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