St Paul's Cathedral - Quiz
St Paul s Cathedral
  • 1. How many services are typically held at St Paul's Cathedral every day?
A) Four or five
B) Ten or more
C) Exactly seven
D) One or two
  • 2. Which of the following is a daily service held at St Paul's Cathedral?
A) Baptism
B) Confession
C) Matins
D) Wedding
  • 3. Besides Matins and Eucharist, what other service is commonly held daily?
A) Morning Vigil
B) Sunrise Devotion
C) Evening Prayer or Choral Evensong
D) Midnight Mass
  • 4. Which institution has many special services associated with the cathedral?
A) The British Parliament
B) The Royal Navy
C) The University of Oxford
D) The City of London
  • 5. What is the status of St Paul's Cathedral in London regarding its size?
A) It is the second largest church in London
B) It is the largest church in London
C) It is a medium-sized parish church
D) It is the smallest cathedral in London
  • 6. Which major state function was celebrated at the cathedral?
A) The Coronation of King George VI
B) The Platinum Jubilee of King Charles III
C) The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
D) The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
  • 7. How often is the cathedral generally open to tourists?
A) Weekly on Sundays
B) Monthly
C) Only on weekends
D) Daily
  • 8. What regular musical performances are held at the cathedral?
A) Jazz concerts
B) Symphony orchestra rehearsals
C) Organ recitals
D) Rock band shows
  • 9. How many individuals currently compose the cathedral chapter?
A) Twelve
B) Five
C) Ten
D) Seven
  • 10. How many residentiary canons are on the cathedral chapter?
A) Three
B) One
C) Four
D) Two
  • 11. What is notable about one of the residentiary canons?
A) It is an elected politician
B) It is a foreign ambassador
C) It is a retired monarch
D) It is exceptionally a lay person
  • 12. How many additional members of chapter and canon non-residentiary are there?
A) One
B) Zero
C) Three
D) Two
  • 13. How many lay canons are on the cathedral chapter?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) One
  • 14. Who is the Dean of St Paul's as of September 2022?
A) Sheila Watson
B) Andrew Tremlett
C) Neil Evans
D) Paula Gooder
  • 15. When did Andrew Tremlett become Dean?
A) 9 May 2019
B) June 2022
C) 25 September 2022
D) January 2017
  • 16. Which position on the cathedral chapter was vacant as of October 2022?
A) Steward
B) Dean
C) Precentor
D) Chancellor
  • 17. Which other position besides Precentor was vacant as of October 2022?
A) Treasurer
B) Dean
C) Steward
D) Chancellor
  • 18. Who holds the position of Chancellor?
A) Paula Gooder
B) Sheila Watson
C) Pamela Jane Baxter
D) Gillian Bowen
  • 19. When did Paula Gooder become Chancellor?
A) 9 May 2019
B) 25 September 2022
C) June 2022
D) March 2014
  • 20. When did Paula Gooder become a lay reader?
A) January 2017
B) March 2021
C) 23 February 2019
D) 9 May 2019
  • 21. Who holds the position of Steward?
A) Clement Hutton-Mills
B) Neil Evans
C) Andrew Tremlett
D) Gillian Bowen
  • 22. When did Neil Evans take office as Steward?
A) March 2014
B) October 2018
C) January 2017
D) June 2022
  • 23. Who is the additional member of chapter and canon non-residentiary?
A) Sheila Watson
B) Paula Gooder
C) Pamela Jane Baxter
D) Sheila Nicoll
  • 24. When did Sheila Watson assume her role?
A) January 2017
B) June 2022
C) March 2014
D) October 2018
  • 25. What is Pamela (Pim) Jane Baxter's role on the chapter?
A) Precentor
B) Lay canon
C) Treasurer
D) Dean
  • 26. When did Pamela (Pim) Jane Baxter become a lay canon?
A) October 2018
B) March 2021
C) March 2014
D) June 2022
  • 27. What is Pamela Jane Baxter's primary profession outside the cathedral?
A) Deputy Director at the National Portrait Gallery
B) Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
C) Head of Public Policy at Schroder Investment Management
D) Chief Executive Officer of YMCA London City and North
  • 28. Who is the lay canon who serves as Head of Public Policy at Schroder Investment Management?
A) Sheila Nicoll
B) Pamela Jane Baxter
C) Gillian Bowen
D) Paula Gooder
  • 29. When did Sheila Nicoll become a lay canon?
A) January 2017
B) June 2022
C) October 2018
D) March 2014
  • 30. Who is a managing director at Goldman Sachs and a lay canon?
A) Sheila Nicoll
B) Clement Hutton-Mills
C) Neil Evans
D) Andrew Tremlett
  • 31. When did Clement Hutton-Mills become a lay canon?
A) October 2018
B) March 2021
C) 9 May 2019
D) June 2022
  • 32. Who is the chief executive officer of YMCA London City and North who also serves as a lay canon?
A) Paula Gooder
B) Pamela Jane Baxter
C) Gillian Bowen
D) Sheila Watson
  • 33. What additional role does Gillian Bowen hold besides being a lay canon and CEO?
A) Managing Director
B) Lay reader
C) Deputy Director
D) Magistrate
  • 34. Which religious denomination does St Paul's Cathedral belong to?
A) Methodist
B) Presbyterian
C) Anglican
D) Roman Catholic
  • 35. On which hill in the City of London is the cathedral situated?
A) Richmond Hill
B) Tower Hill
C) Ludgate Hill
D) Cornhill
  • 36. In what year was the original cathedral church on the site founded?
A) AD 314
B) AD 1087
C) AD 604
D) AD 1240
  • 37. In what year was the present high-domed structure completed?
A) 1666
B) 1561
C) 1710
D) 1878
  • 38. Who designed the present structure of St Paul's Cathedral?
A) Sir Christopher Wren
B) William Camden
C) Inigo Jones
D) Francis Penrose
  • 39. What architectural style was used for the present cathedral designed by Sir Christopher Wren?
A) Gothic
B) Classical
C) Romanesque
D) English Baroque
  • 40. What was the name of the earlier Gothic cathedral largely destroyed in the Great Fire?
A) St Erkenwald's Cathedral
B) St Peter upon Cornhill
C) The Anglo-Saxon Cathedral
D) Old St Paul's Cathedral
  • 41. What was the height of the present cathedral's dome?
A) 489 ft (149 m)
B) 585 ft (178 m)
C) 365 ft (111 m)
D) 290 ft (88 m)
  • 42. From which year to which year was St Paul's the tallest building in London?
A) 1710 to 2000
B) 1666 to 1878
C) 1240 to 1561
D) 1710 to 1963
  • 43. St Paul's is the second-largest church building in area in the United Kingdom, coming after which cathedral?
A) Liverpool Cathedral
B) Westminster Abbey
C) Lincoln Cathedral
D) York Minster
  • 44. Which royal wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral?
A) Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
B) King George III and Queen Charlotte
C) Prince William and Catherine Middleton
D) Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
  • 45. What is the name of the nearest London Underground station to the cathedral?
A) Bank
B) St Paul's
C) Mansion House
D) Ludgate Hill
  • 46. How far is the nearest London Underground station from the cathedral?
A) 50 yards (45 m)
B) 300 yards (270 m)
C) 500 yards (457 m)
D) 130 yards (120 m)
  • 47. According to medieval legend and tradition, what was the location of Londinium's original cathedral?
A) Ludgate Hill
B) St Peter upon Cornhill
C) Tower Hill
D) Westminster
  • 48. What Roman structure did Elizabethan antiquarian William Camden argue had stood on the site of medieval St Paul's?
A) A temple to Apollo
B) A Roman basilica
C) A Roman amphitheatre
D) A temple to the goddess Diana
  • 49. Who was said to have represented London at the Council of Arles in 314 AD?
A) Bishop Erkenwald
B) Bishop Mellitus
C) Bishop Restitutus
D) Bishop Cedd
  • 50. Which King of Kent built the first church dedicated to St Paul in London?
A) Sæberht
B) King Lucius
C) Æthelberht
D) Æthelred the Unready
  • 51. In what year was King Æthelred the Unready buried in the cathedral?
A) 1087
B) 1240
C) 1016
D) 693
  • 52. In what year was the cathedral burnt in a fire along with much of the city?
A) 1087
B) 1561
C) 1135
D) 1666
  • 53. In what year was Old St Paul's finally consecrated after delays caused by a 1135 fire?
A) 1240
B) 1087
C) 1314
D) 1300
  • 54. What material was used for the Gothic ribbed vault of Old St Paul's?
A) Stone
B) Brick
C) Iron
D) Wood
  • 55. Who excavated Old St Paul's in 1878 to determine its dimensions?
A) Inigo Jones
B) Sir Christopher Wren
C) William Camden
D) Francis Penrose
  • 56. What was the length of Old St Paul's as revealed by the 1878 excavations?
A) 585 feet (178 m)
B) 365 feet (111 m)
C) 290 feet (88 m)
D) 489 feet (149 m)
  • 57. What was the approximate height of the spire of Old St Paul's?
A) 100 feet (30 m)
B) 365 feet (111 m)
C) 489 feet (149 m)
D) 585 feet (178 m)
  • 58. Which English monarchs' reigns saw the English Reformation lead to the destruction of interior ornamentation at the cathedral?
A) Mary I and Elizabeth I
B) Charles I and Charles II
C) Henry VIII and Edward VI
D) James I and Charles I
  • 59. Whose skull was reportedly among the collection of relics held in the cathedral before the Reformation?
A) Thomas Becket
B) St Erkenwald
C) St Paul
D) King Sæberht
  • 60. What event destroyed the spire of Old St Paul's in 1561?
A) A lightning strike
B) An earthquake
C) The English Civil War
D) The Great Fire of London
  • 61. Who was commissioned in 1631 to design a new west portico in the classical style for the cathedral?
A) Francis Penrose
B) Inigo Jones
C) Sir Christopher Wren
D) Sir Rowland Hill
  • 62. How did Parliament use the deanery house after voting on it in 1643?
A) As a gunpowder store
B) As a cavalry barracks
C) As a meeting hall
D) As a prison
  • 63. What part of the cathedral was used as a cavalry barracks during the English Civil War?
A) The south transept
B) The west portico
C) The choir
D) The nave
  • 64. In what year did Parliament order St Paul's Cross to be demolished?
A) 1666
B) 1642
C) 1663
D) 1658
  • 65. When was the St Paul's Theatre active?
A) 1575–1606
B) 1669–1711
C) 1630–1666
D) 1560–1590
  • 66. Who converted the Almoner's Hall into the St Paul's Theatre?
A) William Sancroft
B) Sir Christopher Wren
C) Inigo Jones
D) Sebastian Westcott
  • 67. What was Sebastian Westcott's role at the cathedral?
A) Architect
B) Archbishop
C) Organist
D) Dean
  • 68. Which theatre was similar in layout to the St Paul's Theatre?
A) Swan Theatre
B) Rose Theatre
C) Globe Theatre
D) Blackfriars Theatre
  • 69. What audience did the boy actors at St Paul's play to?
A) Royalty only
B) Paying audiences
C) Invited guests only
D) Free public audiences
  • 70. How were the boy companies viewed by the public?
A) Unimportant
B) Respectable
C) Scandalous
D) Rebellious
  • 71. Which group experienced little crowd trouble?
A) The cathedral builders
B) The adult companies
C) The boy companies
D) The coal tax collectors
  • 72. During which years did the boy choristers use the Almoner's Hall?
A) 1575 until 1606
B) 1569 until 1606
C) 1600 until 1610
D) 1575 until 1584
  • 73. When was the task of designing a replacement structure officially assigned to Sir Christopher Wren?
A) 25 December 1711
B) 26 October 1708
C) 30 July 1669
D) July 1668
  • 74. How many city churches are attributable to Wren?
A) Less than 10
B) Exactly 25
C) More than 50
D) Around 100
  • 75. When did Wren begin advising on the repair of Old St Paul's?
A) 1630
B) 1669
C) 1666
D) 1661
  • 76. What did Wren plan to replace the dilapidated tower with?
A) A dome
B) A classical facade
C) A spire
D) A bell tower
  • 77. Who wrote to Wren in July 1668 regarding the new cathedral's design?
A) Christopher Jr.
B) Sebastian Westcott
C) Dean William Sancroft
D) The Archbishop of Oxford
  • 78. What document was the settled design of the cathedral attached to?
A) An act of Parliament
B) A tax document
C) A royal warrant
D) An architectural blueprint
  • 79. How was the building of the new cathedral financed?
A) By private donations from nobility
B) By a tax on coal
C) By funds from the Archbishopric
D) By taxes on theatre tickets
  • 80. Which biblical Psalm was the consecration sermon based upon?
A) Psalm 51
B) Psalm 23
C) Psalm 122
D) Psalm 91
  • 81. How many churches across Britain were attacked between 1913 and 1914 by suffragettes?
A) 64
B) 50
C) 32
D) 12
  • 82. What chemical was the bomb used in the first St Paul's attack made out of?
A) Gunpowder
B) Dynamite
C) Potassium nitrate
D) Nitroglycerin
  • 83. What historic item inside St Paul's likely would have been destroyed if the 1913 bomb had exploded?
A) The Coronation Chair
B) The main altar
C) The organ pipes
D) The bishop's throne
  • 84. The device used in the 1913 attack was made partly out of what everyday object?
A) A biscuit box
B) A mustard tin
C) A tea caddy
D) An oil lamp
  • 85. What historic item was damaged during the bombing at Westminster Abbey?
A) The royal tomb
B) The high altar
C) The Coronation Chair
D) The bishop's throne
  • 86. How much money was requested in the first appeal to reinforce the piers?
A) £70,000
B) £250,000
C) £100,000
D) £29,000
  • 87. What event caused delays in the early restoration work?
A) A Dangerous Structures Notice
B) The Second Great Fire of London
C) The Blitz
D) The First World War
  • 88. How much was the second appeal for in 1922?
A) £70,000
B) £250,000
C) £50,000
D) £100,000
  • 89. Through which medium was the 1930 rededication service broadcast for the first time?
A) BBC Radio
B) BBC Television
C) The Guildhall loudspeaker system
D) Local London newspapers
  • 90. Which part of the cathedral was struck by a bomb on 17 April 1941?
A) The nave
B) The dome
C) The north transept
D) The high altar
  • 91. Who commanded the bomb disposal detachment that defused a time-delayed bomb on 12 September 1940?
A) Herbert Mason
B) Sir Winston Churchill
C) Sapper George Cameron Wylie
D) Temporary Lieutenant Robert Davies
  • 92. Who was awarded the George Cross alongside Temporary Lieutenant Robert Davies?
A) Sapper George Cameron Wylie
B) Lisa Jardine
C) King George V
D) Herbert Mason
  • 93. Who took the photograph 'St Paul's Survives'?
A) Robert Davies
B) Herbert Mason
C) Lisa Jardine
D) Sir Winston Churchill
  • 94. Who wrote about the visual impact of the cathedral during the air-raid, mentioning the pale dome standing proud?
A) Robert Davies
B) Lisa Jardine
C) Herbert Mason
D) King George V
  • 95. When was the American Memorial Chapel completed?
A) 1967
B) 1962
C) 1958
D) 1981
  • 96. When was a new choir school building constructed?
A) 1967
B) 1975
C) 1981
D) 1958
  • 97. What was Westminster Abbey described as regarding royal weddings?
A) The traditional site
B) The temporary location
C) The modern choice
D) The smaller venue
  • 98. Who carried out extensive renovation work on the Dome in 1996?
A) Giles Fraser
B) Graeme Knowles
C) John B. Chambers
D) Christopher Wren
  • 99. Who was the Dean of St Paul's who resigned during the Occupy London protests?
A) Christopher Wren
B) The Right Revd Graeme Knowles
C) Giles Fraser
D) John B. Chambers
  • 100. What messaging software did Shaikh use to try to radicalise others?
A) WhatsApp
B) Signal
C) Messenger
D) Telegram
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