London Alphabeticals No 2

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1. A is for a street in the St John's Wood area, famous for its recording studios. What is its name? Abbey Road Abbey Grove Abbey Lane Abbey Gardens

2. B is for the district surrounding the British Museum. It is known as a centre of literary and intellectual life. What is it called? Bermondsey Bloomsbury Bayswater Bow

3. C is for the area between the Strand, St Martin's Lane/Monmouth Street, High Holborn and Kingsway. It contains the Royal Opera House and used to be famous for its fruit, vegetable and flower market. What is it called? Answer: (Two Words - C***** G*****)

4. D is for the museum at 48 Doughty Street. It is the only surviving London residence of the man whom it commemorates. What is the name of the museum? Disraeli House Museum Daniel Defoe Museum Dickens House Museum Darwin House Museum

5. E is for a roundabout in South London which is the meeting place of Newington Causeway, New Kent Road, Walworth Road, Newington Butts, St George's Road and London Road. It takes its name from a pub. What is that name? Elephant and Castle English Rose Eight Bells Eagle and Child

6. F is for the shop at 181 Piccadilly. It is one of the most famous gourmet food shops in the world, and is named after its two eighteenth-century founders. Who were they? Frith and Dean Fortnum and Mason Fox and Knot Featherstonehaugh and Cholmondeley

7. G is for the area with the postcode SE10. It contains the old Royal Observatory, the Royal Naval College and the National Maritime Museum and is the mooring place of the tea-clipper "Cutty Sark" and Sir Francis Chichester's boat "Gypsy Moth IV." What is the name of this place? Gunnersbury Gypsy Hill Greenford Greenwich

8. H is for a north-western suburb which is traditionally described as "on the Hill." It is the home of one of England's most famous public (i.e. private) schools What is it called? Hampstead Harrow Highgate Hendon

9. I is for the "island" or peninsula formed by a bend in the Thames between Limehouse and Blackwall. It contains the disused and redeveloped West India and Millwall Docks and the Canary Wharf tower. It is called the Isle of _______? Thanet Westferry Dogs Poplar

10. J is for a street which runs parallel with the south side of Piccadilly from St James's Street to Regent Street and on into Haymarket. It is famous for luxury shops, especially for men's clothes. What is it called? Jermyn Street John Street James Street Jubilee Street

11. K is for a house at Hampstead containing a collection of pictures known as the Iveagh Bequest. What is the name of the house? Keats House Kenwood House Kingswood House Kent House

12. L is for London's biggest square, just south of High Holborn. What is it called? Leicester Square Lincoln's Inn Fields Lowndes Square Lennox Square

13. M is for the area surrounded by the western end of Oxford Street, Park Lane, Piccadilly and Regent Street. It is synonymous with luxury and is the most expensive square on the British Monopoly board. What is it called? Millbank Marylebone Mayfair Mill Hill

14. N is for an area of North Kensington, famous for its annual street carnival. It was the setting for a 1999 film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. What is its name? Notting Hill Neasden Northwood New Cross

15. O is for the big exhibition venue near the boundary of Kensington and Hammersmith & Fulham. What is its name? Olympus Odeon Oasis Olympia

16. P is for the street that runs from the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square to the southern end of St James's Street. It takes its name from an old ball game, and is famous for its gentlemen's clubs. What is it called? Piccadilly Pall Mall Pennyfields Praed Street

17. Q is for a pub which features prominently in the London-based soap opera "EastEnders." How is it generally referred to by the characters? The Queen's Head The Queen Vic The Queen's Arms The Queen's Elm

18. R is for the home of William Morris at Bexleyheath in south-east London. What is it called? Ruskin House Red House Raphael House Rossetti House

19. S is for the district bounded by the eastern end of Oxford Street, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road. Traditionally a cosmopolitan area and a place to eat out, what is it called? St James's Stepney Soho Somers Town

20. T is for the south-western suburb of London that is known as the headquarters of Rugby Union in England. What is its name? Twickenham Tooting Teddington Tottenham

21. U is for a football ground in East London which is home to West Ham United. What is its name? Upton Park Unicorn Park Upminster Park Upper Ground

22. V is for the road bridge that crosses the Thames upstream from Lambeth Bridge and downstream from Chelsea Bridge. What is it called? Victoria Bridge Villiers Bridge Victory Bridge Vauxhall Bridge

23. W is for the ancient building which now serves as the vestibule to the Houses of Parliament. What is it called? Westminster Hall Westminster Court Westminster Abbey Westminster House

24. EX is for a building that once stood on the site of today's Strand Palace Hotel. It served Victorians as a concert hall and also as a famous meeting place for various evangelical and philanthropic bodies. What was it called? Excelsior House Exmouth Market Exhibition Hall Exeter Hall

25. Y is for an organization which was founded at a meeting in St Paul's Churchyard in 1844 and which provides accommodation and recreational and educational facilities for young people. Today there are parallel associations in 120 countries around the world. The organization is known by a 4-letter acronym - what is that acronym? Answer: (One Word)