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Quiz I
- Can you name the first and only English pope?
- Which pope was the first to resign the papacy since Pope Celestine V in 1294?
- What colour smoke comes from the Sistine Chapel's chimney to signify that a new pope has been chosen?
- Pope Francis was the first pope to be born outside Europe since the 8th century, in which country was he born?
- Name the independent city-state enclaved within Rome which is ruled by the pope?
- Can you name the first ever pope?
- John Paul II in 1978 became the first non-Italian pope since the 16th century, in which country was John Paul II born?
- Joseph Ratzinger became pope after the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, what was his papal name?
- In which Italian town is The Papal Palace, the summer residence and vacation retreat for the pope?
- The current pope is Pope Francis, in which year did he succeed Benedict XVI?
- Where in the past might you have seen "SCV 1"? (Hint: It replaced the sedia gestatoria outdoors.)
- Can you name the palace that is the official residence of the pope?
- An official part of the regalia worn by the Pope, by what name is the Piscatory Ring better known?
- Just before his death in 1534 who did Pope Clement VII commission to paint a fresco of The Last Judgement on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel?
- In which square was an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II made on Wednesday, 13 May 1981?
- Give the most recent year in which there were three popes?
- What is the proper way to address the pope?
- What is the name of the well known guard that has been protecting the pope since 1506?
- As of 2019, can you name the last pope to officially visit the UK?
- Which English monarch declared themselves the Supreme Head of the Church because of conflicts with Pope Clement VII?
- Who was pope from 1939 to his death in 1958?
- In 1590, Pope Urban VII ordered the world's first known public ban on what?
Answers:
- Adrian IV or Nicholas Breakspear (December 1154 – September 1159)
- Benedict XVI
- White smoke
- Argentina
- Vatican City
- St Peter
- Poland
- Pope Benedict XVI (16th)
- Castel Gandolfo
- 2013
- On the popemobile (the vehicle registration plates of Vatican City all begin with the letters "SCV")
- The Apostolic Palace (or Palace of the Vatican)
- The Ring of the Fisherman
- Michelangelo
- St. Peter's Square (in Vatican City)
- 1978 (Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II)
- Your Holiness
- The Swiss Guard
- Pope Benedict XVI (visited the UK on a four-day tour from 16-19 September 2010)
- Henry VIII (8th)
- Pope Pius XII
- Smoking