Sights of London

London

London Quiz
Sector 1

Who gave London its first name?
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Which river runs through London?
the Thames

Which is the oldest part of London?
The City is the oldest part of London, its financial and business centre.

What's London's most famous department store?

What street has a long tradition as the home of printing?

What are the famous guards of The Tower of London called?
The Beefeaters

What commemorates Napoleon's defeat at sea in 1805?
Nelson's Column

What line runs through Greenwich?
The Prime Meridian

Where's the home of the Prime Minister?
Downing Street
the home of the Prime Minister

What made Carnaby Street famous?
fashion

Who founded the Tower of London?

Who designed St. Paul’s Cathedral?
Christopher When, a famous English architect

Where are the British kings and queens crowned?
Westminster Abbey

Which birds, according to the legend, protect the tower of London?
ravens

Which is the most famous shopping street in London?
Oxford Street

Where can you make a speech in Hyde Park?

3 What is “the Globe” in London?
A Shakespearean theatre

What did Madame Tussaud start in 1835?
Famous waxworks
famous waxfigures

What was the year of the Great Plague, the disease that killed 1000's of Londoners?
It happened in 1665

What was the year of the Fire of London, which destroyed most of the city and eliminated the plague?

There is a small statue of a child who never grew up in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park. What's his name?
Peter Pan

You can see it from the river Thames. It is very old and has a long history. It was used as a fortress, a prison and a palace, but now it is a museum. It has several towers, for example the White Tower and the Bloody Tower.
the Tower of London

It is a famous bridge across the Thames.
Tower Bridge

It is the central square of London and it is famous all over the world.
Trafalgar Square