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History of Canterbury - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 102 times
- The average score is 7 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Author of the 14th century 'Canterbury Tales', about a group of pilgrims | Geoffrey Chaucer | 83%
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| Canterbury Castle was built to guard the route from London to what town/port? | Dover | 73%
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| Archbishop killed by knights in the Cathedral in the course of a conflict with Henry II | Thomas Becket | 72%
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| Treaty of Canterbury (1986) was an agreement between the UK and France leading to the construction of what? | Channel Tunnel | 59%
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| Former Lord Chancellor executed by Henry VIII, whose head is supposed to be buried in St. Dunstan's Church | Thomas More | 59%
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| King, later executed, who had his honeymoon and marriage consummation at St. Augustine's | Charles I | 51%
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| Archbishop Alphege was captured in 1011 and subsequently killed. By what group of attackers? | Vikings | 43%
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| Monk who became the first Archbishop, called 'Apostle to the English', founded an abbey | Augustine | 38%
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| 16th century playwright born in Canterbury, best known for 'Edward II' and 'Tamburlaine' | Christopher Marlowe | 34%
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| The only king buried in Canterbury Cathedral | Henry IV | 33%
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| King's School claims to be the oldest-running school in Britain. Its refounding under the current name refers to which king? | Henry VIII | 30%
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| 19th century artist Thomas Sydney Cooper is primarily associated with painting what species of animal? | Cow | 22%
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| Iron Age tribe inhabiting the area, gave their name to the Roman name of Canterbury | Cantiaci | 20%
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| Only survivor of Canterbury's seven city gates, largest surviving city gate in England | Westgate | 16%
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| Much of the city was destroyed in these 1942 bombings, named after a German guide book | {Baedeker} Blitz | 11%
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| Daughter of ^, stole his head off London Bridge, first non-royal woman to publish a translation, the gate to her house still remains | Margaret Roper | 10%
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| King of Kent (589-616) who converted to Christianity, husband of ^ | Aethelbert I | 8%
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| Author of Restoration drama, first known woman to have made a living by her writing, born somewhere in the vicinity of Canterbury | Aphra Behn | 8%
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| Oldest parish church in England and oldest church building still in use as such (name the saint) | St. Martin's | 8%
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| A building on the High Street marks 1573 when Elizabeth I is supposed to have stayed there. What does this building house today? (Give either the name or the type of establishment) | Caffe Nero | 7%
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| Name of Cantebury under the Romans | Durovernum Cantiacorum | 6%
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| 'Nun of Kent', executed for prophesying against Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn | Elizabeth Barton | 6%
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| 6th century queen, a Frankish Christian, considered influential to the christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons | Bertha of Kent | 5%
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| Children's artist best known for the creation of 'Rupert Bear', born and died in Canterbury | Mary Tourtel | 5%
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| Archbishop and Lord Chancellor killed in the Peasants' Revolt | Simon Sudbury | 5%
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