The Queen has been on TV, the kids have finished with the PlayStation and Uncle Wilfred is stirring from his after-dinner slumber. It's time to try your skill with our very own Oxford Mail Christmas quiz.

There are no prizes -- just satisfaction for those who have managed to retain their memory for trivia in spite of the celebrations.

Compiled by Peter Unsworth

Answers below

Connections

1 What connects Ronnie Barker and Lawrence of Arabia?

2 Which name is shared by a writer and painter who lived in Kelmscott, and a famous local car builder?

3 What is the word that connects a village near Chipping Norton, a hospital and the victor of the Battle of Blenheim?

4 What is the connection between the book Duncton Wood and the sequels to Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows ?

5 Which first name name links a local hospital, a famous Parliamentarian and soldier who died after the Battle of Chalgrove Field, and a poet who lived near Wantage?

6 Former Witney MP Shaun Woodward and legendary statesman Sir Winston Churchill share what Parliamentary distinction?

7 What did playwright Alan Bennett reject that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was denied?

8 By what name is the chapel of Christ Church also known?

9 Which Prime Minister preceded Lord Jenkins of Hillhead as Chancellor of Oxford University

10 Former US President Bill Clinton studied there and now daughter Chelsea is following in father's footsteps. Which college?

Look around

1 The ox is the symbol of Oxford City Council. But does it face to the left or the right on all official notices?

2 The tower of Magdalen College is a very familiar landmark in the city. But how many pinnacles are on top?

3 The new Said Business School tower has been described as something designed with Lego in mind. But how many layers of blocks does it have...?

4...And what colour are they?

5 Motorists do not always appear to know this, but what is the speed limit on the A34 from Botley to North Hinksey?

6 What is the oldest building in the centre of Oxford, and where is it?

7 Which college is painted purple?

8 Which is the largest quad among Oxford's colleges?

9 What does the cross in the centre of Broad Street mark?

10 The Bear public house in Blue Boar Street has a famous collection of what?

The arts

1 The Oscar-winning film American Beauty has an Oxford connection. What is it?

2 The Apollo Theatre in George Street was previously know as what?

3 Name the first Morse novel.

4 JRR Tolkein wrote Lord of the Rings -- what were his Christian names?

5 Charles Dodgson was a curate and don in the city. He was also a writer. What was his pen name?

6 Which Oxford novelist has been played both by Kate Winslet and Dame Judi Dench in a new movie?

7 Number 2 Polstead Road, Oxford, was the family home of which soldier and writer?

8 Shadowlands is a successful play and film about which Oxford don?

9 A band formed by former pupils of Abingdon School attracted a sell-out crowd to Oxford's South Park in the summer. Who was it?

10 What, in the year 2000, did OOMF stand for?

Sport

1 What happened at the Iffley Road running track on May 6, 1954?

2 Who was manager of Oxford United when the club was admitted to the Football League?

3 What was the club's name before it was known as Oxford United?

4 Oxford City, now in Marston, played for many years in the city itself. Name the ground.

5 Which World Cup legend was briefly manager of Oxford City?

6 Leafield, near Witney, Grove, near Wantage and Sandford St Martin. Which sport links the three?

7 By tradition, on what day of the week is the annual Varsity rugby match played at Twickenham?

8 The cricketers MJK Smith, Colin Cowdrey and Imran Khan share which distinction?

9 Ron Atkinson, once of Oxford United, had a brother who played for the club at the same time. What was his first name?

10The Bishop of Oxford ended up on the front of the Oxford Mail in November. Why?

History

1 Why was Oxford's Covered Market built?

2 After whom was the city's Queen Street named?

3 Two famous -- or infamous -- Oxford women were the mistresses of Henry II and Charles II. Who were they?

4 By what name was St Aldate's formerly known?

5 It sounds like a postman's nightmare. How many Church Streets did Oxford have until 1965?

6 After whom was Townsend Square in east Oxford named?

7 What does Normandy Crescent, Cowley, commemorate?

8 Gibbs Crescent in Osney, Oxford, is named after which post-war local politician and personality?

9 What was the name of the Magdalen Street department store in Oxford before Debenham's took over?

10 In what year did the Oxford Mail, your favourite newspaper, first appear?