London quiz

1. Who gave London its first name?

a) the Egyptians

b) the Greeks

c) the Romans

2. Which river runs through London?

a) the Thames

b) the Severn

c) the Seine

3. Who founded the Tower of London?

a) Charles I

b) William I

c) Henry VIII

4. Who said 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life'?

a) Charles Dickens

b) William Shakespeare

c) Samuel Johnson

5. Which is the oldest part of London?

a) Westminster

b) the City

c) the West End

6. How much of London did the Great Fire of London destroy in 1666?

a) a quarter of London

b) three quarters of London

c) the whole city

7. Who designed St Paul's Cathedral?

a) Christopher Wren

b) Benjamin Hall

c) Francis Drake

8. Where are the British kings and kings crowned?

a) St Paul's Cathedral

b) Westminster Abbey

c) the House of Lords

9. Which birds, according to legend, protect the Tower of London?

a) pigeons

b) ravens

c) swans

10. Which is the most famous shopping street in London?

a) Oxford Street

b) Downing Street

c) Baker Street

11. What is a 'double-decker'?

a) a bus

b) a lorry

c) a ship

12. Where can you make a speech in Hyde Park?

a) Poet's Corner

b) Speaker's Corner

c) Revolutionary Corner

13. What is 'the Globe' in London?

a) the largest department
store in Europe

b) Cockney rhyming slang
for 'hope'

c) a Shakespearean theatre

16. Where are the Crown Jewels kept?

a) Buckingham Palace

b) The Tower of London

c) The Bank of England

17. If you visited Number One, London, where would you be?

a) Buckingham Palace

b) Main Post Office

c) Apsley House

18. Which museum is situated at 221B Baker Street?

a) Tate Modern

b) Madam Tussaud's

c) Sherlock Holmes Museum

19. What colour is the traditional London taxi?

a) yellow

b) black

c) green

20. What s the popular name for the underground system in London?

a) the Tunnel

b) the Channel

c) the Tube

21. What is the London Eye?

a) a telescope

b) an observation wheel

c) a newspaper

22. How much will it cost you to visit the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Tate Modern Gallery, the Science Museum and the Imperial War Museum?

a) 10 pounds

b) 30 pounds

c) Nothing. They are all free.

23. Which former London resident has been voted 'the greatest Briton of all time'?

a) Sir Winston Churchill

b) Charles Darwin

c) John Lennon

24. Which bridge over the Thames was pulled down in 1970 and transported, piece by piece, to Arizona in the United States?

a) London Bridge

b) Tower Bridge

c) Westminster Bridge

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