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Quiz about A Realistic Tour of London
Quiz about A Realistic Tour of London

A (Realistic) Tour of London Trivia Quiz


Over the years, TV, movies and package tour brochures have created a somewhat colourful view of England's capital. How true is it?

A multiple-choice quiz by Islingtonian. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Islingtonian
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
130,713
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
7966
Last 3 plays: Guest 90 (9/10), Guest 5 (10/10), Guest 148 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of the following are you UNLIKELY to see on an average day in London? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of the following types of headgear is the average London man most likely to regularly wear to work? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. True or False: Londoners sleep safely in their beds, knowing their City is patrolled by red-frocked Beefeaters (London's own police force)?


Question 4 of 10
4. True or False: Judges in London actually wear those ridiculous long grey wigs?


Question 5 of 10
5. Britain's foremost law-making institution is located in London. What is it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. True or False: I am having difficulty writing this quiz in London, because of the perpetual smog?


Question 7 of 10
7. On your average Monday morning, a London child is most likely to be ... Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. True or False: Many London taxi drivers often address their customers as "guvnor"?


Question 9 of 10
9. A person from the East End of London goes into a shop and asks to buy some "Apples and Pears". What do they probably really want? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. True or False: It rains in London every day?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following are you UNLIKELY to see on an average day in London?

Answer: A cockney chimney sweep

I've lived in or near London virtually all my life, and I've yet to meet a chirpy, cheery, cockney chimneysweep at all, let alone one who dances about the rooftops singing songs about Mary Poppins. I live in hope.
2. Which of the following types of headgear is the average London man most likely to regularly wear to work?

Answer: No hat

An East German friend of mine once told me that, on visiting London, he'd been surprised that the City wasn't full of men in bowler hats and pinstripe suits. I haven't spoken to him since.
3. True or False: Londoners sleep safely in their beds, knowing their City is patrolled by red-frocked Beefeaters (London's own police force)?

Answer: False

The "Beefeaters" are in fact a small group of men who have sold their souls to the great God of tourism, and are confined to London's biggest tourist attraction, the Tower of London. British police do however, commonly wear hats which look like elongated black molehills, and help them see over walls.
4. True or False: Judges in London actually wear those ridiculous long grey wigs?

Answer: True

Astonishingly, this one's true - the British judiciary does feel the need to dress up as Isaac Newton. Apparently, this is to give themselves "greater authority" (I kid you not).
5. Britain's foremost law-making institution is located in London. What is it?

Answer: Parliament

Contrary to the views of some people I've actually met in my life, the Queen does not pass laws in Britain - she's just an old woman we trot out from time to time to jazz up state occasions.
There are however, some ridiculous historic anomalies which do survive in British politics - the unelected House of Lords, the "Royal Prerogative" which the Prime Minister exercises in the name of the Queen, and Tony Blair's haircut.
6. True or False: I am having difficulty writing this quiz in London, because of the perpetual smog?

Answer: False

There is no smog in London. London murderers are not able to move around undetected, perpretrating their evil deeds under the protection of a thick cloud of fumes. Pollution in London is rife, but fortunately the toxic particles are these days all at a microscopic level which we can't see. So that's all right.
7. On your average Monday morning, a London child is most likely to be ...

Answer: At school

8. True or False: Many London taxi drivers often address their customers as "guvnor"?

Answer: True

This is actually true. I rather like it.
9. A person from the East End of London goes into a shop and asks to buy some "Apples and Pears". What do they probably really want?

Answer: Some apples and some pears

Most people in London actually speak English, and are able to complete long conversations without lapsing into incomprehensible doggerel. There is still some use of cockney rhyming slang in London, but even where that's the case, people are unlikely to walk into a shop and ask to buy some stairs (which is what "Apples and Pears" means in the slang).
10. True or False: It rains in London every day?

Answer: False

This isn't true. It doesn't actually rain that often, although the Thunder gods do seem to come out to enjoy a few days of Wimbledon every year. If you want perpetual rain, go to Manchester.
Source: Author Islingtonian

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