Tube Stations in Other Words Trivia Quiz

Answer: Old Street

Old Street in Islington, is on the Northern line between Angel and Moorgate and many a design agency can be found around there, as well as (purely coincidentally of course) many trendy bars.

Answer: Elephant and Castle

An elephant was once classified in the order pachydermata and although this classification is now obsolete, elephants are still referred to as pachyderms informally. To castle in chess is to move the king two spaces towards the king rook, with the rook in turn moving to the space adjacent to the king on the other side.

Elephant and Castle in South East London is on the Northern and Bakerloo lines. The name of the area probably comes from the pub that was situated by the prominent road junction in the area in the eighteenth century. It is not, contrary to popular belief, a contraction of the phrase "Infanta de Castile".

Answer: Monument

Monument station can be found on the District and Circle lines in the City of London. It is connected by underground walkways to Bank station.

The station takes its name from The Monument built to commemorate the Great Fire of London of 1666 which is situated alongside the station. Designed by Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, The Monument stands at the northern end of London Bridge close to the bakery where the fire started. It initially served a dual purpose, as a monument and as a telescope with an underground observation room.

Answer: West Ham

West Ham is on the District and the Hammersmith & City lines. West Ham United Football Club are based a couple of stations further east at Upton Park.

Answer: Barking

The name Barking comes from Old English and originally designated the land of Berica's people (the ending -ingas meant "people of"). The town was recorded in the "Domesday Book" as Berchinges.

Barking station can be found on the District and Hammersmith & City lines.

Answer: Mile End

Mile End is on the Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines.

The name Mile End comes from the fact that it is situated one mile east of Aldgate (the gate to the city of London) on the Roman road from London to Colchester, now Whitechapel Road.

Answer: Wapping

Wapping is a homophone of "whopping" (i.e. the two words, though spelt differently, are pronounced the same) which in turn is a synonym of enormous. Like Barking, the name Wapping comes from Old English and originally designated the land of Waeppa's people. The name Wapping was first recorded in 1220.

Wapping station is on the East London line. There is probably a Turkish restaurant somewhere around there.

Answer: Green Park

Green Park is on the Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines and is the nearest station to the headquarters of the UK Kennel Club. The station lies on the north side of Green Park, the royal park designed by King Charles II in 1668, and populated with many trees reputedly to allow the king to stroll with his mistresses without being observed.

Answer: Seven Sisters

Seven Sisters in Tottenham, North London is on the Victoria line. The name Seven Sisters comes from seven elm trees planted on Page Green in the area that are said to have dated from the mid-fourteenth century. Though none of the original seven trees survives today, several groups of seven trees have been planted subsequently in the same area.

Answer: Boston Manor

Boston Manor, on the Piccadilly line, takes its name from a Jacobean manor house near to the station's location in Brentford. Its former grounds now form the public area known as Boston Manor Park.

Answer: Holland Park

Holland Park is on the Central line just west of Notting Hill Gate. The park from which it takes its name runs from just south of the station through to Kensington High Street.

Holland Park took its name from the former stately home situated within the park; Holland House. The house, reduced to little more than a shell by bombing during World War II, was the home of Georgiana Caroline Fox, 1st Baroness Holland, of Holland in Lincolnshire. The house was built in 1605 and was originally named Cope Castle after its first owner, Sir Walter Cope.

Answer: Queensway

Queensway station, on the Central line, is on the road of the same name in Bayswater, West London. Bayswater station serving the Circle and District lines can also be found on the same road. At just 220 metres apart, these two stations are the closest to each other above ground on the entire Underground network.

Answer: Bank

Bank station on the Northern and Central lines is in the heart of the City of London. It is so named as it is situated alongside the Bank of England which is on Threadneedle Street.

Answer: Barbican

Barbara Millicent Roberts is the full name of the doll known as Barbie.

Barbican station on the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, serves the arts complex of the same name in East Central London. The arts complex includes the Barbican theatre which was formerly the London home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Barbican Concert Hall, home to the London Symphony Orchestra, an art gallery and a multi-screen cinema.

The name Barbican, which comes from the Latin word for the "outer fortification of a city", is situated on the site of the old London city walls. Prior to the building of the Barbican Centre, the station was known as Aldersgate.

Answer: Chalk Farm

Chalk Farm is on the Northern line, one stop north of Camden Town.

The name Chalk Farm, rather than being named for a farm on chalky soil, is a corruption of its medieval name, Chaldecot, which originally meant "cold shelter". The name Chalk first appeared in the mid-eighteenth century.