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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Colchester
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Around AD60 Colchester came under attack from which Celtic tribe led by Boudicea ?

 

Cornovoii
Trinovantes
Iceni
Catuvellauni

 The area around Colchester was largely settled by

 

Celts
Normans
Romans
Saxons
The River Colne is famous for producing which delicacy, even enjoyed by the Romans ?

 

Crabs
Muscles
Oysters
Shrimps

 James Noak Paxman was responsible for establishing a manufacturing company world famous for

 

Diesel Engines
Tanks
Jet Engines
Electric Engines
The impressive Colchester Castle with the largest Keep in Europe was built by the

 

Celts
Normans
Romans
Saxons

 The Roman name for Colchester was

 

Camulodunum
Verulanium
Ratae
Lindum
Colchester was once capital & centre of which Celtic regional tribe ?

 

Cornovoii
Trinovantes
Iceni
Catuvellauni

 Colchester welcomed a large influx of migrants from where around 1575 ?

 

France
Ireland
Spain
Holland
Since Roman times Colchester has been garrisoned, today it is home to

 

Royal Gurkhas
16 Air Assault Brigade
16th Flight Army Corps
1st Tank Regiment

 In 1884 Colchester was the

 

Epicentre of 5.2 Earthquake
Attacked by French Navy
Subject to a flood
Evacuated


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