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9 for 10 - England Trivia Quiz

Ten questions about England. If you get the right answers to the first nine questions, the initial letter of each answer will spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
minch

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,322

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
11944

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: misstified (10/10), Guest 78 (10/10), Guest 51 (10/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. The head of the Anglican church is the archbishop of the cathedral in this city. Hint

Oxford

Westminster

Canterbury

York

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Question 2 of 10

2. What Suffolk coastal town is home to a music festival each year? Hint

Aldeburgh

Ipswich

Felixstowe

Sizewell

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Question 3 of 10

3. On what river is Liverpool situated?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. There are many libraries in Oxford, but one of the best known is named for its founder. It was built in 1602, on the site of a former library. What library is it? Hint

John Rylands

British Museum Library

Bodleian

Lady Margaret Hall Library

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Question 5 of 10

5. What type of sporting events are held each year at Henley and Cowes? Hint

jousts

horse races

regattas

tennis tournaments

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name the river Thames goes by as it flows through Oxford? Hint

Avon

Lethe

Isis

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Question 7 of 10

7. The shortest sea route between England and mainland Europe is between Calais and this English port. Hint

Dover

Felixstowe

Folkestone

Portsmouth

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Question 8 of 10

8. The county of Kent is called the ______ of England. What is the missing word?

Answer: (One Word)

9. In a former china clay quarry in the county of Cornwall are two conservatories surrounded by a fantastic display of plants from all over the world. What is the name of this botanical wonderland? Hint

Eden Project

The Biosphere Experience

Plantland

Plant World

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Question 10 of 10

10. The initial letters of the previous answers spell the name of one of Britain's world famous university cities.

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The head of the Anglican church is the archbishop of the cathedral in this city.

Answer: Canterbury

There are only two archbishops in England - The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York. The best known archbishop of Canterbury is Thomas a Becket, also known as Thomas Becket, who was murdered in the cathedral.

2. What Suffolk coastal town is home to a music festival each year?

Answer: Aldeburgh

The Aldeburgh Music Festival was founded in 1947 by Benjamin Britten, British opera composer, and the English tenor Sir Peter Pears. Felixstowe is a large container port, Ipswich is the county capital, and Sizewell has an atomic power station.

3. On what river is Liverpool situated?

Answer: Mersey

Liverpool is one of England's great ports, due to its location on the river Mersey. It was the major port for ships sailing to North America before air travel made such travel obsolete. It suffered tremendous damage in WWII.

4. There are many libraries in Oxford, but one of the best known is named for its founder. It was built in 1602, on the site of a former library. What library is it?

Answer: Bodleian

The Bodleian Library was found by Sir Thomas Bodley, after whom it is named.

5. What type of sporting events are held each year at Henley and Cowes?

Answer: regattas

The Royal Henley Regatta is held annually in July. A variety of rowing races are held on the River Thames. The Cowes Regatta is in August each year and is for yachting races. Cowes is on the north coast of the Isle of Wight.

6. What is the name the river Thames goes by as it flows through Oxford?

Answer: Isis

There is no river Ox. The name Oxford came from the oxen who crossed the river at that point. Lethe is the river of forgetfulness in Hades.
There is more than one river Avon in England, the best known is the Avon that Stratford is upon.

7. The shortest sea route between England and mainland Europe is between Calais and this English port.

Answer: Dover

The distance between Dover and Calais is twenty-one miles.

8. The county of Kent is called the ______ of England. What is the missing word?

Answer: garden

Kent got its nickname from the crops grown there. One of the best known is hops which are used in the making of beer.

Answer: Eden Project

The Eden Project is designed to show the multidiversity of the plant world. There are two huge biodomes, one, the largest conservatory in the world when it was built (2000) is full of tropical plants. The other has plants of the temperate zone.

10. The initial letters of the previous answers spell the name of one of Britain's world famous university cities.

Answer: Cambridge

In the twelfth century the first places of learning were instituted there. The university itself dates from the thirteenth century.

Source: Author minch

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