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Berkshire and Oxfordshire for Visitors

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Southern England : Berkshire and Oxfordshire for Visitors

Introduction:
"Berkshire and Oxfordshire form the Thames Valley west of London. No visitor should miss the fascinating cities of Windsor and Oxford, but it would be a mistake to neglect the smaller historic towns and rolling countryside that surrounds them both."


1. Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world.
    True
    False


2. Which of these people are you most likely to find at the annual Reading Festival in Berkshire?
    Librarians
    Famous authors
    Modern Artists
    Rock groups


3. Which theme park lies in southeast Berkshire?
    Legoland
    Thorpe Park
    Chessington World of Adventure
    Royal Ascot


4. Which annual event takes place on the river at Henley-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire?
    Varsity Boat Race
    Water Polo Championships
    Swan Upping
    Regatta


5. According to the nursery rhyme, to which Oxfordshire town might you "ride a cock horse"?
    Brackley
    Bicester
    Banbury
    Abingdon


6. Which British Prime Minister was born in the glorious surroundings of Blenheim Palace?
    Benjamin Disraeli
    Margaret Thatcher
    Winston Churchill
    Duke of Wellington


7. What is the correct name of the valley in southern Oxfordshire?
    Vale of the Brown Cow
    Vale of the White Horse
    Vale of the Black Sheep
    Vale of the Flying Pig


8. Which picturesque range of hills runs from Gloucestershire into western Oxfordshire?
    Chilterns
    Cotswolds
    Pennines
    Quantocks


9. Which Oxford-based museum claims to be the oldest in the world?
    Pitt-Rivers Museum
    Museum of Oxford
    University Museum
    Ashmolean Museum


10. Which is college of the University of Oxford was the first to be founded?
    Merton College
    Magdalen College
    University College
    Christ Church


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