MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2000 CATEGORY/AMOUNT Masonic Presidents 10 20 30 40 50
QUESTION
ANSWER
This President was Master of his Lodge when he assumed the office of President. He was a Freemason and U.S. President who established an important doctrine in 1823. He became a U.S. President in 1828, at the height of the anti-Masonic period. This U.S. President and Freemason won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906. This U.S. President and Freemason died three hours after he was scheduled to give a speech to the Knights Templar in Hollywood California.
Who was George Washington?
This federal scout and Indian fighter was raised a Master Mason in Platte Valley Lodge No 32, in Nebraska. This Freemason opposed William McKinley for the Presidency in 1896, and subsequently became a Mason in 1902. This Nebraska Mason was made Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI. This author and humorist was raised a Master Mason in Lincoln Lodge No. 19, in Lincoln Nebraska in 1902.
Who was William F. “Buffalo Bill� Cody?
Who was James Monroe? (The Monroe Doctrine) Who was Andrew Jackson? Who was Theodore Roosevelt? Who was Warren Harding?
Nebraska Masonry 10
20
30
40
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
Who was General John J. Pershing? Who was Will Rogers?
50
This American Grand Lodge was the second to recognize Prince Hall Masonry as a legitimate Masonic body.
What is the Grand Lodge of Nebraska?
They were the first two Freemasons to travel in the Dakota Territory. This Mason led the United States Marine Band in the 1880's. This General and Freemason said, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” He wore a pin depicting the Masonic square and compass when he flew to Paris in 1927. This Freemason coined the term “iron curtain”.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
This Masonic Revolutionary General became a traitor This man founded Prince Hall Masonry in 1784 The first Masonic library was founded in this state in 1844. These two rival Masonic groups joined together in 1813. The society formed in 1783, with George Washington as its president, to provide aid for widows and orphans of the Revolutionary War.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
Famous Masons 10 20 30 40
50
Who was John Phillip Sousa? Who was General Douglas MacArthur? Who was Charles Lindbergh?
Who was Winston Churchill?
Masonic History 10 20 30 40 50
Who was Prince Hall? What is Iowa? Who were the Ancients and the Moderns? What is the Society of the Cincinnati? (It is still in existence)
Masonic Ritual 10
20 30 40 50
This problem states that the square erected on the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares erected on the two legs. The Middle Chamber lecture refers to these two kinds of Masons. Of the seven liberal arts and sciences this one is most revered by Masons This Lodge officer is armed with a weapon A term applied to several raps of the gavel or clapping of the hands.
What is the 47th Problem of Euclid? (or Pythagorean Theorem)
What are operative and speculative Masons? What is geometry? Who is the Tiler? (sword) What is a battery?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Nebraska Masons This Past Master of Lancaster Lodge No. 54 of Nebraska, who died in 1964 was one of the most prolific authors of Masonic and other works. Who was Roscoe Pound?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2001 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Masonic Presidents 10
This Freemason was sworn in a President in 1901, on the death of William McKinley.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
20
This U.S. President and Freemason, who died in 1875, said APillow my head on the constitution of my country, and let the flag of the nations be my winding sheet.@
Who was Andrew Johnson?
30
Leon Czolgosz ended this U.S. President’s life in 1901.
Who was William McKinley?
40
Thomas Dewey, Henry A. Wallace and Strom Thurmond, all Freemasons, have this in common.
Who were the opponents of Harry Truman in the 1948 election?
50
George W. Bush was sworn in as President on this man’s bible.
Who was George Washington?
10
This Nebraska Mason and prosecutor died just a few days after the conclusion of the famous “Scopes Trial”.
Who was William Jennings Bryan?
20
This Freemason wrote The Power of Positive Thinking.
Who was Norman Vincent Peale?
30
This famous ace of the American air force in WWI became a Mason in Michigan in 1922.
Who was Eddie Rickenbacker?
40
This Freemason and Senator was head of the Watergate committee.
Who was Sam Irvin?
Famous Masons
50
This WWII General and Freemason became Administrator of the Veterans’ Administration after the war.
Who was General Omar N. Bradley?
10
The Grand Lodge of Utah allowed this group to petition its Lodges in 1984.
Who are the Mormons?
20
This Grand Lodge was originally organized in 1874 as the Grand Lodge of Indian Territory.
What is the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma?
30
Iowa city originally known as Shiboleth.
What is Mason City?
40
The Masons erected a statue at this Civil War battlefield.
What is Gettysburg?
50
After his abduction in 1826, the anti-Masonry period began.
Who was William Morgan?
10
This tree, native of warm climates is a symbol of immortality.
What is the acacia tree?
20
They are identified as the Great Lights of Masonry.
What are the Holy Bible, Square and Compass?
30
The name of the left hand pillar that stood at the porch of King Solomon’s Temple.
What is Boaz?
40
A herbaceous plant with broad leaves characterized in the capital of Corinthian columns.
What are acanthus leaves?
50
The bible quote of “. . . the almond tree shall flourish. . .” is found in this degree.
What is the Master Mason Degree? (3)rd
American Masonic History
Masonic Ritual
Miscellaneous Masonry 10
In 1884, the Grand Lodge of New York laid the cornerstone on Bedloe’s Island for this famous landmark.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
20
At the Potsdam Conference Truman and Churchill were Freemasons, this third world leader was not.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
30
The Latin name for the Holy of Holies.
What is the Sanctum Sanctorum?
40
Frederic Bartholdi, a Frenchman and a Freemason, designed this famous American landmark in 1884.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
50
This Grand Lodge for over 60 years did not allow Masons to join the Eastern Star.
What is the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Revolutionary War Famous Masons Of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and James Monroe, he was not a Mason. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2001 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Famous Prince Hall Masons 10
An American jazz legend known by the name Satchmo.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
20
Born in 1941, he is a famous U.S. Political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist. A famous jazz singer, but started out as a jazz pianist. After his death, his daughter won a Grammy award with a duet with her father.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
40
He was the middleweight champion for the first time in 1951 by knocking out Jake La Motta. When he retired from boxing as middleweight champion in 1952 he had lost only 3 times in 137 bouts. He returned to boxing in 1955 and was the first boxer ever to regain a title after retiring.
Who was Sugar Ray Robinson?
50
He rose up from slavery and illiteracy to become the foremost educator and leader of black Americans at the turn of the 19th century. Books written by him were Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk, and The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man.
Who was Booker T Washington?
30
Who was Nat King Cole?
Famous Living Masons 10
He has separated his fast-food chain from the competitors by cultivating that family feeling. His self-depreciating commercials were vital in the turnaround of his fast-food chain, the hamburger chain he named after his youngest daughter.
Who is Dave Thomas, owner of Wendy’s?
20
He piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 “Friendship 7” spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States.
Who is John Glenn?
30
An American golfer who turned professional after winning the 1954 U.S Amateur Championship. He won the Masters tournament in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964, (becoming the first four-time winner), the U.S. Open in 1960 and the British Open in 1961 and 1962.
Who is Arnold Palmer?
40
A master of all stringed instruments, he also plays trumpet, trombone, and piano. He’s a singer of simple love ballads and rousing country rockers. His brand of humor is infectious. He co-hosted the television country comedy Hee Haw for 20 years.
Who is Roy Clark?
50
An American actor who gave memorable performances in films such as The Catered Affair (1956) with Bette Davis, The Vikings (1958) and Barabbas (1962). Later notable films included The Dirty Dozen (1967), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Emperor of the North Pole (1973).
Who Ernest Borgnine?
Supposed to have been written in 1390 AD, this is the oldest known and most important version of the Old Charges. It is a poem written on 64 pages of vellum.
What is the Regius Manuscript?
The second oldest known manuscript. In the British Museum’s catalogue it is listed as Additional M.S. 23,198, and has been dated by Hughan at 1450 or thereabouts, an estimate in which most of specialists have concurred. The Book of Charges, which forms the second part of the document, is certainly of the 14th century, the historical or first part, the beginning of the 15th.
What is the Cooke Mauscript?
30
The first record of an initiation in an English lodge is 16 October 1646 when it was noted in this man’s diary that he and a Colonel Henry Mainwaring had been initiated into a nonoperative lodge.
Who is Elias Ashmole?
40
The first Masonic Monitor also known as The Freemasons Monitor. These were the two first Grand
What is Webbs?
Early Masonic History 10
20
50
What are the Grand Lodge of
Lodges, which were formed in 1717 and 1751 and eventually merged in 1813.
Moderns and the Grand Lodge of Antients?
10
A symbol of untimely death.
What is broken column?
20
A symbol of industry and cooperation.
What is the beehive?
30
A symbol of immortality and of faith.
What is acacia?
40
A symbol of Deity, and, by analogy of His powers most important to man; love, justice and mercy.
What is the All-Seeing Eye?
50
A symbol of honorable labor.
What is the Apron?
10
The evangelical Roman Catholic Bishop who in 1996 threatened mass excommunication of parishioners if they didn’t terminate membership in or support of 12 organizations which included almost the entire Masonic family.
Who is Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz?
20
Leader of the Religious Right in the United States, he is convinced that the Masons are part of some grand plan and he uses the trustworthy sources of Jim Shaw and the like on which to base these conclusions. He wrote the book The New World Order that includes the descriptions of the Illuminati – Masonic – Trilateral Commission conspiracy theory.
Who is Pat Robertson?
Masonic Symbols
Anti-Masons
30
He published Masonic rituals, changing them to include devil worship, and then convinced the church that he was on a crusade to “expose” Masonry as a satanic cult. His “confession” of this hoax even included information from a Diana Vaughan, purportedly a victim of Masonic Rites whose life was in danger from the Masons. (She was, in point of fact, a sales representative for an American Typewriter company and his coconspirator.)
Who was Leo Taxil?
40
He had written a book purporting to reveal Masonic secrets. The Masons were said, without proof, to have murdered him, and in reaction, local organizations arose to refuse support to Masons for public office. This gave rise to the Anti-Masonic Party.
Who was Captain William Morgan?
50
Sixth President of the United States, he was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party, although there has never been any evidence that he was against Masonry.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Masonic Authors He authored the books Revolution and Freemasonry and Franklin (about Benjamin Franklin). Credited with the death and suffering of many Freemasons during World War II, was a very active ‘collaborator’. He was tried and convicted by a court of justice in Paris. Despite a plea from the prosecution that he receive the death penalty, the court was lenient and sentenced him to imprisonment at hard labor for life, the confiscation of all his property, and ‘national degradation’. Who was Professor Bernard Fay?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2002 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Masonic Presidents 10
This President was only one of two US Presidents to be Grand Master of their State Jurisdiction. He was Grand Master of Tennessee. L. Randall Rogers Our Masonic
Who is Andrew Jackson?
20
This President was made a Master Mason in 1909. Two years later in 1911 he helped form a new Masonic Lodge and was it's first Worshipful Master. He served as Secretary of his Lodge from 1912 to 1916 when he was elected Master again. L. Randall Rogers Our Masonic Presidents.
Who is Harry S Truman?
30
This President's four sons all became Master Masons. One in 1933, two in 1935 and the last was raised 1953. L. Randall Rogers Our Masonic Presidents.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
40
This President was proud of the fact that he enjoyed attending lodge and meeting on the level with his brothers from all walks of life. He especially enjoyed attending his Lodge during the time period when the Worshipful Master of his Lodge was the gardener of and estate adjoining this Presidents estate. L. Randall Rogers Our Masonic Presidents.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
50
This President's administration was so popular he did not have an opponent in 1820, which has happened at only one other time, when Washington was elected. He was made an Entered Apprentice Mason at the age of 17. L. Randall Rogers Our Masonic Presidents.
Who is James Monroe?
Masonic Symbols 10
This symbol represents a method of control of an initiate, and is removed when love and care replace the need for physical control. Page 37 One Hundred Questions About Freemasonry.
What is the Cable-tow?
20
This is a symbol of obligation and a reminder to him who gives it to remember his promises. It is universally used as a salute to the Master. Page 37 One Hundred Questions About Freemasonry.
What is the Due Guard?
30
Bro. Carl Claudy states that superstition in the middle ages maintained that a man's body must be buried while perfect, if his soul were to go to heaven. The destroyed, eaten flesh of a body prevented resurrection. Masonry has used this idea as a symbol of a penalty if we fail to stay true to our obligations. Page 358 One Hundred Questions About Freemasonry.
What is the Beast of the Field and Bird of the Air?
40
If the Lodge is considered as a symbol of the world, then this symbol denotes the universality of Masonry. Page 23 Pocket Encyclopedia of Masonic Symbols.
What is the Covering of the Lodge or (the clouded canopy or starry-decked heavens)?
50
This is a symbol of control of conduct, a standard of right living. Operative Masons used this to test a perfect square or "try a square." Page 46 Pocket Encyclopedia of Masonic Symbols.
What is the Point Within a Circle?
10
This Grand Master of Masons of Massachusetts was famous for a midnight ride at the beginning of the American Revolution. Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents pg.314.
Who is Paul Revere?
20
The third Chief Justice of the United States, serving in that office 34 years with great integrity. He was also Grand Master of Virginia. Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents pg.127.
Who is John Marshall?
Famous Masons
30
This Mason served in the Army, studied law and passed the bar and became District Attorney, a defender of the American Indian, elected to Congress, elected Governor of Tennessee, was Commander-in-Chief of Texas Army in 1836, elected President of the Republic of Texas, and probably saved the life of fellow Freemason, the defeated Santa Anna from the angry Texans. Little Masonic Library pg. 139.
Who is Sam Houston?
40
This Mason undertook the assignment to organize the teachings of the Old Charges into a modern form of Constitutions in 1723 and then revised them in 1738? Haywood Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents pg.99.
Who is Dr James Anderson?
50
This Mason traveled throughout England, recording and committing to memory the various forms of ritualistic work being used by the many Masonic Lodges. In 1772 he published Illustrations of Masonry, a series of lectures, which perfected the Masonic ritual used at the time. Haywood Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents pg.170.
Who is William Preston?
This year, eleven representatives from the three Masonic Lodges in the Territory of Nebraska convened to form the Grand Lodge of Nebraska? Masonry in Nebraska pg. 19.
What was 1857 (September 23rd )?
Masonic History 10
20
In November of 1854 several Masons met at Green, Kenney and Co's log store located in St. Marys, Iowa for the purpose of taking the initial steps to procure a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Illinois to form this first Lodge in the Nebraska Territory. Masonry in Nebraska pg.7-13.
What is Nebraska Lodge No. 184, Illinois, at Bellevue; Later Called Nebraska Lodge No.1, and in 1888 was moved to Omaha?
30
On May 29th, 1855 Brethren met to form this second lodge in the Nebraska Territory, under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and it was named after its first Worshipful Master. Masonry in Nebraska pg. 13.
What is Giddings' Lodge No. 156, Missouri, at Nebraska City, Later Called Western Star Lodge No.2?
40
On January 26th, 1857 nineteen Master Masons met in the home of Brother George Armstrong under authority of a dispensation from the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa to form this third Lodge in the Nebraska Territory. Masonry in Nebraska pg. 15.
What is Capitol Lodge No. 101, Iowa, at Omaha City, later called Capitol Lodge No 3, Omaha?
50
One Hundred and Thirteen of these old documents are known to exist, and spell out many of the earliest known details or regulations of Freemasonry. Wallace McLeod's The Grand Design pg. 33.
What are the Old Charges or Gothic Constitutions?
The minimum age requirement in Nebraska to petition a Lodge for membership. The Constitution and Bylaws page 47.
What is Eighteen?
Miscellaneous 10
20
The document given to brethren who are members of a lodge under dispensation, who have demonstrated their fitness to receive this document empowering them to work as Masons. Page 47 One Hundred Questions About Freemasonry.
What is a Lodge Charter or Warrant?
30
These are the final words of the Regius Poem and mean "So may it be." Page 7 One Hundred Questions About Freemasonry.
What is So Mote It Be?
40
Except to conduct a funeral, open installation of lodge officers, or the dedication of Masonic temples with Masonic ceremonies, and for the laying of a cornerstone with Masonic ceremonies, no meeting of a subordinate lodge shall be held on this day. The Constitution and Bylaws page 53.
What is Sunday?
50
A rejected petitioner for initiation must wait this period of time before he may repetition the Lodge. The Constitution and Bylaws page 48.
What is Six Months?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Early Masons The founder of the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, Laurence Dermott, wrote this Book of Constitutions for his Grand Lodge in 1756. When the Ancients and the Moderns merged in 1813, this Book of Constitutions ceased to be used in England. But to this day some Grand Lodges in America still apply this name to their Constitutions. . Wallace McLeod's The Grand Design pg. 28, and Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia, pg. 19 Who is Ahiman Rezon?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2002 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Masonic Symbols 10
An ancient symbol used in Masonry to represent the watchfulness and omnipresence of Deity.
What is the A11-Seeing Eye?
20
A symbol of the brotherly love and fellowship that hold a lodge together.
What is cement?
30
A symbol of industry.
What is the beehive?
40
Symbols of hope and a well spent life.
What are the Anchor and the Ark?
50
It is a symbol of death or failed work.
What is the broken column?
10
These leaves are typically carved as decorations on the capitals of Corinthian and Composite columns.
What are acanthus leaves?
20
A knock at the door of the Lodge indicating that someone is seeking admission.
What is an alarm?
30
A story, fable or legend that has a hidden meaning.
What is an allegory?
40
This item is often called the "badge of a Mason".
What is the apron?
50
It is the jewel of the Stewards.
What is the cornucopia?
Masonic Ritual
Masonic History 10
A political party formed in 1828 after the Morgan Affair.
What is the Anti-Masonic Party?
20
He was the last U. S. President to be a Freemason.
Who was Gerald Ford?
30
He was the author of the Constitutions of 1723.
Who was Dr.James Anderson?
40
A Greek mathematician who lived about 300 B.C.
Who was Euclid?
50
This U.S. President was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
10
This Mason composed the "Magic Flute".
Who was Wolfgang A. Mozart?
20
This Mason wrote the book "The Man Who Would Be King".
Who was Gerald Ford?
30
This Mason composed "Finlandia".
Who was Jean Sibelius?
40
This Mason wrote "Auld Lang Syne".
Who was Robert Burns?
50
This Mason wrote "Faust".
Who was Goethe?
Famous Masonic Authors & Composers
Harry Truman 10
This Freemason wrote a book about Truman.
Who was Wolfgang A. Mozart?
20
In addition to Harry Truman, this President is the only other one to hold the title of Grand Master
Who was Andrew Jackson?
30
Three U.S. Presidents were Masters of their Lodge
Who were Harry Truman, George Washington and James Buchanan?
40
These two vice presidents of Franklin Roosevelt were Freemasons.
Who were Harry Truman and Henry Wallace?
50
Harry Truman had these two "33rd" honors.
What is the Scottish Rite 33rd Degree Honorary and the 33rd President of the United States?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Masonic Meanings It is the ancient Hebrew word for "strength". What is Boaz?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2003 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Famous Masons 10
As President, he distinguished himself by being shot at and by falling down the steps of Air Force One.
Who was Gerald R. Ford?
20
He was the second man to walk on the Moon.
Who was Edwin [“Buzz”] Aldrin?
30
He was commander of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I.
Who was John J. Pershing?
40
He became heavyweight-boxing champion of the world in 1919 by defeating Jess Willard.
Who was Jack Dempsey?
50
He was the second President of the Republic of Texas.
Who was Sam Houston?
10
This is where famous cedars used in the building of King Solomon’s Temple came from.
What is Lebanon or “forests of Lebanon”?
20
The sanctum sanctorum was also known as this.
What is the Holy of Holies?
30
This is where the Lord stood when he had a plumb line in his hand.
What is the wall?
40
This Masonic building has the world’s largest Masonic Square and Compass made out of Flowers.
What is the George Washington National Masonic Memorial?
Masonic Places (both real & mythical
50
This is the traditional checkerboard-looking part of a lodge.
What is the Mosaic pavement?
10
This plant is the namesake of a fraternity, and is used in the Master’s degree.
What is acacia?
20
This rope-like item is secured on part of the candidate’s body in the degrees.
What is the cabletow?
30
This Masonic symbol is composed of two Working Tools, one either wholly or partly partially superimposed over the other.
What is the Square and Compass(es)?
40
This symbol is often used as a sign of industry.
What is the Beehive?
50
This is where the Master traditionally “posts” the work for the Brethren to do.
What is the Trestleboard?
10
He was known as “The March King”, and directed the U.S. Marine Band.
Who was John Philip Sousa?
20
He is known for his operas: Don Juan, The Magic Flute, and The Marriage of Figaro.
Who was Mozart?
30
This comedian was known for his characters named Freddie the Freeloader and Klem Kadiddlehopper.
Who was Red Skelton?
Masonic Symbols
Famous Masonic Muscicians & Entertainers
40
This country music star (and father of a country music star) is famous for the fact that he sings flawlessly, but speaks with a stutter.
Who was Mel Tillis?
50
This famous Mason was known for his folksongs such as “Jimmy Crack Corn”, “Little Bitty Tear”, and “Blue Tail Fly.”
Who was Burl Ives?
10
George Washington was known to wear this particular kind of dental appliance.
What is false teeth?
20
This branch of York Rite Masonry requires that a man be a Christian.
What is the Commandery?
30
This Masonic body is known as “The University of Freemasonry.”
What is the Scottish Rite?
40
This Masonic “patron” dipped Christ in the Jordan River.
Who was St John the Baptist?
50
In World War I, Mason and former President Harry Truman was a captain in this U.S. Army branch.
What is the Artillery or Field Artillery?
Masonic Odds & Ends
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Masons Which famous Mason’s picture hangs in the lobby of the Muehlbach hotel in Kansas City, MO? Who was Harry Truman?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2003 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Famous American Masons 10
He was the first AfricanAmerican justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
20
This Mason was famous for his illusions and his escapes from handcuffs, safes, and other restraining devices.
Who was Harry Houdini?
30
He was the victorious general at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
40
This Mason led the famous 1942 air raid on Tokyo.
Who was Jimmy Doolittle?
50
This Mason was assassinated in 1901, allowing Vice President and Mason Teddy Roosevelt to succeed him as President.
Who was William McKinley?
10
This German Mason composed his immortal 5th Symphony while going deaf.
Who was Beethoven?
20
This German Mason of the 1700s was a composer famous for his church music and his music for organ.
Who was Bach?
30
This British Mason was brought up in India and wrote “The Jungle Book” and “The Mother Lodge.
Who was Kipling?
Famous Worldwide Masons
40
This Mason is known as the “great national poet of Scotland.”
Who was Robert Burns?
50
This French Mason was the author of “Candide.”
Who was Voltaire?
10
The Western Wall, or “Wailing Wall”, in Jerusalem, is the only part of this building still standing.
What is King Solomon’s Temple?
20
This is masonically declared a place of darkness.
What is the North?
30
This is the port to which the rafts of timbers for Solomon’s Temple were floated.
What is Joppa?
40
The Scottish Rite House of the Temple is in this U.S. city.
What is Washington, D.C.?
50
Where is the Seafaring Man going.
What is Ethiopia?
10
This organization is headed locally by an officer known as the Potentate.
What is the Shrine?
20
This organization allows men and women to participate together.
What is the Eastern Star?
30
The members of this organization wear black fezzes.
What is the Grotto?
40
This organization takes its name from a Middle Eastern tree.
What is the Tall Cedars of Lebanon?
Masonic Places (both real & mythical
Masonic Organizations
50
The curent Duke of Kent is the Grand Master of this Masonic organization.
What is the United Grand Lodge of England?
10
This allows the candidate to be “removed” from the lodge if he decides not to proceed with the degree.
What is the cable tow?
20
This Masonic garment is the prerogative only of the Worshipful Master.
What is the hat?
30
Knights Templar are often depicted wearing this symbolic “weapon.”
What is the sword?
40
This Masonic headgear is named after an ancient city in Morocco.
What is the fez?
50
The columns and pilasters of King Solomon’s Temple were made out of this kind of marble.
What is Parian marble?
Masonic Things
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Masons This Texas Mason was the most decorated soldier in World War II. Who was Audie Murphy?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2004 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
10
Signified by the three tapers in a triangular position about the altar.
What are the Sun, the Moon, and the Master of the Lodge?
20
A representation of the ground floor in King Solomon’s temple.
What is The Mosaic Pavement?
30
Where you first met resistance, and afterward gained admission.
What is “a door” or “the door of the lodge”?
40
A beautiful border or skirting.
What is the Indented Tessel?
50
Hieroglyphically represents Divine Providence.
What is The Blazing Star?
10
Teaches the proper arrangements of words.
What is Grammar?
20
Helps us to distinguish wholesome from nauseous foods.
What is Tasting?
30
Teaches us to speak copiously and fluently.
What is Rhetoric?
40
Teaches the art of forming concords.
What is Music?
50
The most simple and solid of the five orders of Architecture.
What is the Tuscan?
Things in the Blue Lodge
Masonic Learning: The Middle Chamber
Masonic Symbols 10
The Holy Bible, Square and Compasses.
What are the three Great Lights of Masonry?
20
The point of beginning – midway between the dark of the North and the light of the East.
What is the Northeast Corner?
30
A word for walking around the altar.
What is circumambulation?
40
A good and pleasant place for men to dwell together.
What is unity?
50
Amos saw this symbol.
What is a plumbline?
10
He was the Past Grand Master of Pennsylvania and signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
20
He was elected Commander-inChief of the Continental Forces in 1775.
Who was General George Washington?
30
This famous event was spawned at the Green Dragon Tavern and St. Andrew’s Lodge.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
40
This Frenchman and Freemason became an officer of the Continental Army.
Who was Lafayette?
50
Eggs and conspirator conjure up this revolutionary Freemason’s name.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
Masonic and American History
Famous Masons 10
This Mason was Back in the Saddle Again.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
20
“God Bless America” for this Freemason.
Who was Irving Berlin?
30
This Freemason spoke of an iron curtain while in Missouri.
Who was Sir Winston Churchill?
40
This pony express rider was a general of the Nebraska National Guard.
Who was William “Buffalo Bill” Cody?
50
The Chicago Daily Tribune was the first newspaper to announce this Freemason as president in 1948.
Who was Thomas Dewey?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Masonic Ritual This person was the inventor of the Corinthian order of architecture. Who was Callimachus?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2004 The following three categories have questions our newly initiated Masons are required know to move on to the next degree. (The modern proficiency). CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Entered Apprentice Mason 10
The minimum age to sign a petition.
What is Eighteen?
20
This is the first place Masonry says a man should be prepared before he can take the degrees of Masonry.
What is in his heart?
30
Lodge can be opened without these three things present.
What is the The three great lights of Masonry, the Holy Bible, Square and Compass?
40
This Rite in the Entered Apprentice degree teaches the initiate that he is to bring nothing into the Lodge which would destroy its’ peace and harmony.
What is the Rite of Destitution?
50
This place in the Lodge is intended to teach the significance of initiation as the symbolic birth of the candidate into the world of Masonry.
Who is the entrance into the Lodge?
10
This is a symbol of upright conduct in life and of the conscience by which each person must live.
What is the Plumb?
20
This is a symbol in the Fellowcraft degree of morality, truthfulness and honesty.
What is the Square?
Fellowcraft Mason
30
This is the date and place where the first Grand Lodge of Masons was formed.
What is the Goose and Gridiron Tavern, London England in 1717?
40
This symbolic place in the Lodge represents man’s journey from ignorance to enlightenment and is a place where we receive the symbolic wages of Devine Truth.
What is the Middle Chamber?
50
These three jewels of the Fellowcraft degree teach the necessity to learn to utilize good Masonic instruction and develop a devotion to its teachings.
Who is the attentive ear, the instructive tongue, and the faithful breast?
10
This person teaches the magnificent lessons of fidelity and was the son of a widow of the Tribe of Naphtali.
Who is Hiram Abif?
20
These have symbolic meanings which serve to enrich the mind and improve our lives as Masons and also serve as modes of recognition.
What are Signs, Tokens, and Words?
30
This symbol in the degree reminds us that the things we do before man, and the things we do in secret will be recorded and will bear witness for or against us at Judgment time.
What is the All-Seeing Eye?
40
This portion of the degree teaches the virtues of fidelity and fortitude and represents resurrection after death.
What is the Raising of the Candidate?
50
There are only four ways a Mason can terminate his membership from his Lodge.
What isDemit, Suspension, Expulsion, or Death?
Master Mason Degree
Lodge Customs 10
A term used to mean a Lodge communication called for a funeral.
What is the Emergent Lodge or Communication?
20
A custom in Lodges that comes from a time when the King remained covered while his subjects were required to be uncovered as a sign of respect.
What is “Why the Master wears a hat”?
30
When a Lodge is at labor Brethren don’t pass between these two objects without the permission of the Master.
What is the Altar and the East?
40
This Lodge custom assures that the Brethren entering or leaving an open Lodge know what degree it is in.
What is “Saluting the Master with the Due Guard and Sign”?
50
A Lodge is opened and closed by its Master “in due form,” meaning according to the customs and laws of the Grand Lodge. When the Grand Master opens and closes a Grand Lodge or a particular Lodge he is said to do so in “_________ form”.
What is Ample Form. (This means he has the power and authority to accomplish his purpose regardless of the manner in which he does it)?
10
Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956-1971 and coach from 1975-1983.
Who was Bart Starr?
20
This American aviator was the first pilot to solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who was Charles Lindberg?
Famous Masons
30
This Mason was famous for being the leader of the most popular big band during the “Big Band Era” in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Who was Glenn Miller?
40
One of the wealthiest men in the American colonies at the time of the American Revolution, President of the Continental Congress in 1775 and signed the Declaration of Independence with the largest signature.
Who was John Hancock?
50
This Tennessee back woodsman was a member of the Tennessee Legislature, a member of Congress and he died with 139 others at the massacre at the Alamo in 1836.
Who was Davy Crockett?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Nebraska Masonic History These three Grand Lodges were the Mother Grand Lodges of the Nebraska Grand Lodge . What is Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2005 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Quotes of the Founding Fathers 10
This Founding Father said of the revolution: “We must hang together, gentlemen… else we shall most assuredly hang separately.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
20
He was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence and signed with a bold signature so that “King George III may read it without putting on his glasses”.
Who is John Hancock?
30
He said this of the government he helped found: “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Who is George Washington?
40
His Masonic membership is questionable but this quote is not: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!
Who is Patrick Henry?
50
These were the last words of this Founding Father: “It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.”
Who is George Washington?
Masonic Oddities 10
This refers to the drinking of a toast and slamming the glass on the table.
What is firing?
20
These men made fun of Masons with their own processional march including asses and kettledrums on St. Johns the Baptist day in 1741.
Who were the Mock Masons or Scald Miserable Masons?
30
This famous Masonic author conducted his own Masonic funeral.
Who is Harold V. B. Voorhis?
40
Where can the “Lodge of the Holy Saints John” be found?
Nowhere, it is a construct of ritual.
50
From the time of the American Revolution until 1859, attempts were made to create this kind of Lodge in America.
What is the General Grand Lodge for the United States?
10
He was the second man to step on the moon in 1969.
Who is Buzz Aldrin?
20
This Lodge meeting took place in one of the most remote spots on earth. Where is it?
What is Antarctic 1947?
30
These kinds of Lodges meet only before or after a full moon.
What is a Moon Lodge?
40
This member of the Lodge traditionally carries a “flaming” sword.
Who is the Tyler?
50
He may have just moved to Canada or perhaps even the Bahamas.
Who is William Morgan?
Masonic Potpourri
Masonry at War 10
This Mason was the greatest American ace pilot in World War I.
Who is Eddie Rickenbacker?
20
This Mason commanded the Armed Forces in the Philippines.
Who is Douglas McArthur?
30
This Masonic organization was formed during World War I to aid Masons overseas.
What is the Masonic Service Association?
40
A member of Lincoln Lodge # 19, he was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force.
Who is General John J. Pershing?
50
These Masons wore a “blue forget me not” pin in order to recognize each other.
Who were the German Masons during World War II?
10
This common symbol consists of two equilateral triangles interconnected.
What is the Star of David?
20
This tool is used to “coax” a stone into the proper position.
What is the setting Maul?
30
Brother love, relief and truth are 3 of the things found on this symbol.
What is Jacob’s ladder?
40
These two items were once necessary to “draw the Lodge”.
What is chalk and charcoal?
50
Not strictly a Masonic only symbol, this symbol appears also on the back of a dollar bill.
What is the All Seeing Eye?
Masonic Symbols
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Nebraska Masons He had a strange combination of professional interests that included botany and law. Who is Roscoe Pound?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2005 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Anti-Mason Trivia 10
Often quoted or rather missquoted, by anti-Masons, he wrote the book Morals and Dogma.
Who was Albert Pike?
20
Having gotten the trust of Masons, then spurned, because he wasn’t a Mason, he mysteriously disappeared after writing Illustrations of Freemasonry. His disappearance caused the creation of the antiMason political party.
Who was William Morgan?
30
This Catholic Bishop threatened excommunication to members if they belonged to any body of Freemasonry in 1995.
Who is Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz?
40
Author of The Three-point Brothers; The Anti-Christ and the Origin of masonry; The Cult of the Great Architect; Pius IX, Freemason?and The masonic Assassins. In 1897, he announced that every word written about Masonic devil worship was made up.
Who was Leo Taxil?
50
He led a campaign to get the Southern Baptist Church to declare his religion and Masonry incompatible in the mid 1990s.
Who is Dr. James Larry Holly?
Famous Country Musician Masons 10
Country-Western star and singer; member of the Grand Ole Opry and co-start of television show “Hee-Haw”.
Who is Roy Clark?
20
"King of the Cowboys". American singer and actor who played a singing cowboy in motion picture Westerns.
Who was Roy Rogers?
30
American actor who made some 90 movies from the 1930s through the 1950s, cowboy singer ("Back in the Saddle Again" and more.
Who was Gene Autry?
40
Country and Western performer of renown. Famous for his stuttering.
Who is Mel Tillis?
50
He was known as the “King of Country Music”.
Who was Roy Acuff?
10
Austrian composer considered among the greatest and most prolific composers in history.
Who was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
20
Entertainer and songwriter who wrote more than 1,500 songs including "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1911) and several musical comedies like Annie Get Your Gun (1946).
Who was Erving Berlin?
30
U.S. Marine Band leader from 1880 - 1892, he wrote numerous marches including the US's 'national march', "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
Who was John Philip Sousa?
Famous Country Musician Masons
40
Legendary entertainer and ballad singer.
Who was Burl Ives?
50
American jazz composer, orchestrator, bandleader, and pianist, considered the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century.
Who was Duke Ellington?
10
American soldier and explorer who, with fellow Mason William Clark conducted the first overland exploration of the West and Pacific Northwest.
Who was Meriwether Lewis?
20
A former US Chief of Staff, he commanded the Allied Forces in the South Pacific during World War II.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
30
Most decorated American Soldier of WWII, he also achieved fame as an actor in movies (Westerns).
Who was Audie Murphy?
40
American silversmith, engraver and Revolutionary hero who on April 18, 1775 made his famous ride to warn "The British are coming!" as celebrated in a poem by Longfellow.
Who was Paul Revere?
50
American Army General who led the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. His nickname was “Black Jack�.
Who was John Joseph Pershing?
Famous Military Masons
Famous Business Masons 10
Fried chicken magnate, his Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets are found world-wide.
Who was Colonel Harland Sanders?
20
Founder of the very popular Wendy's Restaurants, publicly he was the grandfatherly star of commercials.
Who was Dave Thomas?
30
A brand of vacuum cleaners is named after him.
Who was Frank Hoover?
40
American inventor and manufacturer who developed the safety razor.
Who was King C Gillette?
50
Headed the company which produced farm equipment, the now little-known car with his namesake, and the first washing machine capable of being operated by an outside power source.
Who was Fredrick Maytag?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Famous Nebraska Masons He was known as "The Great Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader"; "The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator of the Platte". He was a candidate for Democratic nomination for President in 1896, 1900, and 1908. Who is William Jennings Bryan?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2006 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Entered Apprentice Symbols 10
This symbolizes that state of ignorance before light (knowledge) is received.
What is the Darkness?
20
This is the symbolic action called for on entrance into a lodge.
What are the Perfect Points of Entrance?
30
Symbolic of the triumphs and the despairs throughout life.
What is the Tessellated Pavement?
40
This is a symbol of all those external restraints by which a man is controlled by others, or by forces outside himself.
What is the Cable Tow?
50
This is a symbol of the world, initiation means birth, and the Great Pillars signify entrance into a new kind of life.
What is the Lodge?
10
The symbol of morality, truthfulness and honesty.
What is the Square?
20
The symbol of uprightness of conduct.
What is the Plumb?
30
These are emblematical of youth, manhood, and age.
What is the Three Steps?
40
This is an emblem of peace and unity.
What is the Lily-Work?
50
These are symbols of strength and establishment - and by implication, power and control.
What are the 2 pillars?
Fellowcraft Symbols
More Fellowcraft Symbols 10
This is a symbol of equality.
What is the Level?
20
These symbolize seven arts and sciences.
What is the seven steps?
30
These are the symbolic wages of a Fellowcraft Mason.
What is Corn, Wine and Oil?
40
This symbol represents joy, gladness and happiness.
What is the Oil?
50
These symbols should signify the necessity to learn to utilize good Masonic instruction and develop a devotion to the teachings of our Craft.
What are the three jewels?
10
This is an emblem of industry, and recommends the practice of that virtue to all created beings.
What is the Beehive?
20
This emblem reminds us that we should be ever watchful and guarded in our thoughts, words and actions.
What is the Book of Constitutions Guarded by the Tyler’s Sword?
30
This emblem demonstrates that justice will sooner or later overtake us.
What is the “Sword Pointing to a Naked Heart”?
40
This is an emblem of a well grounded hope and a well spent life.
What is the “Anchor and the Ark”?
50
This emblem teaches Masons to be general lovers of the arts and sciences.
What is the Forty Seventh Problem of Euclid?
Master Mason Symbols
More Master Mason Symbols 10
This emblem reminds us of that disease or casualty which will soon terminate our lives.
What is the Setting Maul?
20
This emblem symbolizes the immortality of the soul and the timely discovery of Hiram Abiff’s body.
What is the Sprig Acacia?
30
An emblem reminding us that we are constantly in God's presence.
What is the All Seeing-eye?
40
This is an emblem of human life.
What is Hour-Glass?
50
This is an emblem of time, which cuts the brittle thread of life and launches us into eternity.
What is the Scythe?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Masonic Symbols These symbols represent those moral and spiritual virtues which should govern our conduct. What are the Working Tools?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2006 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
MASONIC THINGS 10
A place, especially a raised platform where sacrifices or offerings are made to deity.
What is an Altar?
20
A little twig or spray from a tree or bush of the mimosa family.
What is a sprig of acacia?
30
A very heavy hammer made of wood for driving stakes, wedges, etc.
What is a Maul (setting Maul)?
40
straight slender shoot or stem cut from a bush or tree. Several junior officers carry them.
What is a Rod?
50
The foot or bottom support of a column or pilar.
What is a Pedestal?
10
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Who is John Elway?
20
The Manassa Mauler, world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926.
Who is Jack Dempsey?
30
Star of “Titanic” and “The Aviator”.
Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
40
Brigadier General who served with Pickett and Lee at Gettysburg, where he was killed.
Who is Lewis Armistead?
50
Actor from “Seinfeld” that joined Freemasonry after discovering his idol, Red Skeleton, was a Mason.
Who is Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer).
Famous Masons
Same Name 10
_Father, _Canyon, _Lodge.
What is Grand? (Grandfather, Grand Canyon, Grand Lodge)
20
_Terrier, _bagpipe, _Rite.
What is Scottish? (Scottish Terrier, Scottish Bagpipe, Scottish Rite).
30
_mind, _key, _Mason.
What is Master?
40
_a, _o, _um.
What is Jubil? (Jubila, Jubilo, Jubilum)
50
_league, _college, _Warden.
What is Junior?
10
East coast city and Masonic appendant body.
What is New York Rite? (New York and York Rite)
20
Young ladies appendant body and Shriners appendant body for women.
What is Jobs Daughters of the Nile. (Jobs Daughters and Daughters of the Nile)
30
Famous U. S. General that fought against Mexico and Past Grand Master of Masons of Nebraska.
What is Winfield Scott Krieger? (Winfield Scott and Scott Krieger)
40
One of the principal tenants of Masonry that teaches love for each other and for all mankind and famous movie from the 70’s (chick flick) starring Ryan O’Neal.
What is Brotherly Love Story?
50
Famous pirate (and name of hard liquor) and incident in 1826
What is Captain Morgan Affair?
Before and After
where the disappearance of a man caused Anti-Masonic hysteria.
Masonic Places 10
This chapel is thought to be by many the physical link between the Knights Templar and the origin of Scottish Masonry.
What is the Roslyn Chapel?
20
Gothic masterpiece, built in mathematical multiples of 33 in Indianapolis. Declared one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
What is the Scottish Rite Cathedral?
30
Located in Washington, D. C., it is the headquarters of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Masonic Jurisdiction.
What is the House of the Temple?
40
Located in Alexandria, VA, this monument is a memorial to a famous Freemason. Each floor of the building is sponsored by a different appendant Masonic body.
What is the George Washington Masonic Memorial?
50
Church with a circular design in London where stone effigies of Knights are displayed.
What is the Templar Church?
Final Jeopardy Topic "Masonic Celebrated Dates". These two dates coincide with the summer and winter solstices. What are Saints John's days (St. John the Baptist, June 24th; St. John the Evangelist, December 27th). MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2007
CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Who am I? (We will give you a quote and you must indicate the character who says it) 10
“…of so vile a wretch as I should be…”.
Who is Jubilum?
20
“…I am glad to meet you thus alone.”
Who is Jubila?
30
“…that you form in grand procession to go with him to endeavour to raise…”
Who is the Grand Senior Warden?
40
“How did it originate?”
Who is the Junior Warden?
50
“Present your pass”.
Who is the Seafaring man?
10
“…the making of a woman a Mason…”
What is the Master? (Obligation)
20
“It alludes to the sacred name of Deity”
What is the Fellowcraft? (Letter G)
30
“…that this is an instrument of torture to the flesh…”
What is the Entered Apprentice? (Receiving candidate)
40
“... as yet you have received but partial light in Masonry.”
What is the Fellowcraft? (At Altar, explaining the three great lights of Masonry)
50
“…I am free to inform you that our obligations…”
What is the Entered Apprentice? (Disclaimer before taking obligation)
In which degree? (We will give you a quote and you must indicate from which degree)
Contained in “FREEMASONRY” (We will give the definition and the
answer will only have the letters F, R, E, E, M, A, S,O, N, R, and Y) 10
Price paid or demanded for releasing a captive.
What is RANSOM?
20
Their first name is George, or George, or George, or George, or George.
Who is FOREMAN?
30
A deep sense of guilt or regret felt over a wrong that one has done.
What is REMORSE?
40
A sauce made with cheese.
What is MORNAY?
50
Four times champion of the Indianapolis 500.
Who is MEARS (Rick Mears)?
10
He used eleven herbs and spices.
Who is COLONEL HARLAND SANDERS?
20
Founder of the squared hamburger.
Who is DAVE THOMAS?
30
Founder of Department store chain.
Who is JAMES C. PENNEY?
40
Co-founder of Apple computer.
Who is STEVE WOZNIAK?
50
Comedian that uses malapropisms and is a member of Scottish Rite.
Who is NORM CROSBY?
A brimless felt hat shaped like a truncated cone that shriners wear.
What is a FEZ?
Famous Masons
Famous Masons 10
20
Founder of the squared hamburger.
Who is DAVE THOMAS?
30
Degree that represents manhood.
What is the FELLOWCRAFT DEGREE?
40
a2 = b2 + c2
What is the FORTY SEVENTH PROBLEM OF EUCLID?
50
The first of the five points of fellowship.
What is FOOT TO FOOT?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Shriners In which Illinois city did one hundred thousand conventioning Shriners paraded for 3 days in June of 1937? What is DETROIT?
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2007 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Famous Masons (We will give you the name of two Masons, and you will have to indicate their common last name) 10
Theodore and Franklin.
Who was Roosevelt? (26th and 32nd presidents of the USA)
20
Gerald and Henry.
Who was Ford? (Gerald R. Ford was the 38th president of the USA. Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company)
30
Will and Roy.
Who was Rogers? (Will Rogers was an actor and humorist. Roy Rogers was an American singer and actor)
40
Jesse and Andrew.
Who is Jackson? (Reverend Jesse Jackson was/is an American Civil Rights leader. Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the USA)
50
Roy and William.
Who is Clark? (Roy Clark was a country-western singer. William Clark explored the Mississippi river with Merriwether Lewis)
Ritual Sections (We will give you the action or description of part of the ritual and you will name it) 10
Only part of a degree divided into sections.
What are the Lectures?
20
Agreement by which the candidate is bound to the Lodge.
What is the Obligation?
30
Section of one degree in which the candidate is informed about the meaning and importance of a letter from the alphabet.
What is the Letter G?
40
Communication given by the Senior Deacon before the candidate enters the Lodge for the first time.
What is Prepatory Address?
50
To conduct the candidate around the Lodge as part of the ritual.
What is Circumambulation?
10
Genesis 1:1 (In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth).
What is the EA, FC, MM? (Any or all of the three answers are correct).
20
Amos 7:8 (I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel).
What is the FC?
30
Revelations 5:5 (There is strength in the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and He will prevail).
What is the MM?
Biblical Quotes (We will give you a verse from the bible and you must indicate the degree in which it is mentioned)
40
Matthew 25:23 (Well done good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord).
What is the EA?
50
Psalm 133:1 (Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity).
What is the EA?
10
The Great Lights of Masonry.
What is 3? (Bible, square, and compass)
20
The liberal arts and sciences (described in the FC degree).
What is 7? (Grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy)
30
The orders in architecture (described in FC degree).
What is 5? (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite)
40
Number of non-honorary degrees conferred in Scottish Rite.
What is 29? (4th to the 32nd)
50
Number of craftsmen that conspired against the life of your Grand Master Hiram Abiff.
What is 15? (Twelve craftsmen plus Ja, Jo, and Jm)
10
_____Steward _____Deacon _____Warden
What is Senior or Junior? (Senior Steward, Senior Deacon, Senior Warden)
20
_____Wayne _____The Baptist _____The Evangelist
Who is John?
Numbers (The answer of the clue is a number)
Same name. (Each group has a common word)
_____Meal
30
_____Deal _____and compass
What is SQUARE?
40
_____of Tyre _____Solomon _____David
What is KING?
50
_____Templar _____Commander of the Court of Honor _____of Columbus
What is KNIGHT?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Masonic Customs and regulations. This person can overrule the objection of a Lodge member to having a visiting Mason seated? Who is no one? (While the objecting brother is present)
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Fall 2008 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Masonic Abbreviations 10
R.W.
What is Right Worshipful?
20
K. S.
What is King Solomon?
30
V. S. L.
What is the Volune of the Sacred Law?
40
U.D.
What is Under Dispensation?
50
T. G. A. O. T. U.
What is The Grand Artificer Of The Universe?
10
Implement carried by Deacons and Stewards.
What is the rod?
20
Wooden mallet used by operative Masons.
What is the setting maul?
30
On brazen pillars; symbols of universality in Fellowcraft degree.
What are the globes?
40
Emblems worn by officers and some past officers.
What are the jewels?
50
The left hand pillar in porch of King Solomon’s Temple.
What is Boaz?
10
Unique emblem of authority of the Master of the Lodge.
What is the hat?
20
Emblem of brotherly love.
What is the trowel?
30
Emblem of innocence.
What is the lamb?
40
Emblem of plenty.
What is the sheaf of wheat?
Lodge paraphernalia
Masonic emblems
50
Emblem of immortality.
What is the sprig of acacia?
10
This Mason was known as the Duke.
Who was John Wayne?
20
This Mason was a famous movie studio founder.
Who was Louis Mayer (MGM), or Jack Warner (WB), or Carl Laemmle (Universal), or Darryl Zanuck (20th Century Fox)? Note: One or more answers would be acceptable.
30
This Mason was the Father of the U. S. Navy.
Who was John Paul Jones?
40
All seven brothers from a circus family were Masons.
Who were the Ringling brothers?
50
Surgeon and scientist; this Mason pioneered the concept of antiseptics in medicine.
Who was Joseph Lister? (His name originated the name of the mouth antiseptic “Listerine”)
10
The governing body of subordinate Masonic Lodges.
What is the Grand Lodge?
20
Deity.
What is the Grand artificer of the universe?
30
The two methods of salute known to Masons: Private (behind tiled doors) and Public (funerals and cornerstone laying). It differs in form in different jurisdictions. Salute to Grand Master and distinguished guests.
What are the Grand Honors?
Famous Masons
We are “Grand” (Each answer will have the word “grand” in it)
40
City and Temple in which Grand Lodge holds communications and issues edicts; Seat of the Grand Master.
What is the Grand East?
50
The Governing body of Scottish Rite in foreign countries.
What is the Grand Orient?
Final Jeopardy Topic: Masonic characters. He collected 465 equations, postulates, theorems, and axioms of which Masons use one as a symbol of how some pieces of the world fit together. He did not exclaim “Eureka”, because he did not find it. Who was Euclid. NOTE: “Elements” was a 13-volume work produced by Euclid. The 47th problem of this work was the theorem developed by Pythagoras, 300 years before Euclid. Therefore it is the Pythagorean Theorem or the 47th problem of Euclid.
MASONIC JEOPARDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Spring 2009 CATEGORY/AMOUNT
QUESTION
ANSWER
Masonic Presidents 10
He was the only President who was Master of his Lodge while in office.
Who was George Washington?)
20
The number of Brothers that have been U. S. Presidents?
What is Fifteen (Washington, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, A. Johnson, Garfield, McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft, Harding, F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, L.B. Johnson, and Ford).
30
One of 2 Presidents that have been Past Grand Masters.
Who was Andrew Jackson or Harry S Truman?
40
The president who was only initiated as an Entered Apprentice and allowed in Lodge.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
50
Only President that was made a Mason “at sight”.
Who was William H. Taft?
10
The Emblem of human life.
What is the Hour glass?
20
An instrument used to spread the cement of Brotherly Love and Affection.
What is the trowel?
30
A symbol of the pure heart.
What is the Pot of incense?
40
It reminds us that we should ever be watchful and guarded in our thoughts.
What is the Book of Constitutions guarded by the Tyler's sword?
Masonic Symbols
50
The one that does NOT belong in the second or last class of Masonic Emblems (from the third section of the lecture in the MM degree): Setting maul, Spade, Coffin, Beehive, Sprig of Acacia.
What is the Beehive?
10
To teach or impress upon the mind.
What is Inculcate?
20
A free thinker or person with loose morals.
What is a Libertine?
30
Decline of mental alertness.
What is Dotage?
40
A Mason without the word.
What is a Cowan?
50
To offer for consideration and acceptance.
What is to Propound?
10
Month in which Lodges hold elections.
What is the first regular meeting in November?
20
Latest date in which an Officer may be installed without special dispensation.
What is January 31st?
30
Only Grand Lodge Officer whose title is “Very Worshipful�.
Who is the Grand Chaplain?
40
Name for a non-Mason, under Nebraska by laws.
What is a Profane?
Masonic Words
Masonic Bylaws
50
In a funeral procession, the number of non-Masons allowed to march between the WM and the Tyler.
What is Zero?
10
Mythical names of assassins.
Who are Ja, Jo, and Jm?
20
First known artificer or cunning workman in metals.
Who is Tubal-Cain?
30
Callimachus invented this at Corynth.
What is the Corynthian column?
40
The Widow's son.
Who is Hiram Abiff?
50
The Lion of the tribe of Judah.
Who is King Solomon?
Masonic Characters
Final Jeopardy Topic: The Entered Apprentice degree. Name given to Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance, and Justice. What are the “Four Cardinal Virtues�?