St Laurence Lodge No 5511
Quiz Night – Answers
Section One: Essex Masonic History – 10 points available
1 The Angel Lodge is the oldest founded in Essex. Which is thesecond oldest founded in Essex?
True FriendshipHope and UnityGood FellowshipHope
2 When the first Lodge was founded in Essex in 1735, what was the population of Colchester?
About 10,000About 50,000About 100,000About 200,000
3 In the middle of the 18th century when there were four Lodges in Essex, how long would it take to get from London to Colchester by the coach?
48 hours 24 hours 10 hours5 hours
4 In what year did the railway reach Colchester?
1817184318761901
5 In what year did the total membership of the Craft in Essex pass 1,000?
1784182418841924
6 The first Essex Festival was held in 1936 for the RMIB. How much did it raise?
£525£1,525£15,525£155,525
7 In 1839, the Essex Festival was for “The Asylum”. What was that?
A Mental Hospital in Harwich
A Poorhouse in Chelmsford
The first MasonicHospital
The RMBI
8 Who became Provincial Grand Master in 1974?
Frederick Leistikow
9 Thomas Dunkerley – what was he NOT?
B -Born in Canada- although he did install the first Provincial Grand Master of Masons in Canada
10 Provincial Grand Master 1882 – 1902 whose heraldic emblem was the Bear and ragged staff. Who was he?
B -Earl of Warwick. There was another Earl of Warwick who was Provincial Grand Master from 1961-1974
Section Two:Ritual matters
1 Name the three lesser lights in Freemasonry.
The sun, the moon, the Master of the Lodge
2 How long is a cable tow?
Don’t know– no one knows. The phrase seems to be used with several different meanings.
3 Who is the ostensible steward of the Lodge?
Junior Warden
4 Allocate the attributes to each Officer
Beauty / A - Junior WardenStrength / C - Senior Warden
Wisdom / B - Master
5 Which ritual is approved by Grand Lodge?
None
6 What, literally, is a Cowan?
Worker on dry stone walls
7 Name the Three Grand Principles
Brotherly love, relief and truth
8 What did our Operative Brethren use the Level for?
To lay levels and prove horizontals
9 Why are the moveable jewels so called?
Because they are worn by the WM and his Wardens and are transferred to their successors on night of installation
10 What was 2000 AD in Anno Lucis?
AL 6000
Section Three: History and Freemasonry
1 What did the Lodge of Reconciliation, reconcile?
The ritual of the Antients and Moderns
2 Monarchs themselves? How many Princes of the Royal Blood do we know to have been Freemasons?
515253545
Starting with James VI of Scotland …
3 What is famous about the Hon Elizabeth St Leger in Freemasonry?
She is said to be one of the very few (and indeed the first) female initiated in to Freemasonry, having accidentally overhead an initiation ceremony and having been discovered. The Brethren did not know what to do so to safeguard their secrets, they initiated her. There is a plaque in the Protestant Cathedral in Cork, Ireland.
4 When was Elias Ashmole (founder of the AshmoleanMuseum in Oxford) made a Freemason?
1646169617171817
5 What is the 47th theorem of Euclid?
That in a right angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the square of the other two sides.
6 What was the Acception?
The inner fraternity of accepted masons within the London Masons’ Company in the 17th century. They were not operative masons. Elias Ashmole records attending a Lodge meeting held by them in 1682.
7 What are the leaves shown on a Grand Officer’s collar
Robina pseudacacia - commonly known as the Black Locust!
Someone got it wrong!
8 When was the Premier Grand Lodge founded?
1687171717871817
9 When was the Third Degree first worked?
1686171717261787
10 Who was the first Grand Master?
George PayneDr JT DesguliersDuke of MontagueAnthony Sayer(1672 – 1742) who later petitioned three times for relief and was Tyler of The Old Kings Arms Lodge when he died.
Section Four:Miscellany
1 How many salutes for:
The Grand Master- 11
Provincial Grand Master - 7
Grand Warden - 7
Assistant Provincial Grand Master within his Province - 5
Past Provincial Grand Officers within their Province - 3
2 What links Buffaloes, Elks and Moose?
They are all fraternities - not linked to Masonry but with some similar customs.
3 What does a “yellow jacket and blue breeches” refer to?
The compasses
4 Roughly how many Grand Lodges are there?
2787157227
5 A Master may appoint a regular officer to one additional office also. Which of the list below are regular offices?
Inner Guard
Junior Deacon
Secretary
Senior Warden
Tyler
6 What are Red Apron Lodges?
They have the privilege of nominating Grand Stewards. The Grand Stewards organise – and effectively underwrite the cost of – the annual Grand Festival.
7 Who wrote:
Rudyard Kipling
8 Who wrote:
Robert Burns
9 What is in Masonry most famous about the Goose and Gridiron?
The first meeting of Grand Lodge was held there on June 15 1717.
10 Who are the members of the Ingrebourne family of Lodges?
Ingrebourne
St Laurence
Engayne
Abbotts Hall
Upminster Hall
Section Five: Symbolism - What is being moralised upon here?
1 “But as the frailty of human nature wageth war with truth and man’s infirmities struggle with his virtues; to aid the conduct of every mason, the Master holdeth the ______limiting the distance, progress and circumference of the work. He dictateth the manners; he giveth the direction of the design and dilineateth each portion and part of the labour, assigning to each his province and his order.” William Hutchinson’s The Spirit of Masonry
Answer: The Compasses
2 “The ______then is the theory of universal duty … forming an angle of perfect sincerity … the longest side is the sum of the lengths of the several duties we owe to the Supreme Being: the other is made up of the lengths of the several duties we owe to all men.” William Meeson: An Introduction to Masonry, 1775
Answer: The Square
3 “Time is a most precious jewel to him who maketh a good use of it: but to the careless and indolent, a mere nullity. To such a one the precious moments are as days and his days as years; his employment is troublesome and his life a burden.” Meeson
Answer: The 24 inch Gauge
4 “Let him that is fully resolved to part with every vicious habit and every evil thought, directly and without delay put his hand to work and with the keen _____ of reproof and the true gavel of sincere penance, force them off.” Meeson
Answer: The Chisel
5 Masons, as one of their first principles, profess innocence. They put on white apparel as an emblem of that character which bespeaks purity of soul, guiltlessness and being harmless.” Hutchinson
Answer: The Apron
6 “… which points to the infant mind, ______and uncultivated … and as the marble can alone be brought into a definite form by the skill and judicious management of the expert workman, so the mind can only be trained to the practice of virtue by the sedulous care and insidious instruction of parents, guardians and teachers.” RevGeorge Oliver, Signs and Symbols, 1837
Answer: The Rough Ashlar
7 “Wisdom without strength would be useless and strength without wisdom would be a menace. The two together will conquer most difficulties … but God’s designs would not thus be carried out and nature tells us that beauty, no less than strength and wisdom are divine attributes.” Rev JT LawrenceThe Keystone 1913
Answer: The columns or pillars
8 “On the English Grand Lodge certificate, the ______has resting on it the compasses representing conscience, that final test which the true man applies to his work.”Colin Dyer: Symbolism in Craft Masonry 1983
Answer: The Perfect Ashlar
9 “The _____ is a yoke and implies service. ‘Take my yoke upon you’ might well be said by the Master as he invests each officer. Essentially it teaches us the dignity of service and clearly shows that it is a high honour to be allowed to serve our fellow man.”Rev JSM Ward An Interpretation of our Masonic Symbols 1948
Answer: The collar
10 “The ____ teaches that nothing can be united without proper cement and that the perfection of a building must depend upon the proper disposition of that cement, so Charity, the bond of perfection and social union must link separate minds and separate interests.” Anon. Manuscript Lecture from 1790s
Answer: the Trowel
Marathon 1: Famous Freemasons
Military
/Famous leaders
Lord Kitchener
/Sir Winston Churchill
Duke of Wellington
/FranklinDelanoRoosevelt
Napoleon Bonaparte
/ Pandit NehruSportsmen
/Composers
Arnold Palmer
/Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jock Stein
/Jean Sibelius
Sir Donald Bradman
/Franz Joseph Haydn
Royalty
/Jazz musicians
King George IV
/Louis Armstrong
King Edward VII
/Nat King Cole
King George VI
/ Lionel HamptonWild west
/Explorers
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
/Buzz Aldrin
Davy Crockett(or Jim Bowie) /
Sir Ernest Shackleton
John Wayne
/Sir Robert Falcon Scott
Films
/Poets and writers
Harpo Marx
/Oscar Wilde
Peter Sellers
/Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Al Jolson
/ Mark TwainFunny men
/Amazing Brethren
Harry H. Corbett
/Harry Houdini
Bob Monkhouse
/Sir Donald Campbell
Jim Davidson
/Charles Lindbergh
Marathon 2 - Jewels
1 / Grand Orator2 / Past Master
3 / Charity Steward
4 / Grand Master
5 / Grand Deacon
6 / Master
7 / Provincial Grand Mentor
8 / Almoner
9 / Organist
10 / President of the Board of General Purposes