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Oxford - Carfax Tower
This tower dominates a crossroads in Oxford. Find out more about it here. Watch the video clips and try to answer the questions.
Carfax Tower
Carfax Tower video

1: Complete this sentence: Carfax Tower...

was built as part of another building.
was destroyed 100 years ago.
is used to control traffic.
was built by St. Martin.

     
The Chequers video

2: Which statement is believed to be true?

The Mitre and The Chequers used to be connected underground.
They found the tunnel in the 16th Century.
The people who found the tunnel died in it.
The walls of the tunnel collapsed.

     
Grant - Oxford  

3: What did Sherlock Holmes do at The Chequers?

Solve a mystery.
Spend some time.
Have a fight.
Start a fire.


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