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Uffington White Horse - Quiz
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  • 1. Which district council uses the Uffington White Horse as its emblem?
A) Berkshire County Council
B) Vale of White Horse District Council
C) Wiltshire District Council
D) Uffington Village Council
  • 2. Which Army Reserve unit based in Windsor uses the White Horse as an emblem?
A) Royal Berkshire Guard
B) Berkshire Yeomanry
C) Wiltshire Regiment
D) Windsor Horse Artillery
  • 3. Who wrote the book titled The Scouring of the White Horse?
A) Rosemary Sutcliff
B) G.K. Chesterton
C) Terry Pratchett
D) Thomas Hughes
  • 4. In what year was The Scouring of the White Horse published?
A) 1911
B) 1977
C) 1859
D) 2004
  • 5. Which poet compared King Arthur removing corrupt judges to the weeding of the White Horse?
A) G.K. Chesterton
B) Tennyson
C) J.R.R. Tolkien
D) Thomas Hughes
  • 6. In which epic poem did G.K. Chesterton feature the scouring of the White Horse?
A) Tom Brown's Schooldays
B) Sun Horse, Moon Horse
C) Idylls of the King
D) The Ballad of the White Horse
  • 7. What is the subject of Rosemary Sutcliff's 1977 book Sun Horse, Moon Horse?
A) The history of King Alfred
B) The Bronze Age creator of the figure
C) The life of Thomas Hughes
D) A mystery set in the 1920s
  • 8. Which mystery novel features the Uffington White Horse and Wayland's Smithy?
A) Skandar and The Unicorn Thief
B) The Moon Stallion
C) Lethal White
D) A Pale Horse
  • 9. According to Tom Shippey, what might the Uffington White Horse have inspired?
A) The emblem of the Berkshire Yeomanry
B) The crest of King Arthur
C) The shield of Alfred the Great
D) The banner of the horsemen of Rohan
  • 10. Which author described the Uffington White Horse as 'Not what a horse looks like, but what a horse be'?
A) Brian Hayles
B) Thomas Hughes
C) Terry Pratchett
D) Elsa Sjunneson
  • 11. Which 2018 novel features the White Horse as a significant setting and plot point?
A) Lethal White
B) The Scouring of the White Horse
C) Sun Horse, Moon Horse
D) A Pale Horse
  • 12. Which educational establishment in Wroughton uses the White Horse as an emblem?
A) The Ridgeway Primary School
B) The Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College
C) Faringdon Community College
D) Uffington Academy
  • 13. The BBC television serial The Moon Stallion was written by whom?
A) Thomas Hughes
B) Brian Hayles
C) Charles Todd
D) Terry Pratchett
  • 14. Which novel was inspired by the Uffington White Horse in 2022?
A) Skandar and The Unicorn Thief
B) Lethal White
C) The Scouring of the White Horse
D) A Hat Full of Sky
  • 15. Which video game tie-in novel features the White Horse as a narrative element?
A) Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Sword of the White Horse
B) The Moon Stallion
C) Sun Horse, Moon Horse
D) A Pale Horse
  • 16. What is the approximate size of Uffington Castle?
A) 10 ha
B) 5 ha
C) 1.5 ha
D) 3 ha
  • 17. With which figure is Dragon Hill associated in legend?
A) St George
B) St Michael
C) King Arthur
D) St Patrick
  • 18. Why is Whitehorse Hill designated a biological SSSI?
A) It contains rare flowers
B) It has unploughed grasslands
C) It is a bird sanctuary
D) It has a unique forest
  • 19. What is the name of the steep-sided dry valley below the White Horse?
A) The Hollow
B) The Basin
C) The Manger
D) The Gorge
  • 20. Where is the Blowing Stone located?
A) Uffington village
B) Wayland's Smithy
C) Kingston Lisle
D) Avebury
  • 21. What type of monument is Wayland's Smithy?
A) Medieval castle
B) Neolithic long barrow
C) Iron Age hillfort
D) Roman temple
  • 22. How far is Wayland's Smithy from the White Horse?
A) 2.4 km
B) 5 km
C) 0.5 km
D) 1.2 km
  • 23. Where does the Ridgeway National Trail end?
A) Avebury
B) Ivinghoe Beacon
C) London
D) Swindon
  • 24. What evidence suggested human sacrifice at the settlement found near Letcombe Bassett?
A) Inscriptions
B) Skeletons
C) Ritual altars
D) Wall paintings
  • 25. In what year was the Kilburn White Horse created?
A) 1995
B) 2003
C) 1981
D) 1858
  • 26. Which of these is a direct replica of the Uffington horse?
A) Swindon
B) Yorkshire
C) Hogansville, Georgia
D) Amesbury
  • 27. What material was used for the white horse that existed in Mossley from 1981 to the mid-1990s?
A) Chalk
B) Heather
C) Metal
D) Stone
  • 28. Who created the sculpture 'White Horse Pacified'?
A) Unknown
B) St George
C) Julie Livsey
D) Charlotte Moreton
  • 29. What legend describes the activity of the White Horse in the Manger at night?
A) It grazes
B) It hides
C) It gallops
D) It sleeps
  • 30. Until the late 19th century, how often was the Uffington White Horse scoured?
A) Every year
B) Every ten years
C) Every five years
D) Every seven years
  • 31. Who wrote about the ceremony of scouring the horse in 1736?
A) Francis Wise
B) Adrian Cox
C) The lord of the manor
D) William Francis Grimes
  • 32. Who uncovered the horse after the Second World War?
A) Francis Wise
B) Adrian Cox
C) The Countryside Alliance
D) William Francis Grimes
  • 33. What profession was William Francis Grimes?
A) History teacher
B) Archaeology professor
C) Land surveyor
D) Local farmer
  • 34. Which group claimed responsibility for the 2002 defacement?
A) National Trust
B) Countryside Alliance
C) English Heritage
D) Real Countryside Alliance
  • 35. What advertisement was placed near the figure in May 2003?
A) Cheltenham Festival
B) Big Brother
C) National Trust membership
D) Local village fair
  • 36. In 2012, what was added to the figure as a publicity stunt?
A) A television camera
B) A rider and three dogs
C) A wooden fence
D) A large jockey
  • 37. Since when has the horse been gradually shrinking?
A) Since the 1980s
B) Since the 19th century
C) Since the 1930s
D) Since the Second World War
  • 38. Which organization began a restoration project in the summer of 2024?
A) The Luftwaffe
B) Real Countryside Alliance
C) The local village council
D) Oxford Archaeology
  • 39. How long is the Uffington White Horse?
A) 100 m
B) 130 m
C) 110 m
D) 120 m
  • 40. In which English county is the Uffington White Horse located?
A) Oxfordshire
B) Wiltshire
C) Gloucestershire
D) Berkshire
  • 41. In which document is the earliest reference to the site found?
A) Domesday Book
B) Llyfr Coch Hergest
C) The Mabinogi
D) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • 42. Which technique settled the figure's origin date in 1990?
A) Dendrochronology
B) Stratigraphic analysis
C) Radiocarbon dating
D) Optically stimulated luminescence testing
  • 43. What was the horse thought to be transforming during the period of the figure's creation?
A) Warfare in Britain
B) Religious practices
C) Agricultural techniques
D) Trade networks
  • 44. What is the status of the Uffington White Horse site?
A) World Heritage Site
B) National Nature Reserve
C) Conservation area
D) Scheduled monument
  • 45. Since which century has the figure at Uffington been called a horse?
A) 12th century
B) 11th century
C) 13th century
D) 10th century
  • 46. What Latin term from a cartulary of Abingdon Abbey refers to the site?
A) equi albus
B) mons equinus
C) mons albi equi
D) equus albus
  • 47. Which animal is NOT mentioned as a possible alternative representation for the figure?
A) Sabre-toothed cat
B) Dog
C) Horse
D) Lion
  • 48. The figure is thought to be a tribal symbol connected to the builders of what site?
A) White Horse Hill
B) Uffington Castle
C) Marlborough Palace
D) Abingdon Abbey
  • 49. The Uffington White Horse is stylistically similar to horses found on what items?
A) Celtic coinage
B) Roman mosaics
C) Saxon shields
D) Viking tapestries
  • 50. What is the name of the Iron Age burial bucket that features a horse similar to the Uffington figure?
A) Abingdon Container
B) Uffington Pail
C) Wiltshire Vessel
D) Marlborough Bucket
  • 51. Who proposed the theory that the horse is a 'solar horse' aligned with the sun?
A) Joshua Pollard
B) The Abingdon monks
C) The National Trust
D) Tom Hughes
  • 52. During which season does the sun appear to overtake the horse?
A) Spring equinox
B) Autumn equinox
C) Midwinter
D) Midsummer
  • 53. When did the first known festival of the Scouring of the White Horse take place?
A) 1859
B) 1755
C) 1857
D) 1072
  • 54. Why did the festivals end in 1857?
A) The National Trust banned them
B) The crowds were too rowdy
C) The chalk ran out
D) Local interest disappeared
  • 55. Which composer wrote 'Ballad of the White Horse' in 1959?
A) Hilary Davan Wetton
B) John Gardner
C) David Bedford
D) Mike Oldfield
  • 56. The 'Ballad of the White Horse' was inspired by which author's poem?
A) Chesterton
B) Barbara G. Walker
C) David Bedford
D) John Gardner
  • 57. Who conducted the recent recording of the 'Ballad of the White Horse'?
A) John Gardner
B) Hilary Davan Wetton
C) Mike Oldfield
D) David Bedford
  • 58. What ensemble accompanied the City of London Choir in the recording of John Gardner's ballad?
A) BBC Symphony Orchestra
B) Swindon Symphony Orchestra
C) BBC Concert Orchestra
D) London Philharmonic
  • 59. David Bedford's 'Song of the White Horse' was commissioned for which program?
A) BBC's Concert Hour
B) The History of Britain
C) Swindon Arts Review
D) BBC's Omnibus
  • 60. What year was David Bedford's 'Song of the White Horse' composed?
A) 1959
B) 1983
C) 1978
D) 1982
  • 61. What must the choir inhale to sing the high notes in David Bedford's composition?
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Oxygen
C) Helium
D) Nitrogen
  • 62. Who produced the 1983 recording of 'Song of the White Horse'?
A) David Bedford
B) Hilary Davan Wetton
C) John Gardner
D) Mike Oldfield
  • 63. On the cover of which 1982 album is the Uffington Horse illustrated?
A) English Settlement
B) Ballad of the White Horse
C) In Utero
D) Song of the White Horse
  • 64. Which band released the album 'English Settlement'?
A) Nirvana
B) BBC Concert Orchestra
C) XTC
D) The City of London Choir
  • 65. Where was the band XTC from?
A) Swindon
B) Oxford
C) Uffington
D) London
  • 66. Who is the author of 'The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects'?
A) David Bedford
B) Barbara G. Walker
C) John Gardner
D) Hilary Davan Wetton
  • 67. What year was the public mural of the 'English Settlement' sleeve painted?
A) 1993
B) 1982
C) 2024
D) 1978
  • 68. On which street in Swindon is the 'English Settlement' mural located?
A) Crombey Street
B) Omnibus Road
C) High Street
D) White Horse Lane
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