London Past Papers General Flashcards
1
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Give the month and year of the Great Fire of London.
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2
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What institution, the oldest in Europe, was founded in Smithfield in 1123?
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3
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In which year was the Greater London Council abolished?
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4
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For what type of art work was Mortlake famous in the 17th century?
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5
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What specific rate of pay was demanded by the Dockers in the strike of 1889?
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6
Q
What is the difference between a High Commission and an Embassy?
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7
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What annual event will be celebrated on Sunday 22nd February 2015 with a colourful parade and performances of dance, music and acrobatics in Trafalgar Square and surrounding streets?
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8
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A weathervane in the form of which insect can be seen on top of the Royal Exchange?
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9
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St James’s Palace was built on the site of what kind of institution?
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10
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At which City church is the annual Lion Sermon preached on the nearest Thursday to 16th October?
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11
Q
Name the present Lord Mayor of London.
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12
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Name the fish market situated in Docklands.
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13
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What is the name of the in-depth study of pre-set London street routes and points of interest that a taxicab driver must complete in order to obtain a license to operate a black cab?
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14
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Which art gallery stands on the site of the King’s Mews at Charing Cross?
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15
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What visitor attraction did Marie Grosholtz open in Baker Street in 1835?
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16
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How many passenger capsules are there on the London Eye?
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17
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Which automobile manufacturer, best known for Formula One racing and high-performance sports cars, has a showroom at One Hyde Park?
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18
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Which ministry has its head office at 102 Petty France?
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19
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Which premiership football team`s home ground is the Emirates Stadium?
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20
Q
Which world cup sporting event kicks off in West London on September 22nd 2015?
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21
Q
Television sets were first sold in London in 1928 in which Oxford Street store?
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22
Q
What distinguishes the Weavers` Company Charter from those of all other Livery Companies?
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23
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The Roman Temple of Mithras, excavated in 1954, is due to be incorporated in which modern building?
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24
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What musical event happened on the roof of 3 Savile Row on 30th January 1969?
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25
Name the last purpose-built docks, opened in London in 1921?
26
Who was the last person to be executed on Tower Hill?
27
In which building was the first meeting of the general assembly of the United Nations held in 1946?
28
Which institution was founded by Thomas Coram in 1739?
29
In which year was the first Mayor of London elected? (Not Lord Mayor)
30
What is the name given to French Protestants who came here as refugees in the 16th century?
31
What is Dadabhai Naoroji’s claim to fame?
32
What name was given to the riots that took place in London in 1780?
33
How many times has London hosted the Olympic Games?
34
What was the name of the council block in Newham that collapsed in 1968?
35
Who was Constance Markievicz?
36
The 20th anniversary of which
tragic event will be commemorated
on the 31st August 2017?
37
What is the name given to the
deregulation of the London Stock
Exchange on 27th October 1986,
which significantly changed the
structure of the financial markets?
38
Who did William Walworth, Lord
Mayor of London, stab and kill in
1381?
39
What did Mr Shillibeer introduce to
London in 1829?
40
What took place in 1851, the profits
from which helped to build the
museums of Kensington?
41
1250 houses and a medieval
hospital were demolished in 1827
to build which dock?
42
Name the prison which stood on
the site of the Old Bailey.
43
Which sport is played at Lord’s?
44
Where in London can you pose with vloggers Zoella and Alfie Deyes?
45
Name the biggest biomedical facility under one roof opened in 2016 by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
46
What would you be doing at the
Donmar Warehouse?
47
Where is the world’s largest Lego
store situated?
48
What was the original use of 10 Trinity Square, now being converted to a hotel?
49
What important job is currently done by Larry, Palmerston and Gladstone in Whitehall?
50
Which soccer team’s home is The
Emirates Stadium?
51
What is the basic rate of PAYE tax in the United Kingdom for those earning between £11,000 and £43,000?
52
Name the well-known London
landmark which inspired William
Wordsworth to write ‘Earth has
not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who
could pass by, A sight so
touching in its majesty:’
53
Name the building where the first
meeting of the United Nations
General Assembly was held in
1946.
54
Where will you find the STAR
WARS Identities exhibition?
55
Where would you go to hear a
Promenade Concert?
56
Where is the Canadian High
Commission?
57
Name the building in which the
Commonwealth Secretariat is
housed.
58
For whom was a palace built on
Clink Street in the 13th century?
(now in ruins)
59
Name the central London street
which has a worldwide reputation
as a centre of private medical
excellence.
60
Name the shop which opened in
1705 as a small store in St James’s Market and involved a Footman in Queen Anne’s household?
61
Which London landmark’s
restoration is expected to cost
£369 million and take ten years?
62
Which organisation is moving into
the Curtis Green building on the
Victoria Embankment?
63
Who is the current Mayor of
London?
64
Name the popular attraction
located at Leavesden.
65
Which street in the West End was
known as the birthplace of
‘Swinging London’ in the 1960s
and the home of Mods,
Skinheads, Punks and New
Romantics?
66
Which museum may move to West Smithfield?
67
Name the Archbishop of Canterbury’s London home.
68
Where in London will the 2017
World Para athletics Championship be held?
69
Which street directly links
Ludgate Hill/St Paul’s Churchyard
and Monument/Eastcheap?
70
What is the name of the mother
church of the Catholic community
in England and Wales?
71
Name the hospital where Princes
William, Harry, George and
Princess Charlotte were born.
72
Which City of London institution
was founded in a coffee house in
Tower Street?
73
Where in London is Google’s new
headquarters?
74
Who will move into architect
Keiran Timberlake’s building in
Nine Elms, currently reaching
completion?
75
Where in London will Apple’s new
headquarters be located?
76
Name TWO of the three
individual docks which together
form the Royal Docks.
77
The restaurants in Gerrard Street
mostly serve food from which
country?
78
Which important centenary takes
place on the 11th November 2018?
79
Robert Catesby died of wounds
on the 8th November 1605 after
failing to murder King James I.
What is this assassination attempt
usually called?
80
Name the popular rebellion of
1381.
81
By what name was the
deregulation of the financial
markets in 1986 known?
82
2018 is the centenary of which
significant event for women?
83
Which builder developed Pimlico
and Belgravia in the 1820s using
soil excavated from St Katherine’s
Docks?
84
Which MP and administrator of
the English navy wrote a diary
which is a useful source of
information on 17th century
London?
85
What is the name of the oldest
working synagogue in the UK?
86
70 years ago, a boat arrived from
Jamaica bringing one of the first
large groups of West Indian
immigrants to the UK. What was
the name of the boat?
87
Which institution, founded in 1566
by Thomas Gresham, was
declared Royal in 1570?
88
Which London dock opened in
1828?
89
What does a Cordwainer make?
90
What was the name of Queen
Boudica’s tribe?
91
What was significant for
Londoners about the night of 7th
September 1940?
92
The founder of Methodism built a
chapel in City Road in 1778.
What is his name?
93
Name the artist who lived in Holland Park Road whose purpose-built studio house has a collection of sculpture and paintings by him and his contemporaries.
94
Which eminent physician is buried in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church. He died in 1753 having amassed a vast collection, used to found a famous museum.
95
20 Fenchurch Street is more
commonly known by another
name. What is it?
96
By what name is street artist Robin Gunningham more usually known?
97
What is the name of the retired
sea captain who is responsible
for the Foundling Museum?
98
In which London street will you find the official heraldic authority for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and much of the Commonwealth?
99
The headquarters of the 18,433
hectare private estate owned by
Her Majesty the Queen is located
in The Strand. What is the estate
called?
100
Which soccer team play at Stamford Bridge?
101
Which team has its home ground
at Allianz Park in Hendon?
102
In which London street is the Charles Dickens Museum located?
103
Which store has the motto
‘Omnia Omnibus Ubique’?
104
Which immigrant community first
based themselves in Limehouse in the 1880s?
105
In 1918 the Duke of Bedford sold
which significant area of central
London?
106
Name the two men who met in
1763 in Tom Davies bookshop.
They were to have a great impact
on each other’s lives.
107
What is the current function of
Marlborough House on the Mall?
108
Northumberland House, demolished in 1874, overlooked which London square?
109
The Hampstead home of which
Romantic poet is now a museum
and literary centre?
110
Who is by far the wealthiest British aristocrat with an international property portfolio worth at least £10bn?
111
Which is UNESCO’s largest World Heritage site in London, located to the west of the city?
112
The runway of London City Airport lies between two docks. Which ones?
113
In which London square will you
find the East India Club?
114
What is the name of the north London house where Judge Lord
Mansfield and his great niece Dido Belle lived?
115
Which central London market can
you visit only on Mondays to Fridays from 02.00 to 07.00?
116
In October 2017 the £1bn European HQ of which global finance company opened in the City?
117
What did Thomas Farriner do for
a living?
118
In which year did the ‘Jack the Ripper’ murders take place?
119
Which philanthropist through his
Donation Fund was responsible
for the first dwellings for ‘artisans
and labouring poor of London’ in
Commercial Street in 1864?
120
Nigel Farage, Laurence Olivier, Eddie Izzard and the Courtaulds are descendants of which refugees?
121
Which Prime Minister’s ashes are
interred at Chelsea Royal Hospital?
122
Name the leader of the Iceni tribe
who revolted against the Romans in
60 AD leading to the destruction of
Londinium.
123
Which livery company was the first
to be granted a charter in 1155?
124
Name the Scottish leader who was
hanged, drawn and quartered in
Smithfield in 1305.
125
Name the founder of the Royal
Exchange in the City of London in
1566.
126
Which disaster hit London in 1665
leading to between 70,000 and
100,000 deaths?
127
Name the anti-Catholic protests of
1780.
128
How big was London’s population
when first recorded in 1801?
129
Name the first Prime Minister to live
and work at 10 Downing St.
130
Name the TWO hospitals which both claim to be the oldest in London.
(i)
(ii)
131
Name the East End vicar who
founded Toynbee Hall in 1884.
132
What is sold in James Fox’s shop
on St James St?
133
Which London football team is
currently hosting its home games
at Wembley Stadium?
134
Name ONE of London’s Roman
Catholic Cathedrals.
135
Name the TWO colleges which
formed London University when it
was founded in 1836.
(i)
(ii)
136
What do the letters GLA stand for?
137
Name Horace Walpole’s Gothic
home in west London which is
displaying its original contents
until 24 February.
138
Name the flower market that takes
place only on Sunday mornings in
Bethnal Green.
139
Name the street artist known for
his stick figures.
140
In which month is the Notting Hill
Carnival?
141
Name the pop group who performed live on a rooftop in Savile Row in January 1969.
142
In which conflict did HMS Belfast
last see active service?
143
How high is the Monument to the
Great Fire of London (feet or metres)?
144
Name the only galleried coaching
inn that still survives in London.
145
In which museum would you find
the Mudlarks Gallery?
146
What time does Harrods close on
Sundays?
147
Name the lane in which the Great
Fire of London started in 1666.
148
What name was given to the
French Protestants who arrived in
London after the Revocation of the
Edict of Nantes in 1685?
149
Name the only building within
Whitehall Palace to survive the fire
of 1698.
150
In which year was the Bank of
England founded?
151
What did George Shillibeer
introduce to London in 1829?
152
Which building was demolished at
the beginning of the 20th century to
make way for today’s Central
Criminal Court?
153
What is the meaning of the Saxon
word ‘Cheap’ in Cheapside?
154
Against which king was the
Gunpowder Plot aimed?
155
What name is given to the
occupants of the Royal Hospital
Chelsea?
156
Where might you hear the Lutine Bell?
157
Name the species of large tree, which sheds its bark and is commonly found in the streets and squares of London.
158
What can you buy at Lock & Co?
159
Name ONE of the two Inns of
Court located between the
Embankment and Fleet Street.
160
Why is there a grasshopper on
top of the Royal Exchange?
161
In which square is the Supreme
Court located?
162
SOAS University of London is
one of London’s leading
universities. What do the letters
SOAS stand for?
163
Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree
is a present from which country?
164
From which gentleman’s club in
Pall Mall did Phileas Fogg depart
to travel ‘Around the World in
Eighty Days’?
165
Name the arch at the end of the
Mall, which is expected to open
as a hotel in 2022.
166
Name London’s oldest restaurant.
167
In which month is Open House
weekend?
168
What are Brooks, Boodles and
Whites?
169
What does Ede & Ravenscroft supply?
170
Which football team plays at (i)
Stamford Bridge and (ii) the
Emirates Stadium?
(i)
(ii)
171
Apart from the King, which
TWO members of the royal family
are able to grant a supplier a
Royal Warrant?
(i)
(ii)
172
Why would you visit Wigmore Hall?
173
Twickenham Stadium is the
national stadium for which sport?
174
Name one London pub named
after a method of execution.
175
Which charity was founded by the
rector of St Stephen Walbrook, Dr
Chad Varah, in 1953?
176
On which day of the week is
Borough Market normally closed?
177
Name London’s first mayor who
was appointed in 1189.
178
Name the Scottish leader who was
hanged, drawn and quartered in
Smithfield in 1305.
179
Name the Archbishop of
Canterbury who was beheaded at
the Tower of London during the
Peasants’ Revolt.
180
What foodstuff was refined at the
Silvertown refinery, which opened
in 1878?
181
Why is there a Blue Plaque to Dr
John Snow (1813 – 1858) in
Soho?
182
Which royal palace burnt down in
1698?
183
Which future author worked as a
child in a blacking factory by
Hungerford Stairs?
184
Name the Londoner who wrote a
diary from 1660 – 1669.
185
Name the 19th century London
heiress and philanthropist, who
became a pioneer in social
housing and founded Colombia
Road Market in 1869.
186
In which building did the first
meeting of the UN General
Assembly take place in 1946?
187
From which gallery was there an
attempt to steal two Rembrandt
paintings in November 2019?
188
Why is there a Norwegian church
in Rotherhithe?
189
In which City church are
Lutheran services held?
190
Which two livery companies
dispute the 6th and 7th position in
order of precedence?
(i)
(ii)
191
What is Lancaster House used for?
192
Which famous ship was built at
Burrells Wharf?
193
Who did the original Charing
Cross commemorate?
194
Which major awards ceremony
took place in the Royal Albert
Hall on February 2nd 2020?
195
Name London’s first mayor who
was appointed in 1189.
196
Name the Scottish leader who was
hanged, drawn and quartered in
Smithfield in 1305.
197
Name the Archbishop of
Canterbury who was beheaded at
the Tower of London during the
Peasants’ Revolt.
198
What foodstuff was refined at the
Silvertown refinery, which opened
in 1878?
199
Name the London royal residence
in which King Henry VIII died.
200
Which people used to be known as
“Lascars” in the London docks in
the 18th and 19th centuries?
201
Where did the trial of King
Charles I take place?
202
Name the King who commissioned
Admiralty Arch.
203
What did “the Strand” mean in old
English?
204
Name the revolt in which
Archbishop Simon Sudbury was
dragged from the Tower and
beheaded on Tower Hill.
205
What took place at Kensington
Palace on 24 May 1819?
206
What was the symbol of the
Gresham family?
207
What was the population of London
(i) in 1801?
(ii) in 1901?
(i)
(ii)
208
In total, approximately how many
hangings (to the nearest thousand)
took place at the Tyburn Gallows?
209
Give ONE of the causes of the “Gin
Craze” in 18th century London?
210
Name London’s first enclosed dock,
constructed in 1802.
211
Name ONE 19th century
philanthropist involved in social
housing.
212
In the 18th and 19th centuries, which
group of people used to meet
secretly in Molly Houses?
213
What was the name given to the
plague that swept across London in
1348 - 50?
214
In which year was the Bank of
England founded?
215
Name the ship launched at Burrell’s
Wharf in 1858.
216
Name the community of immigrants
who established silk-weaving in
Spitalfields.
217
Who died in a suite in the Ritz
Hotel on 8th April 2013?
218
When Buckingham Palace is
closed, where can you buy
genuine Buckingham Palace
Royal Collection souvenirs?
219
By what name is the Central
Criminal Court more commonly
known?
220
Middle Temple and Inner Temple
are two of the four Inns of Court.
Name the other TWO.
(i)
(ii)
221
Name the home stadium of
Arsenal football club.
222
Which institution meets in the
former Middlesex Guildhall?
223
Name the City church associated
with the Abolition of Slavery.
224
In which year did the Romans
leave London?
225
How many hangings were there at
Tyburn from 1192 to 1783?
226
What was a “wherry”?
227
In which year did the plague known
as the Black Death arrive in
London?
228
At what time on Sundays does
Harrods
(i) open
(ii) close?
(i)
(ii)
229
What is the coat of arms of the
Inner Temple?
230
Who is Nicholas Lyons?
231
Name the most recent Livery
Company.
232
Which City financial institution
was founded in 1694?
233
Name the Lord Mayor associated
with the church of St Michael
Paternoster Royal.
234
Where is the London Stock
Exchange?
235
How many Chelsea Pensioners
live in the Royal Hospital
Chelsea?
236
When does the Notting Hill
Carnival take place?
237
Name the prison where Charles
Dickens’s father was sent for
debt.
238
What is the family name of the
Duke of Bedford?
239
Which football team plays at
Stamford Bridge?
240
In which month does the London
Pride Parade usually take place?
241
Where is Charles Wesley buried?
