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London Alphabeticals No 2

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Introduction:
"For anyone who enjoyed my first "London Alphabetical" quiz, here is a second on the same theme. Again, the main source of information is the London Encyclopaedia compiled by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert and published by Macmillan."


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?
    Bow
    Bermondsey
    Bloomsbury
    Bayswater


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?
    Featherstonehaugh and Cholmondeley
    Frith and Dean
    Fortnum and Mason
    Fox and Knot


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
    Greenwich
    Greenford
    Gypsy Hill


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 _______?
    Westferry
    Dogs
    Poplar
    Thanet


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?
    Marylebone
    Millbank
    Mill Hill
    Mayfair


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
    Olympia
    Oasis
    Odeon


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?
    Praed Street
    Piccadilly
    Pall Mall
    Pennyfields


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 Vic
    The Queen's Arms
    The Queen's Head
    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
    Rossetti House
    Raphael House
    Red 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?
    Stepney
    Soho
    Somers Town
    St James's


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?
    Tottenham
    Teddington
    Twickenham
    Tooting


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


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
    Vauxhall Bridge
    Victory Bridge
    Villiers 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?
    Exmouth Market
    Excelsior House
    Exeter Hall
    Exhibition 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)


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