How Well Do You Know The University of Exeter? Quiz

Answer: False

The university has three campuses that span two counties. Streatham Campus is on the outskirts of Exeter and is the largest of the three campus sites. St. Luke's Campus is smaller and is in the close to Exeter Cathedral and the city centre. The Cornwall campus is located near the town of Falmouth and is shared with University College, Falmouth.

Answer: Exeter

The Exeter Award rewards undergraduates and taught postgraduates for taking part in training and skills sessions, work experience and participation in extra-curricular sporting or musical activities.

Answer: Cornwall House

Cornwall House is the home of the Students' Guild and the Societies Office on Streatham Campus. It also contains the student club and bar, known locally as "the lemmy". The trattoria is also a highlight of Cornwall House as the provider of pasta and pizza at student friendly prices.

Answer: Xpression FM

Xpression is the student-run radio station that includes music shows and chat shows. It also offers a live-air counselling service called Voice, which is done by student volunteers. Exepose is the name of the university newspaper and Exelets is the name of the university's own student letting agency.

Answer: J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling based a few things from the Harry Potter series (supposedly!) on Exeter and people at the university. A certain Classics professor who shall remain nameless is the inspiration for Gilderoy Lockhart and the idea for Diagon Alley emanated from Gandy Street just off Exeter High Street and The Leaky Cauldron is based on a pub called The Old Firehouse.

Answer: Cardiac Hill

Cardiac Hill begins at Birks Grange Village and goes up to Clydesdale Road at a gradient of approximately 60%. It doesn't stop there though, it carries on past the Student Health Centre and up some stairs then comes to its peak just by the Northcott Theatre. If students fancy a short-cut though, they can avoid the last part and go through Reed Mews.

Answer: 1955

The year after the university received its Royal Charter, Queen Elizabeth II visited the campus. The institution was called the Exeter Technical and University Extension College in 1893, was then changed to the Royal Albert Memorial College in 1900 and then was the University College of the South West of England in 1922, which was its final name change before becoming The University of Exeter.

Answer: Physics Building

The Physics Building is the highest point, but Streatham Court and the Amory Building are lower down the hill. The Peter Chalk Centre represents the highest point that the students who do not study physics will reach in their time on campus. Seeing as it is the highest point, the Christmas Tree can be seen from anywhere on campus.

Answer: 1994 Group

The 1994 group initially comprised 19 medium scale universities in Britain, also including the Universities of Bath, Durham, Loughborough and St. Andrews. The universities were internationally renowned universities with a strong inclination to research, but which at the time were not large enough to join the Russell Group. Over the years, several of the founding members (including Exeter) left to join the Russell Group, leading to the dissolution of the 1994 Group in 2013.

Answer: Isca Dumnoniorum

Isca Dumnoniorum was thus named because it was the capital of Dumnonia which was inhabited by the Celtic tribe, the Dumnonii. Isca is the Latin word for 'fort', and at that point in history, the town was a Roman Fort. It was established at around AD 50, during Emperor Claudius' rule over the Roman Empire.