Statistics for History of Canterbury

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Author of the 14th century 'Canterbury Tales', about a group of pilgrims	Geoffrey Chaucer	84%
Canterbury Castle was built to guard the route from London to what town/port?	Dover	73%
Archbishop killed by knights in the Cathedral in the course of a conflict with Henry II	Thomas Becket	72%
Former Lord Chancellor executed by Henry VIII, whose head is supposed to be buried in St. Dunstan's Church	Thomas More	61%
Treaty of Canterbury (1986) was an agreement between the UK and France leading to the construction of what?	Channel Tunnel	60%
King, later executed, who had his honeymoon and marriage consummation at St. Augustine's	Charles I	52%
Archbishop Alphege was captured in 1011 and subsequently killed. By what group of attackers?	Vikings	44%
Monk who became the first Archbishop, called 'Apostle to the English', founded an abbey	Augustine	38%
The only king buried in Canterbury Cathedral	Henry IV	34%
16th century playwright born in Canterbury, best known for 'Edward II' and 'Tamburlaine'	Christopher Marlowe	33%
King's School claims to be the oldest-running school in Britain. Its refounding under the current name refers to which king?	Henry VIII	28%
19th century artist Thomas Sydney Cooper is primarily associated with painting what species of animal?	Cow	21%
Iron Age tribe inhabiting the area, gave their name to the Roman name of Canterbury	Cantiaci	20%
Only survivor of Canterbury's seven city gates, largest surviving city gate in England	Westgate	13%
Much of the city was destroyed in these 1942 bombings, named after a German guide book	{Baedeker} Blitz	12%
Daughter of ^, stole his head off London Bridge, first non-royal woman to publish a translation, the gate to her house still remains	Margaret Roper	11%
King of Kent (589-616) who converted to Christianity, husband of ^	Aethelbert I	8%
Author of Restoration drama, first known woman to have made a living by her writing, born somewhere in the vicinity of Canterbury	Aphra Behn	8%
Oldest parish church in England and oldest church building still in use as such (name the saint)	St. Martin's	7%
A building on the High Street marks 1573 when Elizabeth I is supposed to have stayed there. What does this building house today? (Give either the name or the type of establishment)	Caffe Nero	6%
Name of Cantebury under the Romans	Durovernum Cantiacorum	6%
'Nun of Kent', executed for prophesying against Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn	Elizabeth Barton	6%
6th century queen, a Frankish Christian, considered influential to the christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons	Bertha of Kent	5%
Archbishop and Lord Chancellor killed in the Peasants' Revolt	Simon Sudbury	5%
Children's artist best known for the creation of 'Rupert Bear', born and died in Canterbury	Mary Tourtel	4%