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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1. Author of The Canterbury Tales
Charles Dickens
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Oldest continuously operating school in the world, uninterrupted since 597 CE
Simon Langton School
Christchurch College
Canterbury College
King’s School
3. Multiple-stage international bicycle race which passed through the city in 1994 and 2007
Race across America
Gyro d’Italia
Vuelta a Espana
Tour de France
4. English county in which Canterbury is located
Sussex
Kent
Yorkshire
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 Patrick
St Benedict
St Augustine
St Francis
6. The St Lawrence Ground is a domestic and international venue for this sport
Football
Hockey
Athletics
Cricket
7. Southern hemisphere country whose largest region is named after the city of Canterbury
New Zealand
South Africa
Australia
Zimbabwe
8. Pioneering English physician born in 1578, who first described the circulatory system of blood pumped around the body
William Harvey
Joseph Lister
Francis Bacon
Dr Crippen
9. The River Stour passes through the city on its way to which body of water?
Celtic Sea
North Sea
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
10. Archbishop murdered on the orders of King Henry II (allegedly)
Thomas Wolsey
Justin Welby
Thomas Becket
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