Hampstead - Quiz
Hampstead
  • 1. Which museum is located at 20 Maresfield Gardens?
A) Keats House Museum
B) Freud Museum
C) Fenton House
D) Burgh House
  • 2. Where is the Catto Gallery located?
A) 1 Perrin's Court
B) 20 Maresfield Gardens
C) 28 Heath Street
D) 100 Heath Street
  • 3. Which highwayman is said to have taken refuge at the Spaniard's Inn?
A) Jack Straw
B) William IV
C) Dick Turpin
D) Philip Jackson
  • 4. What has Jack Straw's Castle been converted into?
A) A cinema
B) Residential flats
C) A museum
D) An art gallery
  • 5. In what year did McDonald's close in Hampstead?
A) 2013
B) 1986
C) 2010
D) 1992
  • 6. Which street food vendor in Hampstead is often visited by celebrities?
A) Giraffe World Kitchen
B) Gail's
C) La Creperie de Hampstead
D) Bagel Street
  • 7. Where is the Pentameters Theatre located?
A) Eton Avenue
B) 28 Heath Street
C) 5 Holly Bush Vale
D) 14 Flask Walk
  • 8. Which of these cafes/restaurants became a successful chain after testing in Hampstead?
A) McDonald's
B) The Holly Bush
C) The Wells Tavern
D) Giraffe World Kitchen
  • 9. Which pub was known for being gas-lit until recently?
A) The Magdala
B) The Holly Bush
C) The Garden Gate
D) The Flask
  • 10. What is the address of the Keats House Museum?
A) Keats Grove
B) Hampstead Lane
C) New End Square
D) Hampstead Grove
  • 11. Which artist has NOT been represented by the Catto Gallery?
A) Ian Berry
B) Jack Straw
C) Chuck Elliott
D) Philip Jackson
  • 12. What is the former name of The Horseshoe?
A) Ye Olde White Bear
B) The Three Horseshoes
C) Jack Straw's Castle
D) The Old Bull and Bush
  • 13. Where is the Hampstead Theatre situated?
A) Heath Street
B) New End Square
C) Eton Avenue
D) Holly Bush Vale
  • 14. In what year was the Catto Gallery established in Hampstead?
A) 1998
B) 1992
C) 2013
D) 1986
  • 15. Which pub is also known as KW4?
A) King William IV
B) The Wells Tavern
C) The Magdala
D) The Duke of Hamilton
  • 16. Which area is separated from Hampstead by Hampstead Heath?
A) Highgate
B) Camden Town
C) Golders Green
D) Islington
  • 17. Where can the legally protected view of the London skyline be found?
A) Parliament Hill
B) Lawn Road
C) Hampstead Square
D) Kenwood House
  • 18. What were the swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath originally used for?
A) Irrigation
B) Drinking water reservoirs
C) Fish farming
D) Industrial waste
  • 19. The swimming ponds on the Heath are the sources of which river?
A) River Thames
B) River Fleet
C) River Lea
D) River Wandle
  • 20. What is the local name for the bridge built in anticipation of residential building on the Heath?
A) The Hampstead Span
B) The Red Arches
C) The London Bridge
D) The Green Viaduct
  • 21. Where are open-air concerts held on summer Saturday evenings?
A) Below Kenwood House
B) Near the Isokon building
C) At Fenton House
D) On Pond Street
  • 22. Which house hosts period harpsichord recitals?
A) Holly Place
B) Kenwood House
C) Fenton House
D) The Isokon building
  • 23. What is the largest employer in Hampstead?
A) Hampstead Scientific Society
B) AIR recording studios
C) Notting Hill Housing Trust
D) Royal Free Hospital
  • 24. Who founded the AIR recording studios in Lyndhurst Road?
A) Jim Henson
B) Walter Gropius
C) Agatha Christie
D) George Martin
  • 25. Where did Jim Henson's Creature Shop relocate after leaving Hampstead?
A) California
B) London City Centre
C) Texas
D) New York
  • 26. Which building is a Grade I listed experiment in collective housing?
A) Kenwood House
B) The Isokon building
C) The Village Shul
D) Fenton House
  • 27. Which famous author once lived in the Isokon building?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Agatha Christie
C) Charles Dickens
D) George Orwell
  • 28. Who restored the Isokon building?
A) The Hampstead Scientific Society
B) Notting Hill Housing Trust
C) The Royal Free Hospital
D) The City of London
  • 29. Which architect originally built St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill in 1869?
A) Henry Moore
B) Samuel Sanders Teulon
C) Walter Gropius
D) George Martin
  • 30. Where is the Village Shul located?
A) 4 Holly Place
B) 27 New End
C) Frognal Lane
D) Hampstead Square
  • 31. What is St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill currently described as?
A) A recording studio
B) A deconsecrated church
C) A residential housing block
D) An active synagogue
  • 32. Which party has held the Hampstead seat since 1992?
A) Liberal Democrat
B) Conservative
C) Labour
D) Green Party
  • 33. Who is the current representative for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency?
A) Michael Idov
B) Peter Simple
C) Tulip Siddiq
D) Mrs Dutt-Pauker
  • 34. Who satirised the 'Hampstead Liberal' character in the 1960s?
A) Nikolai Bukharin
B) Michael Idov
C) Peter Simple
D) Tulip Siddiq
  • 35. What unusual item was allegedly on display at Marxmount House?
A) A Ming statue
B) Bukharin's false teeth
C) Stalin's glasses
D) A neo-constructivist crown
  • 36. How did Michael Idov describe the Hampstead community?
A) A poor working-class district
B) The center of British industry
C) A stuffy aristocratic enclave
D) Citadel of the moneyed liberal intelligentsia
  • 37. How many Conservative councillors does Frognal ward elect?
A) Three
B) Zero
C) Two
D) One
  • 38. Which party holds three council seats in Belsize ward?
A) Green Party
B) Conservative
C) Labour
D) Liberal Democrat
  • 39. Which political parties share representation in Hampstead Town ward?
A) Labour and Liberal Democrat
B) Green and Labour
C) Labour and Conservative
D) Liberal Democrat and Conservative
  • 40. Which ward is described as a safe Conservative ward?
A) South Hampstead
B) Hampstead Town
C) Frognal
D) Belsize
  • 41. What percentage of voters in the London Borough of Camden voted to remain in the 2016 EU referendum?
A) 75%
B) 50%
C) 60%
D) 85%
  • 42. Which northern towns were contrasted with Hampstead regarding the 2016 referendum result?
A) Sheffield and Newcastle
B) Manchester and Leeds
C) York and Durham
D) Hartlepool and Hull
  • 43. Is the term 'Hampstead Liberal' synonymous with 'champagne socialist'?
A) Yes, officially
B) No
C) Only in the 1960s
D) Yes
  • 44. When was Hampstead Underground station opened?
A) 1932
B) 1899
C) 1907
D) 1964
  • 45. In what year was the Isokon building completed?
A) 1932
B) 1964
C) 1907
D) 1938
  • 46. When was the Swiss Cottage Central Library built?
A) 1932
B) 1980
C) 1964
D) 1975
  • 47. During which decade was the Royal Free Hospital built?
A) 1980s
B) 1950s
C) Mid-1970s
D) 1960s
  • 48. On what date did Hampstead enter the UK Weather Records for rainfall?
A) 20 November 2008
B) 15 August 1980
C) 14 August 1975
D) 12 July 1964
  • 49. How much rain fell in Hampstead during the record-breaking rainfall event in 1975?
A) 169 mm
B) 140 mm
C) 190 mm
D) 155 mm
  • 50. What was the average property price in Hampstead in 2018?
A) £500,000
B) £1 million
C) £2 million
D) £1.5 million
  • 51. In what year did Hampstead become part of the County of London?
A) 1889
B) 1899
C) 1965
D) 1907
  • 52. When was the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead formed?
A) 1899
B) 1965
C) 1889
D) 1932
  • 53. What else was located at the Town Hall on Haverstock Hill?
A) Central Library
B) Register Office
C) Police Station
D) Museum
  • 54. In what year was the metropolitan borough of Hampstead abolished?
A) 1965
B) 1975
C) 1989
D) 1999
  • 55. How far is Hampstead from Charing Cross?
A) 4 miles
B) 2 miles
C) 10 miles
D) 6 miles
  • 56. Which London borough contains the majority of Hampstead?
A) Barnet
B) Westminster
C) Islington
D) Camden
  • 57. What does the name Hampstead mean in Modern English?
A) Hidden valley
B) Holy stone
C) High place
D) Homestead
  • 58. When were the medicinal qualities of Hampstead's chalybeate waters first advertised?
A) 1750
B) 1700
C) 1800
D) 1650
  • 59. What kind of mineral is impregnated in chalybeate water?
A) Sulfur
B) Calcium
C) Iron
D) Magnesium
  • 60. What evidence of a hunter-gatherer community around 7000 BCE was found at Hampstead Heath?
A) Viking ships
B) Iron swords
C) Gold coins
D) Mesolithic flint tools
  • 61. Which king granted Hampstead to the monastery of St. Peter's at Westminster in 986 AD?
A) Ethelred the Unready
B) William the Conqueror
C) Edward the Confessor
D) Alfred the Great
  • 62. What historic book refers to Hampstead as being in the Middlesex hundred of Ossulstone?
A) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
B) The Doomsday Register
C) Domesday Book
D) Magna Carta
  • 63. In what year was the Hampstead spa demolished?
A) 1882
B) 1800
C) 1750
D) 1900
  • 64. Which area borders Hampstead to the south?
A) Golders Green
B) Highgate
C) Barnet
D) Belsize Park
  • 65. Where is the kidnap sequence of The Collector (1965) set?
A) Well Walk
B) Haverstock Hill
C) Parliament Hill
D) Mount Vernon
  • 66. Which movie features the 'Cruella de Vil Mansion' (Sarum Chase) on West Heath Road?
A) The Wedding Date
B) Notting Hill
C) Notes on a Scandal
D) 101 Dalmatians
  • 67. In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), who is Bridget's late husband?
A) Mark Darcy
B) Colin Firth
C) Daniel Cleaver
D) Jack Qwant
  • 68. What percentage of the Hampstead Town ward population was identified as white in the 2021 census?
A) 82.1%
B) 70.3%
C) 77.7%
D) 65.5%
  • 69. What was the largest non-white ethnic group in Hampstead Town according to the 2021 census?
A) Arab
B) Black
C) Asian
D) Mixed
  • 70. What percentage of the population in Hampstead Town was reported as irreligious in the 2021 census?
A) 32.6%
B) 11.0%
C) 28.5%
D) 37.9%
  • 71. Which underground line serves Hampstead station?
A) Victoria Line
B) Jubilee Line
C) Metropolitan Line
D) Northern Line
  • 72. Which London Overground line runs through Hampstead Heath and Finchley Road & Frognal?
A) Suffragette line
B) Mildmay line
C) Lioness line
D) Windrush line
  • 73. In what year was the railway project from Swiss Cottage to Hampstead cancelled?
A) 1917
B) 1870
C) 1860
D) 1930
  • 74. What was the name of the proposed cycle route intended to connect Swiss Cottage to the West End?
A) CS1
B) CS11
C) CS24
D) CS46
  • 75. Which road links Hampstead directly to Marylebone and Oxford Street?
A) Well Walk
B) A502/Hampstead High Street
C) Flask Walk
D) A41/Finchley Road
  • 76. Approximately how many English Heritage blue plaques are in Hampstead?
A) Exactly 100
B) Over 200
C) Fewer than 20
D) At least 60
  • 77. Which magazine based in Hampstead is described as left-wing?
A) Camden New Journal
B) Tribune
C) Country Life
D) Hampstead Village Voice
  • 78. What major motorway is accessible by traveling northbound on the A41/Finchley Road?
A) M4
B) M25
C) M11
D) M1
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