CATHEDRALS QUIZ (Easter 1997)

The following questions all relate to cathedrals in Great Britain; that is, England, Wales or Scotland. Most are straightforward but there may be a few trick questions. No prize is offered for solutions.

When you get stuck, try the clues and then the answers!


1. What is unique in England about each group of three cathedrals:
a) Chester, Exeter, Hereford?
b) Chester, Coventry, Leicester?
c) Chichester, Coventry, St Edmundsbury?
d) Ripon, Southwell, Wells?

2. Name the members of the Welsh triad which has the same property as ONE of the above groups.

3. For which values of n is it true that there are exactly n Scottish towns each having exactly n cathedrals?

4. How many Scottish cathedrals of all denominations, currently in use for worship, stand on offshore islands?

5. In which cathedrals would you expect to find:
a) Two Lady chapels?
b) A pre-Restoration organ in situ?
c) An organist with a wooden hand?
d) A Loud Choir?
e) The tomb of the most wretched of men?
f) An ancient round tower?
g) A private time zone?

6. In which cathedral city does the main railway station bear the same name as another cathedral city?


Set by:
James Yardley
email: james.yardley@libraries.camcnty.gov.uk
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