* 'The Birdman of Alcatraz' was the nickname of what famous inmate?
* Alcatraz was built as a fort in what year?
* The main walkway in the cellhouse was called what by the prisoners?
* There were four cells in the jail that were completely dark. These were known as what?
* In what year was the prison closed?
* Who originally built the Tower of London which was subsequently used as a prison (for important prisoners) until as late as the twentieth century?
* Ludgate prison was located on a site near to which major present-day London tourist attraction?
* One of these London prisons held prisoners from Norman times, right up until the beginning of the twentieth century. Which one is it? (Clue: it had more than one building throughout its lifespan.)
* What did Jeremy Bentham, Elizabeth Fry and John Howard have in common?
* Which prison was the first in London to be designed and built as a prison? It stood in various forms from just after the Norman conquest to Victorian times and was located on the banks of a river (the river is now largely forgotten).
* Where is the smallest London gaol?
* Which prison was historically used to house religous prisoners (that is, those who committed religous offences, not prisoners who liked to pray a lot!)?
* Which prison was Charles Dickens' father taken to when he was imprisoned for debt?
* Some of the ships used previously to transport prisoners to the New World, were later converted into floating prisons. What were they known as?
* There are five large prisons in London today, four of which were built in the Victorian era. Which ones are they?
* One of the London prisons, designed by Sir Charles Barry, became known as the 'portal to the penal colony' meaning that prisoners sent there could hope to earn (through work and behaviour) a ticket to the penal colonies in Australia. Which one?
* Holloway started receiving a particularly difficult group of prisoners from 1906. Who were they?
* Which of these is not/has never been a real London prison?
* What type of birds are famous for being in the Tower Green?
* The Tower of London was built during whose reign?