The Magi Trivia

In England, Epiphany is called...
1. Twelfth Day.
2. Boxing Day.
3. The Kings Day.
"Epiphany" means:
1. "Revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus".
2. "Visitation of the Magi to the child Jesus".
3. "Baptism of Jesus".
"Magi" means...
1. the name of a sect of priests.
2. magicians.
3. kings.
In the beginning, there were ...
1. we don't know the number of the Magi.
2. 4 Magi.
3. 3 Magi.
The Three Wise Men, the Three Kings, the Magi, were...
1. priests-astrologers/astronomers.
2. wise Men.
3. Kings.
They lived in ...
1. Persia.
2. Egypt.
3. Judea.
Their names were...
1. Bithisarea, Melichior, and Gathaspa.
2. Larvandad, Hormisdas and Gushnasaph.
3. Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Tradition says that they were kings since...
1. the 11th century.
2. 4 AD.
3. the 6th century.
The Magi were portrayed as representatives of the three races...
1. Semitic, Indo-European and African.
2. Semitic, African and Chinese.
3. Semitic, African and Caucasian.
The star of the Magi, the Star of Bethlehem, was...
1. a pious fiction created by the author of the Gospel of Matthew.
2. a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
3. a comet.
The Magi first saw the star...
1. in an Easterly position in the sky.
2. in a dream.
3. in a vision.
The Magi began following the star...
1. after talking to Herod.
2. when they saw it in the East.
3. when they saw it in the West.
The Magi found the child Jesus...
1. in a house.
2. in a stable.
3. in a cave.
The Magi visited the child Jesus...
1. two years after his birth.
2. 12 days after his birth.
3. several months after his birth.
The three gifts of the Magi were...
1. gold, frankincense and myrrh.
2. gold, perfume and holly.
3. gold, bread and incense.
Gold means...
1. a gift for a king.
2. a gift for a poor person.
3. a gift for a god.
Frankincense means...
1. a gift for a priest.
2. a gift for spirituality.
3. a gift for perfuming the ambience.
Myrrh means...
1. a gift for one who would die.
2. a gift for perfuming.
3. a gift for putting away vermin.
Tradition says that the gifts were..
1. sold to buy the flight to Egypt.
2. was stolen.
3. used to buy a house.
A Shrine of the Three Kings is ...
1. at Cologne Cathedral.
2. at Milan Cathedral.
3. at the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.