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Introduction:
"Cambridge (UK) is world-famous for its university. How much do you know about it?"


1. Which was the first Cambridge college to be founded?
    Peterhouse
    King's College
    Trinity College
    Fitzwilliam College


2. When was the oldest college in Cambridge founded?
    1384
    1284
    1484
    1184


3. What, in Cambridge terminology, is Tripos?
    The name for a particular course
    The end-of-term bill
    The central student union
    The newest Cambridge college


4. Each College has a titular head. The name of this person varies between Colleges, but what is the usual title?
    Master
    Principal
    Provost
    Mistress


5. When someone graduates from Cambridge, what abbreviation is attached to the degree name? In other words, what follows BA (Hons.) ...?
    Answer: (Abbreviation of the Latin for Cambridge)


6. Which of these famous people did NOT graduate from Cambridge University?
    Stephen Fry
    Richard Branson
    Vanessa Feltz
    Sam Mendes


7. True or false: In the college name 'Gonville and Caius', the last part is pronounced like the word 'queues'.
    True
    False


8. Which of these subjects can you NOT study at Cambridge?
    Archaeology and Anthropology
    Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic
    Modern and Medieval Languages
    Business and Marketing


9. The obligatory boat race question. On which river does the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race take place?
    Cam
    Thames
    Severn
    Isis


10. Who is this Cambridge graduate? I was born on the 4th January, 1643, in Lincolnshire. I entered Trinity College in 1661, originally intending to study law. However, I became interested in mathematics, and later made revolutionary advances in this subject, as well as optics, physics and astronomy. I died on the 31st March, 1727.
    Answer: (First name and surname)


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