| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the name of the head of the Catholic Church? | Pope | 100%
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| And who, according to Catholic doctrine, was the first to hold that office? | St. Peter | 80%
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| What Catholic prayer addresses the "Holy... Mother of God," asking her to intercede on behalf of the sinners? (Hint: Go long.) | Hail Mary | 73%
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| Where do Catholics believe one's soul goes after death to be purified of one's sin before one can be admitted to heaven? | Purgatory | 63%
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| Who currently (as of 2025) holds that office? | Leo XIV | 59%
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| In which country did many natives see the "Our Lady of Guadalupe" apparition in the 1500s, convincing them to convert to Catholicism? | Mexico | 47%
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| What term refers to the Catholic version of Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, which says that the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ? | Transubstantiation | 44%
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| What term refers to the dogma that the addressee of the above prayer was born without original sin? | Immaculate Conception | 42%
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| Catholics have 7 of what institutions, while Protestants only have two? | Sacraments | 42%
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| Which medieval Catholic theologian drew upon a lot of the ideas of Aristotle, including using his theory of forms to explain the above doctrine? | St. Thomas Aquinas | 36%
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| The Council of Trent in the 16th century condemned the sale of what, which was a major reason why Martin Luther began the Reformation in 1517? | Indulgences | 34%
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| From what group did the Roman Catholic Church split in the Great Schism of 1054? | Eastern Orthodox Church | 31%
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| Which ecumenical council was the most recent, convened from 1962 to 1965, and focused on modernizing and renewing the church, ecumenism, human rights, and reforming the liturgy? | Second Vatican Council | 24%
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| And what work is largely considered his magnum opus, which summarizes all the main theological teachings of the Catholic Church? | Summa Theologica | 22%
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| Which group schismed from the Catholic Church over the above council and rejected many of the changes that it made? | Sedevacantism | 3%
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