Pope Facts - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The pope before that	Francis	98%
Country in which most popes were born	Italy	97%
New pope elected in 2025	{Leo} XIV	97%
Country which is led by the pope	Vatican City	97%
Country that the above was born in	Argentina	96%
City which completely surrounds the above	Rome	94%
Country that John Paul II was born in	Poland	85%
The first pope	Saint {Peter}	84%
The most common name of popes – having been used 22 times	John	83%
High-ranking Catholic official who is part of the group that chooses the pope	Cardinal	81%
In 2013, he became the first "Pope Emeritus" in history	{Benedict} XVI	80%
The meeting at which a new pope is chosen	Papal Conclave	80%
The pope's bodyguards since 1506	The {Swiss} Guard	80%
War which Urban II called for in 1095	First Crusade	72%
Term for a motor vehicle used by the pope during public appearances	Popemobile	67%
European leader who "kidnapped" the pope in 1809 and held him for five years	Napoleon	64%
Leader who Leo III crowned as "Emperor of the Romans" on Christmas Day in 800 AD	Charlemagne	59%
City in southern France which was home to the papacy in the 1300s	Avignon	54%
Term for a certain type of papal decree	Papal {Bull}	36%
Dogma which says the pope can't be in error when he makes an official decision about church doctrine	Papal {Infallibility}	31%
Official residence of the pope (hint: starts with A)	{Apostolic} Palace	27%

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