Inside Salisbury: Try out our fun quiz

Are you ready to test your knowledge about Salisbury?

by Annette J Beveridge

INSIDE Salisbury is not just about the news, as important as that is. We believe the culture, history, environment, and people make Salisbury so special. But how much do you really know about the city we call home?

Test your knowledge with this fun quiz. Answers are at the bottom of the page.

1. How many rivers flow in and around the city of Salisbury? List the names.

2. In the 15th Century, the Market Place had various stone crosses marking the centre of goods but today, only the Poultry Cross remains. What were the other stone crosses?

3. When did the annual International Arts Festival first start in Salisbury?

4. In which century was the King’s House built? (Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum).

5. What strange item was stolen from the Haunch of Venison?

6. Which famous artist was renowned for painting views across the water meadows?

7. In what year was a charter granted for the Salisbury Fair?

8. Salisbury Cathedral has one original copy of the Magna Carta but how many original copies are there now?

9. How old is Stonehenge?

10. Which rap artist chose Salisbury Cathedral for the global launch of the artwork for the album Magna Carta…Holy Grail?

11. When was the first Downton Cuckoo fair?

12. How long has Salisbury been twinned with Saintes in France?

13. What is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire?

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Answers:

1. Five rivers - Ebble, Avon, Bourne, Nadder and Wylye. 2. Cheese and Milk Cross, Wool and Yarn Cross and the Livestock Cross 3. International Arts Festival began in 1973 4. The King’s House dates to the 13th Century. 5. A mummified hand 6. John Constable 7. 1227 8. There are four copies of the Magna Carta 9. Stonehenge is about 4.500 years 10. Jay Z 11. The first Downton Cuckoo Fair was recorded in 1530. 12. Salisbury has been twinned with Saintes since 1990 13. Moonraker