Popes of the Roman Catholic Church Quiz

Reigned	Pope
30-67
64/7-76/9
76/9-88
88/92-97/101
97/9-105/7
105/7-115/6
115/6-125
125-136/8
136/8-140/2
140/2-155
155-166
c. 166-174/5
174/5-189
189-198/9
199-217
c. 217-222/3
222/3-230
230-235
235-236
236-250
251-253
253-254
254-257
257-258
259-268
269-274
275-283
283-293
296-304
308-309
c. 309-c. 310
311-314
314-335
336
337-352
352-366
366-384
384-399
399-401
401-417
417-418
418-422
422-432
432-440
440-461
461-468
468-483
483-492
492-496
496-498
498-514
514-523
523-526
526-530
530-532
533-535
535-536
536-537
537-555
556-561
561-574
575-579
579-590
590-604
604-606
607
608-615
615-618
619-625
625-638
638-640
640-642
642-649
649-655
654-657
657-672
672-676
676-678
678-681
681-683
684-685
685-686
686-687
687-701
701-705
705-707
708
708-715
715-731

Reigned	Pope
731-741
741-752
752-757
757-767
767-772
772-795
795-816
816-817
817-824
824-827
827
827-844
844-847
847-855
855-858
858-867
867-872
872-882
882-884
884-885
885-891
891-896
896
896-897
897
897
898-900
900-903
903
904-911
911-913
913-914
914-928
928
928-931
931-935
936-939
939-942
942-946
946-955
955-964
964
964-965
965-972
973-974
974-983
983-984
985-996
996-999
999-1003
1003
1003-1009
1009-1012
1012-1024
1024-1032
1032-1044
1045
1045-1046
1045-1046
1046-1047
1047-1048
1048
1049-1054
1055-1057
1057-1059
1058-1061
1061-1073
1073-1085
1086-1087
1088-1099
1099-1118
1118-1119
1119-1124
1124-1130
1130-1143
1143-1144
1144-1145
1145-1153
1153-1154
1154-1159
1159-1181
1181-1185
1185-1187
1187
1187-1191
1191-1198
1198-1216
1216-1227
1227-1241

Reigned	Pope
1241
1243-1254
1254-1261
1261-1264
1265-1268
1271-1276
1276
1276
1276-1277
1277-1280
1281-1285
1285-1287
1288-1292
1294
1294-1303
1303-1304
1305-1314
1316-1334
1334-1342
1342-1352
1352-1362
1362-1370
1370-1378
1378-1389
1389-1404
1404-1406
1406-1415
1417-1431
1431-1447
1447-1455
1455-1458
1458-1464
1464-1471
1471-1484
1484-1492
1492-1503
1503
1503-1513
1513-1521
1522-1523
1523-1534
1534-1549
1550-1555
1555
1555-1559
1559-1565
1566-1572
1572-1585
1585-1588
1590
1590-1591
1591
1592-1605
1605
1605-1621
1621-1623
1623-1644
1644-1655
1655-1667
1667-1669
1670-1676
1676-1689
1689-1691
1691-1700
1700-1721
1721-1724
1724-1730
1730-1740
1740-1758
1758-1769
1769-1774
1775-1799
1800-1823
1823-1829
1829-1830
1831-1846
1846-1878
1878-1903
1903-1914
1914-1922
1922-1939
1939-1958
1958-1963
1963-1978
1978
1978-2005
2005-2013
2013-present

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Popes Quiz

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	meltingbridge:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 17:59 GMT		2 points
	excellent quiz...some of these are quite interesting...like pope hilaris

	Ben:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:03 GMT		7 points
	holy pope mobile batman... 3/265 :)

	jesus:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:09 GMT		7 points
	That is embarassing Ben. I got 60 odd for my first go and was quite ashamed. Great quiz though. Also, I've just thought of a great new idea for a sporcle game. How about a game where you have to guess all the games of sporcle. Only a true Sporclite would get them all right. If it is too much you could always split them down into their separate categories.

	Olliebean:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:17 GMT		2 points
	WOW that's tough.

	ElDavo:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:20 GMT		5 points
	62... I got some of the major ones... couldn't remember the current pope's name and I feel dumb for that.

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:25 GMT		13 points
	136/265. If you know a few of them names, you can get most of them just by adding roman numerals.

	Nezu_Chiza:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:25 GMT		9 points
	156 due to guessing roman numerals after names. This may well be the hardest quiz on this site, there's no WAY anyone will legitimately get all of them, especially the early ones. Kudos for a great quiz!

	magister:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:26 GMT		7 points
	122 so...many...popes...! I got stuck on bishops and others that have written stuff. Ignatius? No. Ambrose? No. Augustine? No.

	Tim_Allen:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:27 GMT		35 points
	Pope Lando...that must have been when the Holy See was relocated to Cloud City. :p

	A_is_for_Addict:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 18:30 GMT		9 points
	What happened to John XVI??

	Cartophiliac:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:00 GMT		7 points
	Anti-pope?

	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:03 GMT		7 points
	John XVI was an antipope. I don't know how the Vatican does its list, but some antipopes are on it and some are excluded and He's one of them.

	EasilyConfused:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:03 GMT		9 points
	Cartophiliac is correct. John XVI is now considered an anti-pope, but John XVII apparently believed him legitimate. There are many skipped numerals in this quiz.

	EasilyConfused:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:05 GMT		10 points
	Cuthbert: There is no "official" list, but the Vatican's yearly publication (the name of which escapes me at the moment) is considered authoritative. No anti-popes appear on that list (and thus not on this list either).

	skellig:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:11 GMT		4 points
	No Pope Sicola?

	magister:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:22 GMT		7 points
	@Tim Allen: Thanks for that, I wasn't quite sure how to make that joke!

	Oakenshield:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 19:24 GMT		4 points
	So much "Roman Popery"....if you get my quote

	[Deleted]:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 20:31 GMT		8 points
	If my plan to overtake the Papacy ever succeeds, I'm calling myself Pope Dragonslayer the Immortal.

	chodanutz:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 20:56 GMT		3 points
	bill the butcher.....very nice

	gingermama:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 20:59 GMT		7 points
	seems more like an exercise in roman numerals :-(

	wyckedredhead:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 21:03 GMT		5 points
	Yes, they do seem to have glossed over the whole Papal Schism, don't they? Oh well... ;)

	xbOw00:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 21:11 GMT		4 points
	182/265... I wanted over 200, but ah well. This and the Castlevania quiz may be the hardest ones on here. YOu really can't uess the first few like Eleuterus. Haha, I laughed at Pope Valentine. ;)

	DRWings:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 22:21 GMT		2 points
	name the popes : or how to count in roman numerals ;)

	weizenugb:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 22:21 GMT		3 points
	I will shake the man's (or woman's!) hand who got all these right! 10+ years of CCD and i could only come up with about half of them. Those early ones are really difficult. Good quiz!

	retsyn:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 22:22 GMT		1 point
	two benedict ix's?

	Booger:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 22:39 GMT		3 points
	I'm not sure what's correct, but there are two Benedict IX's and no Benedict X.

	tcalleen:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 23:01 GMT		5 points
	I just finished reading the history of the papacy, and I still only got 141. I wonder how the current pope would do on this one.

	AeroE:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 23:11 GMT		2 points
	It's like the rulers of England and France quizzes. One name gives you lots of answers as long as you know your roman numerals.

	EasilyConfused:	Nov 6th, 2008 at 23:24 GMT		6 points
	There are actually three Benedict IXs. It's all the same guy, he just was the only pope to return to office after leaving it. The reason Benedict X doesn't exist is the same as the reason for there being no John XVI, as I noted above. As for the Papal Schism, the Catholic Church considers the schismatic Popes to be Anti-Popes. Seeing as its their church, I figured it'd be fair to let them make the call.

	sethmurphy:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 00:36 GMT		7 points
	I got 61 and I am Jewish.....

	radiosilence:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 00:59 GMT		8 points
	897 and 1276 appeared to be rough years for popes.

	Llarry:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 02:36 GMT		6 points
	Mmmm...Donus....

	LEAh_b:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 02:51 GMT		2 points
	This is impossible!!!

	EasilyConfused:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 13:22 GMT		10 points
	Seth: Heck, I wrote the quiz and I'm Jewish!

	MichaelB76:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 13:46 GMT		1 point
	This quiz would be better if it would accept just the names without the numerals.

	davidr:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 13:55 GMT		7 points
	Given that anyone with half a brain is going to type (or, even better, cut and paste) "name i" "name ii" "name iii" and keep going until two or three successive ones miss, wouldn't it be more sensible just to enter the names and have the numbers come up automatically?

	weizenugb:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 15:02 GMT		9 points
	I think its fun to go through and add roman numerals. It's good for killing time at work at least.

	EasilyConfused:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 15:17 GMT		3 points
	davidr: A reasonable point, but in addition to Tim Welch's argument above, there are multiple skipped numerals.

	jimpoz:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 16:19 GMT		11 points
	199. Alternate spellings for Callixtus are Callistus and Calixtus (I've never seen it with two L's and an X). There is no Martin III or Martin IV because when Martin V was crowned they thought Marinus counted as Martin. There's no John XX either (he wasn't an antipope; they just skipped 20 completely). The first millennium is hard because Popes didn't choose regnal names regularly until the 11th century (only two or three did before and only two or three didn't afterwards). The first was a pope named Mercurius who reigned as John II because he didn't think a Catholic pope should have the name of a pagan god. The last pope to reign under his own name was Marcellus II in 1555. The only pope ever to create a brand new name was John Paul I.

	hsox05:	Nov 7th, 2008 at 17:22 GMT		2 points
	The roman numerals thing makes this game no fun. It would be one thing if there were 50 popes and i had to know that some of them had certain roman numerals, but with 265 of them having to put each individual one of them in because of the roman numerals is a pain in the butt.