Sights of London

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Sights of

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London

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London Quiz
Sector 1

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Who gave London its first name?
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Which river runs through London?
the Thames

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Which is the oldest part of London?
The City is the oldest part of London, its financial and business centre.

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What's London's most famous
department store?

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What street has a long tradition
as the home of printing?

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What are the famous guards
of The Tower of London called?
The Beefeaters

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What commemorates Napoleon's defeat at sea
in 1805?
Nelson's Column

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What line runs through Greenwich?
The Prime Meridian

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Where's the home of the Prime Minister?
the home of the Prime Minister
Downing Street

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What made Carnaby Street famous?
fashion

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Who founded the Tower of London?

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Who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral?
Christopher When, a famous English architect

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Where are the British kings and
queens crowned?
Westminster Abbey

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Which birds, according to the legend,
protect the tower of London?
ravens

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Which is the most famous
shopping street in London?
Oxford Street

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Where can you make a speech in
Hyde Park?

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3 What is “the Globe” in London?
A Shakespearean theatre

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What did Madame Tussaud start
in 1835?
Famous waxworks
famous waxfigures

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What was the year of the Great Plague, the
disease that killed 1000's of Londoners?
It happened in 1665

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What was the year of the Fire of London,
which destroyed most of the city and
eliminated the plague?

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There is a small statue of a child who never
grew up in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park.
What's his name?
Peter Pan

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You can see it from the river Thames. It is very old and has a
long history. It was used as a fortress, a prison and a palace, but
now it is a museum. It has several towers, for example the
White Tower and the Bloody Tower.
the Tower of London

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It is a famous bridge across the
Thames.
Tower Bridge

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It is the central square of London
and it is famous all over the world.
Trafalgar Square

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It is a palace where the queen
lives when she is in London.
Buckingham Palace