THE QUIZ
1. What is the name of the city’s distinctive red sightseeing bus? A. The hip-hop bus B. The hop-on hop-off bus C. The happy hopper 2. Which king founded both Eton College in 1440 and King’s College in 1441, to uphold his love of ‘education, religion, learning and research’? 3. Where is Byron’s Pool, the local nature reserve named after the hugely influential Romantic poet who used to swim there while attending Trinity College? A. Grantchester, south of Cambridge B. Coldham’s Common C. Coe Fen, between Mill Pond and the River Cam 4. Which museum was established at No 2 Castle Street (formerly the White Horse Inn) in 1936? A. The Polar Museum B. The Museum of Pubs and Hostelries C. The Cambridge and County Folk Museum A. King Henry VIII B. King Henry VII C. King Henry VI
6. What is this iconic landmark? A. The Corpus Clock along King’s Parade on Trumpington Street, designed by Dr John C Taylor B. The Grasshopper Timepiece outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, designed by Charles Darwin C. The Locust Clock outside the Museum of Zoology, Downing Place, designed by Sir David Attenborough
7. According to legend, the discovery duo who identified DNA’s double helix structure, Francis Crick and James Watson, celebrated at which pub? A. The Free Press, Prospect Row B. The Pickerel Inn, Magdalene Street C. The Eagle, Bene’t Street 8. The decorative interior of Lloyds Bank on Sidney Street (built in 1891) belies its past as a former…
10. The longest river in
Cambridge, at 69km, is…
A. The Granta B. Bourn Brook C. The Cam
11. What is the full name for the Round Church on Bridge Street? A. All Saints’ Church B. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre C. St Martin in the Fields
5. According to Network Rail, what year is the new Cambridge South
station, next to Cambridge Biomedical Campus, due to be completed?
12. How long is Jesus Green Lido, opened in 1923? A. 100 yards
A. 2025 B. 2026 C. 2030
A. Victorian butchers B. Mill workers’ bank C. Swimming pool
B. 100 metres C. 50 metres
9. Which Cambridge college did King Charles III attend from 1967 to 1970, where he read archaeology & anthropology and then history, graduating with a 2:2 Bachelor of Arts?
13. In 1868, a Mrs Stevenson began serving students tea and cakes from her
Fact fans! Test your local knowledge with a fun Cambridge quiz. No need to Google – answers at the end!
home. What did that enterprise become?
A. Cambridge Botanic Garden B. The Orchard Tea Garden C. Fitzbillies, King’s Parade
A. Trinity College B. King’s College C. Magdalene College
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