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Vatican City: How Much Do You Know About Its History and Culture?



Quiz


  1. Which guard, in existence since 1506, is responsible for the safety of the Pope?
  2. What is the name of the chapel in the Apostolic Palace where new Popes are elected?
  3. As of 2024, who is the Pope?
  4. What did the Lateran Treaty in 1929 mean for the Vatican City?
  5. Which Vatican City building is the official residence of the Pope during his summer retreat?
  6. The Sistine Chapel ceiling was painted in fresco by Michelangelo at the beginning of which century?
  7. What is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City?
  8. Which fresco by Michelangelo, depicting the final and eternal judgement by God, covers the entire altar wall of the Sistine Chapel?
  9. What was brought from Egypt by Caligula in 40 AD and placed at the centre of the Circus of Nero, now located in present-day Vatican City?
  10. What colour smoke coming from the furnace in the Sistine Chapel signifies that a new Pope has been elected?
  11. Which famous basilica, located in Vatican City, is considered one of the holiest Catholic shrines?
  12. True or false: Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state?
  13. Which famous 'almost touching fingers' painting by Michelangelo adorns the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
  14. The Vatican flag consists of two vertical stripes of white and what other colour?
  15. La Pieta, is a marble sculpture depicting which two figures?


Answers



  1. The Swiss Guard
  2. The Sistine Chapel
  3. Pope Francis
  4. Independence from Italy
  5. The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo
  6. 16th century (between 1508 and 1512)
  7. The Apostolic Palace
  8. The Last Judgement
  9. The Vatican Obelisk
  10. White smoke
  11. St. Peter's Basilica
  12. True
  13. The Creation of Adam
  14. Yellow
  15. It captures Jesus, taken down from the cross, given to his mother Mary