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      Schedule Published Questions   Completed B questions: 342   Needed to complete: 24   Needed Questions    
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264A01/01
The Vatican Observatory is the oldest __________ institution
of Europe that is still functioning. (Fill in the blank)

    None


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265A01/02Which of the following physicists is considered the pioneer of astrophysics?
    654,655,656,1691


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280A01/03
Who was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV
to paint three frescos for the Sistine Chapel in 1481.

    1435,1436,1437


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266A01/04What is the official church name for the building referred to as the Pantheon in Rome, Italy?
    


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341A01/05
What was the room in the Apostolic Palace, now part of the Vatican Museum,
where the pontiffs held their private audiences with ambassadors and kings?

    1480,1481


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339A01/06What Pope reigned during the start of the Council Of Trent?
    121


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352A01/07
Who settled as a hermit at Einsiedeln, Switzerland
and became known as the Martyr of Hospitality?

    298,299,300


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274A01/08In 1990 Vatican Post Office Issued stamps to celebrate the Caritas International 40th Anniversary. These stamps depicted the story of Abraham with his wife Sarah and their three visitors prior destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis, chapter 18).

Which Roman church has the mosaic images from which these stamp depictions have been taken?

Scott #857 / 1990


    853,854,855,856


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338A01/09
Who was the Catholic monk Pope Leo X excommunicated
for publishing 95 theses calling for reform?

    None


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325A01/10What is the House of Lorento believed to be?
    973,974,975,976,977


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269A01/11
The portraits of ________ were taken from 'Historie Naturelle des Oiseaux,'
published by Eleazar Albin. (Fill in the blank)

    830,831,832,833,834,835,836,837


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328A01/12In1952, why was the 12 Lire Basilica Surcharge stamp created?

Scott # 154 (1952)



    154


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270A01/13
Popes from which country dominated the Church
during the Avignon Papacy (1305-1378)?

    None


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276A01/14Name the saint credited with translating the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament, as well as the Greek text into Latin. He is one of the Great Latin Fathers of the Church. He was a hermit and produced the Latin Vulgate Bible.


    1716M


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271A01/15
In 1992, 500 years after _____________ , Vatican paid tribute
to the thousands of missionaries who evangelized North America. (Fill in the blank)

    898,899,900,901,902,903


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671A01/16During the years when the Popes isolated themselves in the Vatican after the fall of Rome (1870 to 1929), where was the Urbi et Orbi blessing is given?
    12


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335A01/17
The UN Refugee Agency decreed the year 1960
to be known as ________________. (Fill in the Blank)

    275,276,277,278,279,280


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287A01/18Who was the Carmelite nun who had to give up teaching because she could not get the "Aryan certificate" which was a required certificate for educators by the Nazi German government? In 1942, she died in the Auschwitz concentration camp gas chamber.
    1010


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273A01/19The World War II Battle of Monte Cassino holds a special place in the lore of one of the countries that participated in the battle as well as the final capture of the summit from the Germans on May 17, 1944.
Which country issued its first stamp in remembrance of the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944, and has issued several stamps commemorating the battle over the last 75+ years?

    414,415


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284A01/20Who introduced Europe to the concept of paper money?
    1004,1005,1006,1007,1008


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237A01/21
Who was first medieval philosopher to combine
contemporary Christian thought with Aristotelian philosophy?

    677,678


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285A01/22Who is the patron saint of mothers and pre-born children who refused an abortion and a hysterectomy when she was pregnant, despite knowing that continuing with the pregnancy could result in her death? She was an excellent surgeon and pediatrician who worked to help teenage girls.
    1009


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275A01/23
Whom did Pope Damasus (306-384) commission
to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of the Bible?

    750,751


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683A01/24Who died young, but inspired others through her writings, and achieved sainthood through intercessory miracles?
    1741


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330A01/25
Who was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania?

    264,265,731,732


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290A01/26The planners for the Osaka 1970 World' Fair had as a primary design goal to have a place where people could __________________ ?
    479,480,481,482,483


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329A01/27
Who wrote the great novel, War and Peace in 1860?

    1454


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674A01/28What is the zip Code for Vatican City?
    


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333A01/29
Which of these titles is not held by the Pope?

    None


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685A01/30Which Pope granted the cardinals the privilege of wearing the red hat as "their symbol"?
    


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334A01/31
Which Pope reigned for 15 years until his death in 1978?
He celebrated the centenary of his birth in 1997.

    1050


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