London For London-o-maniacs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Covent Garden

Near the present site of Marble Arch was London's Tyburn gallows-tree. Smithfield Market was a place for execution in Tudor Times. Here the so-called 'Catholic and Protestant Martyrs' were put to death. Tower Hill is where traitors were beheaded. The heads were put on spikes near London Bridge.

In the case of Thomas More his daughter managed to bribe the executioners who intentionally 'dropped' the head so that it fell in a basket and was taken to Canterbury where it was buried. By the way the original Marble Arch was built by John Nashe as an entryway to Buckingham Palace.

It was removed to Hyde Park in 1851 as it was an impediment to the Royal Coach.

Answer: The Anchor

The Anchor is Bankside Number One. It is very near to the ancient Clink Prison. The George Inn is close too,off Borough High Street. The Lamb Flag, is not so easy to find in Rose Street, an alley near to Covent Garden Tube Station. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese is in Fleet Street.

Answer: Australia House

Canada House and South-Africa House are on Trafalgar Square itself.New Zealand House is in the Haymarket.But Australia House is at the Aldwych end of the Strand..and that will be the longer walk.

Answer: John Harvard

William Penn was baptised in All-Hallows-by-the-Tower. Born in 1644. Converted to Quakerism. Founder of Pennsylvanian colony. Died in 1718. John Quincey Adams, sixth president of U.S.A. was married here. Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706, had good contacts in France and even secured financial aid from France during the American Revolution.

He was the inventor of bifocal eyeglass, a stove, etc. he created the character of Poor Richard in his almanacs. John Harvard was born in London 1607, died in Boston 1638.He was the son of a butcher who had married the daughter of a cattlemerchant from same town Shakespeare was from:Stratford-on-Avon.

In 1637 he became a freeman of Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He died of tuberculosis less than a year after arriving in America.H e donated 800 pounds for a recently founded school that later was to become Harvard College, Cambridge.

Answer: Sadler's Wells

Drury Lane is the oldest English theatre still in use. It's in the eastern part of the City of Westminster. Sadler's Wells was a rather disreputable theatre until Samuel Phelps 'cleaned it up' by instituting audience controls. In 1932 it was taken over by Lilian Baylis.

Answer: Arsenal

Arsenal's stadium was originally near the Woolwich Arsenal. Tottenham Hotspur is in White Hart Lane. Fulham is near Craven Cottage. Chelsea has its stadium at Stamford Bridge.

Answer: The Dean and Chapter

It was Queen Elizabeth who took the decision to place 'the Abbey' under an independent Dean and Chapter.

Answer: National Gallery

National Gallery was founded in 1824. National Portrait Gallery followed in 1856 (Act of Parliament). Courtauld Institute Galleries were founded in 1931 by the wealthy silk manufacturer Samuel Courtauld.(1876-1947.) The Tate Gallery was opened to the public in 1987.

Answer: they both stood trial here

Would have been a ghostly banquet, as they lived in different ages.

Answer: Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII's elder brother Prince Arthur

The east window was a gift from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Katherine's parents. When Arthur died prematurely, Henry VIII had to take over his sister's fiancee because it was in the diplomatic interests of the Kingdom.

Answer: speakers cannot insult the Prime Minister

If they choose to they can insult the police who are watching but who have been trained to keep a stiff upper lip.

Answer: Lord Shaftesbury

Wilberforce was born in Hull, 1759. Died in London 1833. He was the founder of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of Slavery. William Booth (1829-1912) was the founder and general of the Salvation Army. PaulMellon,was born in Pittsburgh 1907 and died at Upperville,Virginia in 1999. Lord Shaftesbury was born in London (1801) as Antony Ashley Cooper and became the 5th Earl of Shaftesbury.

He was one of the most effective social and industrial reformers in nineteenth century England.

Answer: Duke of York

Frederick, second son of George III did not make himself particularly popular by having his statue on a tall column paid for by the rank and file of the army.

Answer: Tate Gallery

The 'Museumland' museums are connected by subway to the South Kensington tube station. The Tate Gallery is located on the Millbank in the borough of Westminster. This museum resulted from the benefaction of sugar tycoon Sir Henry Tate. Just check what cubes of sugar you get in your hotel in London, they may be from Tate and Lyle.

Answer: Tate Gallery

See above for the sugary origin. Dulwich College was founded bythe actor Edward Alleyn (1605). The Dulwich Picture Gallery dates back to 1814.

Answer: Crystal Palace

Sir Joseph Paxton was the architect of Crystal Palace. Albert, Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, was the driving force behind the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Answer: James I

James I was James VI in Scotland. Margaret Tudor was his greatgrandmother. Born in 1566 in Edinburgh Castle he died in 1625, atTheobalds in Hertfordshire. He was a strong advocate of royal absolutism. When his son Charles I (born in Dunfermline Palace,Fife,Scotland,1600) took over from him, his authoritarian rule soon led to quarrels with Parliament. Charles' stubborn attitude provoked a civil war that led to his execution, on Jan.30,1649, London. Charles II, born in 1630 was a much 'merrier monarch'.He ruled from 1660 till 1685.

His successor, James II, his younger brother became King in 1685 but gave up the throne already in 1688 and died in 1701.

Answer: Museum of the Moving Image

Royal Festival Hall dates back to 1951. National Film Theatre to 1958. National Theatre: 1976. And the Museum of the Moving Image (closed in 1999) was founded in 1988.

Answer: the leek for Wales

The Welsh Dragon is not either.
In the same way the Union Jack combines an English (St. George's), a Scottish ( St. Andrew's) and an Irish ( St. Patrick's) flag.
Though Northern Ireland is part of U.K., it is not part of Britain.
On the other hand the 'Republic of Ireland' is not part of the U.K., but is geographically speaking part of "the British Isles."
More recent uniforms leave out the traditional symbols.

Answer: Justice is blindfolded

May be the architects of the Old Bailey felt that being blind-folded was not such a good idea for Dame Justice after all.