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Name the methodological prince who discovered baths mineral waters

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Prince bladud

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Name the Roman Road that links Exeter Lincoln via Bath

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Fosse way

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Bath is in which county?

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Somerset

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After which Queen wife of King George the second was Queen Square in Bath named

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Queen Caroline

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Give one address where Jane Austen lived in Bath

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Sydney Place

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For whom did John Wood the elder design prior Park?

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Ralph Allen

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Name two food specifically connected with bath

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Sally Lunns buns, bath soft cheese

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On what material were the Roman course tablets written?

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They were primarily made of lead with Auto typically all annoyed with 10

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What international status was given to Bath city in 1987 recording? I’m struggling to answer

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It was made of world heritage site

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Nine of two brothers who were completed Bath abbeys fan vaulted ceiling in 1617

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Robert William virtue

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What is the temperature of bass hot spring?

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The temperature is around 46 Celsius 115 Fahrenheit

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Name the mythological figure whose head was carved on the pediment of the temple of solace Minerva

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A Gorgon or water God head

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Nine the Italian bridge, what was influence for Putney Bridge in Bath?

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Ponte vecchio

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Decade was the Royal Crescent bath completed

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Royal Crescent in Bath was completed in 1770s specifically between 67 and 75

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Nine canal, which ones through Bath

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Kennett and Avon Canal

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Why is Kent called the garden of England?

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Due to its abundance of fertile ground and fruit orchards hot Gardens and vineyards

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Nine the Queen who was granted Leedscastle in 1422 the last queen personally to own the castle

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Queen Catherine de Valois wife of Henry 5th

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Which charity owns knowledge house?

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The national trust

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What codename was given to the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II?

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Operation dynamo

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92 wives of Henry the eighth associated with Hever Castle

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Ann Berlin and Ann of claves

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Who said a day away from Chartwell is a day wasted

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Winston Churchill

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Name of the river that runs through Canterbury

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The rivers stour

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In 2020 Canterbury Cathedral celebrated 800th anniversary of which event

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The anniversary of the translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Beckett so his new shot at Canterbury Cathedral
Also, the 850 year anniversary of the maryter of Thomas Beckett

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Why is the stained glass window of Adam Delvin famous?

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As it’s to believe to be the earliest representation of gardening in English art

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Canterbury Cathedral in which century would a cathedral nave and transepts rebuilt under the direction of Henry yevele
14th and 15 centrys
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14th and 15 centres
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Canterbury Cathedral name the major five-year plan to develop a conserve and safeguard the cathedral for future including building a new welcome centre
West front
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How was Edward of Woodstock more commonly known?
Edward the black Prince
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So which monastic order did the grey fires belong?
The Franciscan order of the fires minor
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In which street is the new statue of Jeffery Charter unveiled in 2016?
The junction of Best Lane and High Street in Canterbury
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9 to 16th century or born in Canterbury who wrote DrFaustus
Christopher Marlowe
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Which pope sent Augustine to England?
Pope Gregory, the great
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What does the name of Cotswolds means?
Sheep enclosure and rolling hillsides
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Name one sport that is played at the Cotswold Olympics
Tug of war shin kicking piano smashing Morris dancing
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Which village is known as the Venice of the Cotswolds?
Burton on the water
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In which century was the battle of tewkesbury Fought
The 15th century, Saturday, the 4th of May 1471
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Which village of Branson featured in the award-winning TV drama series?
Downton Abbey
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Name the bird of prey which was re-introduced in the area after the extension in Britain which can be usually seen along the M40
Red kites
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Name the church where designer William Morris was buried
Saint Georges Church in Kelmscott
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Bb
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Name the hotel in the Broadway where separately both King Charles the first and Oliver Cromwell stayed in the Cotswolds
Thelygon arms
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What does the word chipping mean in place names?
A market on marketplace
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In Oxford, which college did Boris Johnson attend the college where Boris Johnson was a student?
Balliol college
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How many students undergraduates and postgraduates combined are usually studying oxygen university to the nearest thousand
14,000
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In 1920 what was granted to women at Oxford University for the first time?
They were granted the right to become full member and take degrees
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Name one well-known writer associated with Hereford College Oxford
Thomas Traherne
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2020 oriole College decided to take down the statue of which controversial British politician and colonist
Cecil rhodes
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What was the name of the new college scheduled to open in 2021 at Oxford named after the brothers who are funding it?
Reuben collage
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Cecil Rhodes
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What is the official colour of the Oxford University?
Oxford blue
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Name the car manufacturer that currently owns mini cars
The BMW group
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Which museum in Oxford has a strong collection of pre-Raphaelite art
The Ash Moline museum
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Name the author of the book, his dark materials based partly in Oxford and featuring the fictional Jordan College which has made in two recent BBC series
Philip Pullman
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Nine the astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus from his house in Bath
William Herschel
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Which church became known as the lantern of the West?
Bath Abbey
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What name is given to the ground wear bath play rugby
The rec
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Name the 18th century architects who lived and died at nine Queen Square Bath
John wood
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Name the goddess worship in the Roman Britain who glitz guilt Bronze head is on display inside the Roman baths
Sullis Minerva
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In which of his works did Charles Dickens depicts bath?
the Pickwick papers
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Hello
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Name the physician medical doctor associated with founding in the Royal mineral water hospital Wikipedia
William Oliver
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In which street did Horatio Nelson stay in Bath during his visit in 1797?
Number two Pierrepont Street
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§ name the Bishop of Bath who organised the restoration of the Abbey in the 1500s
Oliver King
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Nine the postmaster general and bath resident who organised the postal services across England in the 18th century
Ralph Allen
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Which school in Canterbury did William Harvey and Christopher Marlowe attend?
The Kings School Canterbury
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Name two UNESCO world heritage sites in Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral, Saint Augustine, Abbey and Saint Martin’s Church
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Name the American born discount surname and family name only required who purchased Hever Castle in 1903
The Astor family
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Winston Churchill country home in Kent
Chartwell
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Nine the first Franciscan fiery in England established store Street Canterbury
Greyfriers
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Name the only surviving mediaeval gate of Canterbury city wall
West Gate
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For which ceremony is the Saint Augustine Chair used?
The Lambeth conference
73
92 of the nights who murdered Thomas Beckett
William de Tracy and Reginald fitzurse
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Which part of the hot plant is used for brewing beer?
The female flower clusters combs humuus lupulus
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One on reposition held by The add more Lord Boyce
Admiral of the fleet
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In which Dickens novel does one of the characters say cancer everybody knows Ken apples, cherries, hops and women
Pickwick papersO
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In which Canterbury Church did Henry the second prepare for his penance?
Canterbury Cathedral, where he knocked before Thomas a Beckett’s tomb and suffered beatings from the monks and bishops I
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Name the English king queen who stayed in the 16th century in Leeds Castle on their way to France to meet the French king
Henry the eighth and Catherine of Aragon
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What is a operation stack?
It was an operation by Kemp police to stack lollies on the M20
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Name the queen who statue stands in lady Wootton Garden Canterbury
Queen Bertha
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Name the highest town in the Cotswolds
Stow on the hill
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What name is given to the nephric group of stones that consist of the Kingsmen and the Whispering night?
The Rollright Stones
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Main Prince Charles country residence in the Cotswolds
Highgrove house
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91 celebrity with Home in or near Chipping Norton
Jeremy Clarkson, David Cameron Charlie Brooks
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Nine the English queen buried at Sudley Castle
Catherine Parr
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What name is given to the tombs with semicircle of tops which are found only in the Cotswolds Churchyard?
The bale tombs
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In which Cotswold village did Painter John singer Sergeant paint the Coronation Lilly Lilly Rose?
Broadway
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Name the English king who passed the ax for buying in Wollan and Wall burial act
Charles the second
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Name the town where the three levellers were executed on Oliver Cornwell’s orders in 1649
Banbury the mutiny
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Name the first national trust property that was acquired purely for its garden
Octavia Hill
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Nine the precise location of two Oxford University sites that featured in Harry Potter films
Christchurch College and Bodleian libraries and libraries divinity school
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Name the church in Oxford that was used for the award of degree and meetings and lectures until the 17th century
The parish Church of Saint Mary the virgin
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How many times does the Great bell in Christchurch quad strike each evening at 9:05?
101
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In what year was the Ash Moline Museum founded and who was the founder?
1683 Elias ashmole
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Which Oxford College did Bill Clinton attend Oxford?
University college
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Nine the Oxford pub where the inkling met
The eagle and child
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How many colleges are there at Oxford University?
43
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What is the maximum group size permitted to enter Christchurch College at each booked time slots?
20

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