Q 01/05

Pope Francis was born in 1936 in which country?

A) Argentina

B) Italy

C) Brazil

D) Chile

Answer · why

A) Argentina

He was the first pope from the Americas and the first born outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III in the eighth century.

Q 02/05

What was Pope Francis's birth name?

A) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

B) Joseph Ratzinger

C) Jorge Mario Bergoglio

D) Karol Wojtyła

Answer · why

C) Jorge Mario Bergoglio

The other three names belong to popes of the twentieth century.

Q 03/05

Francis was the first pope from which religious order?

A) The Franciscans

B) The Jesuits

C) The Dominicans

D) The Benedictines

Answer · why

B) The Jesuits

He entered the Society of Jesus as a novice on 11 March 1958 and took final vows in 1973.

Q 04/05

Francis was elected pope on 13 March of which year?

A) 2007

B) 2009

C) 2011

D) 2013

Answer · why

D) 2013

The conclave followed the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years.

Q 05/05

On his election in 2013, Francis chose his papal name in honour of which saint?

A) Francis Xavier

B) Francis de Sales

C) Francis Borgia

D) Francis of Assisi

Answer · why

D) Francis of Assisi

Brazilian Cardinal Cláudio Hummes had embraced him during the voting and whispered, "Don't forget the poor."