Q&A 802-1088 Flashcards
Who does the main statue in Piccadilly Circus commemorate?
Earl of Shaftesbury
Name the architect of the Natural History Museum.
Alfred Waterhouse
Twickenham Stadium is the national stadium for which sport?
Rugby Union
Name the canal which links Little Venice with Camden Lock.
Regent’s Canal
Name one London pub named after a method of execution.
The Hung, Drawn and Quartered
What nickname is given to 20 Fenchurch Street.
Walkie-Talkie
What do the letters ULEZ stand for?
Ultra Low Emission Zone
Name ONE of the livery company halls found in Dowgate Hill.
Skinners or Tallow Chandlers
In which church was William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, baptized in 1644?
All Hallows by the Tower
In which square in Bloomsbury is there a statue of Mahatma Gandhi?
Tavistock Square
Where in London (street/square) would you find (i) the German embassy and (ii) the Indian High Commission?
(i) Belgrave Square (ii) Aldwych
When the Guard Change takes place, one detachment of the Old Guard forms up for inspection at Buckingham Palace. Where does the other detachment form up?
Friary Court, St James’s Palace
On which day of the week is Borough Market normally closed?
None
Which charity was founded by the rector of St Stephen Walbrook, Dr Chad Varah, in 1953?
The Samaritans
Name the exhibition currently taking place in the North crypt aisle and which will continue throughout 2020.
(2020 exhibition)
Name the exhibition currently on display in the Museum’s Sainsbury Exhibition Gallery.
Hieroglyphs; Cracking the Code
Name Yinka Shonibare’s installation currently on display in the Tate Modern’s Artist and Society collection.
The British Library
Where did Roman Londinium’s forum stand?
Leadenhall
What name did the Anglo-Saxons give London?
Lundenwic
Which group of foreign merchants was based around the Steelyard area of London during the Middle Ages?
Germans, Hanseiatic League
William the Conqueror built three castles in London. One was the White Tower. Name the other TWO.
Baynard Castle, Montfichet Tower
Name London’s first mayor who was appointed in 1189.
Henry FitzAilwyn (1192-1212)
The first underground railway, which opened in 1863, connected which TWO stations?
Paddington and Farringdon
Name the Scottish leader who was hanged, drawn and quartered in Smithfield in 1305.
William Wallace
Which was London’s first uniformed police force, founded in 1749?
Bow Street Runners
Name the Archbishop of Canterbury who was beheaded at the Tower of London during the Peasants’ Revolt.
Simon Sudbury
What is the current location (nearest town) of Christ’s Hospital School, originally founded in the City of London in 1553?
Horsham
Name the Palace in which Edward III, Anne of Bohemia and Henry VII died.
Richmond Palace
Name the coffee house, founded in 1680, regarded as the origin of the London Stock Exchange.
Jonathan’s Coffee House
What was the planned new use for Somerset House when it was rebuilt in the 1770s?
Royal Academy of Arts, government offices and learned societies
Why did the House of Commons consider leaving London in 1858?
Smell of the River Thames, ‘The Great Stink’
What foodstuff was refined at the Silvertown refinery, which opened in 1878?
Sugar
In what part of London did the serial killer, commonly known as Jack the Ripper, commit several murders between 1888 and 1891?
Whitechapel
How many people died in London as a result of enemy action during World War II (to the nearest 1,000)?
20,000 civilians
Why is there a Blue Plaque to Dr John Snow (1813 – 1858) in Soho?
He demonstrated that contaminated water caused cholera
Which royal palace burnt down in 1698?
Whitehall Palace
Which future author worked as a child in a blacking factory by Hungerford Stairs?
Charles Dickens
Name the Londoner who wrote a diary from 1660 – 1669.
Samuel Pepys
Name the 19th century London heiress and philanthropist, who became a pioneer in social housing and founded Colombia Road Market in 1869.
Angela Burdett-Coutts
In which year in the 19th century was the fire that destroyed almost all of the Palace of Westminster?
1834
In which building did the first meeting of the UN General Assembly take place in 1946?
Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
Which part of Buckingham Palace was destroyed by bombing in 1940 and replaced after the war with the Queen’s Gallery?
The Royal chapel
Name the saint who brought the Benedictine monks to Westminster Abbey in 960.
St Dunstan
Name the new Dean who was appointed in 2019.
Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE
Name the style of architecture in the Henry VII chapel.
Perpendicular
Name the last English king to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
George II
Name the Grand Master of the Order of the Bath.
To be announced
Name TWO of the architects buried in the nave.
George Edmund Street / Charles Barry / George Gilbert Scott /Sir Herbert Baker
What does “Pyx” mean?
Chest for coins
Name the type of enamel work found on the tomb of William de Valence in the Chapel of St Edmund.
Champlevé
What symbol does the Chief Yeoman Warder wear on his arm?
Keys
Name the king who ordered the construction of the outer wall and moat.
Edward I
At what time does the Ceremony of the Keys start (to the nearest minute)?
9:53 pm
Where did King Henry VIII establish the royal armour workshop in 1511?
Greenwich
Name the new resident governor of the Tower.
Governor of the Tower Andrew Jackson
What is the curtana?
Sword of Mercy, ceremonial sword used at coronations
Name the designer of the White Tower.
Gundulf, Bishop of Rochester
What is the weight, in carats, of the Cullinan I diamond (the First Star of Africa)?
530
Name the bishop who established the first St Paul’s Cathedral in 604.
St Mellitus
On Lord Leighton’s monument, the Spirit of Sculpture holds a replica of which of Leighton’s sculptures?
The Sluggard
With which item in the Cathedral do we associate Father Schmidt?
The Organ
Name the current Bishop of London.
Dame Sarah Mullally OBE
From what sort of stone is Henry Moore’s sculpture Mother and Child made?
Travertine Marble
How many names (to the nearest 1,000) are recorded in the Roll of Honour in the American Memorial Chapel?
28,000
On which day of the week is Evensong spoken, not sung?
Currently, choral every day, except special occasions
How many days does it take to mummify a body?
70 days
Name the special type of glassware in the Sutton Hoo clasps.
Garnet cloisonné and glass
With which cult is Hoa Hakananai’a statue associated?
Birdman Cult
Name ONE display you would show to a Harry Potter fan.
Lewis Chessman
Where in Egypt was the head and body of Ramesses II found?
Ramesseum, Thebes (the sculpture), Valley of the Kings (actual body)
Name the Greek tribe who are shown battling the centaurs on the Parthenon metopes.
Lapiths
How did the government raise the money needed to purchase Hans Sloane’s collection?
National lottery
Name the 16th century artist famous for biographies of the lives of the Renaissance great masters.
Giorgio Vasari
Turner left two landscape paintings to the nation, on condition they were hung next to which artist’s work?
Claude Lorrain
Why was Velasquez’s painting The Toilet of Venus damaged by Mary Richardson in 1914?
Suffragette Movement Protest
Which painting in the National Gallery features in a scene with Q and James Bond in the film Skyfall?
The Fighting Temeraire
Name the 20th century artist, who was one of the Whitechapel boys, whose paintings are currently the subject of an exhibition alongside the Old Masters at the National Gallery?
David Bomberg
Who occupied the house in Constable’s painting The Haywain?
Willy Lott, Tenant Farmer
What type of paint did Van Eyck use in the Arnolfini Portrait?
Oil paint
Name one of the pre-Raphaelite artists whose work is on display at Tate Britain.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millias, William Holman Hunt
Name the British sculptor who has 30 works on display in two rooms in Tate Britain.
Henry Moore
What name was given to the power station, which occupied the building now inhabited by Tate Modern?
Bankside Power Station
Name the surrealist artist whose painting Metamorphosis of Narcissus is often on display in Tate Modern.
Salvador Dali
The South Kensington Museums were established with the profits from which 1851 event?
The Great Exhibition
Which king’s portrait is the earliest portrait in the National Portrait Gallery?
Henry VII
Name ONE of the tube stations you would use to visit Kensington Palace.
High St Kensington
Name the equipment, which enabled Churchill to speak to the US President by telephone from the Cabinet War Rooms.
The SIGSALY system
When in the 1930s (to the nearest month) did the Cabinet War Rooms become fully operational?
August 1939
The Dale Chihuly chandelier hangs in the entrance hall of which London museum?
V&A
Which collection would you find in Hertford House?
The Wallace Collection
On which evening is the Royal Academy open late (until 22.00)?
Friday
Name the sculptor (family name only) of The Three Graces, on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Canova
Name TWO of the theatres on the Strand.
Savoy Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre, Adelphi Theatre
Which regiment of guards of the Household Division has no plume in their bearskin?
Scots Guards
How many standard routes is a London cabbie expected to know in order to attain ‘The Knowledge’?
320 routes
Name the financial institution, which stands above the temple of Mithras.
Bloomberg London
How long is the River Thames (in miles or kilometres)?
215 miles (346 km)
Name the newest livery company in the City of London.
Arts Scholars
Name the TWO DLR stations nearest to the ExCel Centre.
Custom House, Prince Regent
At the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, at what time approximately does the new guard leave Wellington Barracks?
10:57 am
Where is the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s London home?
Windsor
Under which bridge can the River Fleet be seen at low tide?
Blackfriars Bridge
Name the architect who designed the building at 20 Fenchurch Street, commonly known as the Walkie Talkie.
Rafael Viñoly
What percentage of the London underground system is underground?
45%
Which Premier League football team plays at the London Stadium?
West Ham
Name the developer who built Belgravia in the 1820s.
Thomas Cubitt
The statue of Viscount Montgomery of Alamein stands outside which government building?
Ministry of Defence
In which month is the Chelsea Flower Show held?
May
In which garden is the Buxton Memorial Fountain?
Victoria Tower Gardens
Name the architectural style of the Royal National Theatre.
Brutalism
Name Sir John Soane’s country home in Ealing, which recently reopened as a museum and a contemporary art gallery.
Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing
Trafalgar Square has four plinths, three of which have permanent statues. Name TWO of them.
George IV, General Charles Napier, Major General Henry Havelock
In which area of London is the Brunel Museum located?
Rotherhithe
In which green space is Kenwood House located?
Hampstead Heath
