The Italian Job — Answers

Here are today’s answers.

Five questions today which are not date-related and follow a religious theme.

One

Adrian VI was the last non-Italian to be elected pope until John Paul II in 1978. In what year had Adrian been elected? 

Answer: 1522

Adrian VI, born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens, served as pope from 1522 to 1523. The only Dutchman elected, he attempted reform and admitted Curia fault but faced resistance. He was succeeded by Clement VII.

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Two

The word “antidisestablishmentarianism” refers to opposition to what?

Answer: The disestablishment of the Church of England.

antidisestablishmentarianism

▸  noun [mass noun] rare opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England: I never realized that you leaned towards antidisestablishmentarianism.

Antidisestablishmentarianism is very occasionally found in genuine use, but it is most often cited as an example of a very long word. 

– DERIVATIVES antidisestablishmentarian ▸  noun  & adjective

 — Oxford English Dictionary 

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In the book title The Red and the Black what do the colours symbolise?

Answer: The army (red) and the church (black).

The title of Stendhal’s 1830 novel The Red and the Black is ambiguous, but the colours are widely seen as symbolising the two careers available to Julien Sorel in post-Napoleonic France. Red refers to the red uniform of the army, especially the glory and advancement associated with Napoleon’s military career. Black refers to the black cassock of the clergy, representing the Church as an alternative route to power, status, and influence after Napoleon’s fall.

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Four

Which Unification Church leader founded The Washington Times in 1982?

Answer: Sun Myung Moon.

Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church, authored Divine Principle and promoted mass weddings. An anti-communist advocate for Korean reunification, he led News World Communications and Tongil Group. Imprisoned in Korea and convicted in United States v. Sun Myung Moon, he engaged with political figures.

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Five

Since 9/11 a Manhattan church exhibits police and firefighter memorabilia, what church?

Answer: St Paul’s.

St Paul’s Chapel provided refuge for recovery workers after 11 September 2001, with volunteers working round the clock for nine months. A sycamore tree protected the building; its root is preserved in a bronze memorial. The organ was refurbished.

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