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Who moved to the Kieran Timberlake’s building in nine elms Lane?

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United States of America embassy?

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Which regiment fired the 41 guns in Green?

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The Kings Troop

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Which theatre with two Royal boxes as entertained every monarch since the restoration

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Theatre Royal jewelry line

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What is the full name of the London venue shortened to Z SL?

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The zoological Society of London

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Where have the former Prime Minister Margaret fracture’s outfits gone on

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Victorian Albert Museum

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Where in London will Apple’s new headquarters be located?

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Battersea Power Station power

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Where will you find George Frederick Watts statue physical energy?

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Kensington Gardens

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Name the three individual docks which together form the Royal docks

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Albert Dock, Victoria Dock George the fourth dock

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Name the Free museum in Lincoln’s inn Fields based on the house with distinguished 19 century architect

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Sir john soams musium

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Who were the investors and designers of the London eye?

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Julia Barfield John Marks, marks and Barfields associates

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In which park will you find the open air theatre?

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Regents Park Queen Mary Gardens

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An 86 hecter Park in Hackney is named after which British monarch

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Queen Victoria

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Where is the east India club?

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St James Square

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What is the name of the North London house where Judge Lord Mansfield and his great niece Dido Bella lived?

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Kenwood house

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What is the exact date of her Majesty Elizabeth? II accession to the thrown

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Fourth of November 1942

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Which London market can you visit only on Mondays to Fridays between 2 am and 7 am?

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Smithfield market

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In October 2017, the 1 billion European headquarters of which global finance company opened in the

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Bloomberg LP

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What did Thomas Farriner do for a living?

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He was the Kings Baker

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In which year did the Jack the Ripper murders take place?

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1888

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Who was King when Westminster Hall was built?

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William the second Rufus

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Which philanthropist through his donation fund was responsible for the first dwellings for artisans and labouring of Paul in London in commercial Street in 1864

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George Peabody

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Nigel Farage Eddie Izzard Lawrence Oliver and Curtaulds our descendants of what refugees

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The French Hugonauts

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How much does a one-day travel pass in Rio’s one to 4 cost?

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£16.60

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Which prime minister’s ashes are in interned in the Chelsea Royal Hospital?

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Margaret Thatcher

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What is Dadabhai naorgis Claim to fame?
Grand old man of India
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What was given to the name of the riots that took place in London in 1780?
The Gordon riots
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Who published a survey of London in 1598?
John Stowe
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How many times has London hosted the Olympics?
Three times
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What was the name of the council block that collapsed in Newham in 1968?
Ronan point
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Where did the trial of Charles’s first take place?
Westminster Hall
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On the 30th of June 2016 and all night visional took place in the Abbey to commemorate which
Battle of the somme
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In what year did Saint Dunstan arrive in Westminster with 12 Benedictine monks?
Approximately 960 AD
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When is the feast day of Edward the Confessor?
13th of October
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What was London called during the Aven Saxxon period?
Lundenberg
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Name the all purpose docs opened in London in 1921
Royal docks
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Who was the first person to be executed at Tower Hill?
Sir Simon de Burley
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On which day did the first Zepplin raid take place in London?
31st of the fifth 1915 Farringdon st
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In which building was the first meeting of the general assembly of the United Nations held in 1946?
Central Hall Methodist
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Which institution was founded by Thomas Cohen in 1739?
The funding hospital
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Who is the first mayor of London?
Ken Livingston
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In what year was the Great stink?
1858
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In 1820 a Cannell open link in the grand Junction Cannell Paddington arm to the Lymehurst what is it name?
Regents Canal
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What is the name given to the French protestant who came here as refugees in the 16th century?
Hugonauts
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What does Oolitic mean?
Limestone consistent of a mass of rounded grains aweless made up of concentrick layers
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Why did the Cotswold Wool industry decline?
Because of the industrial revolution and more newer efficient textile production methods emerged
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Who created Hidcote Manor Gardens?
Major Lawrence Johnson
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Name the Scottish poet who wrote the poem Tamar was inspiration for the cutting sark name
Robert Burns
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Name two of the buildings that make up the Unico world heritage site of the Maritime Greenwich
The national Maritime Museum, the Royal Observatory to cut his ark the Queen’s house
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Name the French gardener designer who made plans for Greenwich Park
Andre le notre
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What problem was solved by using H4 John Harrison’s watch?
Problem of longitude
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Name the style of architecture for the Queens house Greenwich
Palladian
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What name did Margaret of Anjou give to Bellacourt Manor?
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What town is referred to as the gateway to the Cotswolds?
Burforb
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Mainly organisation responsible for the market hall in Chipping Camden
The National Trust
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The Kingsmen Stone Circle the whispering Knight the King Stone make up an ancient monument what is it?
The rollright stones
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Name the famous author born in Chipping Sudbury, Yate
JK rowling
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What are the summer opening times of Hidcote Manor?
11 am to 4 pm last admission 3 pm
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What annual event is held on August bank holiday in Burton on the water?
Football on the river
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What is a ture
A trickster
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On which day is farmers market day from October to March in Stow on the world?
On the second Tuesday of every month
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Which Cotswold Village is losing its coach Park at the end of 2022?
Burton on the water
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The village of Dovers Hill is associated with which sporting activity
The Cotswold Olympic Games
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Which is the material used to make the artwork transport by Anthony Gormley?
Iron nails
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The Roman museum in Canterbury is in which street
Butchery Lane
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What was Thomas Beckett’s position before he became archbishop Canterbury?
Lord Chancellor
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What is Charles Dickens Rochester house called?
Eastgate house
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Name the archbishop matyred by the Danes in 1012
Saint aelfheah
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What are the frames of the modern stained glass windows in the south trans septs of Canterbury Cathedral?
Miracles to murder
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What do the initials AONB mean?
Area of outstanding natural purity
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Name two counties in the Cotswolds
Gloucestershire Oxfordshire and Wiltshire Somerset Worchester
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When was Thomas Beckett murdered and when was he made a saint? When was Thomas Beckett?
29 bec 1170 Pope Alexandra the third made him a saint in 1173
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Name the Central Tower of Canterbury Cathedral
Bell Harry Tower
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The black Prince took part in which long conflict with France
The hundred year war
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Name the king and queen credited with bringing Christianity to Kent
King Ethelbert and Queen Bertha of Kent
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Name the river that divides kent in the two parts
The Medway
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Set down points for coaches in Canterbury
Saint Georges Lane ,Station Road East
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What does the wooden horse in Canterbury Cathedral precinct commemorates?
Remember the 8 million horses that died in the First World War
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Name the Roman Road that crosses the Avon river at Bath
Fossie way
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Which queen miraculously gave birth to her son as a result of bathing in the waters of bath?
King James’s 2nd wife, Mary
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Name one of the improvements introduced to bath by Richard Beau Nash
He helped transform bath into a spa town
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What is the main reason for the declining pop of the bath at spa location?
Rise in modern men medicine and alternative wellness is practices
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What are the last entry times in Roman Bath during the summer from June to the end of August?
9pm
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What is a tepidarium in a Roman baths?
Warm room
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Who is the architect of Poultney Bridge
Robert Adam
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Name one TV series that was filmed in Laycock
Downtown abbey
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After which queen is Queen Square in bath named
Queen Caroline
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Who was Giuliana Popjoy?
Bonus is partner later in life known as Betty besom
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Who is commemorated by the acorns which decorate the circus in Bath?
John Wood the Elder each acorn is over a meter high
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What is the architectural style of the present bath Abbey?
Perpendicular Gothic
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What address in Bath did Thomas Gainsborough live?
Number 17 The Circus
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What is the main difference between a bath chair and a Sudan Chair?
Hey Sudan, share is carried by men. A bath chair is pushed and stayed by passenger. Like a wheelchair.
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In what year was the first postage stamp posted in Bath?
2 may 1840
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What was the date of the fire at Windsor Castle?
November 20, 1992
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Who lived in the horseshoe Cloister
It was originally used for priest and Vickers in the 15th century
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What was the amount of the sovereign grant received by the queen for the year 2017 to 2018?
76.1 million
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Eaton College was founded by which king in which year?
Henry the sixth 1440
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Name one Royal burial visible in the Albert Memorial Chapel in Windsor Castle
King George the third
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What year was the round tower of Windsor built in stone?
The late 12th century by Henry the second
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Who is Equestrian? Statue stands at the base of the round tower in the upper ward of Windsor Castle?
Charles the second
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Warwick the kingmaker was an important figure in which period of English history
15th century mid
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Name the king who held court at Windsor Castle
Henry the first
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Name the princess who was married at St George’s Chapel in October 2018
Princess Eugene
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In which room in Windsor Castle are the state banquets held?
St George Hall
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What is the time of the last visitor admission to Windsor Castle between March and October?
4 pm
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16 of the garter was founded in what year and by which English king?
Edward the third 1348
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Who is memorised in the Urswick Chapel with St George’s Chapel Windsor?
George the sixth
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Night the architect who designed George the fifth Memorial Fountain in Windsor
Sir Edward Lutyens
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Who live in the lodges facing the entrance of Saint Georges Chapel in a lower ward of Windsor Castle?
The military of Windsor and the choristers of Saint Georges Chapel
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