London Past Papers Other Collections

Question 1

Which bed, capable of holding 12 people is housed in the Victoria and Alberti Museum?

Question 2

Name the artist who designed and created the glass chandelier in the main V & A entrance hall.

Question 3

Where would you find the Lord Mayor`s coach on permanent static display?

Question 4

In which London museum could a visitor enter a building that is shaped like a giant cocoon?

Question 5

Which art collection includes Franz Hals’ The Laughing Cavalier?

Question 6

In which language was Magna Carta
originally written?

Question 7

Which country made a gift of the new Diamond Jubilee Coach now in the Royal Mews?

Question 8

Which London museum contains the
Ashcroft collection of Victoria and George Crosses?

Question 9

a) In which collection would you find Manet’s Bar at the Folies-Bergere?
b) Where is this collection housed?

Answer 9

a)
b)

Question 10

Which gallery is located in Hertford House, Manchester Square?

Question 11

Who was the first President of the Royal Academy of Arts?

Question 12

Which museum in Hoxton has 11 period rooms dating from 1600?

Question 13

Which member of the ‘Young British Artists’ group of the 1980s was appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy in 2011?

Question 14

From 11th February 2016 where would you send people to see an exhibition of photographs entitled Vogue 100: A Century of Style?

Question 15

In which museum will an exhibition
Undressed; A Brief History of Underwear open on April 16th 2016?

Question 16

Which gallery situated in south east London claims it is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery?

Question 17

The V&A has a bust of King Henry VII made by which Italian sculptor of the renaissance?

Question 18

Where can you see handwritten lyrics of the Beatles, Gutenberg’s Bible and Shakespeare’s First Folio?

Question 19

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?

Question 20

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?

Answer 20

a)
b)

Question 21

Whose statue stands outside Euston station?

Question 22

Name THREE of the Queen’s great
grandchildren.

Answer 22

a)
b)
c)

Question 23

Her Majesty the Queen is head of state of 16 independent sovereign states. Name FOUR of them.

Answer 23

a)
b)
c)
d)

Question 24

In April 2016 the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are making a state visit to which Commonwealth country?

Question 25

Who will become Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2017?

Question 26

What is the name of the musical which will open at the Palace Theatre on July 30th 2016?

Question 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?

Question 28

In which Street was Her Majesty the Queen born?

Question 29

What was the real surname of the English writers who called themselves Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell?

Question 30

Which work by Charles Dickens features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?

Question 31

Which museum has moved into the former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington and will open in 2016?

Question 32

Name all FIVE regiments of Foot Guards who, along with the Cavalry, make up her Majesty’s Household Division?

Answer 32

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Question 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?

Question 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?

Question 35

Which building stands on top of the remains of Henry VIII’s wine cellars from Whitehall Palace?

Question 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.

Question 37

Where will you find the most prominent MI6 building which features in at least two James
Bond films?

Question 38

What is the name of the oldest surviving music hall in the world, located in Graces Alley, London E1?

Question 39

What was the name of the musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘Pygmalion’?

Question 40

What is the name of the current Foreign Secretary?

Question 41

In which venue is the London International Horse Show usually held every December?

Question 42

Name either one of the Docklands Light Railway stations on the ‘campus’ at ExCel?

Question 43

Which soccer team becomes ‘anchor tenant’ at the Olympic Stadium this summer?

Question 44

Which 5* London hotel was rebuilt in 1827 by William Wilkins in the Greek regency style? It has recently undergone an £80million refurbishment.

Question 45

What is the name of the official promotion company for London, attracting businesses, events, congresses, students and tourists to
the capital?

Question 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?

Question 47

Where is the Royal Airforce Bomber
Command Memorial?

Question 48

Which traditional street procession takes place in London every year on the second Saturday in November?

Question 49

In summer 2016 the world’s longest double herbaceous borders will open whereabouts in London?

Question 50

The newly-opened Newport Street Gallery presents exhibitions of work drawn from the collection of which living artist?

Question 51

On which day of the week do Blue Badge Tourist Guides regularly conduct tours of the Palace of Westminster (with very few
exceptions)?

Question 52

Which institution runs Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest?

Question 53

Where in London is the former headquarters of the Port of London Authority?

Question 54

Who designed the classic London red telephone box K2?

Question 55

What is the name of the hotel in the Shard?

Question 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?

Question 57

The current largest infrastructure project in Europe is due to open in London in 2018?
What is it called?

Question 58

How many livery companies are there in the City of London?

Question 59

In which museum is a blue whale skeleton on the move?

Question 60

How much do you pay for a single tube ticket in zone 1 – cash?

Question 61

Whereabouts in the very centre of London would you send visitors to see a candlelit classical music concert?

Question 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?

Question 63

Which motorway from London would be the fastest route to the cruise terminal in Southampton?

Question 64

What time do the Household Cavalry pass Buckingham Palace on their way to Horse Guards Parade during the week?

Question 65

Which team sport would you watch at White Hart Lane?

Question 66

What is the cost of visiting the toilets in the Royal Parks?

Question 67

How many steps do you have to climb to reach the top of the Monument?

Question 68

What is the name of the attractive indoor market easily reached by a short walk from Liverpool Street station?

Question 69

In October 2016, Twickenham Stadium will host the first ever game of which American sport? (Till now matches have been played at Wembley.)

Question 70

Which popular TV series features the following London locations - the Criterion Brasserie (recently closed), Lancaster House,Bridgewater House and Rules restaurant?

Question 71

Since 1947 which city has gifted the people of Britain a Christmas tree which stands in Trafalgar Square?

Question 72

There are TWO statues of Nelson Mandela in central London – one full-size and one bust?
Where are they?

Answer 72

a)
b)

Question 73

The Museum of London intends to move to which location by around 2021?

Question 74

Why does Canary Wharf have this name?

Question 75

Carvings of which legendary giants are kept in Guildhall?

Question 76

What time does Harrods close on weekdays and Saturdays?

Question 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?

Question 78

What is the standard rate of VAT?

Question 79

Where will you find the world’s largest faceted vivid blue topaz
weighing 4.33 lbs?

Question 80

Which art gallery can be found at
Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road?

Question 81

Where will you find the Courtauld
Collection of art?

Question 82

In which museum can you see the exhibition ‘Fire! Fire!’ until April 17th?

Question 83

What will shortly replace Dippy the Diplodocus in the main entrance hall of the Natural History Museum?

Question 84

Which gallery, showing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, was founded in 1901 ‘to bring art to the people of east London’?

Question 85

The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries made for which religious building?

Question 86

Where will you find Frans Hals’
‘Laughing Cavalier’?

Question 87

The late Dame Zaha Hadid designed a gallery for a London museum. It opened in December 2016. Which museum?

Question 88

In which gallery will you find Titian’s ‘Perseus and Andromeda’ and Poussin’s ‘Dance to the Music of Time’?

Question 89

Dale Chihuli’s ‘Ice Blue and Spring Green’ chandelier graces the entrance of which museum?

Question 90

Where can you currently see the
exhibition ‘Charles II, Art and
Power’?

Question 91

Which London museum is the best for visitors who are interested in learning about the Holocaust?

Question 92

Which museum is two minutes’ walk from West India Quay DLR station?

Question 93

Where can you currently see the
exhibition ‘Superbugs: The Fight
for our Lives’?

Question 94

In which museum is a piece of a
‘monster’ fatberg to go on display?

Question 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.

Question 96

Which museum is ‘a leading authority on the British army, and its impact on society past and present’?

Question 97

Name the gallery where you would
find “The Londonderry Cabinet”,
originally bought for the Prince
Regent’s Carlton House.

Question 98

Where can you see the exhibition
“Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms” until 19
February?

Question 99

Where is the Museum of London
planning to relocate?

Question 100

Which Museum is planning to
expand with a new branch in the
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park?

Question 101

Two plaster casts of which column are located in the V & A’s Cast Courts?

Question 102

Which gallery stages an annual
Summer Exhibition in which
anyone can submit his or her work
to be considered for inclusion?

Question 103

What is Marc Quinn’s self-portrait
in the National Portrait Gallery
mostly made from?

Question 104

Which gallery is hosting the exhibition “Staging Jackson Pollock” until 24 March?

Question 105

Whose ‘Life in Drawing’ is
currently the subject of an
exhibition at the Queen’s
Gallery?

Question 106

Name the world’s oldest dated
carpet which can be seen at the
Victoria & Albert Museum.

Question 107

Where can the visitor see a new
exhibition of the work of the
British sculptor Antony Gormley
until 3 December 2019?

Question 108

Name the artist who painted ‘The
Swing’, on display in the Wallace
Collection.
[surname only required]

Question 109

In which part of London is the
Museum of Childhood, part of the
Victoria & Albert Museum?

Question 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?

Question 111

Name the Staffordshire potter
whose medallion of Sir William
Hamilton is on display in the
British Galleries at the Victoria &
Albert Museum.

Question 112

Thomas Heatherwick’s copper
cauldron sculpture is on display
at the Museum of London. For
which London event was it
created?

Question 113

Name the architect of the Natural
History Museum.

Question 114

The South Kensington Museums
were established with the profits
from which 1851 event?

Question 115

Which king’s portrait is the
earliest portrait in the National
Portrait Gallery?

Question 116

Name ONE of the tube stations
you would use to visit Kensington
Palace.

Question 117

Name the equipment, which
enabled Churchill to speak to the
US President by telephone from
the Cabinet War Rooms.

Question 118

When in the 1930s (to the
nearest month) did the Cabinet
War Rooms become fully
operational?

Question 119

The Dale Chihuly chandelier
hangs in the entrance hall of
which London museum?

Question 120

Which collection would you find in
Hertford House?

Question 121

In which museum can you
currently see an exhibition
dedicated to The Clash?

Question 122

On which evening is the Royal
Academy open late (until 22.00)?

Question 123

Name the sculptor (family name
only) of The Three Graces, on
display at the Victoria & Albert
Museum.

Question 124

Which king’s portrait is the
earliest portrait in the National
Portrait Gallery?

Question 125

The South Kensington Museums
were established with the profits
from which 1851 event?

Question 126

Name ONE of the tube stations
you would use to visit Kensington
Palace.

Question 127

The Dale Chihuly chandelier
hangs in the entrance hall of
which London museum?

Question 128

Which collection would you find in
Hertford House?

Question 129

At which museum can you
currently see an exhibition
dedicated to The Clash?

Question 130

On which evening is the Royal
Academy open late (until 22.00)?

Question 131

Name the sculptor of The Three
Graces, on display at the Victoria
& Albert Museum.

Question 132

Why were diamonds set
“en tremblant” in the large
expensive Victorian brooches at
the V&A?

Question 133

Why did Auguste Rodin gift 18 of
his sculptures to the V&A in 1914?

Question 134

(i) In which century and
(ii) in which country
was the Ardabil Carpet made?

Answer 134

(i)
(ii)

Question 135

Name the exhibit in the Churchill
War rooms code-named ‘Sigsaly’.

Question 136

Name Winston Churchill’s
favourite champagne?

Question 137

Name the gallery that hosts a
famous Summer Exhibition of
works by leading artists as well as
new and emerging talent.

Question 138

Why is the skeleton of the Blue
Whale in the main hall of the
Natural history Museum named
“Hope”?

Question 139

Name the museum which has a
permanent exhibition about the
slave trade.

Question 140

Name the nearest underground
station to the Imperial War
Museum.

Question 141

Name the monarch who installed
the Orangery at Kensington
Palace.

Question 142

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Question 143

During which months does the
Royal Academy Summer
Exhibition usually take place?

Question 144

The central courtyard garden at
the Victoria and Albert museum is
named after its sponsor. What is
it called?

Question 145

Who founded the charity that is
now the Foundling Museum?

Question 146

In which museum can the new,
temporary exhibition “Executions’’
be seen?

Question 147

Where is the Anglo Saxon
“Mappa Mundi’’ displayed?

Question 148

In which year was Tower Bridge
completed?

Question 149

When is the National Portrait
Gallery due to reopen?

Question 150

Where can you see Hogarth’s
“A Rake’s Progress’’?

Question 151

In which museum can a visitor
take a selfie in front of an
authentic 10 Downing Street
door?

Question 152

Where were the tapestries from
the V&A’s “Raphael Cartoons’’
originally intended to hang?

Question 153

Where can Manet’s “A Bar at the
Folies-Bergère’’ be seen?

Question 154

Which gallery has an outstanding
collection of armour?

Question 155

Name the gentleman’s club on
Pall Mall with a copy of the
Parthenon Frieze on its outside
wall.

Question 156

Where could a visitor see the
David Hockney immersive
experience “Bigger & Closer”?

Question 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?

Question 158

Where is the exhibition ’Revolution: Russian Art 1917 to 1932’ opening on February 11th 2017?

Question 159

What is the name of the new director of the Victoria & Albert Museum?

Question 160

Where have several of former
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher’s outfits gone on
display?

Question 161

Which mammal takes pride of
place in the Central Hall of the
Natural History Museum?

Question 162

Which Gallery celebrates its 200th
Anniversary in 2024?