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1. Bath is about 12 miles South East of which large city?
 
Bristol
Cheltenham
Gloucester
Swindon
 
 
2. What is the cost of an adult ticket to the Roman Baths in July and August (£'s)?
 
9
11
13
15

It costs £1.00 less out of the peak July/August season
 
 
3. What is the attitude of the management of the baths towards private photography?
 
Not allowed
Allowed with written permission
Allowed without the use of a tripod
There are no restrictions
 
 
4. How many gallons of hot water per day rise from the Sacred Spring?
 
240 gallons
2,400 gallons
24,000 gallons
240,000 gallons
 
 
5. What is the constant temperature of the water when it emerges from the ground?
 
26 degrees C
36 degrees C
46 degrees C
56 degrees C

The same temperature as a hot bath you might take at home
 
 
6. Typical Roman bathing culminated in what?
 
A plunge into cold water
A plunge into hot water
A rest in a cold room
A rest in a hot room

Hot water was expensive to produce and therefore the hot water at Bath was considered a great luxury
 
 
7. The Romans built a great temple next to the spring dedicated to which goddess?
 
Abundita
Luventas
Sulis Minerva
Venus

A "Hybrid" goddess combining Celtic and Roman goddesses
 
 
8. The temple at Bath was first constructed about when?
 
First Century AD
Third Century AD
Fifth Century AD
Seventh Century AD
 
 
9. What is the depth of the Great Bath?
 
.6 metres
1.6 metres
2.6 metres
3.6 metres

It is lined with 45 thick sheets of lead
 
 
10. The baths drain out into which river?
 
River Avon
River Axe
River Frome
River Taw
 
 
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