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Quiz - Stage 1

How much do you know about our city of Coventry? Let's begin with an easy set of 10 questions....
(All the answers can be found somewhere on this website.)
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Or, if you wish to go straight onto a more advanced set of 20 questions, try Quiz 2
Question 1
Which creature is featured carrying a castle on its back on Coventry's Coat of Arms?
Dragon
Horse
Owl
Elephant

Question 2
Who is said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry?
Lady Godiva
Alfred the Great
Queen Elizabeth 1st
Earl Leofric

Question 3
Which of the following is a famous phrase associated with our city?
Welcome to Coventry
Relegated like Coventry
Sent to Coventry
Bombed like Coventry

Question 4
How many cathedrals has Coventry had in its history?
None
One
Two
Three

Question 5
Which of our three spires is the tallest?
Christchurch
The New Cathedral
The Old Cathedral
Holy Trinity Church

Question 6
What event do we associate with Thursday 14th November 1940?
The start of the Second World War
The IRA bomb in Broadgate
The Blitz on Coventry
The start of Rationing in Coventry

Question 7
When the Channel 4 television 'Time Team' came to Coventry in 1999 & 2001, what did they excavate?
St. Mary's Priory - Coventry's first cathedral
The Lower Precinct
The Old Swimming Baths
Broadgate Garden Island

Question 8
Who designed the New Coventry Cathedral?
Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Basil Spence
Coventry Council Architects
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Question 9
Around our City Wall once stood twelve gates.... how many still stand?
None
Just one
Two
All twelve

Question 10
Which river flows through our town centre?
The River Sowe
The River Avon
The River Thames
The River Sherbourne

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