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London For Expert Visitors Trivia Quiz

London remains one of the popular destinations for 'city-trips'. This quiz deals with some aspects or details of popular attractions that may be worth knowing when you visit this 'world city'.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,530

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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4268

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who in London wears a bobbing hat? Hint

the Metropolitan Police

the Yeomen Warders of the Tower

ladies at the Ascot races

the fish porters at Billingsgate

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first English Prime Minister to live in number 10 Downing Street ? Hint

Sir Robert Walpole

Gladstone

Hugh Walpole

Disraeli

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Question 3 of 10

3. Traditionally the Prime Minister lives in number 10, Downing Street. Who in that tradition then gets number 11, Downing Street as his or her residence ? Hint

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

the Government's Chief Whip of

the Foreign Secretary

the wife of the Prime Minister

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Question 4 of 10

4. Some streetnames in the City of London point to the economic activities typical of certain streets.Which of these names was (literally) the 'Shopping Street' of medieval London? Hint

Poultry Lane

Milk Street

Bread Street

Cheapside

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these street names refers to the presence of foreign bankers in medieval London? Hint

Lombard Street

Lloyds Avenue

Threadneedle Street

Gresham Street

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Question 6 of 10

6. What's the name of the lake in Hyde Park? Hint

the Lido

the Serpentine

Little Venice

the Round Pond

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Question 7 of 10

7. What religious symbols can be seen on the Cenotaph in Whitehall? Hint

the Latin-Greek cross and the Greek-Orthodox cross

Turkish half moon and Christian cross

none

a Jewish menorah and a Christian cross

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these London streetmarkets, is, in its full version, held on Sundays only?

Hint

Berwick Street

Petticoat Lane

Portobello Market

Leather Lane

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Question 9 of 10

9. Soho is the foreign-looking 'island' bounded by Shaftesbury Avenue, Oxford Street and Regent Street. Who were the first 'immigrants' who gave this area a foreign flavour? Hint

Huguenot refugees from France

Italians fleeing from fascist Italy

Flemish weavers

Poles who did not want to return to their homecountry after World War II

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these was London's most important wholesale vegetable and fruit market till that market moved to Nine Elms south of the Thames? Hint

Covent Garden

Smithfield

Billingsgate

Camden Town

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who in London wears a bobbing hat?

Answer: the fish porters at Billingsgate

Billingsgate porters wear a kind of wooden hats which allow them to transport unwieldy crates of fish. The police are called Bobbies after Sir Robert Peel, the man who 'invented' them. The Yeomen warders have blue, white and red roses as a decoration of their hats. The Ladies at Ascot...well their hats are phenomenal.

2. Who was the first English Prime Minister to live in number 10 Downing Street ?

Answer: Sir Robert Walpole

Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford ,was in power from 1721 till 1742. Hugh Walpole, novelist, was born at Auckland, New Zealand, in 1889. Died near Keswick,1941. Disraeli (London 1804-London 1881.)Twice Prime Minister :1868 and 1874-80.Also authored some novels. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1891).Liverpudlian. Was four times Prime Minister of Great Britain: {1868-74;} 1880-85 {;} {1886;} 1874-1880.

3. Traditionally the Prime Minister lives in number 10, Downing Street. Who in that tradition then gets number 11, Downing Street as his or her residence ?

Answer: the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Whitehall is the Foreign Secretary's headquarters. The Government's Chief Whip lives at number 12. Recently Tony Blair has swapped with his Chancellor of the Exchequer,but one may suppose that will last only as long as Tony lasts.

4. Some streetnames in the City of London point to the economic activities typical of certain streets.Which of these names was (literally) the 'Shopping Street' of medieval London?

Answer: Cheapside

Cheapside= where you can 'buy' (compare German kaufen)

5. Which of these street names refers to the presence of foreign bankers in medieval London?

Answer: Lombard Street

Sir Thomas Gresham was the founder of the Exchange. The first bankers were probably the Jews (see street name:Old Jewry). Soon 'the Christians' felt that the interdiction of 'usury' was a severe handicap for their financial well-being and began to ignore the papal teachings on lending and borrowing money.

It was the Italians from the Milan area who first found a technique to circumvent the 'illegality' of banking by the creation of so-called 'pawnshops' (in Dutch still called 'lommerd' from 'Lombard'.)- Threadneedle street is where the Bank of England is - Lloyds is a relatively recent newcomer.

It started business in 1689 and obtained official status only in 1871.

6. What's the name of the lake in Hyde Park?

Answer: the Serpentine

The Round Pond is in what is strictly speaking Kensington Gardens. The Lido is the beach of the Serpentine. Little Venice is a canal north of Paddington Station.

7. What religious symbols can be seen on the Cenotaph in Whitehall?

Answer: none

For reasons of strict religious neutrality the decision was taken NOT to include any religious symbols rather than to have to have a whole set of them.

8. Which of these London streetmarkets, is, in its full version, held on Sundays only?

Answer: Petticoat Lane

Leather Lane is in Holborn. Berwick street is in Soho. Portobello Market is in the Notting Hill area. 'Petticoat Lane' is the name given to the Sunday Market in and near Middlesex Street. This was a traditionally Jewish area with shops closing on Saturdays but reopening on Sundays. Near here was the famous Bloom's Jewish restaurant until it moved to Golders Green.

9. Soho is the foreign-looking 'island' bounded by Shaftesbury Avenue, Oxford Street and Regent Street. Who were the first 'immigrants' who gave this area a foreign flavour?

Answer: Huguenot refugees from France

Quite a few Polish soldiers who had fought with the British army stayed away from Soviet-occupied Poland. Flemish weavers who fled the Spanish Inquisition found refuge in English coastal areas. Sandwich was their port of entry usually. Plenty of Italian restaurants and pasticcerias in Soho but no link with political refugees.

It was after the Repeal of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 that French protestants were given a plot of land here. It may be them who introduced 'French cuisine' here..?

10. Which of these was London's most important wholesale vegetable and fruit market till that market moved to Nine Elms south of the Thames?

Answer: Covent Garden

Camden Town has a street market where fruit and vegetables can be bought, but not on such a scale as was the case in Covent Garden. Camden Lock and Camden Passage are a mix of antiques and bric a brac. Smithfield is London's meat market (and once a place of execution as well). Billingsgate..well your nose will tell you this is fish country.

The etymology of COVENT Garden points to this having been where the monks of Westminster Abbey (=a Convent ) grew their greens and pinks.

Source: Author flem-ish

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