Cambridge Quiz

1) Great St Mary’s Church – next to this church is a market, part of which was once on Pease Hill. What product was sold on Pease Hill?

2) Senate House – what is this building used for and who by?

3)Trinity College – who founded it and in what year?

4) St John’s college has a famous bridge. What is the bridge called and where is the original bridge of the same name?

5) The Round Church – what is this building currently used for?

6) Castle Hill - What does Castle Hill mark? When does it date back to?

7) Kettles Yard – what is housed in this building?

8) Pepys Library – Samuel Pepys left all of his books to Magdalene college in 1703. Who was Samuel Pepys?

9) Gate of Honour – At which college can you find this gate, and what does the gate symbolise?

10) King’s College Chapel – in which King’s reign did construction of the building start, and in which king’s reign was it finished.

11) The Backs – how did this area get it’s name?

12) Mathematical Bridge – which college does this bridge connect? How did it get its name?

13) Queen’s college – what year was it founded in and who by?

14) Corpus Christi – The Old Court in this college is the oldest surviving court in Cambridge. In what year was it built?

15) Fitzwilliam Museum – what is housed in this museum?

16) Hobson’s Conduit –Who was Thomas Hobson and what did his conduit do?