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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Picture Rounds - Spiritual Landmarks - Questions & Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Picture Rounds - Spiritual Landmarks - Questions & Answers |
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| 30/09/2019 | Great Photographs |
This round features questions about religious places in the UK stunningly photographed and perceptively described on the website ‘Spiritual Landmarks’ by my late friend Richard Seed of Didsbury. (to see and read more visit: http://www.spirituallandmarks.com) ...and to tackle this round while listening to Richard's favourite music right click the sound symbol and select 'Open link in new tab' then when the music starts select the original tab in the top left of the screen to see the pictures again.
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Three spires atop three towers – where is this cathedral? |
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Lichfield |
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Which cathedral is this – lying close by the confluence of the rivers Bourne, Avon, Nadder, Ebble and Wylye? |
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Salisbury |
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When this cathedral was built this city was part of Norway – where is it? |
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Kirkwall (St Magnus Cathedral in Mainland, Orkney) |
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With the longest nave of any British cathedral where is this Romanesque masterpiece? |
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St Albans |
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Noted for its beautiful chapter-house (below) where is this west of England cathedral? |
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Wells |
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Who designed the interior of this modest Catholic church deep in the heart of Staffordshire? |
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Augustus Pugin (St Giles, Cheadle) |
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… and who designed the interior of this chapel in the far north of Britain? |
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Italian WW2 POWs (it’s the Italian Chapel on Lamb Holm in the Orkneys) |
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Where is this Grade 1 listed Greater Manchester Church? |
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Stockport (St Thomas’s on Wellington Road South) |
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… and where is this Grade 2 listed Greater Manchester church? |
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Salford (St Philip’s, Wilton Place, off Chapel St) |
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The largest school chapel in the world, where is it? |
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Lancing College |
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As what is this ancient megalithic site standing below Blencathra known? |
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Castlerigg (stone circle near Keswick, Cumbria) |
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Built c750AD this church, dedicated to St Boniface, is on which far NW Orkney island? |
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Papa Westray |
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What is the name of this ancient neolithic ring 6 miles NE of Stromness on the Orkney mainland? |
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Ring of Brodgar |
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What is the name of this Yorkshire Cistercian abbey now in ruins (famously painted by Turner)? |
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Fountains Abbey |
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… and what is this ruined Cistercian abbey near to Helmsley after which an ex-PM took his title? |
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Rievaulx Abbey |
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From the harbour wall looking back at the E tower of a ruined northern cathedral – but where? |
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St Andrews |
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In which city can you see this ruined old cathedral side by side with its 1950s-built replacement? |
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Coventry |
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Where is this cathedral – a wonderful example of Norman architecture? It was once used by Oliver Cromwell to hold Scottish prisoners of war? |
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Durham |
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Alight at Ashburys to get this view of which church – designed by the son of the answer to Q6? |
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Gorton Monastery (designed by Edward Pugin) |
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Where is this Romanesque NE Midlands minster – just 2 miles from a racecourse? |
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Southwell |
