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Multiple Choice City Quiz - Canterbury

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the UNESCO World Heritage Site and ancient city of Canterbury?
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Last updated: April 29, 2025
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1. Author of The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Charles Dickens
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
2. Oldest continuously operating school in the world, uninterrupted since 597 CE
Simon Langton School
Christchurch College
King’s School
Canterbury College
3. Multiple-stage international bicycle race which passed through the city in 1994 and 2007
Tour de France
Race across America
Vuelta a Espana
Gyro d’Italia
4. English county in which Canterbury is located
Sussex
Yorkshire
Kent
Hampshire
5. Papal envoy, sent to Britain in 596 CE to christianise the pagan Anglo Saxons. Became the first Archbishop of Canterbury the next year
St Francis
St Patrick
St Augustine
St Benedict
6. The St Lawrence Ground is a domestic and international venue for this sport
Football
Athletics
Hockey
Cricket
7. Southern hemisphere country whose largest region is named after the city of Canterbury
Zimbabwe
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
8. Pioneering English physician born in 1578, who first described the circulatory system of blood pumped around the body
Francis Bacon
William Harvey
Dr Crippen
Joseph Lister
9. The River Stour passes through the city on its way to which body of water?
Bay of Biscay
North Sea
English Channel
Celtic Sea
10. Archbishop murdered on the orders of King Henry II (allegedly)
Thomas Becket
Thomas Wolsey
Justin Welby
Thomas Cranmer
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2 Comments
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Level 82
Apr 30, 2025
So glad that (so far) nobody has suggested Welby for the final question.
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Level 95
May 3, 2025
No, old “oil-wellsby” just resigned in scandal instead