QUIZERAMA QUIZ FILES

1. Which is London’s largest theatre - in stage size?
The Palladium
2. In which building in London is Poets Corner?
Westminster Abbey
3. Which association of insurance underwriters was named after a 17th century London coffeehouse?
Lloyds
4. To which London hospital did JM Barrie bequeath the copyright to Peter Pan?
Great Ormond Street
5. From which London building did the SAS rescue 26 hostages in 1980?
Iranian Embassy
6. In London what has ten rising gates?
Thames Barrier
7. Which London mainline railway station is closest to Buckingham Palace?
Victoria
8. In which century was the last execution carried out at the Tower of London?
20th (1941)
9. Which was the only bridge across the River Thames until 1747?
London Bridge
10. The first long distance race was from Antwerp to London in 1819, in which sport?
Pigeon racing
11. Which London Underground station had its name changed to “Barbican” in 1968?
Aldersgate
12. Where does the Trooping of the Colour take place in London?
Horse Guards Parade
13. In which year was the Great Fire of London?
1666
14. Where in London would you find the residence of the American ambassador to the UK?
Regent’s Park
15. How many times has Paula Radcliffe won the London Marathon?
Three
16. Which organisation was founded in 1905 at Pinoli’s Restaurant in London?
Magic Circle
17. Where in London can you see the Apollo 10 space capsule?
Science Museum
18. What is London’s oldest theatre?
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
19. Which influential fashion designer opened a shop called “Bazaar” in the Kings Road, London in 1955?
Mary Quant
20. The ghost of which wife of Henry VIII has been seen many times gliding through the Tower of London, where she was beheaded in 1536?
Anne Boleyn

21. Which chef opened a restaurant in London called Notting Grill a) Gary Rhodes b) Jamie Oliver c) Anthony Worrell Thompson?
Anthony Worrell Thompson
22. In which historic London church can The Coronation Chair be found?
Westminster Abbey
23. Where in London is the Strangers Gallery?
The Houses of Parliament
24. Which football team started as a works team from Woolwich in East London?
Arsenal
25. What sport is played at London’s Queen’s Club?
Tennis
26. Which railway station in London, designed by Edward Wilson and opened in 1874, serves East Anglia?
Liverpool Street
27. From which London jail did Ronnie Biggs escape in 1965?
Wandsworth
28. Which famous London thoroughfare has been known at different times as "the way from Uxbridge", "the road to Oxford" and "Tyburn Road"?
Oxford Street
29. What life-threatening thing appeared in London for the last time in 1962?
Smog
30. Where in London is the Central Criminal Court?
Old Bailey
31. Which drink was first sold publicly in London in 1657?
Tea
32. Which bowler hatted character lived at 52 Festive Road, Putney, London S.W.15?
Mr. Benn
33. Which building in London’s Aldwych is home to the BBC’s World Service?
Bush House
34. What London landmark has a hand 11 feet long?
Big Ben (The Clock)
35. On the London Underground, on which line is Knightsbridge station?
Piccadilly
36. Which F is the name of a brewing company that has its main brewery in Chiswick London?
Fullers (Fuller, Smith & Turner)
37. What is the name of London’s Rugby League Team?
Bronco’s
38. London’s Middlesex Street is better known as what?
Petticoat Lane
39. Which London building was gutted by fire in November 1936?
Crystal Palace
40. At what speed – in feet per second, does the London Eye revolve?
One

Tiebreaker - Parking Meters were first introduced in London in which year?
1958

1. How is the Collegiate Church of St Peter, in London, better known?
Westminster Abbey
2. What is the full name of the educational establishment which is usually abbreviated to LSE?
London School of Economics
3. In which London park would you find London Zoo?
Regent’s Park
4. What was the name of the Roman Road which ran from London to York?
Ermine Street
5. Which company sponsors the big wheel called, "The London Eye"?
British Airways
6. The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town, Was A Serial Within Which TV Show?
The Two Ronnies
7. What is the nickname for the Yeoman of The Guard at the Tower of London?
Beefeaters
8. Which London thoroughfare shares it’s name with the first ever King Size cigarette?
Pall Mall
9. London’s first pillar boxes were installed in 1855. What colour were they?
Green
10. Which sport is played by the London Leopards?
Basketball
11. Prior to 1810 where was all British coinage minted?
The Tower of London
12. What Italian painter is noted for paintings of London?
Canaletto
13. Which London-born actor played a boy adopted by Indians in “The Last Of The Mohicans?
Daniel Day Lewis
14. Which two Underground lines serve London’s Euston Station?
Victoria & Northern
15. In which month is the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run?
November
16. The Olympic Games were held in London in 1948 and which other year?
1908
17. The London-based firm Stanley Gibbons is well known for dealing in what?
Stamps
18. In which London Street does the Cenotaph stand?
Whitehall
19. During which month of the year does the London Marathon take place?
April
20. In which London station is the new Eurostar terminal to open in 2007?
St Pancras

21. To have an “All London” taxi licence, drivers must have a detailed knowledge of the 25,000 streets within a six mile radius of which railway station – Charing Cross, Victoria, or Waterloo?
Charing Cross
22. Tony Blair revealed in 2004 that he once slept rough in London with a companion called Clarence. Who or what was Clarence?
His guitar
23. In which London attraction will you find The Chamber of Horrors?
Madame Tussauds
24. Which London Underground line was opened in 1969?
Victoria
25. Where is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Lambeth Palace
26. Which building in London contains a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an Unknown Warrior of World War One?  
Westminster Abbey
27. In which fictional London Borough is Eastenders set?
Walford
28. Which children’s nursery rhyme is about The Great Plague of London?
Ring-A Ring- Of Roses
29. What is London’s largest park?
Hyde Park
30. Where, in London, is the meeting point of the Strand, the Mall, and Whitehall?
Trafalgar Square
31. What are London’s two cricket Test match venues?
Lord’s & The Oval  
32. Which tourist attraction is next door to Madame Tussaud’s in London?
The London Planetarium
33. Which London underground line runs from Stanmore to Stratford?
Jubilee
34. What is the name of Europe’s largest bookstore, in London’s Piccadilly, with 1.5 million titles on seven floors?
Waterstones  
35. In which London borough are the National Maritime Museum and the Millennium Dome?  
Greenwich  
36. Which London building is known as "the old lady of Threadneedle Street"?
Bank of England
37. London boasts the oldest public museum in the world, founded in 1753. Which is it?  
British Museum
38. What’s the name of the Famous Fish Market in London?
Billingsgate
39. What is the name of the famous meat market in London?
Smithfield
40. Where in London is the statue of Eros?
Piccadilly Circus

Tiebreaker - In which year did Madame Tussaud’s open in London?
1928
- When was electric street lighting introduced to London?
1879

1. On which London thoroughfare are the Grosvenor, Hilton and Dorchester Hotels?
Park Lane
2. What is located at 24/31 Grosvenor Square, London?
US Embassy
3. For which industry is London’s Wardour Street famous?
Film Industry
4. On the London Underground, which line would you use to get to Heathrow Airport?
The Picadilly Line
5. Where in London is the Royal Opera House?
Covent Garden
6. Who famously said "The people of London with one voice would say to Hitler ….. you do your worst and we will do our best"?
Sir Winston Churchill
7. Which famous monument was added to Trafalgar Square in 1843?
Nelson’s Column
8. Which establishment founded in 1826 was largely the work of Sir Stamford Raffles?
London Zoo
9. In the Harry Potter books, the Hogwarts Express leaves from which London train station?
Kings Cross
10. Which famous square once covered by fruit and vegetable markets, was designed by Inigo Jones between 1631-1637?
Covent Garden
11. Specifically, where does the London Marathon finish?
The Mall
12. In which Borough of London was the Millennium Dome built?
Greenwich
13. How are the Royal Botanic Gardens better known?
Kew Gardens
14. Which London underground line was the last to use steam passenger trains in 1961?
Metropolitan Line
15. In which month does The Lord Mayor’s Show always take place when the Lord Mayor parades through the streets of the City of London?
November
16. Which street named after a region of Northern Italy, is the centre of banking in the City of London?
Lombard Street
17. A memorial black marble stone set into the floor of Westminster Abbey, has the last line inscribed on it "A talent to amuse". To whom is the memorial dedicated?
Sir Noel Coward
18. How is the London based society of conjurors and magicians better known?
The Magic Circle
19. The Great Fire of London began in Pudding Lane. But where did it end?
Pie Corner
20. Which area of London has six consecutive consonants in it’s name?
Knightsbridge (e.g Islington has three, the n, g, t)

21. How many pods are there on the London Eye?
Thirty Two
22. Which airline company first made a commercial flight in a Boeing 747 from New York to London?
Pan-Am
23. Which European city linked up with London by phone in 1891?
Paris
24. Which architect was mainly responsible for designing the Millennium Dome?
Richard Rogers
25. Which London park houses a Peace Pagoda, a botanical garden, deer park and the Festival Pleasure Gardens (part of the 1951 Festival of Britain)?
Battersea Park
26. Which 90’s band was named after an area of London?
East 17
27. Who was the last monarch to occupy the Tower of London?
James I
28. What became London’s highest building, when it was completed, in 1710 and remained so for 253 years?
St. Paul’s Cathedral
29. Which ‘medicinal’ soft drink did Erasmus Bond patent in London on 28th May 1858?
Tonic water
30. In the 1960’s which London street was known as the fashion centre for the young?
Carnaby street
31. What is the name of the lake in the middle of Hyde Park in London?
Serpentine
32. On which London street is Selfidges?
Oxford Street
33. “Charisma”, “Bayleaf” and “Vaseline” were all characters in which TV series?
London’s Burning
34. Which brand of disinfectant took it’s name from the London Sanitary Engineer Harry Pickup?
Harpic
35. Which orchestra was founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932?
London Philharmonic
36. On which street in London is Hamley’s toy shop?
Regent Street
37. The name of which London thoroughfare provided hits for Gerry Refferty and Undercover?
Baker Street
38. In which London park did the Great Exhibition of 1851 take place?
Hyde Park
39. Which London racecourse closed in 1979?
Alexander Park
40. In 1973 Mrs Susan Shaw became the first ever woman to set foot on the what?
Floor of the London Stock Exchange

Tiebreaker - Traffic wardens were first seen in London in which year?
1960

1. Who wrote a famous diary between 1660 and 1669, which included detailed descriptions of the Plague and the Great Fire of London?
Samuel Pepys
2. Who ordered the building of the Tower of London?
William the Conqueror
3. Which London landmark was designed by Sir Norman Foster to depict a ‘blade of light by night’?
The Millennium Bridge - nicknamed ‘The Blade of Light’
4. Which famous annual sporting event was first held in 1981 when it was won by Dick Beardsley?
London Marathon
5. What trade is associated with London’s Hatton Gardens?
Diamonds & Jewellery
6. Which tourist attraction is called ‘the gasworks’ by London cabbies?
Houses of Parliament
7. What was first produced, listing 255 names, in London in 1880?
Telephone Directory
8. What is London’s most famous Bookshop?
Foyles
9. On which London Underground Line is the longest tunnel?
Northern
10. Which two clubs were involved in the first all London F.A. cup final?
Spurs & Chelsea
11. Which birds are associated with the Tower of London?
Ravens
12. From which London station are the trains direct to the continent, through the Channel Tunnel?
Waterloo
13. Which London Theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit by electric lighting?
Savoy Theatre
14. Which London building has a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an unknown warrior from Word war I?
Westminster Abbey
15. Which London street is famous for private medicine?
Harley Street
16. Where in London is the Ceremony of the Keys held each evening?
Tower of London
17. The world famous steam engine ‘The Flying Scotsman’ used to depart from which London Station en route to Edinburgh?
King’s Cross
18. Which UK punk group had a hit with London Calling?
The Clash
19. Who was the last prisoner in the Tower of London?
Rudolf Hess
20. 5 points available - Greater London has borders with five counties, one point for each correct?
Buckinghamshire / Essex / Hertfordshire / Kent / Surrey

21. Who had a hit in the UK singing about the Streets of London?
Ralph McTell
22. In London, whose private house has its own court and eleven prison cells?
Lord Mayor of London
23. What fictional creatures from South London did children’s writer Elizabeth Beresford create?
The Wombles
24. Which legendary monster actor was born William Henry Pratt in London in 1887?
Boris Karloff
25. In London, which road runs from Charing Cross to Fleet Street?
The Strand
26. Which Comedy series was set mainly at 34 Claremont Avenue, London, W11 4BS?
Absolutely Fabulous
27. Which borough of London shares its name with a New York village?
Greenwich
28. Which Ealing comedy was about a group of Londoners that set up their own country?
Passport to Pimlico
29. True or False: the manager of the first ever Japanese restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, Umu in London’s Mayfair, is called Eric Kebbab?
True
30.  In which building would you find ‘Traitors Gate’?  
Tower of London
31. The London monument near London Bridge was built to comemorate what?
The Great Fire of London
32. What is Fleet Street in London named after?
River Fleet (now underground)
33. Which London football team had a chart hit in 1981 with the song ‘Ossie’s Dream’?
Tottenham Hotspur
34. Which theatre in London was originally called the Waldorf?
The Strand
35. Which London Street is famous for men’s tailoring?
Saville Row
36. Who was on the English throne at the time of the Great Fire of London?
Charles II
37. Which particular Travel Map was designed in 1931 by a man called Henry Beck?
London Underground Map
38. After the Great Fire of London, which architect was responsible for the rebuilding of over 50 churches in London?
Christopher Wren
39. Who designed New Scotland Yard and the garden suburb at Bedford Park, London?
Norman Shaw
40. Whose restaurant scored the lowest possible rating for food, ambience and service in the 2004 edition of Harden’s London Restaurant Guide?
Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen - he started the restaurant using a gang of previously unemployable teenagers

Tiebreaker - How many Stations are there on the London Underground?
206
- According to the organisers of the London marathon, what is the average time taken to complete a marathon?
4 hours 3 minutes

1. In Which London Street did the Great Fire of London break out in 1666?
Pudding Lane
2. In which building is the Kohinoor (pron. Co – E – Nor) Diamond kept?
The Tower of London
3. What London borough hosts an annual flower show?
Chelsea
4. What area of London did Jack the Ripper frequent?
Whitechapel
5. Which London museum is named after a Queen and her cousin?
Victoria and Albert museum
6. For which London building was the Marble Arch originally designed as a gateway?
Buckingham Palace
7. Which London Park would you be in to ride along Rotten Row?
Hyde Park
8. Which was the first main railway terminus to open in London?
Euston
9. What is the name of the London home of the Prince of Wales?
St James Palace
10. In which building in London will you find “The Whispering Gallery”?
St Paul’s Cathedral
11. In 1912, a statue of which J.M. Barrie hero was unveiled in London’s Kensington Gardens?
Peter Pan
12. Where in London will you find gates named after Margaret Thatcher?
Downing Street
13. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall?
Kensington
14. What is London’s most frequently stolen road sign?
Abbey Road
15. Outside which London railway station will you find an eight foot statue of Sherlock Holmes?
Baker Street underground railway station
16. Whose official residence is Fulham Palace?
Bishop of London
17. Which is the only London mainline rail terminus to share its name with a bridge over the Thames?
Waterloo
18. What London theatre boasted during WWII "We never closed"?
The Windmill
19. Name the only Bascule bridge in London?
Tower Bridge
20. Which TV character lived at 3 Stable Mews in the City of London?
John Steed in the Avengers

21. What is the name of the nearest forest to London?
Epping Forest
22. which London born actor played a boy adopted by Indians in the film the last of the Mohicans?
Daniel day Lewis
23. South Mimms and Clacket Lane are service areas on which British motorway?
M25 or London Orbital
24. What mode of transport ran in London for the last time in 1962?
The trolleybus
25. Born in London in 1947, how is the singer / actor David Albert Cook better known?
David Essex – his first single reached 3/1973 – ‘Rock on’)
26. Who founded his first “Mission For The Destitute” in London’s East End in 1867?
Thomas Barnado
27. Which motorway connects London to Winchester?
M3
28. Mincing Lane in London was traditionally the home of what trade?
Tea
29. Which 1981 film featured an isolated inn called The Slaughtered Lamb?
An American Werewolf In London
30. The Trolley Song by Ron Goodwin is the theme to the television coverage of which sporting event, held every April?
The London Marathon
31. According to the song, in which London thoroughfare did a Nightingale sing?
Berkeley Square
32. Where would you find the Lutine Bell?
Lloyds of London
33. In 1848, The London Daily News carried the worlds fist what?
Weather report
34. Which Hollywood star is now artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London?
Kevin Spacey
35. 51 what were destroyed by the Great fire of London?
Churches
36. Which area of London got its name from a hunting call?
Soho
37. The De Beaumont centre in London specialises in what sport?
Fencing
38. The first branch of which supermarket chain was a small dairy in London’s Drury Lane, opened in 1864?
Sainsbury’s
39. What took place on London’s Serpentine for the first time on 16th June 1930?
Mixed Bathing
40. In London what are The Cavalry, Marlborough and Savile?
Private Members Clubs