Oxford quiz by resident Beefy

[beefy]

Well here it is a quiz on Oxford:

1. Which college still refuses to accept male students and remains an all female College ?

2. Which college has a piece of the original Oxford wall inside its grounds ? For a bonus point why wasn't it knocked down when the land was furbished in 1379 ?

3. Who were burned at the stake in Oxford and where is the memorial to this event ? Bonus points for the original memorial and for those that really want to , where are the singed doors hanging as a reminder in Oxford.

(Brucey bonus if you say who ordered it)

4. How many official colleges are there ?

5. What happened on St. Scholastrica's Day (February 10) in 1354 ?

6. Where is the oldest University Library in Oxford ? Secondly what other famous event does this building have in Oxfords History ?

7. what famous building did Christopher Wren design in Oxford and when was it built ? For some Brucey Bonus points can you say what he modled it on.

8. What was Christopher Wren doing in Oxford when he started his famous design career ?

9. What famous landmark was shown in a 1969 classic movie ?

10. What does the Hertford Bridge link together in Oxford and what is its claim to fame ? Be specific as the tour guides will lead you to the wrong answer on this one...

Thats it have fun.

Beefy

[beefy]

Forgive me if the marking is a bit slow as I only look at this site periodically but will try to look tomorrow before lunchtime for a brief update.

Keith

1) St Hilda's - althopugh it will in 2009 so maybe that's the wrong answer.
2) New College
4) 39 official colleges. Although there are also 7 permanent private halls.
5) A riot at the Swindlestock Tavern between students and townspeople (Town & Gown). It lasted 3 days, and killed 60 students. For 500yrs afterwards the mayor and burgesses of the town were made to attend a service of penance in St Mary's.
7) Tom Tower - 1681-2
8) Studied and gradutaed at Wadham College. Then was a fellow at All Souls college, then further a professor of astronomy.
10) It links both the New and Old Quadrangles. It is commonly known today as the Bridge of Sighs.

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

3. Three Anglican bishops were burned at the stake in the 1550s. Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, and Hugh Latimer.
Martyr's memorial is located at St Giles (Magdalen Street/Beaumont Street/Broad Street Junction). They were executed under the orders of Queen Mary Tudor.

The actual burning took place in Broad Street and a cross in the road, made of bricks can be seen there.

Not sure about the bonus point, but some interesting thing here is that the Nursery Rhyme 'Three Blind Mice' was written about this incident. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice


6. Guess but is it the Bodleian Library.

[beefy]

1) Correct Answer 1pt.
2) Correct answer 1pt
4) Correct answer 1pt
5) Correct answer 1pt and 2 bonus points for explaining the event in detail
7) Incorrect Answer 0pt
8) Correct Answer 1pt and 2 bonus points for explaining what he studied and where
10) Correct answer 1pt

Total score 6ots plus 4 bonus points smartie pants or did you research on the internet.....

[beefy]

3. Correct answer 1pt and a bonus point for the memorial reference but points still up for grabs on where the doors are hanging !


6. Incorrect and I thought everyone would go for that one..... here is a clue think (religion)

total 1pt + 1bonus point

[beefy]

Elsie 10 pts
Kevin 2 pts

Answers still to go

Q2. Bonus 2 points up for grabs regarding the hanging doors
Q6. 2 points still to get
Q7. 1pt plus the bonuses up for grabs
Q9. 1pt still up for grabs

Come on folks

[SirKT]

7. Sheldonian Theatre, and after a little swatting, modled on the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome.

6. Radcliffe Camera ?

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

6. Merton

[beefy]

KT Has no 7 right on both counts so 2 pts there.

No 6. Seems to have you all despite my clue of think religious buildings in oxford

[beefy]

I will post all the answers on Tuesday so you have till then to finish the gaps off.

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

I give up on number (6) if you are correct with your question.

Merton Library:

The Library and Archive have formed a part of the life of the college since the 13th century. The library building in Mob Quadrangle, dating from 1373, is the oldest continuously functioning library for university academics and students in the world.

Ref: www.merton.ox.ac.uk/library/index.html

6. In Christ Church College - which I got from Beefy's clue 'religion' - as the chapel of Christ Church college doubles as Oxford Cathedral. Its Old Library dates back to 1562, whereas KP's Bodleian library - though more impressive - was only founded in 1602. But, wait ! KP appears to have turned up one that pre-dates both ! :o

As for a famous event - it has had several - the most recent being one of the locations for the filming of Harry Potter.

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

6. The first University library was founded in 1310 in rooms next to the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Eventually, the collection grew to such a size that the University decided to relocate it to a new building above the Divinity Schools. This was to be known as Duke Humfrey’s Library, renamed and re-opened on November 8 1602 under the name “Bodleian Library” (officially Bodley's Library).

tommo being quite right that the library has been used in the first two potter movies, for me the fact that it holds Tolkiens Red Book of Westmarch which tells the story of The Lord of The Rings as well as many of his other manuscripts is good enough.

[Kevin Pringle (R.I.P.)]

I answered (6) as Bodleian Library yonks ago, and was told not correct. Beefy's Tuesdays last a long time BTW ;)

[beefy]

tommo said:

6. In Christ Church College - which I got from Beefy's clue 'religion' - as the chapel of Christ Church college doubles as Oxford Cathedral. Its Old Library dates back to 1562, whereas KP's Bodleian library - though more impressive - was only founded in 1602. But, wait ! KP appears to have turned up one that pre-dates both ! :o

As for a famous event - it has had several - the most recent being one of the locations for the filming of Harry Potter.

Great facts but its the wrong answer !

Its a church I am looking for not a Cathedral !

[beefy]

Sorry Kev I forgot to log on.

Hre are the answers as I found them when I researched the web one evening.

1. St Hilda’s

2. After the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century, much of the north-east corner of the city, behind the double wall, was left derelict, and the City authorities were glad to let William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, develop the land for his 'New College' in 1379.

A condition imposed on him was that the College should maintain the north-east part of the city wall.

3. Bishops Latimer and Ridley were burned at the stake in October 1555, and Archbishop Cranmer followed them in 1556.

The flames from the pyre scorched a set of doors, which are now hung between the quads of Balliol College. The actual site of the burning is marked by an iron cross set in the pavement outside Balliol.

4. 39

5. Town v Gown Riots

6. University Church of St. Mary the Virgin / Bishops Latimer and Ridley, and Archbishop Cranmer, were tried here for heresy in 1555.

7/8 The Sheldonian Theatre (1667) was the first major commission for an aspiring young architect named Christopher Wren. Wren, who was then Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, designed the Sheldonian in imitation of a classical Roman theatre.

9. Italian Job Original

10. The bridge links together the Old and New Quadrangles of Hertford College. Bridge of signs Venice.

[beefy]

I watched the Italian Job on sky Classics the other day and I have been inside the Castle Hotel which has replaced the main block of the prisions inside and the staircase Bridger walks down at the end are still there but closed to the public. I would use them as a fire escape though if I was in there when a fire broke out and may serve this purpose as they have palstic barriers at the top and bottom to prevent access.

[beefy]

beefy said:

Elsie 10 pts
Kevin 2 pts
Sir Jock 2 pts
SirKT or should it be SKirt - 2 pts


Answers still to go

Q2. Bonus 2 points up for grabs regarding the hanging doors (no one answered this part)

Q6. 2 points still to get - Sir Jock gets these although it wasn't the fact I was looking I will give them for providing additional facts and info.

Q7. 1pt plus the bonuses up for grabs - Sir KT has these.

Q9. 1pt still up for grabs - No one got this

Quiz closed and answers posted. 13/7/07