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A) In east London, near Stratford B) In north London, between Wood Green and Muswell Hill C) In central London, next to Hyde Park D) In south London, near Croydon
A) Harrow B) Hackney C) Haringey D) Hillingdon
A) Grade II listed building B) Not listed C) Grade I listed building D) Grade III listed building
A) Tottenham Wood and Tottenham Wood Farm B) Greenwich Royal Park C) Kensington Palace grounds D) Hampstead Heath farm
A) John Nash and Isambard Kingdom Brunel B) John Johnson and Alfred Meeson C) Owen Jones and Christopher Wren D) Sir Joseph Paxton and Augustus Pugin
A) 1873 B) 1900 C) 1883 D) 1863
A) A massive flood B) A royal wedding C) A political riot D) A fire
A) North Dome B) Ally Pally C) Alex House D) The Palace
A) The Palace of the People B) The Victoria Pavilion C) The Royal Exhibition Centre D) The North London Hub
A) Bankruptcy caused by the BBC B) Government acquisition C) It was initially a private venture D) The building burned down completely
A) A group of neighbouring local authorities B) English Heritage C) The Hornsey Historical Society D) The British Broadcasting Corporation
A) The London Government Act B) The Public Recreation Act C) An Act of Parliament D) The Heritage Trust Act
A) The British Government B) The BBC Trust C) The London Borough of Haringey D) The Greater London Authority
A) Radio waves B) A television screen C) An antenna D) Lightning bolts
A) 1935 B) 1925 C) 1945 D) 1955
A) First colour television broadcast B) Home of the world's first regular public high-definition television service C) First international broadcast D) First satellite television transmission
A) 625-line colour television B) 30-line mechanical television C) 405-line monochrome analogue television D) 819-line high definition television
A) Studios X and Y B) Studios 1 and 2 C) North and South Studios D) Studios A and B
A) Photographs of royal visits B) Early radio transmitters C) Historic BBC costumes D) Original historical television equipment
A) 1996 B) 1986 C) 1973 D) 2007
A) English Heritage B) The BBC C) The London Borough of Haringey D) The Hornsey Historical Society
A) The High Court B) The Fire Service C) The BBC D) The Prime Minister
A) Studios A and B B) The Great Hall and the West Hall C) The East Hall and North Hall D) The Victorian Theatre and Palm Court
A) 2013 B) 2003 C) 2018 D) 1993
A) National Nature Reserve Grade A B) Metropolitan Wildlife Site Grade 3 C) Site of Special Scientific Interest Grade 2 D) Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1
A) Great Northern services from Moorgate B) Southeastern services from Victoria C) Greater Anglia services from Liverpool Street D) Thameslink services from Brighton
A) Wood Green on the Piccadilly line B) Finsbury Park on the Victoria line C) Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line D) Highgate on the Northern line
A) Route 134 B) Route W3 C) Route 91 D) Route 29
A) Go-Ahead London B) Metroline C) Arriva London D) Stagecoach London
A) John Johnson B) Alfred Meeson C) Henry Willis D) Owen Jones
A) The Great Northern Palace Company B) The Alexandra Park Co. Ltd. C) Kelk and Lucas D) The Palace Development Syndicate
A) The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park B) The Great Exhibition building in Westminster C) The International Exhibition building in South Kensington D) The Royal Albert Hall
A) The Hornsey Land Trust B) Kelk and Lucas C) The Great Northern Palace Company D) Alexandra Park Co. Ltd.
A) More than 400 ft (122 m) high B) More than 500 ft (152 m) high C) More than 200 ft (61 m) high D) More than 300 ft (91 m) high
A) 1 May 1875 B) 10 March 1863 C) 23 July 1863 D) 24 May 1873
A) Queen Victoria B) Queen Mary C) Princess Alexandra of Denmark D) Princess Margaret
A) Prince Arthur B) Prince Alfred C) Prince Albert Edward (future King Edward VII) D) Prince George
A) July 1863 B) May 1871 C) May 1873 D) September 1865
A) The Edgware, Highgate and London Railway B) The North London Railway C) The Great Northern and City Railway D) The Piccadilly and Highgate Railway
A) Some 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) B) Some 20 acres (8.1 ha) C) Some 15 acres (6.1 ha) D) Some 7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
A) John Johnson and Alfred Meeson B) Cubitts and Lucas C) Kelk and Lucas D) Sir Robert McAlpine and Peto
A) The Tower Bridge B) The Royal Albert Hall C) The British Museum D) The Houses of Parliament
A) Michael Costa B) Arthur Sullivan C) Charles Santley D) Sims Reeves
A) Three B) Five C) Ten D) None
A) The entire concert hall B) The central dome C) The theatre stage and machinery D) Only the outer walls
A) English pottery and porcelain comprising 4,700 items B) Victorian scientific instruments C) Royal paintings and portraits D) A collection of Roman coins and artifacts
A) 1 May 1875 B) 24 May 1874 C) 10 March 1875 D) 1 July 1876
A) An indoor swimming pool and cinema B) A concert hall, art galleries, a museum, a lecture hall, a library, a banqueting room and a large theatre C) Only a theatre and an exhibition hall D) A television studio and radio mast
A) Special-effects for pantomimes and melodramas like disappearing, reappearing, and flying B) Translating plays into foreign languages C) Creating artificial rainstorms on stage D) Rotating the audience seating 360 degrees
A) International peace summits B) Mayoral coronations C) Political meetings D) Parliamentary elections
A) At the summit of Muswell Hill B) Inside the Great Hall C) On the roof of the West Hall D) At the base of the hill in the surrounding park
A) The ticket office building B) Nothing at all C) The original diving board and empty basin D) Some reeds, as it is long since closed
A) The 'Oval Circuit' B) The 'Long Track' C) The 'Frying Pan' or the 'Pan Handle' D) The 'Horseshoe'
A) From 1868 until 1970 B) From 1863 until 1980 C) From 1873 until 1950 D) From 1900 until 1990
A) It was London's only racecourse B) It was London's first royal racecourse C) It was London's only floodlit racecourse D) It was London's largest racecourse
A) A roller coaster, a zoo, and a funfair B) A Japanese village, a switchback ride, a boating lake, and a nine-hole pitch-and-putt golf course C) A botanical garden and a wildlife safari D) A roller skating rink and bowling green
A) 1888 B) 1863 C) 1900 D) 1875
A) In the middle of the old racecourse B) Near the West Hall C) Next to the Palm Court D) At the base of Muswell Hill
A) 1929 B) 1888 C) 1875 D) 1863
A) 1929 B) 1945 C) 1900 D) 1918
A) 1918 B) 1929 C) 1935 D) 1973
A) John Johnson B) Owen Jones C) Sims Reeves D) Marcel Dupré
A) A palm court and panoramic viewpoint B) A high-altitude cable car C) An observation wheel D) A revolving restaurant
A) Buildings at Risk register B) National Heritage List C) Historic Monuments register D) Protected Architectural register
A) 1996 B) 2013 C) 2019 D) 2007
A) The BBC canteen B) Studio A C) The original 405-line transmitter D) Its radio and television mast
A) The London Borough of Haringey council B) A private commercial entertainment corporation C) A BBC subsidiary company D) The trading arm of the charitable trust
A) 1935 B) 1900 C) 1967 D) 1921
A) Henry Burt JP B) E. T. Spashett C) W. J. MacQueen-Pope D) Charles Samuel Franklin
A) 1935 B) 1956 C) 1900 D) 1921
A) 1912 to 1915 B) 1915 to 1919 C) 1916 to 1920 D) 1914 to 1918
A) Henry Burt JP B) Lt. Col. R. S. F. Walker C) W. J. MacQueen-Pope D) Charles Samuel Franklin
A) Gracie Fields B) Louis Bizat C) Archie Pitt D) W. J. MacQueen-Pope
A) Archie Pitt B) E. T. Spashett C) Henry Burt D) Charles Samuel Franklin
A) E. T. Spashett B) Charles Samuel Franklin C) John Logie Baird D) Lt. Col. R. S. F. Walker
A) September 1939 B) May 1945 C) January 1937 D) November 1936
A) The rose window B) The anchor C) The rays D) The organ
A) An ice hockey arena B) A roller-skating rink C) Props storage space D) A refugee camp
A) 1981 B) 1956 C) 1969 D) 1937
A) Tracking incoming German doodlebugs B) Broadcasting secret messages to occupied Europe C) Jamming German bombers' navigation systems D) Powering anti-aircraft searchlights
A) An incendiary bomb B) A stray artillery shell C) A gas leak D) A German doodlebug
A) The Rose Window B) The main dome C) The south terrace entrance D) The television antenna mast
A) Louis Bizat B) Henry Burt C) Charles Samuel Franklin D) E. T. Spashett
A) The tower B) The South terrace C) The Great Hall dome D) The antenna mast
A) 1956 B) 1981 C) 1969 D) 1977
A) 1969 B) 1956 C) 1990 D) 1981
A) £60 million B) £31 million C) £30 million D) £20 million
A) The BBC Television service launch B) Capital Radio's Jazz Festival C) An ice hockey tournament D) A charity event hosted by Gracie Fields
A) £30 million B) £60 million C) £31 million D) £20 million
A) 1990 B) 1980 C) 1991 D) 1988
A) June 2004 B) July 2004 C) October 2007 D) September 2005
A) Complicité B) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios C) Willmott Dixon D) Edible London
A) Dylan Moran B) Mr Justice Sullivan C) Jacob O'Callaghan D) Gareth Malone
A) Mr Justice Sullivan B) Jacob O'Callaghan C) Ronnie Scott D) Gilbert & George
A) 10,250 B) 200 C) 3,000 D) 2,000
A) 2012 B) 2004 C) 2018 D) 2007
A) English Heritage B) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios C) Haringey Council D) Heritage Lottery Fund
A) Edible London B) The BBC C) Haringey Council D) Willmott Dixon
A) June 2004 B) March 2015 C) September 2009 D) December 2018
A) Willmott Dixon B) Firoka Ltd. C) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios D) Complicité |