POP QUIZ (A history of popes)

On this day in 1958, 77-year-old Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected pope.  He would lead the Roman Catholic Church for 4 1/2 years as John XXIII. 
See what you know of him and some of his predecessors.

1. John is known for convening which famous church council 50 years ago?
a) Trent
b) Vatican I
c) Vatican II
d) Nicaea
2. John's brief pontificate produced eight encyclicals.  Which was his last?
a) Peace on Earth
b) God's Eternal Wisdom
c) With Joyful Reflection
d) Mother and Teacher
3. True or False :  Each of the 12 apostles, starting with Peter, would serve as pope.
4. What was the name of the second pope?
a) John
b) Linus
c) Alexander
d) Pius
5. This pope persuaded Attila the Hun to end his invasion of Italy.
a) Simplicius
b) Hilarius
c) Gelasius I
d) Leo I
6. He was the first monk to become pope.
a) Gregory I
b) Benedict I
c) Boniface III
d) Martin I
7. Crowned Charlemagne Imperator Augustus of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas Day 800.
a) Adrian I
b) Stephen IV
c) Leo III
d) Eugene II
8. He started the First Crusade in 1096.
a) Paschal II
b) Urban II
c) Gregory VII
d) Innocent II
9. Reigning from 1522 to 1523, he was the last non-Italian pope until John Paul II was elected in 1978.
a) Leo X
b) Paul III
c) Clement VII
d) Adrian VI
10. He was the longest serving pope.
a) John Paul II
b) Pius IX
c) Leo XIII
d) Gregory the Great



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Answers : 1. c  ; 2. a  ; 3. False  ; 4. b  ; 5. d  ; 6. a  ; 7. c  ; 8. b  ; 9. d  ; 10. b