1. Do you know?
London Quiz

2. What did the Romans call London?
Londritia
Londatio
Londinium

3. What can you see in the picture?
Buckingham Palace
The Tower of London
Westminster Palace

4. Who built the first part of the Tower?
Harold II
William the Conqueror
Edward the Confessor

5. Which famous animals can you see at the Tower?
Ravens
Dogs
Bears

6. People say that as long as there are (
People say that as long as there are (?) ravens at the Tower, England is safe from invasion. 6 16 60

7. How did the prisoners get to the Tower?
by boat
on foot
by tube

8. How many seconds does the Tower Bridge need to lift?60
120 90

9. What is the name of this ship?
HMS Belfast
HMS Derry
HMS Dublin

10. What does HMS mean? Her Majesty’s Ship Hear My Signal
Honoured Marine Symbol

11. Where does the Monument stand?
at the place where the Great Fire of London broke out
61.5 metres from the architect's home
61.5 metres from where the Great Fire of London broke out

12. When was the Great Fire of London?
1666
1777
1555

13. How long did the Great Fire of London last?
3 weeks
3 days
3 months

14. How much of London did the Great Fire destroy?
three quarters of London
half of London
all of London

15. Who built the Monument? Admiral Horatio Nelson Sir Benjamin Hall
Sir Christopher Wren

16. Officially, Big Ben is the name of ...
The biggest bell in the clock tower
The clock
The clock tower

17. Who lives in Buckingham Palace?
the Queen
the Prime Minister
Robbie Williams

18. When can you see the Union Jack on top of Buckingham Palace?
when the Changing of the Guard takes place
when the Queen is in the palace
when the Queen is not in the palace

19. In which part of Buckingham Palace can you find the private rooms of the royal family?
In the north wing
In the east wing
In the south wing

20. What is the parade called that takes place in front of Buckingham Palace every day (summer) / every second day?
Changing of the Guard
Mounting of the Guard
Trooping the Colour

21. The Horse Guards are the Queen's …
Jockeys
Palace Guards
Life Guards

22. What can you see in the picture?
Buckingham Palace
Horse Guards Parade
Houses of Parliament

23. What takes place at the Horse Guards Parade?
the Queen's birthday parade (Trooping the Colour)
celebrations on New Year's Eve
the Changing of the Guard

24. Why is the Queen's birthday parade not in April (when the Queen's real birthday is)?
Because the weather is better in June than in April.
Because the horses are too wild in April so it would be too dangerous.
Because most of her guards are on holiday then.

25. What is the name of the river that runs through London?
Seine
Themes
Avon

26. What does the word Dungeon mean?
It's a place where parliament meets
It's a place where monsters and ghosts live
It's an underground prison.

27. What is the Dungeon today?
a theatre
a place where parliament meets
a wax museum

28. What can you see in the Dungeon?
how people were killed and tortured in England's past
wax figures of famous rock stars
photos of ghosts in old castles

29. What can you see in the picture?
Buckingham Palace
The Tower of London
the Palace of Westminster

30. What is the name of the person who wanted to blow up the Palace of Westminster in 1605?
Boy Hawkes
Gay Forkes
Guy Fawkes

31. Why do people celebrate Gunpowder Day (5 November)?
Because Guy Fawkes was born on that day.
Because guards caught Guy Fawkes, who wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on that day
Because Guy Fawkes blew up the Houses of Parliament on that day

32. Which London sight can you see in the picture?
Big Ben
Monument
London Eye

33. How far can you see from top of the London Eye?
up to 20 km
up to 40 km
up to 60 km

34. How tall is the observation wheel?
100 m
135 m
153 m

35. 1. Which London sight can you see in the picture?
Trafalgar Square
Docklands
Piccadilly Circus

36. 2. Which London sight can you see in the picture?
Nelson's Column
London Eye
Monument

37. Trafalgar Square commemorates …
Charles II favourite horse, which was called Trafalgar
the Earl of Trafalgar, whose palace was at this place.
the victory of the Royal Navy in the Battle of Trafalgar.

38. When did Nelson die?
He was wounded in the Battle of Trafalgar and died when his ship arrived in London.
He died about 22 years after the Battle of Trafalgar.
He died in the Battle of Trafalgar.

39. Which museum can you see in the background?
Dungeon
Madame Tussaud's
National Gallery

40. What is Madame Tussaud’s?
Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium
Museum of History and Fine Arts
Museum of Science
Museum of wax figures

41. When did Madame Tussaud open a permanent wax exhibition in London?
Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium
in 1802
in 1835
in 1850

42. How old was Madame Tussaud when she died?65 76 89

43. What was Madame Tussaud's last work?
her self-portrait
the royal family
the pope

44. Which London sight can you see in the picture?
Hyde Park
Piccadilly Circus
Trafalgar Square

45. Which famous museum is at Piccadilly Circus?
National Gallery
Rock Circus
London Dungeon

46. In the Rock Circus you can see ...
wax figures of famous musicians
what women wore in the past
stones, rocks and minerals

47. In the 19th century, the Docklands were the world's ..
most important prison
most famous wax museum
largest port

48. London's highest building is in the Docklands. What's its name?
Bank of England
World Trade Centre
Canary Wharf

49. When did the Globe Theatre open?
in 1853
in 1997
in 1613

50. What happened to the original Globe Theatre?
It burned down during a performance.
It burned down in the Great Fire of London
This is the original Globe Theatre!

51. At the performance of which play did the original Globe Theatre burn down in 1613?
Henry VIII
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear

52. Which of the following poets performed his plays at the original Globe Theatre?
William Shakespeare
Robert Burns
Samuel Bishop

53. Which bridge can you see in the picture?
Millennium Bridge
Tower Bridge
London Bridge

54. Which London sight can you see in the picture?
St Paul's Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey

55. Which London sight can you see in the picture?
St Paul's Cathedral
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey

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