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Pop Quiz: Famous Fathers

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1.   Who were the "Founding Fathers"?
    the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention
    the signers of the Declaration of Independence
    the leaders of the American Revolution

2.   In the Roman Catholic Church, who is the "Holy Father?"
    the Pope
    Jesus
    Abraham

3.   He is known as the "father of History":
    Aristotle
    Herodotus
    Pliny

4.   In Greek myth, he is the "father of the universe":
    Zeus
    Uranus
    Cronos

5.   "Father Time" is also known as
    Daedalus
    the Grim Reaper
    St. Nicholas

6.   Who is considered "the Father of the Symphony?"
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Joseph Haydn

7.   The "Our Father" is also called
    the Lord's Prayer
    the Kaddish
    the doxology

8.   Saint Nicholas, the martyr behind the "Father Christmas" myth, is from
    England
    The Netherlands
    Asia Minor

9.   To whom does the term "Great White Father" refer?
    the U.S. president
    the Pope
    Santa Claus

10.   Who is often called the "Father of Medicine"?
    Galen
    Hippocrates
    Demosthenes

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