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Quiz Questions
- Elected in 1154, name the only Englishman to become pope?
- Which pope became the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century?
- Who is traditionally considered the first pope?
- Pope Francis, who became head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State in 2013, was born in which city?
- Until recently , what title has only been bestowed on popes Leo, Gregory, and Nicholas?
- What colour smoke emerging from a chimney on the Sistine Chapel signals the selection of a new pope?
- Who served as pope from 2005 until his resignation in 2013?
- What name was shared by the pope who pontificated from 1922 to 1939, and the next pope from 1939 to 1958?
- Pope Leo I, who reigned from 440 to 461, persuaded who to withdraw from Rome?
- On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II made possibly the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to what?
- On the 17th December 1538, which one word describes what Pope Paul III did to Henry VII?
- Who was pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048, the only man to have been pope more than once?
Answers
- Nicholas Breakspear who became Pope Adrian IV
- Pope John Paul II (born Karol Wojtyla in Poland)
- St. Peter
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- The Great
- White smoke
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Pius (Pius XI and Pius XII)
- Attila the Hun
- The Crusades
- Excommunicated (Henry VIII from the Catholic Church)
- Pope Benedict IX