London Past Papers Other Collections Flashcards
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Which bed, capable of holding 12 people is housed in the Victoria and Alberti Museum?
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2
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Name the artist who designed and created the glass chandelier in the main V & A entrance hall.
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3
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Where would you find the Lord Mayor`s coach on permanent static display?
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4
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In which London museum could a visitor enter a building that is shaped like a giant cocoon?
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5
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Which art collection includes Franz Hals’ The Laughing Cavalier?
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6
Q
In which language was Magna Carta
originally written?
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7
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Which country made a gift of the new Diamond Jubilee Coach now in the Royal Mews?
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8
Q
Which London museum contains the
Ashcroft collection of Victoria and George Crosses?
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9
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a) In which collection would you find Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergere?
b) Where is this collection housed?
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b)
10
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Which gallery is located in Hertford House, Manchester Square?
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11
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Who was the first President of the Royal Academy of Arts?
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12
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Which museum in Hoxton has 11 period rooms dating from 1600?
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13
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Which member of the ‘Young British Artists’ group of the 1980s was appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy in 2011?
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14
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From 11th February 2016 where would you send people to see an exhibition of photographs entitled Vogue 100: A Century of Style?
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15
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In which museum will an exhibition
Undressed; A Brief History of Underwear open on April 16th 2016?
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16
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Which gallery situated in south east London claims it is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery?
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17
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The V&A has a bust of King Henry VII made by which Italian sculptor of the renaissance?
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18
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Where can you see handwritten lyrics of the Beatles, Gutenberg’s Bible and Shakespeare’s First Folio?
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19
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On 10th June 10,000 guests will join members of the royal family for a street party to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday and 63 years of service. Where will this event take place?
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20
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A museum opening on 10th February in Brook Street Mayfair celebrates the lives of TWO former residents both of whom were musicians. Who were they?
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b)
21
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Whose statue stands outside Euston station?
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22
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Name THREE of the Queen’s great
grandchildren.
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a)
b)
c)
23
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Her Majesty the Queen is head of state of 16 independent sovereign states. Name FOUR of them.
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a)
b)
c)
d)
24
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In April 2016 the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are making a state visit to which Commonwealth country?
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25
Who will become Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2017?
26
What is the name of the musical which will open at the Palace Theatre on July 30th 2016?
27
2016 is the 300th anniversary of the birth of a prolific British gardener who is associated with more than 200 designed landscapes.
What is his name?
28
In which Street was Her Majesty the Queen born?
29
What was the real surname of the English writers who called themselves Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell?
30
Which work by Charles Dickens features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?
31
Which museum has moved into the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington and will open in 2016?
32
Name all FIVE regiments of Foot Guards who, along with the Cavalry, make up her Majesty’s Household Division?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
33
The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Planning Board have approved construction of a project at Enderby Wharf that should be completed in 2017 and provide a significant
boost to the tourism industry. What is it?
34
If a visitor wants to ride on a Heritage Routemaster there is only one route currently using these buses. Which number bus should the visitor take?
35
Which building stands on top of the remains of Henry VIII’s wine cellars from Whitehall Palace?
36
In which London station will you find a statue of a ‘character’ from a much-loved children’s book? He comes from deepest, darkest Peru.
37
Where will you find the most prominent MI6 building which features in at least two James
Bond films?
38
What is the name of the oldest surviving music hall in the world, located in Graces Alley, London E1?
39
What was the name of the musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘Pygmalion’?
40
What is the name of the current Foreign Secretary?
41
In which venue is the London International Horse Show usually held every December?
42
Name either one of the Docklands Light Railway stations on the ‘campus’ at ExCel?
43
Which soccer team becomes ‘anchor tenant’ at the Olympic Stadium this summer?
44
Which 5* London hotel was rebuilt in 1827 by William Wilkins in the Greek regency style? It has recently undergone an £80million refurbishment.
45
What is the name of the official promotion company for London, attracting businesses, events, congresses, students and tourists to
the capital?
46
In May 2015 Allies and Morrison won a competition to design a ‘world class education and cultural district’ which will feature new campuses for University College London and
the University of the Arts, along with spaces for the Victoria and Albert Museum and Sadler’s Wells. Where will it be?
47
Where is the Royal Airforce Bomber
Command Memorial?
48
Which traditional street procession takes place in London every year on the second Saturday in November?
49
In summer 2016 the world’s longest double herbaceous borders will open whereabouts in London?
50
The newly-opened Newport Street Gallery presents exhibitions of work drawn from the collection of which living artist?
51
On which day of the week do Blue Badge Tourist Guides regularly conduct tours of the Palace of Westminster (with very few
exceptions)?
52
Which institution runs Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest?
53
Where in London is the former headquarters of the Port of London Authority?
54
Who designed the classic London red telephone box K2?
55
What is the name of the hotel in the Shard?
56
In 1969 The Beatles performed an impromptu concert from the roof of Apple Headquarters which turned out to be their final public performance. In which street did this event take place?
57
The current largest infrastructure project in Europe is due to open in London in 2018?
What is it called?
58
How many livery companies are there in the City of London?
59
In which museum is a blue whale skeleton on the move?
60
How much do you pay for a single tube ticket in zone 1 – cash?
61
Whereabouts in the very centre of London would you send visitors to see a candlelit classical music concert?
62
Which member of the royal family previously inhabited the house within the Kensington Palace complex now used by the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge?
63
Which motorway from London would be the fastest route to the cruise terminal in Southampton?
64
What time do the Household Cavalry pass Buckingham Palace on their way to Horse Guards Parade during the week?
65
Which team sport would you watch at White Hart Lane?
66
What is the cost of visiting the toilets in the Royal Parks?
67
How many steps do you have to climb to reach the top of the Monument?
68
What is the name of the attractive indoor market easily reached by a short walk from Liverpool Street station?
69
In October 2016, Twickenham Stadium will host the first ever game of which American sport? (Till now matches have been played at Wembley.)
70
Which popular TV series features the following London locations - the Criterion Brasserie (recently closed), Lancaster House,Bridgewater House and Rules restaurant?
71
Since 1947 which city has gifted the people of Britain a Christmas tree which stands in Trafalgar Square?
72
There are TWO statues of Nelson Mandela in central London – one full-size and one bust?
Where are they?
a)
b)
73
The Museum of London intends to move to which location by around 2021?
74
Why does Canary Wharf have this name?
75
Carvings of which legendary giants are kept in Guildhall?
76
What time does Harrods close on weekdays and Saturdays?
77
There are some British Airways flights coming in and out of Terminal 3 at Heathrow airport.
However, the vast majority arrive and depart from which terminal?
78
What is the standard rate of VAT?
79
Where will you find the world's largest faceted vivid blue topaz
weighing 4.33 lbs?
80
Which art gallery can be found at
Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road?
81
Where will you find the Courtauld
Collection of art?
82
In which museum can you see the exhibition ‘Fire! Fire!’ until April 17th?
83
What will shortly replace Dippy the Diplodocus in the main entrance hall of the Natural History Museum?
84
Which gallery, showing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, was founded in 1901 ‘to bring art to the people of east London’?
85
The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries made for which religious building?
86
Where will you find Frans Hals’
‘Laughing Cavalier’?
87
The late Dame Zaha Hadid designed a gallery for a London museum. It opened in December 2016. Which museum?
88
In which gallery will you find Titian’s ‘Perseus and Andromeda’ and Poussin’s ‘Dance to the Music of Time’?
89
Dale Chihuli’s ‘Ice Blue and Spring Green’ chandelier graces the entrance of which museum?
90
Where can you currently see the
exhibition ‘Charles II, Art and
Power’?
91
Which London museum is the best for visitors who are interested in learning about the Holocaust?
92
Which museum is two minutes’ walk from West India Quay DLR station?
93
Where can you currently see the
exhibition ‘Superbugs: The Fight
for our Lives’?
94
In which museum is a piece of a
‘monster’ fatberg to go on display?
95
Which ‘Museum of the home’ closed on 7th January for a two-year redevelopment? Its collection comprises furniture, textiles, paintings and objects displayed in a series of period rooms.
96
Which museum is ‘a leading authority on the British army, and its impact on society past and present’?
97
Name the gallery where you would
find “The Londonderry Cabinet”,
originally bought for the Prince
Regent’s Carlton House.
98
Where can you see the exhibition
“Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms” until 19
February?
99
Where is the Museum of London
planning to relocate?
100
Which Museum is planning to
expand with a new branch in the
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park?
101
Two plaster casts of which column are located in the V & A’s Cast Courts?
102
Which gallery stages an annual
Summer Exhibition in which
anyone can submit his or her work
to be considered for inclusion?
103
What is Marc Quinn’s self-portrait
in the National Portrait Gallery
mostly made from?
104
Which gallery is hosting the exhibition “Staging Jackson Pollock” until 24 March?
105
Whose ‘Life in Drawing’ is
currently the subject of an
exhibition at the Queen’s
Gallery?
106
Name the world’s oldest dated
carpet which can be seen at the
Victoria & Albert Museum.
107
Where can the visitor see a new
exhibition of the work of the
British sculptor Antony Gormley
until 3 December 2019?
108
Name the artist who painted ‘The
Swing’, on display in the Wallace
Collection.
[surname only required]
109
In which part of London is the
Museum of Childhood, part of the
Victoria & Albert Museum?
110
In which house would you see an
Egyptian service made by Sevres
for Josephine Bonaparte, the
Waterloo Shield and ‘The
Waterseller of Seville’ by
Velasquez?
111
Name the Staffordshire potter
whose medallion of Sir William
Hamilton is on display in the
British Galleries at the Victoria &
Albert Museum.
112
Thomas Heatherwick’s copper
cauldron sculpture is on display
at the Museum of London. For
which London event was it
created?
113
Name the architect of the Natural
History Museum.
114
The South Kensington Museums
were established with the profits
from which 1851 event?
115
Which king’s portrait is the
earliest portrait in the National
Portrait Gallery?
116
Name ONE of the tube stations
you would use to visit Kensington
Palace.
117
Name the equipment, which
enabled Churchill to speak to the
US President by telephone from
the Cabinet War Rooms.
118
When in the 1930s (to the
nearest month) did the Cabinet
War Rooms become fully
operational?
119
The Dale Chihuly chandelier
hangs in the entrance hall of
which London museum?
120
Which collection would you find in
Hertford House?
121
In which museum can you
currently see an exhibition
dedicated to The Clash?
122
On which evening is the Royal
Academy open late (until 22.00)?
123
Name the sculptor (family name
only) of The Three Graces, on
display at the Victoria & Albert
Museum.
124
Which king’s portrait is the
earliest portrait in the National
Portrait Gallery?
125
The South Kensington Museums
were established with the profits
from which 1851 event?
126
Name ONE of the tube stations
you would use to visit Kensington
Palace.
127
The Dale Chihuly chandelier
hangs in the entrance hall of
which London museum?
128
Which collection would you find in
Hertford House?
129
At which museum can you
currently see an exhibition
dedicated to The Clash?
130
On which evening is the Royal
Academy open late (until 22.00)?
131
Name the sculptor of The Three
Graces, on display at the Victoria
& Albert Museum.
132
Why were diamonds set
“en tremblant” in the large
expensive Victorian brooches at
the V&A?
133
Why did Auguste Rodin gift 18 of
his sculptures to the V&A in 1914?
134
(i) In which century and
(ii) in which country
was the Ardabil Carpet made?
(i)
(ii)
135
Name the exhibit in the Churchill
War rooms code-named ‘Sigsaly’.
136
Name Winston Churchill’s
favourite champagne?
137
Name the gallery that hosts a
famous Summer Exhibition of
works by leading artists as well as
new and emerging talent.
138
Why is the skeleton of the Blue
Whale in the main hall of the
Natural history Museum named
“Hope”?
139
Name the museum which has a
permanent exhibition about the
slave trade.
140
Name the nearest underground
station to the Imperial War
Museum.
141
Name the monarch who installed
the Orangery at Kensington
Palace.
142
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143
During which months does the
Royal Academy Summer
Exhibition usually take place?
144
The central courtyard garden at
the Victoria and Albert museum is
named after its sponsor. What is
it called?
145
Who founded the charity that is
now the Foundling Museum?
146
In which museum can the new,
temporary exhibition “Executions’’
be seen?
147
Where is the Anglo Saxon
“Mappa Mundi’’ displayed?
148
In which year was Tower Bridge
completed?
149
When is the National Portrait
Gallery due to reopen?
150
Where can you see Hogarth’s
“A Rake’s Progress’’?
151
In which museum can a visitor
take a selfie in front of an
authentic 10 Downing Street
door?
152
Where were the tapestries from
the V&A’s “Raphael Cartoons’’
originally intended to hang?
153
Where can Manet’s “A Bar at the
Folies-Bergère’’ be seen?
154
Which gallery has an outstanding
collection of armour?
155
Name the gentleman’s club on
Pall Mall with a copy of the
Parthenon Frieze on its outside
wall.
156
Where could a visitor see the
David Hockney immersive
experience “Bigger & Closer”?
157
On the outside of the Natural
History Museum, what is the
difference between the animals
on the West wing and those on
the East wing?
158
Where is the exhibition ’Revolution: Russian Art 1917 to 1932’ opening on February 11th 2017?
159
What is the name of the new director of the Victoria & Albert Museum?
160
Where have several of former
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher’s outfits gone on
display?
161
Which mammal takes pride of
place in the Central Hall of the
Natural History Museum?
162
Which Gallery celebrates its 200th
Anniversary in 2024?
