NPR: Pope Benedict Trivia Challenge Thinking Funtime XVI

Pope Benedict Trivia Challenge Thinking Funtime XVI

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In honor of Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in the U.S. (and his birthday today), the BPP presents the Great Papal Trivia Challenge. Of course, you could look up most of these answers online, but that's no fun. So no Googling allowed! Answers are after the jump...

1. What is Pope Benedict XVI's birth name?
2. What number pope is he?
3. He was drafted into the German Army in 1943 but never learned to shoot. Why not?
4. What does Pope Benedict's brother do?
5. What percentage of Americans are Catholic: 14 percent, 24 percent, or 34 percent?
6. What does the pope's fisherman's ring symbolize?
7. What happens to the fisherman's ring when the pope dies?
8. What brand of car is the popemobile?
9. According to PopeBenedictXVIFanClub.com, what kind of music does the Pope like?
10. Which of the following contests actually took place and was officially sanctioned by the Catholic church: Design a Skateboard for the Pope, Decorate the Pope's Blackberry, or Name the Pope's Fish?

1. Joseph Ratzinger

2. He's the 265th Pope, elected April 19, 2005.

3. He had an infected finger.

4. He's a priest.

5. 24 percent

6. The Fisherman's ring is a symbol of the Pope's authority stemming from St. Peter, a fisherman by trade.

7. When Benedict dies, his ring will be crushed and a new one made for the next pope.

8. Mercedes

9. Benedict loves Mozart and Bach.

10. Design a Skateboard for the Pope.

Dan Pashman

8:51 AM ET | 04-16-2008 | permalink

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Another one - he's a cat lover:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8219384/

Sent by Amy | 9:33 AM ET | 04-16-2008

sorry but i must admit i'm not very concerned about popeovers or passovers...i'm an imperfect but very nice secular being...perhaps i'm just too much of a "left"over from those irascible sixties...however, i wish the pontiff a good yontiff!!! ...and all the best to the believers...and that's my challenge!!!

Sent by jan | 8:03 PM ET | 04-16-2008

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