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London For London - Lovers Trivia Quiz

London-lovers who want to check on their beloved, can do so here. Up to you to distinguish between fact and fiction. A couple of times you will be asked to choose between False and True.In most cases you get the usual four options.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,703

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1792

Last 3 plays: Guest 51 (6/10), NosliwYnot (9/10), Guest 81 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The name Scotland Yard originally referred to that part of the old English Royal Palace 'Whitehall' that was reserved for the Kings of Scotland when they were visiting their English colleagues. False or True?

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. Before Edward the Confessor built Westminster Abbey , Anglosaxon Kings had been crowned sitting on the Stone of Scone which was then in Kingston-upon-Thames. False or true?

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Oxford and Cambridge were a very important influence in the education of many English V.I.P.s. Yet also Lincoln's Inn had its important students. What did prominent Englishmen such as Thomas More, Disraeli, Gladstone, William Pitt..study here? Hint

Medicine

Law

Theology

Philosophy

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do all of these famous London names refer to: the Atheneum; Travellers'; Brooks's; Reform ? Hint

bookshops

theatres

gentlemen's clubs

brands of tea

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these 'traditional pubs' was the meeting place for literary giants and actors of the 18th century such as Dr Johnson, James Boswell, Garrick..? Hint

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

The Prospect of Whitby

The Sherlock Holmes Pub

Ye Olde Cocke Tavern

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Question 6 of 10

6. Wynkyn de Worde, an assistant of William Caxton, started his printing press at the sign of 'the Swan' in a street that was to become the 'street of ink' with most of the national newspapers having their headquarters in it - till 'Wapping' came to be..What was the name of that street? Hint

Carnaby Street

Harley Street

Fleet Street

Savile Row

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where would you find the famous Sotheby's auction rooms? Hint

New Bond Street

Jermyn Street

St. James' Street

King Street

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Albert Memorial in Hyde Park shows Queen Victoria's Prince Consort Albert holding a book in his right hand.What book is it? Hint

the Bible

a catalogue of the Great Exhibition in 1851

the Collected Works of William Shakespeare

the British Constitution

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Monument in Fish Street is a hollow fluted column that commemorates the Great Fire of 1666. It's 202 feet high because it was at exactly 202 feet's distance that the fire started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Which 'monument' marks the northernmost spot it reached? Hint

Temple Bar

St Clement Danes

the Albert Memorial

the Fat Boy

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which English Queen has her monument just opposite to the entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral? Hint

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Victoria

Queen Anne

Queen Boadicea

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: True

It was in 1842 that the Metropolitan Police formed a detective force which they housed in this 'Scotland Yard'. In 1890 they moved to a riverside building which became world-famous as New Scotland Yard. In 1967 they moved again to their present office, a towering new block in Broadway, off Victoria Street.

2. Before Edward the Confessor built Westminster Abbey , Anglosaxon Kings had been crowned sitting on the Stone of Scone which was then in Kingston-upon-Thames. False or true?

Answer: False

Some Anglosaxon Kings were crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames indeed but not 'sitting on the Stone of Scone', which was only taken to London by Edward I, Longshanks, the Hammer of the Scots, in 1297.

Answer: Law

An Earl of Lincoln established a law school in Shoe Lane in the fourteenth century. The records of the present Inn of Court go back to 1422. Also Oliver Cromwell is said to have lodged here as a law student.

4. What do all of these famous London names refer to: the {Atheneum;} {Travellers';} {Brooks's;} Reform ?

Answer: gentlemen's clubs

Travellers' Club is at no.106 Pall Mall. Members must have travelled a minimum of 1000 miles in a straight line from London outside the British Isles. The Reform is at nos.104-5 and was a creation of the Whigs in 1832. Brooks's in St. James's Street was founded by Charles James Fox as a Whig Club. The Athenaeum by Decimus Burton is on Waterloo Place.

5. Which of these 'traditional pubs' was the meeting place for literary giants and actors of the 18th century such as Dr Johnson, James Boswell, Garrick..?

Answer: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

'Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese' and 'Ye Olde Cocke' both are in Fleet Street. The Cock Tavern was one of Charles Dickens's favourite haunts. The Sherlock Holmes in Northumberland Street, off the Strand, has a collection of curios from the great detective and a perfect replica of his study at 221b Baker Street. The Prospect of Whitby is a riverside pub in Wapping built in 1520.

Answer: Fleet Street

Harley Street specialised in doctors and {shrinks;} Savile Row was the location of top class tailors and Carnaby Street became the main tourist trap at the end of the sixties in what was then called 'Swinging London'. Fleet Street was named after a river the Fleet which went underground long ago.

7. Where would you find the famous Sotheby's auction rooms?

Answer: New Bond Street

Sotheby's are at no.35. They began in 1744 as book auctioneers. Their rivals Christie's are at no.8 King Street. Jermyn Street boasts shirtmakers, pipemakers, antique dealers,..and not to be forgotten the famous cheese sellers Paxton and Whitefield. In St. James's St you could find White's Club, the oldest of the clubs and Tory in character. Established in 1693.

Originally just a coffeehouse.

8. The Albert Memorial in Hyde Park shows Queen Victoria's Prince Consort Albert holding a book in his right hand.What book is it?

Answer: a catalogue of the Great Exhibition in 1851

Britain never had a Constitution. Albert was the main driving force behind the famous 1851 Exhibition.

Answer: the Fat Boy

Temple Bar marks the western boundary of the City of London. St Clement Danes (the RAF church) and the Albert Memorial are WEST of the City too. The Fat Boy is a cherub-like gilded figure high on the wall of the Cock Lane at the Giltspur Street which links Old Bailey and Smithfield. The Fat Boy looks more or less like a Victorian ivy-clad version of the Brussels Peeing Boy.

10. Which English Queen has her monument just opposite to the entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral?

Answer: Queen Anne

The figures surrounding her represent England, France, Ireland ..and North-America. Boadicea was Queen of the Iceni and is represented with her daughters in her war chariot. The group statue was made by Thornycroft in 1902. There once was a statue of Queen Elizabeth I at Ludgate, near to St. Paul's. This statue can now be seen at St. Dunstan in the West. Queen Victoria has many statues but the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace is probably the most impressive.

Source: Author flem-ish

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