Martin Luther was born in:

1. Eisleben, Germany in 1483
2. the little brown church in the vale
3. Osceola Medical Center in 1483
4. during half-time of the Super Bowl

Answer: A

When Luther was 6 months old, his father
moved the family to:

1. Marshfield, Wisconsin
2. Mansfeld, Germany
3. Manheim Steamroller
4. Man, I don't know

Answer: B

Mansfeld was a town best known for its:

1. girls volleyball team
2. chocolate mousse
3. copper mines
4. soccer stadium

Answer: C

When Columbus sailed to America, Luther was:

1. 9 years old
2. as old as the hills
3. older than he should have been
4. old enough to be a galley boy on the Santa Maria

Answer: A

Luther's father made his living by:

1. selling Coppertone
2. working in the copper mines
3. making Duracell copper top batteries in his garage
4. as one of Elliott Ness's “coppers” in the 1920's

Answer: B

Luther decided to become a monk because:

1. he liked the clothes monks got to wear
2. he thought it would be a cool way to meet girls
3. he wanted to play in a band called the Monkees
4. he was almost hit by lightning in a storm and made a promise
   hat if he was spared he would become a monk

Answer: D

When Luther was nearly struck by lightning
he prayed for help to:

1. St. Anne
2. a St. Bernard
3. St. Croix Falls
4. St. Polk Burnett Electric Coop

Answer: A

When Luther told his parents that he was
going to enter the monestary, they were:

1. thrilled beyond words and told him how proud they were of him
2. unhappy that he would be wasting his life as a monk
3. excited about getting free food at church potlucks
4. mad that he wouldn't be a lawyer and sue the copper barons

Answer: B

Margaret Luther was disappointed her son was
going into the monastery because it meant she
wouldn't have:

1. a chance to win a blue ribbon at the county fair for her lutefisk pie
2. the opportunity to try out for American Idol
3. the Lincoln Towncar her son had promised to buy for her
4. grandchildren

Answer: D

Luther died in 1546 from:

1. a broken heart
2. a broken record
3. a broken water main
4. either pneumonia or gall stones - nobody knows for sure

Answer: D

If Luther was born in 1483 and entered the
monastery in 1505, he was:

1. old enough to know better but young enough to do it again
2. past the age of no return
3. 22 years old
4. too old to become a quarterback in the NFL

Answer: C

The monastery Luther attended was
named after:

1. his father's uncle from Berlin
2. his mother's second cousin twice removed on her father's side
3. Vince Lombardi
4. St. Augustine

Answer: D

The real reason Luther entered the monastery
was because:

1. he heard there were some cute nuns there and he
   wanted to meet them
2. it was where everybody who flunked out of law school went
3. he wanted to learn how to be a better sinner
4. he knew he was sinful and was afraid of going to hell when he died

Answer: D

Luther's fear of God was based on his
belief that he was:

1. not good enough to make the varsity basketball team
2. too good looking to remain in the monastery forever
3. completely sinful and unworthy of God
4. not as fast as some of the other boys in his class

Answer: C

When Luther finally became a monk he
made a sacred vow of:

1. silence
2. allegiance to the godfather
3. poverty, celibacy and obedience
4. revenge against everybody who didn't want to be a Lutheran

Answer: C

For Luther, taking a vow of poverty meant:

1. no more flying first class between home and school
2. no more triple espressos on his way to work in the morning
3. no more super sizing his lunches at McDonald's
4. all of the above and more which meant a complete change in
   the way he lived his life

Answer: D

At the monastery, Luther was:

1. always the last one to come downstairs for breakfast
2. always late for everything and had to wash his
   pastor's truck because of it
3. always late for movies and had to apologize to his dates
4. never late for anything and always tried to do more than
   everybody else so God would let him into heaven when he died

Answer: D

While at the monastery, Luther frequently:

1. stayed up all night long to pray
2. went without food and water for days to show his repentance
3. physically abused his body to show God how sorry he was for
   his sins
4. all of the above - and more

Answer: D

Luther was assigned to teach at the University
of Wittenberg where he taught classes on:

1. the ethics of biomedical engineering
2. basketball
3. the Bible
4. lawn mower repair

Answer: C

The Bible verse that changed Luther's life
forever was:

1. Habakkuk 2:4 “The righteous shall live by faith”
2. Genesis 1:23 “And there was evening and there was morning,
   the fifth day.”
3. Judges 7:20 “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
4. Hosea 8:1 “Set the trumpet to your lips!”

Answer: A

John Tetzel was sent to Germany to raise
money for:

1. buying the disciples a new fleet of Hummers
2. building St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome
3. repaving the streets where Luther walked in gold
4. building a football stadium with a retractable roof in downtown
   Wittenberg

Answer: B

Tetzel raised money for St.Peter's Cathedral by:

1. installing a sandwich machine in Luther's office
2. opening a fast food chain called Tetzel's Pretzels
3. selling roses to passers-by on street corners near the mall
4. selling indulgences

Answer: D

An "indulgence" was a document
that guaranteed:

1. forgiveness of sins and a place in Heaven
2. that you would get a perfect score on the SAT
3. the tires on your car for 50,000 miles
4. that your time in Purgatory would pass pleasantly

Answer: A

Tetzel's indulgences were selling well because:

1. Tetzel was a super salesman
2. people were afraid of spending a long time in Purgatory after
   they died
3. Tetzel offered a special “2 for 1” deal on Sundays
4. every sale included a free bar of soap

Answer: B

Purgatory was:

1. a night club in Minneapolis
2. a gambling casino in northern Wisconsin
3. a holding tank between Heaven and Hell
4. a place in Georgia where there is a crematory named
   the Purgatory Crematory

Answer: C

Luther argued that Purgatory:

1. was never mentioned in the Bible and didn't exist
2. was a great place for a couple to spend their honeymoon
3. was no worse than sitting through 500 of
   Pastor Hobby's sermons - all at one time
4. was like being on a train that never got to the station

Answer: A

Luther was so angry about the sale of
indulgences that he:

1. left Germany and moved to Tennessee
2. gave up his monkhood and became a plumber
3. told everyone that Tetzel the Pretzel was a contortionist
4. preached against them with all his might

Answer: D

Luther said we should do good works because:

1. it's the only way to get through Confirmation
2. God keeps track of them with an app on his phone
3. our mothers are watching
4. God has been good to us and our good works are a response
   to what God has done

Answer: D

Good works are:

1. good for us
2. good for others
3. good for God
4. all of the above

Answer: D

Habbakuk 2:4 reminded Luther and reminds
us that "the righteous shall live by _________":

1. the seat of their pants
2. the skin of their teeth
3. the golden rule
4. faith

Answer: D

Martin Luther's motto was:

1. “Sola gratia, sola fide, sola verbum”
2. “So long it's been good to know ya”
3. “Remember the Wartburg”
4. “Remember to brush your teeth after every meal”

Answer: A

Luther's motto means:

1. all girls should be named Grace
2. love is gonna get ya
3. sopranoes alone; altos alone; tenors alone
4. Grace alone; Faith alone; Word alone

Answer: D

Luther's 95 Theses were:

1. 95 questions for discussion
2. 95 reasons to go on the Atkins diet
3. 95 suspicious emails he had received with $$$$ in the subject line
4. 95 of Luther's closest friends and companions

Answer: A

Luther posted his 95 Theses:

1. on the Internet
2. on the front door of the Little Store in Dresser
3. on every telephone pole in town
4. on the church door in Wittenberg

Answer: D

Among Luther's 95 Thesis were
questions about:

1. indulgences
2. the authority of the Pope
3. interpretation of the Bible
4. all of the above

Answer: D

Luther's 95 Thesis received wide-spread
circulation because:

1. they included jokes and funny stories
2. they were distributed in copies of the Yellow Advertiser
3. Guttenberg had invented the printing press
4. Guttenberg printed them on the side of his hot air balloon

Answer: C

When the Pope read Luther's 95 Theses he:

1. nailed Luther on the church door in Wittenberg
2. invited Luther to the Vatican for tea and crumpets
3. told people it was just a passing fancy
4. called Luther on the carpet before the Emperor at the Diet of Worms

Answer: D

The Diet of Worms was:

1. a new reality show on NBC
2. the healthy eating fad of Luther's day
3. the court where Luther was tried before the Emperor
4. the court where Luther played basketball with a bull

Answer: C

His appearance at the Diet of Worms
is considered Luther's:

1. biggest mistake
2. finest hour
3. 15 minutes of fame
4. audition for an appearance on The Late Show

Answer: B

Luther was kidnapped and held
in the Wartburg Castle for:

1. 10 years and 6 months
2. his own safety
3. calling Father Tetzel a pretzel
4. running red lights on his way to Pizza Hut

Answer: B

Martin Luther's wife's name was:

1. Cathy the Boring
2. Katie the Cook
3. Katharina von Bora
4. the Little Mermaid

Answer: C

Before she married Luther, Katharina had been:

1. the lead singer in an all girl band
2. out past curfew every night
3. hopelessly in love with Tetzel the pretzel
4. a nun in a convent

Answer: D

Katharina escaped from the convent by:

1. hiding in a herring barrel
2. riding a barrel over Niagara Falls
3. pretending to be a barrel of laughs
4. disguising herself as a barrel of monkeys

Answer: A

Martin and Katharina first met each other:

1. while tubing on the Apple River
2. during a rock concert at the Target Center
3. in Wittenberg after her escape from the convent
4. at Woodstock near the concession stand

Answer: C

Luther and Katharina were married:

1. in Wittenberg in June of 1525
2. in Las Vegas at a wedding chapel on the Strip
3. in Daytona during spring break
4. in the middle of an electrical storm on their way to the Diet of Worms

Answer: A

Luther and Katie had:

1. 16 dogs, 2 cats and a partridge in a pear tree
2. 6 children of their own and several others they
   raised who were orphans
3. a house on the French Rivera
4. a boat, 2 snowmobiles and a Winnebago

Answer: B

Luther and Katie oftened played host
and hostess to:

1. Luther's friends from his days as a Nascar driver
2. Luther's former girl friends
3. Luther's students
4. everybody at the University of Wittenberg who couldn't
   get a date on a Saturday night

Answer: C

During their married life, Luther supported
his family by:

1. preaching sermons and writing books and hymns
2. taking free will offerings at Lenten soup suppers
3. loaning money to his students at exhorbitant interest rates
4. teaching Confirmation in local churches

Answer: A

In her later years, Katie Luther
was well known for:

1. her rice pudding recipe
2. inventing pot luck dinners and church cookbooks
3. selling eggs on the open market
4. running the Luther household with a firm hand

Answer: D

Did Katie Luther really invent the
church potluck dinner?

1. yes
2. no
3. maybe
4. no one knows

Answer: D