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Introduction:
"This quiz deals with the sort of background information that may come in useful to visitors sightseeing in this 'town for all seasons'."


1. Why is the Queen's London residence called Buckingham Palace rather than e.g. Windsor Palace?
    Queen Victoria was Duchess of Buckingham
    the present palace once was the Duke of Buckingham's mansion
    the square in front of the palace always had been called Buckingham Square
    Lord Buckingham was the architect


2. What is the name of the ceremonial driveway used by the Queen when she leaves her palace to meet distinguished visitors or to attend the State Opening of Parliament?
    the Mall
    Constitution Hill
    Birdcage Walk
    Pall Mall


3. Which of these was the FIRST Royal Palace in London?
    the Old Palace of Westminster
    Greenwich Palace
    Whitehall Palace
    Windsor Castle


4. Who is the saint to whom Westminster Abbey is dedicated?
    St Peter
    St George
    Edward the Confessor
    St Dunstan


5. Which present-day bridge was the site of the first bridge ever across the Thames in London?
    Blackfriars Bridge
    London Bridge
    Tower Bridge
    Westminster Bridge


6. Ambassadors to Britain are not accredited to the Court of Buckingham Palace but to the Court of __________________
    Whitehall
    Westminster
    St. James
    Windsor


7. In which London church or cathedral would you find the tombs of Nelson and of Wellington, an effigy of John Donne and a Latin text that says: 'Reader,if you seek my memorial,just look about you.'
    St. Paul's Cathedral
    Westminster Abbey
    St. Margaret's Church, sometimes called the Church of Parliament
    All-Hallows-by-the-Tower


8. In comparison with other European cities, London has surprisingly few medieval churches.The reason of course is the Great Fire in 1666.Only a few escaped the flames.Which of these is NOT such a pre-Wren, or pre-Great Fire church?
    St Helen's in Bishopsgate
    St Bartholomew the Great
    All-Hallows-by-the-Tower
    St Bride's in Fleet Street


9. Who is the American President who has his statue, on Grosvenor Square, just in front of the American Embassy in London?
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    George Washington
    Abraham Lincoln


10. Who, apart from William Shakespeare, also has his statue on Leicester Square in the heart of London's Theatre and Movie Theatreland?
    Richard Coeur de Lion
    Peter Pan
    Charlie Chaplin
    Charles I


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