Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the most notable religious buildings in the United Kingdom and has been the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556 the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, however, the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"a church responsible directly to the sovereign. The building itself is the original abbey church.

According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island)) in the 7th century, at the time of Mellitus, a Bishop of London. Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III.

Answer this series of questions:

1. When was a church first founded on the site of Westminister Abbey?
2. What was the area called then?
3. Who what Bishop back then?
4. When did they build the current house of worship>
5. Who ordered it?
6. What was Westminister Abbey previously called?
7. What architecture style does it portray?
8. What part of London is it in?
9. What lies to its east?
10. What important ceremony is held there?
11. Is anyone buried there?
12. Who?
13. Was it ever a cathedral?
14. When?
15. Is it still an abbey?
16. What is it?
17. What does that mean?
18. When did that occur?
19. Is the original abbey church still standing?
20. Who first mentioned a church being on this spot?

Numbered answers:
1. 7th century
2. Thorn Ey
3. Mellitus
4. Construction began in 1245
5. King Henry III
6. Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
7. Gothic
8. City of Westminster
9. Palace of Westminster.
10. coronation
11. Yes
12. English and British monarchs
13. Yes
14. Between 1540 and 1556
15. No
16. Church of England "Royal Peculiar"
17. a church responsible directly to the sovereign
18. 1560
19. Yes
20. Sulcard