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Answer: Pacific

Although the USS Bowfin did see service in the Atlantic, this was after the Second World War had ended. The submarine was decommissioned for the third time in 1971 and moved to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to form part of a museum. You may notice what looks like a section of a periscope to the left of the door.

Answer: JRR Tolkien

The film character could be Bilbo Baggins or Frodo Baggins. Take your pick. Bilbo features in the "The Hobbit" and Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings", both written by JRR Tolkien. The film versions have been done in reverse order. The photo represents one of the hobbit homes.

Answer: Tower of London

The gate was built by Edward the First in the thirteenth century as a way of providing water access to the Tower from the River Thames. Amongst other things, the Tower of London has been used as a prison for over eight hundred years. It also where the Crown Jewels have been kept for over seven hundred years.

The Crown Jewels were for a time kept at Westminster Abbey, however this proved to be too tempting for some folk, including the colourful Colonel Thomas Blood whose attempted theft saw the move of the jewels to the Tower. Although caught in the act, he talked himself out of it as King Charles gave him some land in Ireland instead of passage through the Traitor's Gate.

Answer: DeLorean

This sports car was built in Northern Ireland between 1981 and 1982 for the American market. It was named after American engineer John DeLorean who formed the company to build it. The company folded following his arrest on drug charges. He was later cleared by arguing entrapment. Production of the car re-started in Texas during 2008.

Answer: British Prime Minister

There are actually three houses joined into one behind this door. The Prime Minister lives on the third floor. It was gifted by King George II to the office of the First Lord of the Treasury, which these days is held by the Prime Minister. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (equivalent of a Minister of Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other countries) is the Second Lord of the Treasury and lives at Number Eleven Downing Street.

Answer: Mongolia

Wall building started as early as the Seventh Century BC with repairs, extensions and rebuilds being done over subsequent centuries. Nevertheless the Mongols in a seventy-year period during the Thirteenth Century managed to conquer the whole of China.

In the fourteenth century, the Ming Dynasty successfully ejected them and during the last half of the fifteenth and into the sixteenth century, they basically rebuilt the whole wall to keep the Mongols out.

Answer: London

The London Underground, nicknamed the Tube or the Underground, was mostly built in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. Oxford Circus (shown in the photo) was opened in 1900. The tube station is at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street with the station being a node for the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines.

Answer: Boeing 747

Air Force One is the call sign for the United States Air Force aircraft carrying the US President. Since 1990 there have been two Boeing VC-25As set aside for his use. The VC-25A is a heavily-modified military-version of the Boeing 747-200B. Air Force Two carries the US Vice President.

Answer: Trafalgar

HMS Victory was a large British warship by the standards of the time. It was launched in 1765 and was flagship during the battles of Ushant (1778 and 1781), Cape Spartel (1782) and Cape St Vincent (1795) as well as Trafalgar (1805). She is now a museum ship sitting in dry dock in Portsmouth and remains the flagship of the First Sea Lord (head of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary). HMS Victory is the oldest ship in the Royal Navy in commission.

Answer: Wellington

Aotearoa is usually translated as 'the land of the long white cloud'. Due to its likeness to a skep (or traditional form of woven beehive), the Beehive is the nickname for the building housing the Executive of the New Zealand Parliament. The photo of the toilet was taken at the Wellington Waterfront Motorhome Park in Wellington.