1. When was Pietro Ottoboni born?
a) 6 January 1605
b) 22 April 1610
c) 8 September 1620
d) 30 November 1600
2. Where was Pietro Ottoboni born?
a) Venice
b) Gravina
c) Spinazzolo
d) Geneva
3. From which university did Pietro Ottoboni get doctorate?
a) Florence
b) Padua
c) Naples
d) Turin
1) When was St. Vincent Pallotti born?
a) 21 April 1795
b) 4 May 1790
c) 14 July 1789
d) 6 October 1786
2) Where was St. Vincent Pallotti born?
a) Vienna
b) Moscow
c) Warsaw
d) Rome
3) Where was St. Vincent Pallotti ordained a priest?
a) St. Peter’s Basilica
b) St. John Lateran Basilica
c) St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica
d) St. Mary Major Basilica
1) Where was St. Vincent Ferrer born?
a) Avignon
b) Bordeaux
c) Valencia
d) Marseilles
2) Which order did St. Vincent Ferrer join?
a) Capuchin
b) Dominican
c) Franciscan
d) Carthusian
3) Where did St. Vincent Ferrer receive his doctorate?
a) Rome
b) Lerida
c) Paris
d) London
1) Who is the sister of Moses?
a) Ruth
c) Naomi
c) Miriam
d) Delilah
2) Who is the brother of Moses?
a) Nadab
b) Abihu
c) Aaron
d) Joshua
3) Where did God speak to Moses for the first time?
a) Near Nile River
b) At burning bush
c) Giza
d) Palestine
(Frederick Barbarossa is also known as Frederick I.)
1. When was Frederick Barbarossa first elected German king and Holy Roman Emperor?
a) 4 March 1152
b) 10 May 1151
c) 26 July 1145
d) 18 December 1148
2. Which concordat did Frederick Barbarossa violate?
a) Concordat of Bologna
b) Concordat of Tonsberg
c) Concordat of Worms
d) Concordat of Zurich
3. Who crowned Frederick Barbarossa emperor on 18 June 1155?
a) Eugene III
b) Lucius II
c) Celestine V
d) Adrian IV
1. Who was Samson’s father?
a) Abihu
b) Nadab
c) Ezekiel
d) Manoah
2. Which was Samson’s tribe?
a) Judah
b) Dan
c) Benjamin
d) Asher
3. Where was Samson born?
a) Ekron
b) Gath
c) Zorah
d) Ashdod
(Nicholas V is referred by his baptismal name for the times before he became pope.)
1. When was Tommaso Parentucelli born?
a) 11 January 1401
b) 3 April 1402
c) 15 November 1397
d) 18 October 1405
2. Where was Tommaso Parentucelli born?
a) Corsignano
b) Bristol
c) Sarzana
d) Verona
3. Of which diocese was Tommaso Parentucelli appointed bishop?
a) Corsica
b) Bologna
c) Elba
d) Monaco
A conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals convened to elect athe Pope.
1. When was the first conclave?
a) 1451
b) 1241
c) 1517
d) 1565
2. Who was elected pope in the first conclave?
a) Boniface VIII
b) Alexander VI
c) Celestine IV
d) Leo XII
3. How long was the papal vacancy between Clement IV and Gregory X?
a) 48 months
b) 15 months
c) 23 months
d) 33 months
1. Who introduced secret ballot in a conclave?
a) Boniface VIII
b) Alexander VI
c) Gregory XV
d) Nicholas II
2. When was the first conclave in Sistine Chapel?
a) 1492
b) 1623
c) 1517
d) 1216
3. Who used simony to become pope and after becoming pope banned it in conclaves?
a) Innocent VIII
b) Julius II
c) Sixtus IV
d) Clement VII