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Multiple Choice City Quiz - Oxford
Can you answer these questions about the city of Oxford?
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Last updated: May 5, 2025
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| First submitted | May 5, 2025 |
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1. What is Oxford's nickname?
Granite City
City of Dreaming Spires
The Toon
The Big Smoke
2. Which river flows through Oxford?
Mersey
Cam
Thames (or Isis)
Avon
3. Which famous author was a professor at Oxford University?
J.R.R. Tolkien
P. D. James
A.A. Milne
J.K. Rowling
4. What world-renowned Oxford museum houses a large collection of artefacts?
Fitzwilliam Museum
Ashmolean Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum
British Museum
5. Which building can be found in Oxford?
Chatsworth House
St. Paul's Cathedral
Bodleian Library
Hampton Court
6. In 1954, at Oxford, who first achieved a sub-four-minute mile?
Sebastian Coe
Christopher Chataway
Roger Bannister
John Landy
7. What is the straight line distance between central Oxford and central Cambridge?
154 miles (248 km)
31 miles (50 km)
66 miles (107 km)
103 miles (166 km)
8. What is the name of a college at the university of Oxford?
Peterhouse College
Balliol College
Kings College
Emmanuel College
9. What name is given to a sometimes contentious grammatical construction?
Oxford heading
Oxford comma
Oxford exclamation
Oxford tab
10. What item is named after its links with Oxford?
Medical Encyclopedia
English Dictionary
Single-seat, three-wheeled sports car
High-backed armchair
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