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Quiz London.

1. Who is considered the "architect of London"?

Sir Christopher Wren

2. Where is Scotland Yard situated in London?

On the Thames Embankment close to the Houses of Parliament

3. What is the popular nickname of the London policeman?

"Bobby"

4. Where will you find the Speakers' Corner?

Inside Hyde Park

5. What is the City's "Gift to the Nation"?

The Barbican

6. How many towers are there in the Palace of Westminster? What are they?

The Victoria Tower and the Clock Tower

7. Who built and rebuilt Buckingham Palace?

John Nash

8. What is the official London residence of the Queen?

Buckingham Palace

9. What is situated on the north side of Trafalgar Square?

The National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery

10 What is one of the biggest concert halls in London?

Albert Hall

11. What is the heart of London's West End?

Piccadilly Circus

12. Give another name of Fleet Street

The Street of News

13. What is the key to London?

The Tower of London

14. What is the greatest of English churches in London?

St. Paul's Cathedral

15. Can the Houses of Parliament be visited by the public?

Yes, it can be visited by the public

16. Where is the Poets' Corner situated?

In Westminster Abbey

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Quiz

London

1. Who is considered the "architect of London"?

Sir Christopher Wren

2. Where is Scotland Yard situated in London?

On the Thames Embankment close to the Houses of Parliament

3. What is the popular nickname of the London policeman?

"Bobby"

4. Where will you find the Speakers' Corner?

Inside Hyde Park

5. What is the City's "Gift to the Nation"?

The Barbican

6. How many towers are there in the Palace of Westminster? What are they?

The Victoria Tower and the Clock Tower

7. Who built and rebuilt Buckingham Palace?

John Nash

8. What is the official London residence of the Queen?

Buckingham Palace

9. What is situated on the north side of Trafalgar Square?

The National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery

10.What is one of the biggest concert halls in London?

Albert Hall

11.What is the heart of London's West End?

Piccadilly Circus

12.Give another name of Fleet Street

The Street of News

13.What is the key to London?

The Tower of London

14.What is the greatest of English churches in London?

St. Paul's Cathedral

15.Can the Houses of Parliament be visited by the public?

Yes, it can be visited by the public

16.Where is the Poets' Corner situated?

In Westminster Abbey

17.What important administrative and governmental offices and ministries are there in Whitehall?

There are the Foreign Office, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury

18. What is the West End shopping certre?

Piccadilly Circus

19. On what river is London situated?

On the river Thames

20. How old is London?

Over two thousand years old

21. What is the official residence of the Lord Mayor?

The Mansion House

22. What district of London looks quite cosmopolitan?

Soho

23. What is Bloomsbury, one of the central districts of London known for?

Bloomsbury is known as a lodging house district

24. What is a one-sided London street where the richest bourgeois live?

Park Lane-a synonym for wealth

25. Who is called cockneys?

Typical Londoners of the East End

26. How many districts has London been divided into since 1965?

Into 32 boroughs

27. What does a Celtic name "Llyn-din" mean?

River place

28. When did London suffer from the first air raid?

In 1940

29. What library has an unrivalled collection of books on all aspects of London?

The Guildhall Library

30. How many parts is London divided into? What are they?

It is divided into four parts: the City, Westminster, the East End and the West End