QUIZ (Series I): MSJ Golden Jubilee

As we celebrate the MSJ Golden Jubilee celebrations, the Blog Coordinators invite all Jesuits of our Province & all those Jesuits from elsewhere who are MSJ Alumni to compose poems, write short stories and share with us all memorable or humorous incidents when you were associated with this Mother House.

As promised earlier, here is the First Series of the four online Quiz competition scheduled to be conducted over the next 40 days. Kindly send in your answers to these questions onto our Email address: msjnov@gmail.com Attractive prizes will be awarded when we all meet on 11 October 2009, the day set aside for the Jubilee celebration. Please encourage others also to take part and make this occasion more dynamic and full of life.
To begin with, we have two sections in the First Series. The first section is multiple choice just to get things a little easy - first up.....
GENERAL SECTION

01. Mangalore Seminary was taken over by the Jesuits: What year?

a. 1879 b. 1880 c. 1878 d. 1881

02. The foundation stone of St Aloysius was laid: In which year?

a. 1879 b. 1882 c. 1884 d. 1880

03. Date of inauguration of St Aloysius?

a. 12 January 1883 b. 12 Jan 1884 c. 12 Jan 1882 d. 12 Jan 1885

04. The first Novitiate began in Jeppu: What date?
a. 12 January 1883 b. 12 Jan 1884 c. 12 Jan 1882 d. 12 Jan 1885

05. The Mangalore Mission became Calicut Mission: In which year?

a. 1925 b. 1929 c. 1928 d. 1927

06. Mangalore Mission became Mangalore Vice-Province: in which year?

a. 1956 b. 1954 c. 1955 d. 1957

07. Mangalore Vice-Province became Karnataka Vice-Province: in which year?

a. 1956 b. 1954 c. 1955 d. 1957

08. Karnataka Vice-Province was consecrated to Our Lady of Karnataka: Date?

a. 22 August 1960 b. 22 Aug 1961 c. 22 Aug 1962 d. 22 Aug 1959

09. Fatima Retreat House began: Date?

a. 27 January 1947 b. 27 Jan 1946 c. 27 Jan 1948 d. 27 Jan 1945

10. Ashirvad began: In which year?

a. 1974 b. 1973 c. 1972 d. 1975

MOUNT ST JOSEPH SECTION

01. The Christ Hall Novitiate in Calicut began: Date? First Novice Master?

02. The foundation-stone of Mount St Joseph Laid: In which year?

03. Christ Hall Novitiate/Juniorate transferred to MSJ Bangalore: Date?

04. MSJ was blessed and opened: Date? Officiating Archbishop?

05. That Day was the feast of Our Lady: Under what title?

06. Name of the person who designed MSJ? [Nationality? Congregation?]

07. Name any two persons (Jesuits) connected with the beginnings of MSJ.

08. Name of the contractor who built MSJ?

09. In the year 1959: Who was the Pope? Jesuit General? Vice-Provincial? Rector? Novice Master?

10. Karnataka Vice-Province now called a Province: In which year?

Well then... Please mail in your entries to our email msjnov@gmail.com with the subject QUIZ: Series I Answers. Looking forward to your replies... The entries must reach latest by 07 October after which the answers will be displayed. Good Luck.