The London Quiz - Answers           

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Answers to Part One - History.

 

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1.   The Romans established London. When?

a) AD43.

 

2.   What did the Romans call London?

b) Londinium

 

3.   When did the Normans arrive in London?

d) 1066

 

4.   What's the name of the castle or fort the Normans built in London?

b) Tower of London

 

5.   What was the year of the Great Plague, the disease that killed 1000's of Londoners?

a) 1665

 

6.   What was the year of the Fire of London, which destroyed many of the old buildings, and eliminated the plague?

b) 1666

 

7.   Which monument or building commemorates the Fire of London?

a) Monument

 

8.   Who was Samuel Pepys?

c) a diarist

 

9.   Who was Dick Whittington?

b) Lord Mayor of London

 

10.   Who was Christopher Wren?

c) an architect

   

11.   What year was the Great Exhibition held?

d) 1851

 

12.   If you visited Number One, London, where would you be?

d) Apsley House at Hyde Park Corner, home of the Duke of Wellington,

leader of the army that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

 

13.  What was "The Great Stink"?

both a) a smell of sewerage     b) a bad smell from the river

 

14.  The world's first TV broadcast was made from Alexander Palace. What year?

b) 1936  

Answers to Part Two - Buildings, Monuments and Statues

15.   Who built St. Paul's Cathedral? (the answer can be found above!)

a) Christopher Wren

 

16.  There is a small statue of a child who never grew up in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park. What's his name?

b) Peter Pan

 

17.  Which London Square has statues of both Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln?

a) Parliament Square

 

18.  A famous but unpopular Duke is on top of a very tall column just off the Mall. Who is he?

d) Duke of York

 

19.  Approximately how many tourists stand in front of Buckingham Palace every day?

d) less than 100 - the place where tourists gather is the BACK of the Palace!

 

20.  Where is the Cenotaph, Britain's National War Memorial?

a) Whitehall

 

21.  Which bridge over the Thames was pulled down in 1970 and sent piece by piece to Arizona in the USA?

c) London Bridge

 

22.  What is the name of the church in Covent Garden Piazza, often associated with Eliza Doolittle,

the flower girl in George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", and later in the musical film, "My Fair Lady"?

a) St Paul's

 

23.  Where can you see a statue of Charlie Chaplin, the world famous comedy actor born in East London?

c) Leicester Square

 

24.  What is the name of the famous ship now permanently docked in Greenwich?

a) Cutty Sark

 

25.  On the South Bank of the River Thames is Battersea Power Station. Who designed it?

a) Giles Gilbert Scott

He also designed the power station that now houses the Tate Modern,

the famous red telephone box, and Liverpool Cathedral, Britain's largest.

 

26.  There is a famous World War II battleship permanently moored on the River Thames, near Tower Bridge.

What is its name?

d) HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast is now a museum

 

27. Where was this picture taken?

c) Hammersmith (Broadway)

It shows the Underground and Bus Station buildings.

 

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