The Oxford Quiz

Enjoy the quiz which is mainly about Oxford. Many of the answers can be found on the Homestay Oxford website. Good luck!

The answers can be found here.

1    What is the link between coffee drinking and Oxford?

2    What is the significance of this cross in the road in central Oxford?

3    What is the difference between a gargoyle (left) and a grotesque?

4    What is the name of this bird that can be seen locally - is it male or female?

5    What is the significance of the animals in this picture?

6    How old do you think this wall is?

7    Why does Oxford have a botanical garden? What was it used for?

8    Why does Christ Church ring 101 times at 9:05 each night?

9    How many colleges are there in Oxford University?

10   When were women allowed to study at Oxford?

11   When did Oxford become the temporary capital of England?

12   What was the cause of the riot that occurred in 1355 when around 60 people died ?

13   What was Charles Dodgson, mathematician, most famous for?

14   The patron saint of Oxford is Frideswide. What profession did she practise?

15   Which college’s dining hall was used for the filming of Harry Potter?

16   What is the oldest building in Oxford?

17   What is the origin of the name of the famous building, Carfax, at the centre of Oxford?

18   What famous London building was designed by Christopher Wren, the architect of the Sheldonian Theatre

19   What is the name of these boats, the famous method of river transport in Oxford?

20   What is very unusual (in church terms) about Christ Church?

The answers can be found here.

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