Answers to PUZZLES!

1. How Smart Are You? Can you get all….

1. On my way to the market, I met seven jugglers and a bear. Every juggler had six cats, every cat had five rats, every rat had four houses, every house had three mice, every mouse had two lice, and every louse had a spouse. How many in all are going to the market?

Too many to count

Just me – the others were coming out of the market

Don’t know, I wasn’t counting

2. He never received Holy Orders, never celebrated Mass, and never heard a confession —

Yet he is the highest-ranking male saint in Heaven after Jesus. Who is this?

Melchizedek

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus.

3. Imagine you are in a sinking boat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?

Fly away in a helicopter

You couldn’t – the sharks would eat you

Stop imagining

4. There was an airplane crash. Every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

They were not on the airplane

The two were saved by others

They were married

5. She was condemned as a heretic by Church officials, but later declared a saint by the same Church. Who is she?

St. Joan of Arc.

Mary Magdalene

St. Elizabeth

6. A man was swallowed whole by a sea creature and lived to tell the story. He didn’t drown, and he didn’t escape immediately. Who was he?

Jonah

Peter

Captain Jack

7. I never got baptized with water, never received the Eucharist, and never went to Mass —

Yet I was promised heaven by Jesus Himself. Who am I?

St Isidore, the farmer

St. Dismas (St Dismas was the good thief crucified with Jesus)

St. Polycarp

8. A woman remained a mother, a bride, and a virgin — all at the same time. She never had relations with a man, yet gave birth to a son. Who is she?

Mary

Mary Salome

Blessed Virgin Mary

9. A man “crossed” the Sahara Desert on foot without water, food, or help. He didn’t die, wasn’t rescued, and never turned back. How is this possible?

Its not possible

He was born there — the “crossing” refers to being born during travel or a nomadic birth in the desert.

He didn’t need food, water, or help at the moment, because he was a ghost.

10. A group of people walked around a city for seven days without attacking it.

But suddenly, the walls collapsed without them touching them. Where did this happen?

Osogbo

Jericho

Israel

11. In a remote African village, every man had exactly one wife. After a fire destroyed the village, not a single woman survived — but all the men’s wives did. How is this possible?

They used charm

They were rescued from the fire.

All the women were married, so no “single” (unmarried) women were there to begin with.

12. I never left the convent, never traveled the world, and never led a mission — Yet I became the patron saint of missionaries. Who am I?

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the “Little Flower.”

St. Abbey

St. Bonaventure

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2. Puzzle – Find the correct word across and Down.

Check below for clues.

Clues TO THE WORDS

1. He is our Lord and Saviour

2. The Parish where BRCBG was first formed.

3. All generations shall call her ________

4. “Others I will take to Heaven but you will stay a while on earth”

5. It’s called the Angelic Psalter.

6. Highest form of prayer in the Catholic church.

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