saints examines an individual’s life, and it recommends that the pope make a proclamation of the person’s heroic virtue. This person is then called by this title, and people may begin praying for their intercession.

$200 Answer from Making Saints Venerable

$300 Question from Making Saints To have someone recognized as a Blessed, and therefore Beatified, you must have one of these, acquired through the individual's intercession. If the Venerable is a martyr, then he or she may be Beatified, or declared Blessed, by the pope without one.

$300 Answer from Making Miracles A miracle.

$400 Question from Making Saints Two miracles must be attributed to the Blessed’s intercession before you can be declared a Saint. But there’s a catch to the second one, which has to be done under this special condition.

$400 Answer from Making Saints Posthumous.

$500 Question from Making Saints This Pope has presided over the canonization of 476 Saints, many of whom are non-European.

$500 Answer from Making Saints Pope John Paul II

$100 Question from Martyrs Sharing the name of a Christmas carol, this “good king” was actually a Duke and virtuous Christian who was later murdered by his own brother for religious differences.

$100 Answer from Martyrs St. Wenceslaus

$200 Question from Martyrs Not at all crabby, this Saint had nothing to do with the sea, and actually served as a roman imperial bodyguard which left little time for hobbies like composing. When it was discovered that he was a Christian, he was put to death by a firing squad of archers.

$200 Answer from Martyrs St. Sebastian

$300 Question from Martyrs The Saint formerly known as Saul, he is most often associated with St. Peter and it is commonly believed that he was beheaded in Rome after a long imprisonment.

$300 Answer from Martyrs St. Paul

$400 Question from Martyrs This Saint, a former fisherman, won’t deny that had three or four flaws of his own. Except when it came to his death; believing himself unworthy of being put to death in the same manner as his master, he was crucified upside down.

$400 Answer from Martyrs St. Peter

$500 Question from Martyrs Sacré bleu! This famous soldier and popular Saint preferred for others to call her Jehanne la Pucelle and was canonized by the same church that had executed her for heresy.

$500 Answer from Martyrs Jehanne d'Arc Joan of Arc

$100 Question from Miracles Padre Pio, a Capuchin Friar and Mystic, is a Saint who suffered the wounds of Christ, otherwise known as this.

$100 Answer from Miracles Stigmata

$200 Question from Miracles A talent most people would love to have, this miracle has allowed Saints to be seen in two places at once.

$200 Answer from Miracles Bilocation

$300 Question from Miracles St. Bernadette had eighteen visions of Mary. During one Bernadette was instructed to dig a hole and water sprang up from it. Healing properties and miracles were associated with the water, and millions of people still visit this French town to experience its effects. This sacred place also shares a name with pop star Madonna’s daughter.

$300 Answer from Miracles Lourdes, France (Our Lady of Lourdes)

$400 Question from Miracles As St. Dorothy was preparing to be martyred, she was mocked by a man who told her to send him fruit and flowers from the “garden of her spouse,” she was going to. Upon her death, an angel disguised as a child appeared to the man with a basket of three apples and three of these flowers, most often associated with miracles and Mary.

$400 Answer from Miracles Roses

$500 Question from Miracles This type of preserved body remains free from decomposition regardless of manner of burial, temperature, or moisture content. They have been found starting after the death of Christ, and to this day the causes of preservation of these corpses still cannot be resolved by science.

$500 Answer from Miracles Incorruptible

$100 Question from “Pope”-pourri Out of all 265 Popes that the Church has had, only this patriotic number have been canonized as a Saint.

$100 Answer from “Pope”-pourri 76

$200 Question from “Pope”-pourri “X” marks the spot for this Pope Pius who was the most recent Pope to be canonized. This Saint served a little more than a decade, but made quite an impression with his papacy.

$200 Answer from “Pope”-pourri Pope Pius X

$300 Question from “Pope”-pourri Saint Pius V is better known as the Pope who excommunicated this famous English Queen. Despite her notorious father’s actions, she had until then left Catholics alone, but after his actions she took to actively persecuting them.

$300 Answer from “Pope”-pourri Elizabeth I

$400 Question from “Pope”-pourri One of only two Popes in the history of the Papacy to ever do so, Saint Celestine V was called a coward for it.

$400 Answer from “Pope”-pourri Abdicate the Papacy

$500 Question from “Pope”-pourri This Pope John (there have been a couple) was the first Pope to change his name. His given name was Mercury, a Roman God. He only served two years, but his life was holy enough for him to be canonized a Saint.

$500 Answer from “Pope”-pourri Pope John II

Final Jeoparody This Salesian priest, while not yet a Saint, is the founder of the Order of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

Final Jeoparody Answer The Blessed Fr. Louis Brisson