Cambridge University

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1. Cambridge University was set up by scholars in 1209 who fled the hostile townspeople of which English city? Huntingdon Norwich London Oxford

2. Which of the following subjects did these early scholars of Cambridge NOT study? Astronomy Arithmetic Geography Music

3. Which is the oldest college of the university? King's Trinity Peterhouse Pembroke

4. Which famous poet began studies at Christ's college in 1625 under the tutor William Chappell? Andrew Marvell John Milton John Dryden Anne Killigrew

5. He arrived at Cambridge in 1661 and became a fellow of Trinity College in 1667. He also held the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669. Who was he? Rene Descartes Galileo Galilei Sir Isaac Newton Gottfried Leibnitz

6. Who retired from the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 2009? Mike Pepper Stephen Hawking Frank Whittle Tim Gowers

7. John Harvard entered Cambridge by studying at which college in 1627? Christ's Emmanuel St John's Downing

8. Richard Bentley (later to become the Regius professor of Divinity at Cambridge) in 1711 completed his famous edition of the works of which Latin poet? Answer: (One Word)

9. Which of these poets studied at Trinity College? Lord Byron S. T. Coleridge William Wordsworth John Keats

10. In 1906, J.J. Thomson collected his Nobel prize for which subject? Physiology and Medicine Chemistry Physics Literature

11. Who won the first 'Oxford and Cambridge' boat race in 1829? Answer: (Oxford or Cambridge???)

12. In Cambridge University there are currently three colleges that don't accept men. Out of the four colleges listed below, which college does accept men? Newnham Lucy Cavendish New Hall Girton

13. Cambridge University has a very diverse student body and so has many different societies to cater for their needs. Which of the following is NOT an official Cambridge University society? Gog Magog Molly Cambridge Canadian Club Cambridge University Funk Society Cambridge University Lion Dance Troupe

14. Approximately how many volumes does the Cambridge University Library (including its four dependent libraries) house? 3 million 750 thousand 1 million 7 million

15. And finally, which of the following people has not been a member of Footlights, the Cambridge University Comedy Society? Germaine Greer Eric Idle John Cleese Lee Evans