A London Tour Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium is a 90,000 seat stadium that plays host to England football international matches as well as the Challenge Cup final for rugby league.
The new Wembley opened in 2007, on the site of the original Wembley and the first official football match at the new stadium was an under 21's game between England and Italy which finished as a 3-3 draw.

Answer: The Shaftesbury Theatre

The Shaftesbury opened its doors in 1911 and between 1968 and 1973 was home to the musical "Hair" (1967), which attracted both criticism and praise for its nude scene, profanity and the irreverence shown toward the American flag.
It has also played host to "West Side Story" (1957) in the 1970s, "Pygmalion" (1913) in the 1980s and "Rent" (1996) in the 1990s.

Answer: Cutty Sark

Built in 1869, the Cutty Sark was one of the last Brirish tea clippers to be made, as well as being one of the fastest. Unfortunately for the ship, her time in the tea trade was short lived due to the opening of the Suez Canal, also in 1869 which meant that the newer steam powered ships could do the journey from China to UK much faster.
The Cutty Sark transferred to the wool trade, and for a decade held the record for the sailing time from Australia to UK, until steamship improvements once again meant the Cutty Sark was usurped.
After working as a cargo ship for several years, the ship became a cadet training ship in 1938 and when she had outlived her usefulness in this area, moved to dry dock at Greenwich in 1954, where she remains and continues to be a much visited tourist attraction.

Answer: Harrods

Harrods started life on its present location of Brompton Road, in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1851. Owner Charles Henry Harrod employed just three people and his store was just a single unit. Under the stewardship of his son, Charles Digby Harrod, the business saw dramatic growth and by 1881 employed over 100 people and had taken over several of the adjacent stores.
By the early 21st century, the store had a footprint of 5-acre (20,000 square metres), with a retail area of over one million square feet (90,000 square metres) and employed around 4,800 staff.

Answer: Pentonville and Holloway Prisons

Pentonville prison has a long and storied history going all the way back to when it opened in 1842 as a base for convicts awaiting transportation to the penal colony which would become Australia. In 1902, following the closure of Newgate prison, Pentonville became the site for hangings in England, a role it performed until 1961. Holloway prison was the largest women's prison in western Europe and was used from 1852 until its closure in 2016. Over the years, Holloway held several well known women, including suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, Nazi sympathiser Diana Mitford, and Moors murderess Myra Hindley.

It too was a hanging site, with the last woman to be hanged in UK, Ruth Ellis, meeting the gallows there in 1955.

Answer: London Eye

At 135 metres (443 feet) tall with a diameter of 120 metres (394 feet), the London Eye is a huge Ferris wheel which offers spectacular views of the city.
The Eye opened in 2000 as part of the London millennium celebrations and has 32 pods, each of which can accommodate 25 people for the ride, which takes about 30 minutes.

Answer: Wimbledon Tennis Championships

The Wimbledon Tennis Championships are one of the four Grand Slam events in tennis, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open, and out of the four, Wimbledon is the only one still played on grass.
The championships have been played since 1877 and have only been suspended three times since then. The first was between 1915 and 1918 due to WWI, the second was due to WWII between 1940 and 1945 and most recently they were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

Answer: Globe Theatre

The original Globe Theatre was built in 1599 and quickly became synonymous with the plays of William Shakespeare. This burned down in 1613, but was rebuilt and staged shows between 1614 and 1642 when it closed before being demolished in 1644.
In 1997 a new theatre, named Shakespeare's Globe, was built, just 750 feet (230 metres) from the site of the original 16th century theatre; the construction process stayed as true as possible to recreating the theatre of the Bard's era, to give theatre goers a truly unique experience.

Answer: Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, usually referred to as just the Tower of London stands on the banks of the River Thames.
The White Tower was the first part of the castle to be built, in 1078, and it is this tower that gives the castle its name.
Other than being used as a castle by William the Conqueror, the Tower of London has also seen service as a prison, being used to house inmates as diverse as Sir Walter Raleigh, Rudolf Hess and the Kray twins.
These days, the Tower is home to the Crown Jewels, which are supposedly watched over by the ghosts of both Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey, the "Nine Days Queen".

Answer: Battersea Power Station

Iconic building Battersea Power Station was a coal fired power station operational between 1933 and 1983. The power station was actually two buildings, A station and B station, which were replicas of each other, giving the well known and instantly recognisable four chimney design.
The power station achieved cult status amongst music fans when it was used as the cover photo for Pink Floyd's album "Animals" (1977), complete with a huge inflatable pink pig attached to one of the chimneys.