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QUIZ ON THE HISTORY OF THE KING'S SCHOOLThe answers to the questions can be found in the 'History of the School' section of the website. Check your answers1) The King's School was refounded by Henry VIII in 1541. At that time was it known as:
b) the Queen's School, c) the College School or d) the Gloucester School? 2) Was the Tudor school housed in:
b) the abbey library, c) Little Cloister House or d) Paddock house? 3. Archbishop Laud, after whom one of the school houses is named, was in Gloucester in the 1620s. Was he:
b) Bishop of Gloucester, c) Mayor of Gloucester or d) Headmaster of the King's School? 4. The school became very well known in the late sixteenth century as a result of the Headmaster's reforms. Was the Head:
b) Oliver Cromwell, c) Peter Lacey or d) Maurice Wheeler? 5. One of the men responsible for setting up Sunday Schools in the eighteenth century was an old boy of the King's School. Was his name:
b) Roy Keane, c) Rowan Williams or d) Robert Raikes? 6. Another old boy is famous for composing a well-known tune. Was it the tune for:
b) the Welsh National Anthem, c) the King's School song or d) 'All Things Bright and Beautiful? 7. In 1859 a new building known as 'Big School' was erected. Is this building now used as:
b) the music school, c) the gym or d) the History room. 8. Sir Samuel Baker, an old boy of King's was a famous, nineteenth century, African explorer. Was he looking for:
b) the source of the River Nile, c) gold or d) tigers? 9. Francis Gillespy, headmaster in the 1920s, started three school houses. Were their names:
b) Laud, School and Serlo, c) Laud, Wheeler and Serlo or d) Beckham, Owen and Giggs? 10. First class cricket is played on the school cricket ground. Is the ground called :
b) Archbishop Meadow, c) St Oswald's Field or d) Archdeacon Meadow? |
