England County Quiz - Oxfordshire

County town

A poem by Matthew Arnold gave the above place this nickname due to the stunning
architecture of its university buildings

This monumental country house in Woodstock, was the birthplace and ancestral
home of this wartime leader

Hertford Bridge is known by this name due to its similarity to another one in Venice

Bronze age hill carving, formed from deep trenches filled with white chalk

English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, born in the county. He achieved his first degree at this 'Oxbridge' university and went on to achieve greatness at the other one

Alternative name for the River Thames, used for its course through Oxfordshire

Prestigious rowing event which has been held annually on the River Thames since 1839

First person to run a mile in less than four minutes, achieved at the Iffley Road track

The place you need to go 'to see a fine lady ride on a white horse, with rings on her
fingers and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes'

Town in north east Oxfordshire, home to a very popular designer outlet shopping 'Village'

Located at Carterton, near Witney, this is the largest RAF Station in the UK

Merton Professor of English Language and Literature who created the fantasy world
and tales of Middle Earth

The Culham Science Centre is the location of the UK's national laboratory for research
into this futuristic means of energy generation

The market town of Wallingford was home to this famous crime writer