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Quiz about Insults in the poem Grantchester

Insults in the poem 'Grantchester' Quiz

Rupert Brooke is a celebrated poet, writing about all that is lovely, green grass middle england. See his other side with this extract of his most famous poem, Grantchester...

A multiple-choice quiz by whooshdemon. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
whooshdemon

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
3,041

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
366

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. And of that district, I prefer, The lovely hamlet _________? Hint

Grantchester

Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Manchester

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Question 2 of 10

2. For Cambridge people rarely ____? Hint

dance

laugh

smile

sing

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Question 3 of 10

3. And _____ men of the far south, Are black and fierce and strange of mouth? Hint

London

Royston

Coton

Barton

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Question 4 of 10

4. At Over they fling ____ at one, And worse than _____ at Trumpington What are people flinging? Hint

oaths

stones

mud

cats

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Question 5 of 10

5. And Ditton girls are mean and dirty There's none in _____ under thirty? Where? Hint

Harston

London

Coton

Barrington

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Question 6 of 10

6. And Barton men make _________? Hint

knitted jumpers

women fall

dogs leave town

cockney rhymes

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Question 7 of 10

7. And Coton's full of nameless crimes, And things are done you'd not believe, In Madingley, on __________ Eve Hint

New Year's

Hallow's

full moon's

Christmas

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Question 8 of 10

8. _______ have run for miles and miles, when one from Cherry Hinton smiles? Hint

Wild dogs

Weak women

Stray cats

Strong men

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Question 9 of 10

9. Strong men have blanched, and _____ their wives, rather than send them to St. Ives Hint

shot

sold

kissed

divorced

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Question 10 of 10

10. Strong men have cried like babes, bedamn, To hear what happened in ________ Hint

Rotherham

Bedlam

Alfreton

Babraham

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. And of that district, I prefer, The lovely hamlet _________?

Answer: Grantchester

Grantchester is a classic, idyllic poem about lovely middle england, and often quoted. However, many people don't realise how many insults Rupert stuck in the middle of it...

2. For Cambridge people rarely ____?

Answer: smile

for Cambridge people rarely smile being urban, squat and packed with guile

3. And _____ men of the far south, Are black and fierce and strange of mouth?

Answer: Royston

The insults get worse

4. At Over they fling ____ at one, And worse than _____ at Trumpington What are people flinging?

Answer: oaths

5. And Ditton girls are mean and dirty There's none in _____ under thirty? Where?

Answer: Harston

I take offence at this - I work in Harston, and I'm only 29!

6. And Barton men make _________?

Answer: cockney rhymes

7. And Coton's full of nameless crimes, And things are done you'd not believe, In Madingley, on __________ Eve

Answer: Christmas

8. _______ have run for miles and miles, when one from Cherry Hinton smiles?

Answer: Strong men

9. Strong men have blanched, and _____ their wives, rather than send them to St. Ives

Answer: shot

10. Strong men have cried like babes, bedamn, To hear what happened in ________

Answer: Babraham

But Grantchester, ah Grantchester. There's peace and holy quiet there. Great clouds along Pacific skies, and men and women have straight eyes...

Source: Author whooshdemon

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