TRIVIA
1. Parliamentarian Oliver Cromwell was a student at which Cambridge college (where, in 1960, his mummified head was buried and remains today)? A. Gonville and Caius B. Sidney Sussex C. Downing 2. Entitled The Cambridge Don, a statue of which member of the royal family was removed from Hills Road this year; and why? A. The Duke of York; his friendship with convicted felon Jeffrey Epstein B. The Duke of Sussex; stepping back from public life C. The Duke of Edinburgh; the statue was in breach of planning regulations 3. Which British comedian, actor and writer stars in BBC TV detective drama Ludwig , set in Cambridge? A. Alexander Armstrong B. Robert Webb C.David Mitchell 4. A new roundabout with 36 traffic lights was introduced last October to the junction between which two Cambridge roads? A. Milton Road and Elizabeth Way B. Elizabeth Way and Newmarket Road C. Milton Road and the A14 5. How much did the scheme it was part of cost? A. £31.9 million B. £319,000 C. £3,190 6. What was the reason the Bumps were introduced on the River Cam in 1827? A. Founder Geoffrey Bump wanted to test the sturdiness of his rowing boats B. The Cam is too narrow and winding to race side by side C. Duelling was soon to be
7. What is this building and how tall is it? A. The Old Power Station, 30m B. Cambridge University Library, 48m C. Cambridge University Press, 80m
8. Which famous King’s College alumnus is hailed as the father of modern computer science, having developed the first modern computers and decoded encrypted messages during the Second World War? A. Tim Berners-Lee B. Steve Jobs C. Alan Turing 9. Although female students could attend Girton and Newnham Colleges from 1869, women could not receive Cambridge degrees until what year? 10. The expression ‘Hobson’s choice’ comes from the practice of a local livery entrepreneur, Thomas Hobson (1544-1631), who would only allow riders to take out the horse nearest the stable door. This was actually because: A. It was his favourite horse, or ‘Hobby’s horse’ B. He rotated the position of the horses so the one by the door was always the best rested C. He was concerned that thieves might take the better horses A. 1870 B. 1918 C. 1948
12. The memorial to Xu Zhimo at King’s College is engraved with lines from his poem Second Farewell to Cambridge . In translation it says: A. Quietly I am leaving, just as quietly as I came; gently waving my sleeve, I am not taking away a single cloud B. She walks in beauty, like the night, of cloudless climes and starry skies; and all that’s best of dark and bright, meet in her aspect and her eyes C. I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o’er vales and hills; when all at once I saw a crowd; a host, of golden daffodils
13. Down which ancient
alleyway would you find ‘the haunted bookshop’?
A. St Edward’s Passage B. St Mary’s Passage C. All Saints Passage
14. Cambridge University Press was founded by: A. Henry VIII in 1534 B. John Baskerville in 1763 C. Richard Bentley in 1696 15. Where can you find Paradise in Cambridge? A. It’s a pub just off Mill Road B. It’s an island in the Cam C. It’s a group of deckchairs in The Orchard at Grantchester
Fact fans! Test your local knowledge with a fun Cambridge quiz. No need to Google – answers at the end!
11. What is the name of the
smallest pub in Cambridge?
outlawed (1844) and the colleges wanted a more amicable way of resolving any differences
A. The Pickerel Inn B. The Baron of Beef C. St Radegund on King Street
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