1 Hour Tour Dates

Question 1

Morris Motors was established in

Answer 1

1910

Question 2

Oxford was first settled in Saxon times

Answer 2

900

Question 3

Oxford was heavily damaged during the Norman Invasion of

Answer 3

1066

Question 4

King Charles stayed at Christ Church College.

Answer 4

1642-1646

Question 5

No known date of foundation, evidence of teaching as far back as

Answer 5

1096

Question 6

Oxford’s earliest colleges: University College

Answer 6

1249

Question 7

Oxford’s earliest colleges: Balliol

Answer 7

1263

Question 8

Oxford’s earliest colleges: Merton

Answer 8

1264

Question 9

Women admitted in

Answer 9

1878

Question 10

Women awarded degrees

Answer 10

1920

Question 11

Town V Gown riots

Answer 11

1209

Question 12

Ducker arrived in

Answer 12

1898

Question 13

Bear Inn dates back to

Answer 13

1242

Question 14

The Dean of Worcester, records the proprietor of The Bear had a bear named Furze in

Answer 14

1583

Question 15

Bear Inn tie collection started

Answer 15

1952

Question 16

Christchurch founded

Answer 16

1542

Question 17

Charles I executed

Answer 17

1649

Question 18

Tom Tower built

Answer 18

1681-2

Question 19

St. Paul’s Cathedral finished

Answer 19

1710

Question 20

St Martin’s Church is

Answer 20

13th Century

Question 21

St Scholastica

Answer 21

1355

Question 22

Penance continued for

Answer 22

470 years, 1825

Question 23

Camera built

Answer 23

1737-49

Question 24

John Radcliffe died

Answer 24

1714

Question 25

Bronze door knocker above high table dates from

Answer 25

11th Century

Question 26

Brazen nose stolen

Answer 26

1334

Question 27

Brazen nose reacquired in

Answer 27

1890

Question 28

Schools Quadrangle built

Answer 28

1613-1619

Question 29

The Tower of the Five Orders

Answer 29

Tuscan, Doric, Ionic Corinthian and Composite

Question 30

Duke Humfrey's reading room completed

Answer 30

1488

Question 31

Divinity school built between

Answer 31

1427-83

Question 32

Bodley's agreement with the Stationer's Company

Answer 32

1610

Question 33

Sheldonian Theatre built

Answer 33

1667

Question 34

200 year - stone heads commissioned

Answer 34

1669

Question 35

Clarendon building built

Answer 35

1711-5

Question 36

Replacements taken down

Answer 36

1970

Question 37

Blackwell founded

Answer 37

1879

Question 38

Trinity opened

Answer 38

1555

Question 39

Trinity Co-ed

Answer 39

1979

Question 40

Richard Burton

Answer 40

1840

Question 41

Blenheim built

Answer 41

1705-22

Question 42

Battle of Blenheim

Answer 42

1704

Question 43

Blenheim opened to the public

Answer 43

1950