SALISBURY and WINCHESTER Past Paper Out Of London

Question 1

Name the architectural style of
Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 2

Which important document is in
The Chapter House of Salisbury
Cathedral?

Question 3

Which 19th century painter visited
and painted Salisbury on many
occasions?

Question 4

What is the subject matter of
Gabriel Loire’s 1982 East Window
in Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 5

Name the 16th century queen,
whose sister is buried in Salisbury
Cathedral.

Question 6

Name the only surviving market
cross in Salisbury.

Question 7

To which saint is Salisbury
Cathedral dedicated?

Question 8

What are alumni (old boys) of
Winchester College known as?

Question 9

What was the Saxon name for
Winchester?

Question 10

Which 9th century king is buried in
Winchester Cathedral?

Question 11

Which book was compiled in 1086
in Winchester?

Question 12

Which king rebuilt Winchester
Cathedral in the 13th century?

Question 13

Who did Queen Mary I marry in
Winchester Cathedral in 1554?

Question 14

Which king had his second
coronation in Winchester
Cathedral in 1067?

Question 15

Who designed the sculpture of
Alfred the Great on the Broadway?

Question 16

Why is the Salisbury Cathedral
clock important?

Question 17

Name the English king who was
half-brother to William Longespee.

Question 18

What are the dates for building
Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 19

Salisbury Cathedral is the
inspiration for which Ken Follett
book?

Question 20

Which former Prime Minister lived
in Arundells in the Cathedral
Close?

Question 21

Name the sculptor of the font in
Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 22

What is the theme of the stained-
glass windows in Trinity Chapel?

Question 23

Name the bishop who moved from
Old Sarum to Salisbury.

Question 24

Name the river running through
Winchester.

Question 25

Which order of monks established
Winchester Cathedral?

Question 26

Name the patron saint of
Winchester Cathedral.

Question 27

Name the Norman king buried in
Winchester Cathedral.

Question 28

Name the Celtic tribe living around
Winchester in the pre-Roman
times.

Question 29

In which century was Winchester
College founded?

Question 30

The statue of which English king
is by the coach drop off at
Winchester?

Question 31

Why was Old Sarum abandoned?

Question 32

Name the master mason of
Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 33

Give the date (year) of the World’s
Oldest Clock at Salisbury cathedral.

Question 34

Where is the Sarum College
located?

Question 35

How long did it take to complete
Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 36

To whom is the east window of
Salisbury Cathedral dedicated?

Question 37

Which event do the cedar trees in
Salisbury Cathedral cloister mark?

Question 38

Name TWO famous authors
connected with Salisbury.

Answer 38

(i)
(ii)

Question 39

What material is the Magna Carta
written on?

Question 40

What is the architectural style of
Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 41

Name the bishop who started the
“new” Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 42

Name the king who built the first
royal castle at Old Sarum within
the Iron Age fort.

Question 43

From which century does the
Poultry Cross date?

Question 44

Name the museum where you can
see the remains of “Amesbury
Archer”.

Question 45

In which century was Mompesson
house built?

Question 46

Where in Salisbury cathedral can
you see the Magna Carta?

Question 47

In 1991 the choir of Salisbury
Cathedral made the headlines.
Why?

Question 48

Name TWO famous 19th century
English artists who painted
Salisbury Cathedral.

Answer 48

(i)
(ii)

Question 49

Name ONE of the three
architectural elements supporting
the spire of Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 50

Name the architect employed in
the 1860’s to reverse much of
Wyatt’s restoration work.

Question 51

Name the first person known to be
buried in the ‘new’ Salisbury Cathedral in 1226.

Question 52

What is the subject of the East
Window in Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 53

What is the College of Matrons in
Salisbury Cathedral Close used for
today?

Question 54

The Chapter House is famous for the
Magna Carta. Name ONE OTHER
feature you would point out there.

Question 55

Name TWO of the rivers that flow
through Salisbury.

Answer 55

(i)
(ii)

Question 56

Salisbury Cathedral houses the oldest working clock in England. In which year is it said to have been made?

Question 57

Trinity Chapel in Salisbury Cathedral was originally a shrine to which saint?

Question 58

Name the only remaining Market
Cross in Salisbury.

Question 59

Name the nearest cathedral gate to
the coach drop-off in St John’s Street.

Question 60

Name the sculptor of the baptismal
font installed in the nave in September 2008.

Question 61

How long did it take to build the
new Salisbury Cathedral
(excluding tower & spire)?

Question 62

Where within Salisbury Cathedral
is a copy of the Magna Carta
displayed?

Question 63

Which event is commemorated by
the installation in Salisbury
Cathedral of the William Pye font?

Question 64

On a coach journey from London
to Salisbury, at which Motorway
Services on the M3 could you stop
for a WC break?

Question 65

The medieval clock in Salisbury
Cathedral was made in or before
which year?

Question 66

Where exactly are the ashes of
Edward Heath, the former British
Prime Minister, interred?

Question 67

Who ‘tidied’ the Cathedral close in
the 18th century?

Question 68

Where is the nearest designated
coach drop-off bay to Salisbury
Cathedral?

Question 69

Name the person who died in
WWII, in whose memory the
‘Prism of Salisbury Cathedral’ was
created.

Question 70

Name the bishop responsible for
transferring the site of his
cathedral from Old Sarum to the
valley below.

Question 71

What is the name of the house in the close where Edward Heath, former British Prime Minister, lived?

Question 72

On which TWO days each week is there a market in Salisbury?

Answer 72

(i)
(ii)

Question 73

In which Salisbury pub can you find a mummified hand with playing cards?

Question 74

Which British artist famously painted
Salisbury Cathedral from the water
meadows?

Question 75

To whom is Salisbury Cathedral dedicated?

Question 76

In what year was the new Salisbury Cathedral consecrated?

Question 77

In the Middle Ages, Salisbury had 4 market crosses. Name the only one which survives.

Question 78

Name the first person to be buried in the new Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 79

What is the subject of the fresco wall
painting inside St Thomas’ church?

Question 80

Where in Salisbury Cathedral is there a unique 13th century frieze of bible stories?

Question 81

Give ONE Reason why the cathedral was moved from Old Sarum.

Question 82

What did Elias of Dereham bring to the cathedral in 1215?

Question 83

What is the approximate date (+/- 5 years) of the clock mechanism in the nave of Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 84

Salisbury Cathedral contains the tomb of an illegitimate son of Henry II. Name him.

Question 85

Name the saint whose tomb can be found in Salisbury Cathedral.

Question 86

What is the subject of the modern stained glass window of the Trinity Chapel?

Question 87

What are the TWO main types of stone used in the construction of Salisbury Cathedral?

Answer 87

a)
b)

Question 88

Which architect undertook the “tidying up” of the cathedral interior and Close in the late 18th century?

Question 89

Name TWO authors who wrote novels inspired by Salisbury.

Question 90

What is the height of the spire of
Salisbury Cathedral?

Question 91

On which TWO days of the week is
there a market in Salisbury?

Answer 91

i)
ii)

Question 92

Name the home of former Prime
Minister, Edward Heath, in Salisbury
Close.

Question 93

Between what times is Salisbury Cathedral open to tourists on Sundays?

Question 94

Name ONE of the books from the Old Testament whose story is told in the13th century stone carvings in Salisbury Cathedral Chapter House.

Question 95

In which chapel of Salisbury Cathedral is the Prisoner of Conscience window?

Question 96

The river Avon is one of four rivers
that flow through Salisbury.
Name TWO others.

Answer 96

i)
ii)

Question 97

Name the signatory to the Magna
Carta who is buried in Salisbury
Cathedral.

Question 98

Name the school in Salisbury where
novelist William Golding taught and
which the actor Ralph Fiennes
attended.

Question 99

At which medieval settlement was
Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of King
Henry II, held prisoner for 16 years for treason?