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