London quiz

1. London quiz

How much do you know
about London?
Try this quiz and find out.

2. Who gave London its first name?

a)
b)
c)
The Egyptians
The Greeks
The Romans

3. Which river runs through London?

a)
b)
c)
The Thames
The Severn
The Seine

4. Who founded the Tower of London?

a)
b)
c)
Charles I
William I
Henry YIII

5. Which is the oldest part of London?

a)
b)
c)
Westminster
The City
The West End

6. Who said “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”?

a)
b)
c)
Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
Samuel Johnson

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

A Quarter of London
Three quarters of
London
c) The whole London
a)
b)

8. Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral?

a)
b)
c)
Christopher Wren
Benjamin Hall
Francis Drake

9. Where are the British kings and queens crowned?

a)
b)
c)
St Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
The House of Lords

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

a)
b)
c)
Pigeons
Ravens
Swans

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

a)
b)
c)
Oxford Street
Downing Street
Baker Street

12. What is a “double- decker”?

a)
b)
c)
A bus
A lorry
A ship

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

a)
b)
c)
Poet’s Corner
Speaker’s Corner
Revolutionary Corner

14. What is “the Globe” in London?

The largest
department store in
Europe
b) Cockney rhyming
slang for hope
c) A Shakespearean
theatre
a)

15. Which is the only London Bridge that can be raised?

a)
b)
c)
Tower Bridge
London Bridge
Waterloo Bridge

16. Why 2012 is a special year for London?

It’s the city’s 2000th
anniversary
b) The city is hosting the
Olympic Games
c) There is the eclipse of
the sun
a)

17. Where are the Crown Jewels kept?

a)
b)
c)
Buckingham Palace
The Tower of London
The Bank of England

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

a)
b)
c)
ModernTate
Madam Tussaud’s
Sherlock Holmes
Museum

19. What color is the traditional London taxi?

a)
b)
c)
Yellow
Black
Green

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

a)
b)
c)
The Tunnel
The Channel
The Tube

21. What is the London Eye?

a)
b)
c)
A telescope
An observation wheel
A newspaper

22. Which bridge over the Thames was pulled down in 1970 and transported, piece by piece, to Arizona in the USA?

a)
b)
c)
London Bridge
Tower Bridge
Westminster Bridge