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History of London Quiz
Facts about London from the earliest settlement to modern times. 10 Questions.
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1
The first London Police were called Bobbies. Why was this?
After founder Robert Peel
They always bobbed up when a crime was committed
First police pay was a bob (one shilling) a day
2
2009 is an anniversary for Big Ben. Which?
150th
200th
250th
3
Why did Christopher Wren re-design St Paul's Cathedral?
It had been destroyed by aerial bombardment in the Blitz
It had been burnt down in the Great Fire of London
The proximity to the Thames had caused subsidence
4
The original settlement Londinium was set up around which date?
AD50
AD70
AD100
5
London replaced which city as Capital of England?
Winchester
Birmingham
Colchester
6
London Bridge started to be constructed in which year?
1176
1376
1576
7
18th Century London people gathered where to debate events?
Tea Houses
Coffee Houses
Inns
8
Put the following London events in the order that they occured.
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The Building of the Monument
The Great Plague
The Blitz
The Great Fire
9
Raw sewage was pumped into the Thames until an event in 1858 which was called
The Great Stink
The Pollution Act
The London Sewerage Foundation
10
The gallows built at Tyburn in 1571 could hang how many people simultaneously?
2
12
24
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