Can You Do the Lambeth Walk? Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Oval

The Oval is a regular venue for England test matches and also home to Surrey Country Cricket Club. In 1868, the ground's inaugural year, The Oval staged the first ever match played in England by a foreign touring team, the Aboriginals. It was also the venue for the first soccer F.A. Cup Final, in 1872, and the final was played annually here until 1892. Traditionally known as the Kennington Oval, it should not be confused with the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Of the other options, Wembley Stadium is in the north-London borough of Brent, Wimbledon is in the neighboring borough of Merton, and Chelsea's home at Stamford Bridge is in the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.

Answer: Southampton

Opened in 1848 as Waterloo Bridge Station, its name was shortened in 1886. It is now the London terminus for trains to and from the South Coast, notably Southampton, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Portsmouth and elsewhere on the South coast. From 1994 until November 2007, Waterloo was also the London terminus for the Eurostar service to France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel. For trains to the other options, go to Paddington to travel to Bristol, to Euston for trains to Manchester, and to Liverpool Street to get to Norwich.

Answer: Sir Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Seymour Sullivan is best remembered for his comic (or Savoy) operas written in collaboration with another Londoner, Sir William Gilbert (born in Westminster in 1836). Sullivan also composed numerous hymns, the best-known of which is "Onward Christian Soldiers". Sullivan is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral and a monument to him stands on Victoria Embankment. Of the alternatives, all were born later than Sullivan, Elgar in 1857 near Worcester, Holst in Cheltenham in 1874, and Britten in Suffolk in 1913.

Answer: all three of these

Lambeth dates back to at least the 11th century, when it was referred to as Lanchei in the 1086 "Domesday Book". As well as the districts mentioned above, it also includes Kennington, Norwood, Stockwell, Gipsy Hill, Tulse Hill and Streatham.

Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury

Located on the south bank of the Thames not far from the Palace of Westminster, Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It has been the property of the archbishopric since the 1200s and is also home the Church of England's official library. It was from here, during the Peasants' Revolt, that Simon of Sudbury, the incumbent archbishop, was captured and later executed in 1381.

Answer: Ken Livingstone

Kenneth Robert Livingstone, once widely known as 'Red Ken', has twice held the highest political office in London. He was a thorn in the side of Thatcher's Conservative government as leader of the radical Greater London Council, until it was abolished in 1986.

He then served as a Labour MP before irritating Blair's Labour government by running, and winning, as an independent candidate in the London Mayoral election of 2000. He was re-elected in 2004 but defeated by Boris Johnson in the 2008 election. Of the alternatives, Martin Bell is older than Livingstone, born in 1938. Both Edwina Currie and the late Robin Cook were born just a year after Livingstone, in 1946, but Cook was Scottish and Currie from Liverpool.

Answer: Brazilian

The day after the attempted bombing of the London tube on 21st July 2005, Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was followed by police from his home in nearby Tulse Hill. When he entered Stockwell tube station and tried to board a train, he was shot and killed by police who suspected he was a suicide bomber.

Answer: The London Eye

Constructed in 1999 and formally opened by Prime Minister Blair two hours before midnight on 31st December, the London Eye is also known as The Millennium Wheel. At 443 feet (135m), it became the tallest Ferris Wheel in the world, although it subsequently lost that record to the 525-feet tall Chinese "Star of Nanchung" in 2006. It is located on the south bank of the Thames in Jubilee Gardens, next to the 1951 "Festival of Britain" site.

Answer: Royal Doulton

Founded by a syndicate headed by John Doulton, Royal Doulton made its name producing high-quality decorative stoneware articles. Although now part of the Waterford Wedgwood group, the name Royal Doulton is still one of the most respected in the field.

Indeed, the popular TV character Hyacinth Bucket makes regular allusions to her prized collection of hand-painted Royal Doulton china. Of the alternatives, Spode comes from Stoke, Wedgwood from a nearby Staffordshire village, and Royal Crown is a porcelain manufacturer based in Derby (they began as Derby and became Crown Derby before adopting the Royal Crown name).

Answer: David Bowie

David Robert Jones was born in Brixton in January 1947, although his family moved to Kent (Rolling Stones country) when he was six. He released his first single, "Lisa Jane", in 1964 as frontman for Davie Jones & the King Bees. A series of unsuccessful singles followed, including "The Laughing Gnome" in 1967, which he re-released six years later.

His first chart success came in 1969 with the iconic "Space Oddity", which reached #5 in the UK charts and would ultimately provide Bowie with his first UK #1 when re-released in 1975. Of the alternatives, Mick Jagger is the oldest by four years, born in Dartford, Kent in 1943.

The other two were both also born in the London area in 1947 -- Elton John in Pinner, Middlesex just two months after Bowie, Brian May in Hampton, Middlesex six months later.