History quiz
Has there been a pope called that? Minefield
There has been a Pope Lando but never a Pope Luke. Click the 18 names that at least one pope has used, and none of the 22 that no pope has.
- Format
- Click the grid
- Items
- 18 to click
- Limit
- 2:00
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- To find
- 18
- Time limit
- 2:00
- Minefield
- One wrong click ends it
- Click every valid item, in any order.
- Decoys look plausible. Read carefully.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click every name that a pope has used. The grid appears when you start.
About this quiz
The decoys are familiar Christian names that no pope on the Holy See's list has ever used. The real names include some that were used only once.
- Lando was pope from 913 to 914, and no pope has shared his name.
- No pope has taken the name Peter after the first.
- Francis was a new papal name in 2013.
Sources
- [1]The Holy See. Pontiffs.
Note on the data. Papal names, names at birth, dates and the century of each pontificate follow the Holy See's list of pontiffs, read on 3 October 2026. Every name on the board is checked in code against the papal names on that list: the names to click all appear on it and the others do not appear at all.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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