# ✨ Lourdes Trivia Set
**Used:** 2025-06-10

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## 🎭 Regular Questions

### Q1: What French pilgrimage site became famous after a 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous claimed to see 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1858?  
**Answer:** Lourdes  
**Taglines:**  
- “Where the Pyrenees whisper back.”  
- “Holy rock—or just rockin’ holiness?”  
- “Vision city, water edition.”  
- “Say ‘Our Lady’ and watch the line form.”  
- “A grotto more gossip than Gucci.”

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### Q2: In what grotto did Bernadette report these visions?  
**Answer:** Grotto of Massabielle  
**Taglines:**  
- “Fancy name for ‘holy cave’.”  
- “Where miracle springs were dug—literally.”  
- “Massabielle: sounds like exotic cheese.”  
- “Cave to the divine, plumbing included.”  
- “Pilgrims queue here for the privilege of faith—and selfies.”

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### Q3: How many apparitions did Bernadette claim to experience?  
**Answer:** 18  
**Taglines:**  
- “Not 17, not 19 — exactly 18 visions.”  
- “One notch for each spooky night.”  
- “Precision level: saint standard.”  
- “More sightings than UFOs in Roswell.”  
- “She wasn’t messing around.”

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### Q4: On which date did the first apparition occur?  
**Answer:** February 11, 1858  
**Taglines:**  
- “Valentine’s? More like Visitation Day.”  
- “Not Galentine’s—this was divine.”  
- “Put a ring on the grotto: 11/2/58.”  
- “First of 18 miracles…and resistance.”  
- “Grotto beats Hallmark every time.”

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### Q5: What did the mysterious “Lady” ask Bernadette to do at the grotto, leading to a spring?  
**Answer:** Dig in the ground  
**Taglines:**  
- “Holy pothole discovery.”  
- “Go ahead, dig. Surprise: it’s holy water.”  
- “Mini archaeologist turned miracle miner.”  
- “Water you doing? Dying.”  
- “Shovel, spring, salvation.”

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## ✍️ Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

### Q6: The spring at Lourdes, discovered by digging in the grotto, became famous for its ________ properties.  
**Answer:** healing  
**Taglines:**  
- “Drink up—that’s miraculous H2O.”  
- “Cures: optional. Faith: mandatory.”  
- “Aqua: just add prayer.”  
- “Holy water, hold the baptism.”  
- “Guaranteed sparkle, results may vary.”

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### Q7: The Church officially declared the apparitions “worthy of belief” in the year ________.  
**Answer:** 1862  
**Taglines:**  
- “Four years of investigation = ecclesiastical solid.”  
- “Better late than skeptical.”  
- “Bishop gave the nod: 1862.”  
- “Investigation longer than most reality TV seasons.”  
- “Still quicker than Goosebumps reunions.”

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### Q8: Bernadette Soubirous was canonized in the year ________.  
**Answer:** 1933  
**Taglines:**  
- “She went from peasant to saint in 75 years.”  
- “1933: sainted, not scented.”  
- “Officially holy since ’33.”  
- “Jesus + grotto = SESAME.”  
- “Miracles, meet certificate.”

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### Q9: The underground church built to commemorate the Lourdes apparitions is called the Basilica of Saint ________.  
**Answer:** Pius X  
**Taglines:**  
- “Saint Pius X: no, not your ex.”  
- “Deep church: bring marshmallows.”  
- “Built for crowds, not acoustics.”  
- “Pius X goes subterranean.”  
- “Mass under the mountain.”

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### Q10: Which volunteer organization of about 16,000 assists pilgrims at Lourdes?  
**Answer:** Hospitalité Notre-Dame de Lourdes  
**Taglines:**  
- “Pilgrim Uber, minus the surge fees.”  
- “Nuns and laypeople: holy squad goals.”  
- “No cape, but they carry stretchers.”  
- “Faith-powered paramedics.”  
- “Their badges glow brighter than candles.”

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## 🧠 Multiple Choice Questions

### Q11: How many pilgrims visit Lourdes annually?  
A) 1 million  
B) 2 million  
C) 4 million  
D) 8 million  
**Answer:** C) 4 million  
**Taglines:**  
- “That’s a lot of rosaries.”  
- “Pilgrimage: 4M strong.”  
- “Soon they’ll need crowd-control confessions.”  
- “Better than Disneyland attendance.”  
- “Line forms to the Holy Water fountain of youth.”

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### Q12: Which basin built in 1955 allows pilgrims to fully immerse in Lourdes water?  
A) Baths of Lourdes  
B) Terrasse Saint Bernadette  
C) Blessed Sacrament Baths  
D) Grotto Baths  
**Answer:** A) Baths of Lourdes  
**Taglines:**  
- “Soak your sins away.”  
- “Jesus + hot springs? No, cold.”  
- “Certificate of swim: optional.”  
- “Spa day with divine warranty.”  
- “Textures: wet and miraculous.”

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### Q13: How many confirmed miracles has the Church recognized at Lourdes since 1862?  
A) Around 70  
B) Around 700  
C) Around 7,000  
D) Around 70,000  
**Answer:** A) Around 70  
**Taglines:**  
- “Only the best, most blessed, officially blessed.”  
- “Miracles: quality over quantity.”  
- “70 bona fide holy plot twists.”  
- “Blessed and double-blessed.”  
- “Miracle conservatory: select harvest.”

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### Q14: Which Pope canonized Bernadette in 1933?  
A) Pius XI  
B) Pius XII  
C) John Paul II  
D) Benedict XV  
**Answer:** A) Pius XI  
**Taglines:**  
- “Pope Pius XI: saint-speed saint-maker.”  
- “1933: double Pius energy.”  
- “Milk Pius XI over brekkie.”  
- “First canonization of the Great Depression.”  
- “He said yes—miracles said amen.”

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### Q15: Lourdes is located in the ________ region of France.  
A) Normandy  
B) Occitanie  
C) Provence  
D) Brittany  
**Answer:** B) Occitanie  
**Taglines:**  
- “More Occitan than Occasional.”  
- “Southwest vibes only.”  
- “Pyrenees real estate: prime.”  
- “Occitanie: accent with religious intent.”  
- “French region, no croissant required.”

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