Around London

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1. What is a more common name for the "All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club"? Answer: (One Word; watch the spelling!)

2. What fashionable London suburb was home to John Keats, John Constable, and Elizabeth Taylor? Highgate Hampstead St. Johns Wood Islington

3. What is the name of the former docklands area which is across the river from the Millennium Dome, near the Royal Naval Hospital and the Royal Observatory? Answer: (Three Words)

4. Which famous museum is located along the Thames river and housing many works by J.M.W. Turner? Turner Horniman Hayward Tate

5. What name is given to the frieze of the Parthenon for which a special room was built in the British Museum? Rosetta Stones Elgin Marbles Athenian Treasury Acropolis Marbles

6. What London suburb is the site of Karl Marx's grave and is known as a "village"? Highgate Mayfair Chelsea Blackheath

7. What is the name of one of London's two largest and most popular football clubs? Putney Paddington Arsenal United

8. What is the name of one of London's largest squares, where tourists buy their discount theatre tickets? Euston Russell Piccadilly Leicester

9. What is the name of the most famous international insurers, located in the "City"? Prudential Lloyds Royal Trust Pinkerton's

10. O.K., what famous area bordering Westminster do the previous answers indicate? Answer: (One Word, nine letters; review the introduction)