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London Test Flashcards

1
Q

Name the queen of the Iceni tribe who
led a revolt against the Romans in AD61
and whose statue stands by the river in
Westminster

A

Boudicca

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2
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Give the date of the coronation of King Charles Ill. (month and year)

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6th May 2023

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3
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Name the church in London where
monarchs have been crowned for the
last 950 years.

A

Westminster Abbey

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4
Q

How many Members of Parliament
(House of Commons) are there?

A

650

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5
Q

Name the battle which was fought
against the French on the 18th June
1815?

A

The Battle of Waterloo

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6
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What do the initials KC and QC stand for in the
legal system?

A

King’s Counsel and Queen’s Counsel

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7
Q

Name the country residence of the
Prime Minister?

A

Chequers

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8
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Which of the Queen’s family is:
a) Third in line to the throne.
b) A world champion horse ride

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a) Princess Charlotte
b) Zara Tindall

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9
Q

When are King Charles III banknotes due to be released?

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The Bank of England unveiled new notes, featuring the new monarch, Charles III, on 20 December 2022. They are expected to enter circulation on 5 June 2024

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10
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Who appears on the reverse of the £5 note?

A

Winston Churchill

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11
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Who appears on the reverse of the £10 note?

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Jane Austen

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12
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Who appears on the reverse of the £20 note?

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JMW Turner

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13
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Who appears on the reverse of the £50 note?

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Alan Turing

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14
Q

On which date each year is Burns night
Celebrated?

A

25th January

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15
Q

In which part of London are the Black
Cultural archives?

A

Windrush Square, Brixton

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16
Q

Westminster Abbey is home to which
order of chivalry?

A

Order of the Bath

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17
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Name the longest river in Britain.

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The River Severn

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18
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Where was Rishi Sunak educated?

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Rishi Sunak was educated atWinchester College, studiedphilosophy, politics and economicsatLincoln College, Oxford, and earned anMBAfromStanford Universityin California as aFulbright Scholar

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19
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Name the first National Park in England

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the Peak District, in 1951

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20
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Name the newest National Park in England

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TheSouth Downs National Parkis England’s newest National Park established in 2010.

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21
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From which Duchy does William Prince of Wales receive a large proportion of his income

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The Duchy of Cornwalll is a private estate established by Edward III in 1337 to provide an income for theheir to the throne. The Duchy has been run under the stewardship of The Prince of Wales, the current Duke of Cornwall, since 1969.

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22
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Which Duchy does King Charles III benefit from?

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The Duchy of Lancaster

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23
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Who is the Duke of Cornwall?

A

Prince William

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24
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Which dukedoms does Prince William hold?

A

Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Cambridge

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25
Q

To which court are ambassadors
accredited to in the UK?

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The Court of St James’s serves as the official royal court for the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The court formally receives all ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom. Likewise, ambassadors representing the United Kingdom are formally accredited from this court.

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26
Q

Name the patron saint of:
a) England
b) Scotland
c) Wales
d) Ireland

A

a) St George, 23rd April
b) St Andrew, 30th November
c) St David, 1st March
d) St Patrick, 17th March

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27
Q

Name TWO English Breweries.

A

Breakspear Breweries
Hogs Back Breweries

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28
Q

Name TWO English vineyards.

A

Hambledon vineyard
Denbies Wine Estate
Albury vineyard

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29
Q

Name TWO English Gin Distilleries

A

Bombay Sapphire
Silent Pool

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30
Q

In which month does the Chelsea Flower
Show usually take place?

A

May

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31
Q

At what age must a child legally start
school in England?

A

5 years

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32
Q

Name the First Lord of the Treasury

A

Rishi Sunak

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33
Q

What was the most watched TV programme on Christmas Day 2023?

A

The King’s Speech

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34
Q

What is the current 2024 Chinese New Year animal?

A

Dragon

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35
Q

Who was the Roman goddess of Love?

A

Venus

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36
Q

Name ONE month in which London
Fashion week takes place

A

February and September

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37
Q

Name the UK’s largest sculpture created
by Sir Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond?

A

Arcelormittal Orbit

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38
Q

which park is Speakers’ Corner?

A

Hyde Park

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39
Q

Usually, in which month do the following
events take place?
a) Trooping of the Colour
b) The Lord Mayor’s Show

A

a) 15th June 2024
b) Second Saturday in November, 9th

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40
Q

What was the Roman name for London?

A

Londinium

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41
Q

What is the Oyster card single bus fare in
central London?

A

Bus fare is £1.75, and a day of bus-only travel will cost a maximum of £5.25

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42
Q

At which London station would you
catch the following trains?
a) The Gatwick Express
b) The Hogwarts Express

A

a) London Victoria
b) King’s Cross Station

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43
Q

With which profession or trade do you
associate the following
a) Billingsgate
b) Smithfield

A

a) Fish
b) Livestock trade, butchers

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44
Q

Which football team is based at the Emirates Stadium?

A

Arsenal

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45
Q

Which football team is based at Stamford Bridge?

A

Chelsea

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46
Q

Which football team is based at Selhurst Park?

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Crystal Palace

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47
Q

Which football team is based at Craven Cottage?

A

Fulham

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48
Q

Name the London home of the
Archbishop of Canterbury.

A

Lambeth Palace

49
Q

Name the central criminal court

A

The Old Bailey

50
Q

Where is the Wallace Collection?

A

Marylebone, London

51
Q

Where do George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix have blue plaques?

A

Brook Street, Mayfair

52
Q

In which London museum/gallery are the
following?
a) The Turbine Hall
b) The Hintze Hall

A

a) Tate Modern
b) National History Museum

53
Q

Where is Newton by Eduardo Paolozzi?

A

The large bronze sculpture is displayed on a high plinth in the piazza outside the British Library in London

54
Q

Where is The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner?

A

The National Gallery

55
Q

Where are The Seagram Murals

A

The Tate Modern

56
Q

Name TWO of the 3 theatres at the
National Theatre.

A

Olivier Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre
Dorfman Theatre

57
Q

Name ONE member of The
Bloomsbury Group

A

The Bloomsbury group included:
the novelist E.M. Forster,
the biographer Lytton Strachey,
the art critic Clive Bell,
the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant,
the economist John Maynard Keynes,
the Fabian writer Leonard Woolf,
and the novelist and critic Virginia Woolf

58
Q

Name the author of ‘Book of Dust’ who lived in Oxford.

A

Philip Pullman

59
Q

Name two London locations you would
take someone interested in Charles
Dickens.

A

48 Doughty Street is The Charles Dickens Museum
The Betsey Trotwood pub

60
Q

What architectural style is Westminster Abbey?

A

Gothic

61
Q

Name a building in London by the
architect Charles Barry.

A

Houses of Parliament

62
Q

Who designed the Shard?

A

Renzo Piano

63
Q

Who designed the Gherkin?

A

Sir Norman Foster

64
Q

Describe or draw a pediment.

A

The pediment is the triangular place under the roof of a Greek temple.

65
Q

Which East London Park became
Europe’s largest new urban park for 150
years?

A

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London.

66
Q

In the grounds of which building is the
ChelseaFlower Show held?

A

The Chelsea Flower Show has been held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London every year since 1913, apart from gaps during the two World Wars and 2020.

67
Q

Name Britain’s first Labour Party
Prime Minister.

A

James Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister and came from a working class family.

68
Q

Name the most recent Labour Prime Minister.

A

Gordon Brown

69
Q

Who was the shortest-serving prime minister, resigning after seven weeks?

A

Liz Truss

70
Q

What is the current modern name for the Roman town of Aquae Sulis?

A

Today Aquae Sulis is the English city of Bath, Somerset.

71
Q

What is the current modern name for the Roman town of Camulodunum

A

Camulodunum Is now Colchester in Essex, Camulodunum was an important castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province.

72
Q

Who was secretary at the Admiralty and kept a diary between 1660 and 1669?

A

Samuel Pepys

73
Q

Name the period of rapid technological
advance, which began with the
innovation of steam power.

A

Industrial Revolution

74
Q

In whose reign did England win the
Battle of Blenheim?

A

Queen Anne, 1704

75
Q

Name the politician who founded the London Metropolitan Police in 1829?

A

Sir Robert Peel

76
Q

When did women gain the vote in Britain?

A

1928: Women in England, Wales and Scotland received the vote on the same terms as men (over the age of 21, without property requirements) as a result of the Representation of the People Act 1928.

77
Q

Which powerful trading company
essentially governed India on behalf of
Britain in the 18th Century

A

The East India Company (EIC)

78
Q

From which London train station would
you go to take a train to Bath?

A

London Paddington

79
Q

What is the current UK population?

A

As of January 2024, the population of United Kingdom (UK) was estimated to be 69,425,995 people.

80
Q

What is the name of Charles and Camilla’s residence in Gloucestershire?

A

Highgrove House in Gloucestershire

81
Q

In which UK country is The Giant’s
Causeway?

A

Northern Ireland

82
Q

Name the second biggest city in the UK.

A

Birmingham

83
Q

Name the highest mountain in the UK.

A

Ben Nevis

84
Q

Name the Atlantic Ocean current, which
makes the English climate relatively mild.

A

The Gulf Stream

85
Q

How many countries make up the EU?

A

27

86
Q

How many countries make up the Commonwealth?

A

56

87
Q

Name two UK airports where flights from
Beijing land.

A

London Gatwick
London Heathrow

88
Q

Where does the Pope live?

A

Apostolic Palace

89
Q

When did the Elizabeth Line open?

A

The service is named after Queen Elizabeth II, who officially opened the line on 17 May 2022 during her Platinum Jubilee year; passenger services started on 24 May 2022.

90
Q

Name the current Home Secretary.

A

James Cleverly

91
Q

Which is the final court of appeal in the
UK for civil cases and for criminal cases
in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?

A

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

92
Q

Who is the speaker of the House of Commons?

A

Lindsay Hoyle

93
Q

Who is the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords?

A

John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith

94
Q

How much is the UK annual TV licence?

A

A TV Licence costs £169.50 (£57 for black and white TV sets) for both homes and businesses.

95
Q

Name any App which might be helpful to
London visitors.

A

London City Events Guide

96
Q

Which constituency does the current
Prime Minister represent?

A

Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party.

97
Q

Which political party is the Official
Opposition in the House of Commons?

A

Since May 2010, the Official Opposition has been the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer since 2020

98
Q

Which month was the most recent State
opening of Parliament

A

The most recent State Opening (the first attended by Charles III as King) was held on 7 November 2023.

99
Q

Who is the governor of the Bank of England?

A

Andrew Bailey

100
Q

Who is the first minister for Wales?

A

Vaughan Gething

101
Q

Who is the first minister for Scotland?

A

Humza Yousaf

102
Q

Name the ship that arrived in Tilbury on 22 June 1948.

A

The Empire Windrush.
The arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks in Essex in June 1948 is widely known as the beginning of the mass migration of Caribbean immigrants to the UK.

103
Q

In which year did the Romans leave London?

A

409AD
In 409AD, more than 350 years after the Roman conquest of 43AD, the island slipped from the control of the Roman Empire.

104
Q

What is the current Fourth Plinth sculpture?

A

Antelope by Samson Kambalu

105
Q

Name the first woman to have a statue in Parliament Square.

A

Campaigner Millicent Fawcett

106
Q

When and where was Charles III born?

A

14th November 1948, Buckingham Palace

107
Q

Which hospital is currently treating King Charles III?

A

The London Clinic

108
Q

What is the address of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes?

A

221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

109
Q

Who is the Lord Mayor of London?

A

Michael Mainelli
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.

110
Q

When is London Pride?

A

29th June 2024

111
Q

When does Wimbledon take place?

A

1-14 July 2024

112
Q

When is the Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival?

A

2-7 July 2024

113
Q

When is the annual Buckingham Palace summer opening and tour 2024?

A

11th July - 29th September
Visitors can see how royalty lives by touring the rooms of one of the world’s most famous residences.

114
Q

When is the Notting Hill Carnival?

A

25th and 26th August

115
Q

Who designed Tower Bridge?

A

Horace Jones (architect)

116
Q

Who is the leader of the Liberal Democrats?

A

Ed Davey

117
Q

Who is first minister for Northern Ireland?

A

Michelle O’Neill

118
Q

When was the Battle of Trafalgar?

A

The Battle of Trafalgar took place on21 October 1805during the Napoleonic War (1803–1815), as Napoleon Bonaparte and his armies tried to conquer Europe.

119
Q

When was the Battle of Agincourt?

A

The Battle of Agincourt took place on25 October 1415in modern-day Azincourt in northern France.Henry Vled his troops to an unexpected victory to defeat the French and make his claim to the throne of France.

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