London for Beginners

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1. It's early morning and I have arrived at Victoria Station. First a walk down Victoria Street and I see Westminster Cathedral to my right. On past the offices and shops and I see Westminster Abbey also on my right. The road now goes into a junction with another road and opposite I see a long old style building with a clock tower at the end. What is this building? the Houses of Parliament the War Museum the Greater London Assembly building the London Gas Works building

2. I use the London Underground and make my way up river. I arrive at my destination and find some spectacular gardens in a part of London called Kew. What is the name of the gardens? my back garden the Royal Botanic Gardens Greenwich Park Kenwood

3. Having spent all day at Kew I return the following day to Westminster Bridge. I take a boat ride and go down river. I disembark on the south bank of the Thames and find another place with a large park, a museum and a ship called the "Cutty Sark" in dry dock. Where am I now? Hampton Court Greenwich the Tower of London Southend-on-Sea

4. To visit the internationally famous R.A.F. museum which London Underground station is it best to travel to? High Barnet Colindale Morden West Kensington

5. Having had lunch at the museum the rain is just starting. I haven't asked the question yet, but "yes" we are in England! I've checked my opening times and there is another fantastic museum open nearby. I travel to Finchley Central by London Transport and make my way to East End Road to find a large house and a museum. The house was owned by the son of the person who invented a new, more modern form of ink. Who was this person that owned the house? Anthony Luciferiosifous Smith George Arthur Biro Henry Charles Stephens James Nib

6. A quick bus ride up to the Burroughs, Hendon to see a very old attraction, a 17th century farmhouse with furniture of the period still in place. Different exhibitions alternate in this rather old and quaint building. It is strange to think who and what the people who first lived in this building might have seen. Now did Elizabeth I die in the 16th or 17th century? 18th century 16th century 17th century 15th century

7. Taking the train to Chingford there is a lovely wooded expanse, so where am I now? Forest Gate Woodford Forest Epping Forest Sherwood Forest

8. Travel along to Tower Hill station on the London Underground and we're at the Tower of London. Queen Elizabeth I always enjoyed staying at this great site? Yes No

9. I go on a longer boat trip up river to visit a Tudor palace that was built by Cardinal Wolsey and later belonged to Henry VIII (reigned 1509-1547). Where have I travelled to? Kensington Place King's College, Oxford Hatfield House Hampton Court

10. Who founded London and when? the Romans in the 1st century BC the Saxons in the 11th century AD the Saxons in the 10th century AD the Romans in the 1st century AD