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MASONIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ


1) How many Great Pillars are on a Grand Lodge Certificate?
a) None
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3



2) Who is the 'Ostensible Steward' of the Lodge?
a) SW
b) JW
c) Senior Steward
d) Senior Deacon



3) Who wears the 'Moveable Jewels'?
a) SW, JW & WM
b) WM, IPM & Chaplain
c) SD, JD & IG
d) WM, DC & SW



4) What does the Master's Jewel signify?
a) 47th problem of Euclid
b) 7th Line of Cubism
c) The Mupltiplicity of Diversifying Angles
d) The Coencentric Diversification of the Square and Compasses
e) None of the above!



5) What is the correct form of address?
a) W. Bro J. Smith, Worshipful Master
b) The Worshipful Master, W. Bro J. Smith
c) W. Bro J. Smith, Master
d) Bro. J. Smith, WM



6) When must a Past Master refrain from wearing the Past Master's Jewel
a) When he's got too many Jewels to fit them all on
b) When he has more than one Master's Jewel
c) When he's an Acting Provincial Officer
d) When he's a Provincial Officer in the Royal Arch



7) How many Principal Officers are there in the Lodge?
a) Seven, including the Tyler
b) Five, including the Master
c) Three, The Master, and two Wardens
d) Three, The Deacons and the Inner Guard



8) What must a Mason never disclose to a non-Mason?
Only one of these is correct!
a) Everything that happens in the Lodge
b) Salutes, Passwords & Handshakes
c) The details of the Ceremonies
d) A description of what the Lodge looks like



9) Who was the first Artificer in metals?
a) King Solomon
b) Hiram Abif
c) Hiram, King of Tyre
d) Jephtha



10) Where is the JW's place in the Lodge?
a) N
b) E
c) W
c) S


11) Where is the SD situated?
a) At the right of the SW
b) In the South
c) At or near to the right of the WM
d) Outside the door of the Lodge



12) Who are fit and proper persons to be made Masons?  Work out these acronyms.
a) JUFMMASJSM
b) SMIB
c) JASON
d) ITGLA



13) What are the 'Immoveable Jewels'?
a) The two Columns and the VSL
b) The two Ashlars and the Tracing Board
c) The Square, Level and Plumb Rule
d) Master's Jewel, IPM's Jewel and the Lodge Warrant



14) How many salutes are Right Worshipful Brethren entitled?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9



15) At the Festive Board, if those below were present and were wearing their Badge of Rank for the first time, who would would sit to the right of the WM?
a) Provincial Grand Master
b) Provincial Grand Master's Representative
c) A Grand Officer
d) The Initiate



16) Sir James R. G. Graham, Bart., M.P. was the last ProvGM for the Province of Cumberland.  He was also the first ProvGM of Cumberland and Westmorland - but when?
a) 1771
b) 1788
c) 1860
d) 1901



17) How many ProvGMs have there been (including Sir James and John Hale) in the Province of Cumberland and Westmorland?
a) 11
b) 18
c) 25
d) 32



18) What must an Initiate not take into the Lodge?
a) A carrot for the goat
b) A high opinion of himself
c) Metal and/or money
d) A sense of humour



19) How many noble 'Orders of Architecture' are there?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7



20) Where is the Sacred Symbol situated in the Lodge?
a) Master's Pedastal
b) Centre of the Building
c) East
c) On the Inner Guard's Collar




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