ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
God bless you - Quiz
Contributed by: Shields
  • 1. What is a common English phrase used to wish a person blessings?
A) Best of luck
B) Have a nice day
C) Peace be with you
D) God bless you
  • 2. What is a shortened form of 'God bless you'?
A) God's speed
B) God bless
C) Bless it
D) Bless all
  • 3. When is 'God bless you' commonly used as a response?
A) A yawn
B) A cough
C) A hiccup
D) A sneeze
  • 4. In what other situation is the phrase used besides sneezing?
A) Opening a gift
B) Greeting a stranger
C) Parting or writing a valediction
D) Accepting an apology
  • 5. Where has the phrase been used by Jews?
A) The New Testament
B) The Quran
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) Genesis 1:1
C) Numbers 6:24
D) John 3:16
  • 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) Many clergy
B) Choir directors
C) Deacons exclusively
D) Monks only
  • 9. What is the Aaronic blessing noted for doing?
A) Invoking the name of the Lord to transfer identity and presence onto his people
B) Healing physical illnesses instantly
C) Forgiving all past sins
D) Granting worldly wealth
  • 10. What do believers call upon God to grant the recipient of the phrase?
A) Political power
B) Favour and protection
C) Material riches
D) Eternal youth
  • 11. Who wrote about blessing in the periodical Christianity Today?
A) William Butler Yeats
B) Dallas Willard
C) Thomas Crofton Croker
D) Pope Gregory I
  • 12. How did Dallas Willard define blessing?
A) A simple polite greeting
B) A traditional superstition
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) Medicine
B) God
C) The Church
D) Magic
  • 14. According to National Geographic, which Pope ordered unceasing prayer during the Roman Plague?
A) Pope John Paul II
B) Pope Urban II
C) Pope Leo X
D) Pope Gregory I
  • 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 kept the heart beating
B) It prevented evil spirits from entering
C) Sneezing was often the first sign of falling ill with the plague
D) It was considered bad manners not to
  • 17. By what year had it become customary to say 'God bless you' for a sneeze?
A) AD 750
B) AD 1000
C) AD 590
D) AD 400
  • 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) The mind would erase memories
B) The heart would stop permanently
C) The body would shrink
D) A person's soul could be thrown from their body
  • 20. What else did folk beliefs say sneezing could open the body to?
A) Pure divine light
B) Physical healing
C) Invasion by the Devil or evil spirits
D) Mental clarity
  • 21. What Irish folk story describes the variation of sneezing as a vulnerability to evil?
A) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
B) The Dublin Curse
C) Cuchulain's Blessing
D) Master and Man
  • 22. Who wrote the Irish folk story 'Master and Man'?
A) Thomas Crofton Croker
B) Oscar Wilde
C) James Joyce
D) Bram Stoker
  • 23. Who collected the story 'Master and Man'?
A) George Bernard Shaw
B) William Butler Yeats
C) Jonathan Swift
D) Seamus Heaney
  • 24. What past folk belief claimed the heart did what during a sneeze?
A) Beats twice as fast
B) Changes direction
C) Skips two beats
D) Stops beating
  • 25. In some cultures, how is sneezing viewed instead of a sign of illness?
A) A sign of weakness
B) A sign of good fortune or God's beneficence
C) A warning of bad weather
D) A curse from enemies
  • 26. Who recorded a chance sneeze as being seen as a good omen from god around 400 BC?
A) Xenophon
B) Aristotle
C) Socrates
D) Plato
  • 27. What exists in various languages regarding sneezing besides 'God bless you'?
A) Apologies
B) Alternative responses
C) Silent prayers
D) Mandatory fines
Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.