Underground Narrow-Down Trivia Quiz

Answer: Green Park

Named for one of London's Royal Parks, Green Park is a Zone 1 station that sits on three lines: Victoria, Jubilee, and Piccadilly. It was opened in 1906 as Dover Street but was renamed when the station was rebuilt. A brisk walk for half a kilometre or so south of the station, across the aforementioned park, will put you right outside Buckingham Palace.

Answer: Amersham

Amersham, amongst a handful of others, stretches the definition of the London Underground slightly, because it is actually situated in the neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire. Served by the Metropolitan line, Amersham is around 40km away (as the crow flies) from the other end of the line at Aldgate. The station itself also hosts National Rail services.

Answer: Clapham Common

One of several Clapham stations, London Underground or otherwise, Clapham Common is on the Northern line in Zone 2. Rather uncommonly for an Underground station, passengers can board or alight from services at an island platform. Clapham Common was originally the terminus of this section of the line when it was opened in 1900, but when extension works were completed some 26 years later, services terminated further south at Morden.

Answer: Liverpool Street

Liverpool Street is one of London's busiest stations, with passengers arriving here from the East of England on National Rail Services. Four London Underground lines serve this station: Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan. It was opened in 1875 with the name Bishopsgate, after the closure of the previous Bishopsgate station and became Liverpool Street in 1909.

Answer: Balham

Balham, a London Underground station on the Northern line that also connects to main line rail services, is in Zone 3. When the line was extended from Clapham Common to Morden in 1926, Balham gained an Underground station. It was also used as an air raid shelter during World War II due to its depth below street level.

This did not stop it feeling the effects of a bombing in 1940, though, and the station was subsequently repaired and reopened within 3 months.

Answer: Old Street

Nowadays, Old Street is on the Bank branch of the Northern line. The station is situated beneath the Old Street roundabout and sees considerably more traffic for its London Underground services than it does for its National Rail services (which run south to Moorgate and north to Finsbury Park, and then further north on other main lines). Underground services began running through Old Street in 1901.

Answer: East Ham

The easternmost station in this quiz, East Ham is a District and Hammersmith & City Underground station on the border of Zones 3 and 4. In the ye olde steam train days, passengers would have alighted from an electric train at East Ham before boarding a steam-powered train if they wanted to continue onwards. This stopped being the case in 1908 when the lines were electrified further.

Answer: Euston Square

Students of University College London will no doubt find Zone 1's Euston Square a useful part of their daily commute, as it sits between the institution and the busy Euston Road. Visitors to the station prior to 1909 will have instead alighted at Gower Street, so named for the nearby roadway. Euston Square sits on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines and and is a mere 300 metres or so away from the much busier Euston station.

Answer: Finsbury Park

With its National Rail connections and proximity to one of London's most popular football grounds, Finsbury Park is rather busy for a Zone 2 station. It sits on both the Piccadilly and Victoria lines of the Underground and is, at its name might suggest, named after the nearby park, which can also be easily accessed one station up the Piccadilly line at Manor House.

Answer: Canary Wharf

Situated in the modern business area of the Docklands, Canary Wharf station is on the Jubilee line. Two entrances to the station are found at opposite ends of the aptly-named Jubilee Park, plus another across the road in Montgomery Square. Canary Wharf also gives its name to a station on the DLR. Bizarrely, though, the Underground station is actually closer to the Heron Quays DLR station than to its DLR counterpart, though all three share a subterranean link anyway.