Memorize these and you could recognize 30.7% of all Churches & Cathedrals clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Paul's | 6 | The Duke of Wellington is buried in a crypt under the floor of this London cathedral |
| 2 | St. Basil's | 6 | This world-famous landmark on Red Square is actually a combination of 9 chapels |
| 3 | the Old North Church | 5 | Famous signal lanterns were once hung there, & the oldest colonial peal of bells is still there |
| 4 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 5 | "In" this man "there died the greatest American friend we have ever known" |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 4 | 12th c. Bishop de Sully selected the site, hired the architects & bought materials for this Paris cathedral |
| 6 | the Hagia Sophia | 3 | The name of this Byzantine church in Istanbul is Greek for "holy wisdom" |
| 7 | St. Mark's | 3 | Church authorities recently imposed complete silence on visitors to this Venetian basilica |
| 8 | Moscow | 3 | 6 golden domes were added to this capital's Annunciation Cathedral during the reign of Ivan the Terrible |
| 9 | Gothic | 3 | Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence was begun in this architectural style, like Chartres |
| 10 | Churchill | 3 | He won a Nobel Prize |
| 11 | the National Cathedral | 3 | George Dewey, Cordell Hull & Woodrow Wilson are all interred at this cathedral |
| 12 | the Church of the Holy Sepulchre | 3 | (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Temple Church in London.) London's Temple Church was built by the crusading Knights Templar to resemble this Jeru... |
| 13 | an iron curtain | 3 | In 1945, 5 months before Churchill, St. Vincent Troubridge told us about one of these "across Europe" |
| 14 | Westminster Abbey | 2 | Until 1996, when it was returned to Scotland, the Stone of Scone was housed in this famous church |
| 15 | Victory | 2 | Churchill's famous hand sign didn't stand for peace, but this |
| 16 | Victor Hugo | 2 | Oct. 12, 1822 was a romantic day for this French romantic novelist: he got married at St. Sulpice |
| 17 | The Sistine Chapel | 2 | Located in the Vatican, it was named for Pope Sixtus IV |
| 18 | the Shroud of Turin | 2 | Since 1578 this ancient piece of linen has been preserved & venerated in the cathedral of Turin |
| 19 | sweat | 2 | In his first speech as P.M., he said, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and" this |
| 20 | Stalin | 2 | He originally trained for the priesthood |
| 21 | St. Peter's Basilica | 2 | Bernini designed the gilded bronze baldachin seenhereto fill the empty space below the dome in this basilica |
| 22 | St. Patrick's | 2 | The nave of this New York cathedral has pews for about 3,000 worshipers |
| 23 | painting | 2 | Encyclopaedia Britannica called Winston a "gifted amateur" at this hobby |
| 24 | London | 2 | "We would rather see" this capital "laid in ruins... than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved" |
| 25 | Iceland | 2 | Astatueof Leif Eriksson is out front of the Hallgrmskirkja Church--one of this country's tallest buildings |
| 26 | Gandhi | 2 | He never was the political head of his home country |
| 27 | Florence | 2 | Giuliano de Medici was assassinated inside Il Duomo, the magnificent cathedral in this city |
| 28 | Dunkirk | 2 | In a speech on this town in northern France: "We shall fight on the beaches... we shall never surrender" |
| 29 | Canterbury | 2 | You can see the Black Prince's knightwear, as well as his tomb, at this English cathedral & pilgrimage site |
| 30 | Aimee Semple McPherson | 2 | Known as Sister Aimee, this female evangelist founded L.A.'s Angelus Temple in 1923 |
| 31 | the steeple | 2 | At Ulm, Germany, here is the church & here is this structure, a towering 528 feet |
| 32 | the altar | 2 | The mensa is the top slab or surface of one of these |