Quiz Treasure Hunt

Question 1

Who built the ‘West Minster’ and when was it consecrated?

Answer 1

i) KING EDWARD (later, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR)
ii) December 1065

Question 2

Who was the first King to be buried in Westminster Abbey and when?

Answer 2

i) KING EDWARD (later, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR)
ii) January 1066

Question 3

Who began the major rebuilding work that took place from 1245 and was completed in the 18th century.

Answer 3

King HENRY III

Question 4

How many coronations have taken place in Westminster Abbey since 1066?

Answer 4

39 Coronations have taken place in Westminster Abbey since 1066

Question 5

How many English (and British) monarchs are buried in Westminster Abbey?

Answer 5

17 reigning monarchs are
buried in Westminster Abbey

Question 6

Who was the last English/British monarch to be buried in Westminster Abbey?

Answer 6

King GEORGE II in 1760.

Question 7

Who depicted in the Modern Martyrs over the west door of Westminster Abbey is related to the Royal Family and how?

Answer 7

Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia.
Granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her mother Princess Alice.

Question 8

Carved into the pavement outside the West Door of Westminster Abbey is the following quote: “Is it nothing to you all you who pass by”…what group of people are
commemorated?

Answer 8

Innocents killed by war or oppression.

Question 9

What does the column outside the West Door of Westminster Abbey that is topped by St George and the dragon commemorate?

Answer 9

Opposite the west entrance of Westminster Abbey is a tall marble and stone column, erected in 1861 and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, which remembersformer pupils of Westminster School who died in theCrimean War1854-1856 and the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858.

Question 10

Why is the pillar box near Parliament Square gold?

Answer 10

To commemorate British gold medal winners at the2012 Summer Olympicsand2012 Summer Paralympics, variouspost boxesin the home towns of the medal winners around the United Kingdom, plus one each onSarkand theIsle of Man, were repainted gold.

The project was launched on 24 July by painting the box atWestminster Abbey.

Question 11

What took place in the Methodist Central Hall in 1946?

Answer 11

The inaugural meeting of the United Nations General Assemblytook place at Methodist Central Hall Westminster (MCHW). Unscathed by the war, MCHW was the ideal choice to host the UN’s General Assembly.

Question 12

My coach driver wants to know how much it costs to park in one of the coach bays on Tothill Street on Saturday. What’s the cost?

Answer 12

Day - Monday to Friday - Cost - £4 per hour from 8.30am to 6.30pmand then freeuntil midnight

Day - Saturday - Cost - £4 per hour from 8.30am to 1.30pm and then freeuntil midnight

Day - Sunday - Cost - Free

Question 13

i) Which pub is thought to be the oldest pub in Westminster?
ii) What mode of transport appears on their sign?
i) In which film did appear in 2018?

Answer 13

i) The Two Chairman
ii) A sedan chair
iii) Mary Poppins Returns

Question 14

What was originally ‘staged’ in the Cockpit theatre before plays?

Answer 14

Cock fights

Question 15

Who opened St James’s Park to the public and in which century?

Answer 15

Charles II
17th century

Question 16

In what year were the Pelicans in St James’s given to King Charles II?

Answer 16

Pelicans have been kept at the park since 1664, when a Russian ambassador presented them to King Charles II

Question 17

How big is St James’s Park?

Answer 17

St. James’s Park is approximately 23 hectares (57 acres) in size - the equivalent of 8.5 Wembley Stadiums! The park’s perimeter is approximately 1.3 miles long.

Question 18

What is the nickname of the Blue Bridge in St James’s Park?

Answer 18

‘tin and stone’

Question 19

What are those noisy little black birds on the lake with white “shields” (marks) on the front of their heads?

Answer 19

Coots

Question 20

Who designed Marlborough House?

Answer 20

The architectChristopher Wrenand his son of the same name designed a two-story brick building withrusticatedstonequoinsthat was completed in 1711.

Question 21

i) Who was Marlborough House built for?
ii) What year?

Answer 21

i) The house was built forSarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante ofQueen Anne.
ii) 1711

Question 22

What is Marlborough House used for today?

Answer 22

It is the headquarters of theCommonwealth of Nationsand the seat of theCommonwealth Secretariat.

Question 23

How much are the public toilets by Marlborough Gate?

Answer 23

20p

Question 24

Which king and queen have statues along the Mall?

Answer 24

Statues of Queen ELIZABETH, Queen Mother and her husband GEORGE VI.

Question 25

Who was the sculptor of the statue of King George VI on The Mall?
When was it unveiled?

Answer 25

The statue of GEORGE VI is by William McMILLAN and was unveiled in 1955

Question 26

Who was the sculptor of the statue of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on The Mall?
When was it unveiled?

Answer 26

The statue of QUEEN ELIZABETH is by Philip JACKSON and was unveiled
in 2009.

Question 27

Next to the statues of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother, on The Mall is a freize. A particular breed of dog is depicted on the frieze of which the Queen owned
several. What’s the breed?

Answer 27

The frieze was also unveiled in 2009 and depicts incidents through her life;
staying in London during bombing in WWII,
a day at the races,
The frieze depicts the Royal Family in the Breakfast Room at Windsor.
The breed of dog is the Corgi.

Question 28

CARLTON GARDENS and CARLTON HOUSE TERRACE. In 1940 the French National Committee moved here from their previous site at Victoria Embankment and on the 18th June 1940 a famous radio broadcast appealing for resistance was made here.
Who made that radio broadcast?

Answer 28

General Charles de Gaulle

Question 29

PALL MALL and the gentlemen’s clubs of London. Where does the name PALL MALL said to come from?
Which Kings are associated with it?

Answer 29

The name PALL MALL is said to come from the Italian game ‘Palla a Maglio’.
CHARLES I is said to have played the game as did his son CHARLES II.

Question 30

There is a small grave outside number 9 Carlton House Terrace to a resident who once lived next door when it was the German Embassy in London, who was it?

Answer 30

‘Giro’ was an Alsatian who belonged to Dr. Leopold von Hoesch, the German Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1932 to 1936.

Question 31

i) By what name is the Clubhouse located at 107 Pall Mall, at the corner of Waterloo Place better known?
ii) When was it founded?
iii) What happens inside?

Answer 31

i) The Athenaeum
ii) Founded in 1824
iii) A private members’ club in London called ‘The Literary Club’. Our nearly 2,000 members are drawn from a wide range of professional worlds including literature and the arts, education, the church, business, law, medicine and healthcare, public service, politics, science, architecture, engineering and technology.

Question 32

i) Who designed and built the Athenaeum?
ii) Give the names of two famous members of The Literary Club.

Answer 32

i) The Athenaeum was designed in 1828 by Decimus BURTON and built by the company of Decimus’s father,James Burton, the pre-eminent London property developer.
ii) Charles DICKENS and Michael FARADAY

Question 33

i) Whose statue is above the portico of the Athenaeum?
ii) What is depicted by the frieze that runs around the building?

Answer 33

i) A gilded statue of Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom, looks out from a front balcony as the Club’s tutelary spirit and guide.
ii) The bas-relief frieze is a copy of the frieze of the Parthenon in Athens.

Question 34

Opposite the entrance to the Institute of Directors on Pall Mall is the last surviving section of an 18th century music venue. Which one?

Answer 34

The Royal Opera
Now the Royal Opera Arcade

Question 35

Which is the oldest shopping arcade built in London (also the oldest in the UK)?

Answer 35

The Royal Opera Arcade in London is the oldest arcade in the UK, having been built between 1816 and 1818, so pre-dating even the Burlington Arcade.

Question 36

i) Which architect designed Waterloo Place?
ii) What is the island where the monuments are placed called and why does it have this name?

Answer 36

i) The whole design is the work of John NASH.
ii) In the centre of Waterloo Place is an area called Crimea Island. So called because on it is The Guards Crimean War Memorial that commemorates the Allied victory in theCrimean Warof 1853–56.

Question 37

i) Who was known as the’ Lady of the Lamp’?
ii) Where is her statue located?

Answer 37

i) Florence Nightingale
ii) Crimea Island, Waterloo Place