Answers to Quiz 1 (answers are given in bold type).
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What is the name of the residence for the Queen of England in London? |
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London Tower |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Westminster Palace |
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Kensington Palace
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What famous London building was rebuilt several times? |
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St Paul’s Cathedral |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Tower Bridge |
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British Library
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Where are the Crown Jewels contained in London? |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Westminster Palace |
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London Tower |
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Margaret's Church
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What ancient London building has been used for coronations? |
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Westminster Palace |
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St Paul's Cathedral |
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Westminster Abbey |
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Buckingham Palace
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What famous building is the place where people who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the nation now rest? |
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Westminster Palace |
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the Tower of London |
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St Paul's Cathedral |
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Westminster Abbey
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Where do Royal Garden Parties take place? |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Hyde Park |
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Tower Bridge |
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Kensington Palace
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What place is used by Londoners for Christmas celebrations? |
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London Eye |
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Trafalgar Square |
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Tower Bridge |
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the Gherkin
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What place of interest in London was formally opened by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair? |
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Royal Observatory |
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Wembley Stadium |
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City Hall |
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The London Eye
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Where can tourists take photos in London with different celebrities, scientists, sportsmen, etc. without any difficulty? |
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Westminster Palace |
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Madam Tussauds Museum |
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Piccadilly Circus |
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Wembley Stadium
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10. |
What sight symbolizes 32 Boroughs of London? |
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the Canary Wharf Tower |
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Tower Bridge |
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The London Eye |
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the Gherkin
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Sir Christopher Wren is the architect of many London ancient buildings including this building? |
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St Paul’s Cathedral |
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London Tower |
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The London Eye |
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National Gallery
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What place is known for many executions and imprisonments of famous people for religious beliefs or for being suspected treason? |
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St Paul's Cathedral |
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Westminster Abbey |
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London Tower |
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Buckingham Palace
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What building is famous for its Whispering Gallery? |
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St Paul's Cathedral |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Westminster Palace |
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London Tower
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What place do Londoners use for political manifestations? |
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National Gallery |
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Trafalgar Square |
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Piccadilly Circus |
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Tower Bridge
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What place of tourists’ attraction is housed in the former London Planetarium? |
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Tate Modern |
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National Gallery |
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British Library |
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Madame Tussauds Museum
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Answers to Quiz 2 (answers are given in the right order).
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Pictures of London sights |
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picture 1 |
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London Tower |
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picture 2 |
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Buckingham Palace |
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picture 3 |
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St Paul’s Cathedral |
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picture 4 |
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Westminster Abbey |
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picture 5 |
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Trafalgar Square |
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picture 6 |
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Madam Tussauds London |
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picture 7 |
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London Eye |
Answers to Quiz 3 (answers are given in bold type).
- The part of London where Trafalgar Square is situated is Westminster.
- Westminster Abbey is a church.
- Buckingham Palace is used for the many official events and receptions held by the Queen.
- The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London.
- The upholstery of the White Drawing Room in Buckingham Palace is in gold.
- An item of the Crown Jewels which is used in the coronation ceremony to anoint the monarch's head palms and breast with holy oil is the Ampulla.
- Marie Tussaud was taught the art of wax modelling by Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician for whom her mother worked as a housekeeper.
- The futuristic looking capsules of the London Eye were transported all the way from France by train through the channel.
- The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace takes place at 10.30 a.m. on certain days in February, March and April.
- The majestic St Paul's Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London.
- Each revolution of the wheel of the London Eye takes about 30 minutes.
- The Guard which mounts at Buckingham Palace is called the Queen’s Guard.
- Anna Maria Grosholtz’s marriage to François Tussaud in 1795 lent a new name to the show: Madame Tussauds.
- The Crown Jewels are displayed at the Jewel House in the Tower of London and can be viewed there by the public.
- Westminster Abbey, located near the Houses of Parliament, is more a historical site than a religious one.
- The mosaics on the ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral were added in 1890 by William Richmond after Queen Victoria complained that there was not enough color in it.
- The smallest of the galleries which runs around the highest point of the outer dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is the Golden Gallery.
- London Tower is known to be a Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house.
- The American Memorial Chapel in St Paul’s Cathedral commemorates the 28,000 Americans who were killed on their way to, or stationed in, the UK during the Second World War.
- The White Tower was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite.
- When Trafalgar Square was laid out in the 1840s, the fountains' primary purpose was not aesthetic, but rather to reduce the open space available and the risk of riotous assembly.
- The place where poets are buried in Westminster Abbey is known as Poets' Corner.