A Holy Start

1. Name the first pope of the Holy Catholic Church.

2. What is the pope's temporal title?

3. How many children did Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman, have during their marriage that ended in 1948? For Bragging Rights, name them.

4. Name the famed military air team that bombed Japan in 1942 and inspired the movie, "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo."

5. How many counties are there in the state of Delaware?

6. Who was the first European explorer to see the land that is now Florida?

7. The A&P stores' initials were once seen on signs all around the country. What words do the initials in the name A&P represent?

8. The TV show titled "MASH" was very popular for a long period. What do these initials spell out?

9. Which of the 50 states is the only one whose one-word title name is a single-syllable word?

10. Boulder Dam began operation in 1936. What is the dam's revised name?

 

Answers

1. The Apostle St. Peter was the first pope of the Catholic Church.

2. The pope's title is the Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City.

3. They had three children: Maureen (who died of cancer in 2001), Michael (who was adopted) and Christine (who died the day of her premature birth).

4. The air team was the Doolittle Raiders, led by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle of the Army Air Forces. The Raiders' 16 B-25s were launched from Navy aircraft carriers.

5. Delaware has only three counties.

6. Juan Ponce de León is credited as the first European to see Florida in 1513.

7. The A&P letters represent the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.

8. The initials MASH stand for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Thanks to "Answer Man"-er and former GI Robert MacDermott of Arlington, Va., for this question.

9. Maine is the only state with a single-syllable popular name. "Answer Man"-er W. Norman MacFarlane of Orleans, Vt., sent us this question.

10. Boulder Dam is now the Hoover Dam, renamed in honor of President Herbert Hoover.

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