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1. The name Scotland Yard originally referred to that part of the old English Royal Palace 'Whitehall' that was reserved for the Kings of Scotland when they were visiting their English colleagues. False or True? Answer: (One Word)

2. Before Edward the Confessor built Westminster Abbey , Anglosaxon Kings had been crowned sitting on the Stone of Scone which was then in Kingston-upon-Thames. False or true? Answer: (One Word)

3. Oxford and Cambridge were a very important influence in the education of many English V.I.P.s. Yet also Lincoln's Inn had its important students. What did prominent Englishmen such as Thomas More, Disraeli, Gladstone, William Pitt..study here? Medicine Law Theology Philosophy

4. What do all of these famous London names refer to: the Atheneum; Travellers'; Brooks's; Reform ? theatres gentlemen's clubs brands of tea bookshops

5. Which of these 'traditional pubs' was the meeting place for literary giants and actors of the 18th century such as Dr Johnson, James Boswell, Garrick..? The Sherlock Holmes Pub Ye Olde Cocke Tavern The Prospect of Whitby Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

6. Wynkyn de Worde, an assistant of William Caxton, started his printing press at the sign of 'the Swan' in a street that was to become the 'street of ink' with most of the national newspapers having their headquarters in it - till 'Wapping' came to be..What was the name of that street? Harley Street Carnaby Street Savile Row Fleet Street

7. Where would you find the famous Sotheby's auction rooms? St. James' Street King Street Jermyn Street New Bond Street

8. The Albert Memorial in Hyde Park shows Queen Victoria's Prince Consort Albert holding a book in his right hand.What book is it? a catalogue of the Great Exhibition in 1851 the Collected Works of William Shakespeare the Bible the British Constitution

9. The Monument in Fish Street is a hollow fluted column that commemorates the Great Fire of 1666. It's 202 feet high because it was at exactly 202 feet's distance that the fire started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane. Which 'monument' marks the northernmost spot it reached? Temple Bar the Fat Boy the Albert Memorial St Clement Danes

10. Which English Queen has her monument just opposite to the entrance of St. Paul's Cathedral? Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth I Queen Boadicea Queen Anne