Indulge Yourself - 5-Star Famous Hotels Quiz

Answer: New York

The Algonquin Hotel opened its doors in 1902 and gave birth to "the Algonquin Round Table". The "Round Table" was composed of New York's literary set. Writers from Vanity Fair, Life Magazine, The New Yorker, all the major New York newspapers, novelists, screenplay writers, and playwrights all attended lunch at The Algonquin.

Answer: New York

Located on Central Park South, The Plaza opened in 1907. Films such as "North by Northwest", "Sleepless in Seattle", and "Home Alone 2" are but a few of the motion pictures in which The Plaza is featured.
Shortly after the hotel opened a British film star named Mrs. Patrick Campbell lit a cigarette in the hotel dining room. The headwaiter was quickly summoned and insisted she put the cigarette out. Mrs. Campbell is said to have replied, "My good man, I understand this is a free country. I shall do nothing to change it".

Answer: Washington

The Willard Hotel (1847) is named for its first owner, Henry Willard. Abraham Lincoln stayed there for 10 days prior to his inauguration in 1861. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. finished his "I Have a Dream" speech in the Willard's lobby.

Answer: Washington

The Hay-Adams Hotel is located in Washington, DC on Lafayette Square across from the White House. It was opened in 1928 on the site of the former homes of Lincoln's secretary, John Hay and Henry Adams, descendant of two former presidents. It has hosted diplomats, other foreign dignitaries, and personalities from the fields of entertainment, sports, politics and industry.

It is also rumored to be haunted.

Answer: London

The Langham Hotel in London's West End first opened in 1865 as Europe's first "Grand Hotel". In 1871 when Napolean III was exiled from France he stayed at the Langham. The Langham was used as a setting for some Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

Answer: Washington

The Mayflower is the largest luxury hotel in Washington, DC and longest continuously operating hotel in the Washington, DC area, opening in 1925. It has hosted Inaugural Balls and presidential re-election campaigns.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had lunch every Monday thru Friday for 20 years at the Mayflower.

Answer: Washington

Named after Thomas Jefferson, this Washington, DC luxury hotel is just four blocks from the White House. The building dates to 1923, but the hotel is fairly new, opening in1955. It contains many of Jefferson's possessions from Monticello.

Answer: London

The Savoy opened its doors in 1889. It has been host to numerous members of the Royal Family, including future King Edward VII, princesses Margaret and Diana, and then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles.

Answer: London

Brown's Hotel was founded in 1832 by former servants to Lord and Lady Byron. The hotel is located in the Mayfair Section of London and is unmistakably British. It has hosted presidents, kings, and queens and in 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made Britian's first phone call from Brown's.

Answer: London

Claridge's began as a single house hotel, then expanded to five buildings in the 1850s. It was officially "put on the map" when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited. The property was sold to the owner of the Savoy who had it redesigned in art-deco style and a grand opening was held in 1898. During WWII the Kings of Greece, Norway and Yugoslavia took refuge at Claridge's.

Answer: London

Opened in 1893 as the Midland Grand Hotel and owned by the Midland Railway Company, the hotel was and still is a testament to the Victorian Age. Unfortunately, it became too expensive to operate was converted into offices for the railway company. It was set to be demolished until it was refurbished and reopened in 2011 as the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel.

Answer: New York

Originally two hotels, the Waldorf and the Astoria. William Waldorf Astor opened The Waldorf in 1892. He was followed by his cousin, John Jacob Astor, IV who opened The Astoria next door in 1897. They were joined by Peacock Alley where New York city's elite would "peacock" in their finest attire.

When the two hotels were torn down to make way for the Empire State Building, the Astor cousins joined to create The Waldorf-Astoria which opened in 1931.

Answer: New York

The St. Regis Hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York City was opened in 1904. It was founded by John Jacob Astor IV and named after a lake in the Adirondack Mountains where his family had a summer home. The Bloody Mary was invented there in 1934.

Answer: New York

Located in the borough of Manhattan, The Beekman is a New York City landmark. Situated near the Brooklyn Bridge, The Beekman and the bridge were both opened in 1883. Shakespeare's Hamlet had its New York debut there.

Answer: Washington

The Shoreham Hotel, officially the Omni Shoreham Hotel is located in the Woodley Park section of Washington, DC. It opened in 1930 with running ice water an indoor skating rink and high-seed elevators.
President Franklin Roosevelt held his first inaugural ball at The Shoreham and for the remainder of the century all presidential inaugural balls were held there.