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Famous Streets And Roads Trivia Quiz

Some names of streets and roads are famous the world over, or if not in the whole world then definitely in the English-speaking world. Try these.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
112,565

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1965

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where in Spain are you when you are walking along la Rambla on your way to the Sagrada Familia Church ? Hint

Barcelona

Madrid

Toledo

Sevilla

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where are you in Scotland if Waverley is the name of the local station and Princes Street where you are shopping ? Hint

Dundee

Aberdeen

Edinburgh

Glasgow

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Question 3 of 10

3. What streetmarket would you be visiting, if when in London on a Sunday morning you were trying to fight yourself a way through the crowd in a street officially called "Middlesex Street"? Hint

Portobello Road

Brick Lane Market

Petticoat Lane

Camden Lock Market

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where in London would you find "Rotten Row"? Hint

the Docklands

Hyde Park

Soho

Mayfair

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these American towns are linked by "Route 66"? Hint

Seattle and L.A.

Chicago and L.A.

New York and Las Vegas

Sacramento and Reno

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which city of "dreaming spires" would you be in, if "the High" was the main street of the town and the River Cherwell were within walking distance ? Hint

Cambridge

York

Canterbury

Oxford

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which of these U.K. towns would you find old two-tiered medieval galleries called the Rows ? Hint

Brighton

York

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Chester

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where did the ancient Roman - but still existing - Appian Way take you ? Hint

From Rome to Villa Appia

From Rome to Brindisi

From Rome through the Appenines to Turin

From Rome to Naples

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was and still is the name of the ancient Roman road that took/takes you from London to York? Hint

Via Eboraca

Watling Street

Ermine Street

Fosse Way

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the westernmost town from where you could and partially still can follow the so-called "Pilgrim's Way" to Canterbury? Hint

Penzance

Bath

Winchester

Exeter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where in Spain are you when you are walking along la Rambla on your way to the Sagrada Familia Church ?

Answer: Barcelona

The culturally minded will find great architecture in Barcelona. There is the Barrio Gotico with the Pla�a del Rey, the Cathedral. The carrer Montcada with its noble palaces. The Font Magica near Pla�a d' Espanya. And of course Gaudi's Sagrada Familia church. Great paintings can be seen at the Museo Picasso and the Fundacion Joan Miro.
More info at www.bcn.es/cultura/english

2. Where are you in Scotland if Waverley is the name of the local station and Princes Street where you are shopping ?

Answer: Edinburgh

If you were in Glasgow then Sauchiehall Street might be what you focus on.

3. What streetmarket would you be visiting, if when in London on a Sunday morning you were trying to fight yourself a way through the crowd in a street officially called "Middlesex Street"?

Answer: Petticoat Lane

Over 400 years old. The Huguenots who came to London from France sold petticoats and lace here. The prude Victorians changed the name of the Lane and market to avoid referring to such unmentionables as women's underclothes.

4. Where in London would you find "Rotten Row"?

Answer: Hyde Park

Originally Route du Roi. Nice place for a quiet ride on horseback.

5. Which of these American towns are linked by "Route 66"?

Answer: Chicago and L.A.

The route passes through IL, MO, KS, OK, TX, NM, AZ, and ends in CA.
Main towns: Springfield;St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, L.A.

6. Which city of "dreaming spires" would you be in, if "the High" was the main street of the town and the River Cherwell were within walking distance ?

Answer: Oxford

Canterbury has a High Street too but is on the Stour. Oxford is on the confluence of the rivers Cherwell and Thames (locally aka Isis ).
York is on the River Ouse. Some of its more important streets are: Petergate;Coney St;Piccadilly;Walmgate; Monk Street.
Cambridge has Bridge St;King's Parade; St Andrew St; Sidney St;Trinity St and is on the River Cam. It's famous for the 'Backs'.

7. In which of these U.K. towns would you find old two-tiered medieval galleries called the Rows ?

Answer: Chester

York has the Shambles, Tunbridge has its Pantiles and in Brighton there are the Lanes.

8. Where did the ancient Roman - but still existing - Appian Way take you ?

Answer: From Rome to Brindisi

The Via Appia was built in 312 BC by the censor Appius CLaudius Caecus to Capua.It was prolonged to Venusia in 291, then to Tarentum (281) and finally to Brundusium (in 264).
The part inside to Rome and near to the city walls was flanked with tombs and columbaria.

9. What was and still is the name of the ancient Roman road that took/takes you from London to York?

Answer: Ermine Street

The Fosse Way runs from Exeter ( Isca Dumnoniorum) NE past Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium Dobunnorum) and Leicester ( Ratae Coritanorum) to Lincoln (Lindum).
Watling Street goes from London via Leicester to Wroxeter. The principal town which it passes through is Verulamium, now St. Albans.

10. What was the westernmost town from where you could and partially still can follow the so-called "Pilgrim's Way" to Canterbury?

Answer: Winchester

Winchester (Roman name: Venta Belgarum) was King Alfred's capital.The town is famous for its cathedral, its Great Hall (only surviving part of Winchester Castle) and for its College, which is believed to be the oldest continuously running school in the country.
The Pilgrim's Way is some 130 miles long.

Source: Author flem-ish

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