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  • 1. What is London the seat of?
A) The Scottish Parliament
B) The Welsh Government
C) The Parliament of France
D) The Government of the United Kingdom
  • 2. Where is the prime minister's residence located?
A) 15 Whitehall
B) Buckingham Palace
C) 10 Downing Street
D) The Palace of Westminster
  • 3. Near which palace are many government departments and the prime minister's residence based?
A) Kensington Palace
B) St James's Palace
C) The Palace of Westminster
D) Hampton Court Palace
  • 4. Along which street are many government departments particularly based?
A) Oxford Street
B) Downing Street
C) Fleet Street
D) Whitehall
  • 5. How many members of Parliament are from London?
A) 75
B) 59
C) 65
D) 82
  • 6. How many MPs from London were from the Labour Party as of June 2024?
A) 6
B) 59
C) 75
D) 9
  • 7. How many London MPs were Conservatives as of June 2024?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 1
D) 59
  • 8. How many London MPs were Liberal Democrats as of June 2024?
A) 59
B) 9
C) 1
D) 6
  • 9. In what year was the ministerial post of Minister for London created?
A) 1994
B) 1984
C) 2004
D) 1974
  • 10. What is the status of the ministerial post of Minister for London since July 2024?
A) Vacant
B) Filled by the Prime Minister
C) Abolished permanently
D) Held by an independent MP
  • 11. Greater London is one of how many regions of England?
A) Twelve
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Nine
  • 12. What body resisted attempts to amalgamate the City of London with its suburbs?
A) The London Post Town
B) The Metropolitan Green Belt
C) The Corporation of London
D) The Greater London Authority
  • 13. What percentage of Greater London is covered by the London post town?
A) Forty per cent
B) Twenty-five per cent
C) Seventy-five per cent
D) Fifty per cent
  • 14. What is the London telephone area code?
A) 0161
B) 020
C) 0113
D) 0121
  • 15. How far does the London linked-number area extend around Kings Cross?
A) 18 miles
B) 30 miles
C) 10 miles
D) 25 miles
  • 16. Which motorway has the Greater London boundary been aligned to in places?
A) The M25
B) The M4
C) The M11
D) The M1
  • 17. What prevents urban expansion beyond London in places?
A) The Metropolitan Green Belt
B) The London commuter belt
C) The River Thames
D) The M25 motorway
  • 18. What is produced when the built-up area extends beyond the Greater London boundary?
A) The ceremonial county of Middlesex
B) A separately defined Greater London Urban Area
C) The London post town
D) The Inner London zone
  • 19. What lies beyond the Greater London Urban Area?
A) The prime meridian
B) The Metropolitan Green Belt
C) The historic counties
D) The London commuter belt
  • 20. Into what two main parts is Greater London split by the River Thames?
A) East and West
B) City and Suburbs
C) Inner and Outer
D) North and South
  • 21. What is traditionally considered the nominal centre of London?
A) The original Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross
B) The Tower of London
C) 10 Downing Street
D) St Paul's Cathedral
  • 22. Near which junction is the nominal centre of London located?
A) Trafalgar Square and Whitehall
B) Oxford Circus and Bond Street
C) Parliament Square and Westminster Bridge
D) Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street
  • 23. What are the approximate coordinates of the nominal centre of London?
A) 52°10′00″N 00°15′00″E
B) 51°00′00″N 00°00′00″E
C) 50°20′10″N 01°00′00″W
D) 51°30′26″N 00°07′39″W
  • 24. Which specific settlements within London have city status?
A) Greenwich and Kew
B) Middlesex and Surrey
C) The City of London and the City of Westminster
D) Inner London and Outer London
  • 25. Which areas are ceremonial counties?
A) The City of Westminster and Greenwich
B) Inner London and Outer London
C) The City of London and the remainder of Greater London
D) The North and South of the River Thames
  • 26. Greater London includes parts of which historic county starting with M?
A) Montgomeryshire
B) Middlesex
C) Merionethshire
D) Monmouthshire
  • 27. Greater London includes parts of which historic county starting with K?
A) Kent
B) Kincardineshire
C) Kinross-shire
D) Kirkcudbrightshire
  • 28. Greater London includes parts of which historic county starting with S?
A) Staffordshire
B) Surrey
C) Sussex
D) Shropshire
  • 29. Greater London includes parts of which historic county starting with E?
A) Essex
B) East Riding
C) East Lothian
D) Edinburghshire
  • 30. Greater London includes parts of which historic county starting with H?
A) Herefordshire
B) Hampshire
C) Hertfordshire
D) Huntingdonshire
  • 31. What is London the capital of, by convention?
A) The British Empire
B) Great Britain only
C) The United Kingdom and of England
D) England only
  • 32. From which city was the capital of England moved?
A) Oxford
B) York
C) Canterbury
D) Winchester
  • 33. During which centuries did the Palace of Westminster develop into the home of the royal court?
A) The 16th and 17th centuries
B) The 12th and 13th centuries
C) The 10th and 11th centuries
D) The 14th and 15th centuries
  • 34. How many World Heritage Sites does London have?
A) Four
B) Three
C) Five
D) Two
  • 35. Which of the following is one of London's World Heritage Sites?
A) St Paul's Cathedral
B) Hyde Park
C) Buckingham Palace
D) Kew Gardens
  • 36. Which historic London site is a World Heritage Site containing the Royal Observatory?
A) Greenwich
B) Charing Cross
C) Westminster
D) Whitehall
  • 37. What defines the prime meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time?
A) The Royal Observatory
B) The Palace of Westminster
C) The Eleanor Cross
D) The Corporation of London
  • 38. Which church is featured alongside the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey in a World Heritage Site?
A) The Church of St Margaret
B) St Mary-le-Bow
C) St Martin-in-the-Fields
D) St Paul's Cathedral
  • 39. How many tiers form the administration of London?
A) Three tiers
B) One tier
C) Two tiers
D) Four tiers
  • 40. How many local administrations are in London's local tier?
A) 30
B) 34
C) 32
D) 33
  • 41. What is a power of the London Assembly regarding the mayor's budget?
A) Accept or reject the annual budget proposals
B) Write the annual budget proposals
C) Ignore the budget proposals
D) Collect taxes for the budget
  • 42. Who has been the mayor of London since 2016?
A) Boris Johnson
B) Keir Starmer
C) Ken Livingstone
D) Sadiq Khan
  • 43. Which political party does mayor Sadiq Khan belong to?
A) Labour Party
B) Liberal Democrats
C) Green Party
D) Conservative Party
  • 44. How many London borough councils are there?
A) 32
B) 30
C) 33
D) 35
  • 45. Who is responsible for local services like schools and libraries?
A) The Greater London Authority
B) The Transport for London
C) The London Fire Brigade
D) The local authorities
  • 46. How much was the revenue expenditure by London councils and the GLA in 2009–2010?
A) Just over £14.7 billion
B) Just over £22 billion
C) Just over £30 billion
D) Just over £7.4 billion
  • 47. How much of the 2009–2010 revenue expenditure was spent by the boroughs?
A) £7.4 billion
B) £14.7 billion
C) £10.2 billion
D) £22 billion
  • 48. Between which locations does the Port of London Authority's jurisdiction on the River Thames extend?
A) Tower Bridge to Greenwich
B) London Bridge to the estuary
C) Teddington Lock to the sea
D) Westminster to the sea
  • 49. What is the common name for the police force that provides policing in Greater London (excluding the City of London)?
A) Scotland Yard
B) The London Constabulary
C) The City Police
D) The Met
  • 50. Which police force is responsible for services on the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway?
A) The City of London Police
B) The Metropolitan Police
C) The Ministry of Defence Police
D) The British Transport Police
  • 51. Where was Harding, Howell & Co., one of the first department stores, located?
A) Whitehall
B) Pall Mall
C) Piccadilly
D) Carnaby Street
  • 52. In what year did Lyons open their first chain of teashops in Piccadilly?
A) 1831
B) 1894
C) 1951
D) 1905
  • 53. Which movement found tearooms to be popular meeting places?
A) Punk movement
B) Industrial movement
C) Swinging London movement
D) Suffrage movement
  • 54. Who bombed London during the First World War?
A) The Provisional Irish Republican Army
B) The Germans
C) The Commonwealth
D) The French
  • 55. When was the tomb of the Unknown Warrior created in Westminster Abbey?
A) 7 July 2005
B) 11 November 1918
C) 1 January 2000
D) 11 November 1920
  • 56. From which decade did London become home to many immigrants primarily from Commonwealth countries?
A) 1980s
B) 2000s
C) 1940s
D) 1960s
  • 57. What act of legislation was led by the Great Smog of 1952?
A) Metropolitan Act
B) Industrial Revolution Act
C) Greater London Act
D) Clean Air Act 1956
  • 58. What nickname did London earn due to its 'pea soup fogs'?
A) The 'Big Smoke'
B) The 'Global Capital'
C) The 'Alpha++ City'
D) The 'Swinging City'
  • 59. Which organization began bomb attacks in London in 1973 during the Troubles?
A) Commonwealth forces
B) Provisional Irish Republican Army
C) Germans
D) Suffragettes
  • 60. What was the starting event of the bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in London?
A) The suffragette bombing
B) The 2005 bombings
C) The Blitz
D) Old Bailey bombing
  • 61. In what year was the Greater London Council abolished?
A) 2000
B) 1965
C) 1986
D) 1956
  • 62. When was the Greater London Authority created?
A) 1986
B) 1951
C) 2000
D) 1965
  • 63. Which magazine hailed London as one of the world's three most influential global cities in 2008?
A) Newsweek
B) The Economist
C) Time
D) Forbes
  • 64. Who began building Westminster Hall in 1097?
A) William II
B) George III
C) William I
D) Edward I
  • 65. Which disease caused London to lose nearly a third of its population in the mid-14th century?
A) Cholera
B) Influenza
C) The Black Death
D) The Great Plague
  • 66. London was the focus of which revolt in 1381?
A) Second Barons' War
B) English Civil War
C) Gunpowder Plot
D) Peasants' Revolt
  • 67. Who expelled England's Jewish population from London in 1290?
A) William I
B) Edward I
C) Charles I
D) James I
  • 68. In what year did violence against Jews occur after rumours regarding Richard I's coronation?
A) 1290
B) 1264
C) 1381
D) 1190
  • 69. During which conflict did Simon de Montfort's rebels kill 500 Jews in 1264?
A) Battle of Hastings
B) Peasants' Revolt
C) English Civil War
D) Second Barons' War
  • 70. What religious shift was produced by the Reformation?
A) Calvinism
B) Catholicism
C) Puritanism
D) Protestantism
  • 71. When did the Hanseatic League set up a trading base in London?
A) 1599
B) 1565
C) 1475
D) 1603
  • 72. What type of cloth was shipped undyed from 14th- and 15th-century London?
A) Cotton cloth
B) Silk cloth
C) Woollen cloth
D) Linen cloth
  • 73. Who built the Globe Theatre in Southwark in 1599?
A) William Blake
B) Shakespeare
C) Christopher Wren
D) Robert Hooke
  • 74. What was the name of London's oldest theatre that opened in 1663?
A) The Royal Exchange
B) Westminster Hall
C) The Globe Theatre
D) Drury Lane
  • 75. What did the Corporation make in 1637 when Charles I's government attempted to reform London's administration?
A) The Great Plague
B) The Great Fire
C) The Great Refusal
D) The Restoration
  • 76. Which side did most Londoners support in the English Civil War?
A) The Cavaliers
B) The Roundheads
C) The Hanseatic League
D) The New Model Army
  • 77. Who supervised the rebuilding of the wooden-built city after the Great Fire of 1666?
A) William Blake
B) Robert Hooke
C) Christopher Wren
D) Shakespeare
  • 78. Whose masterpiece St Paul's Cathedral was completed in 1710?
A) Robert Hooke
B) William Blake
C) Simon de Montfort
D) Christopher Wren
  • 79. Which poet's 1789 poem 'Holy Thursday' mentions 'the high dome of Pauls'?
A) William Blake
B) Robert Hooke
C) Shakespeare
D) Christopher Wren
  • 80. Which new district was formed in the west during the Georgian era?
A) Fleet Street
B) Bow Street
C) Southwark
D) Mayfair
  • 81. Who acquired Buckingham House in 1762?
A) Charles I
B) William II
C) James I
D) George III
  • 82. When were the Bow Street Runners established as a professional police force?
A) 1817
B) 1762
C) 1844
D) 1750
  • 83. In what year was the first London international issue arranged?
A) 1750
B) 1817
C) 1838
D) 1846
  • 84. In what year was the Royal Exchange rebuilt following a fire?
A) 1844
B) 1710
C) 1663
D) 1838
  • 85. The repeal of which laws in 1846 enabled London to overtake Amsterdam as the leading international financial centre?
A) The Corn Laws
B) The Poor Laws
C) The Navigation Acts
D) The Reform Acts
  • 86. On which river does London stand?
A) River Severn
B) River Trent
C) River Thames
D) River Ouse
  • 87. By whom was the City of London founded?
A) The Romans
B) The Vikings
C) The Normans
D) The Greeks
  • 88. What was the original Roman name for the City of London?
A) Augusta
B) Londinium
C) Lunden
D) Londiniumm
  • 89. In which century did London grow rapidly to become the world's largest city?
A) 20th century
B) 17th century
C) 19th century
D) 18th century
  • 90. Since what year has London largely comprised the administrative area of Greater London?
A) 1975
B) 1980
C) 1965
D) 1950
  • 91. How many Summer Olympic Games has London hosted?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 92. What type of city airport system does London have?
A) The world's oldest
B) The world's largest
C) The world's newest
D) The world's busiest
  • 93. What was the most likely lost Celtic form of the name London?
A) *Lundenwic
B) *Brittania
C) *Londinium
D) *Londonjon
  • 94. Until what year did the name 'London' apply officially only to the City of London?
A) 1000
B) 1889
C) 1886
D) 1993
  • 95. In what year were the remains of a Bronze Age bridge found on the south River Thames foreshore?
A) 1993
B) 1889
C) 2010
D) 4800 BC
  • 96. In what year were foundations of a large timber structure found on the Thames' south foreshore?
A) 1889
B) 2010
C) 1993
D) 680
  • 97. To what date were the foundations of the large timber structure found in 2010 dated?
A) 11th century
B) 1750–1285 BC
C) AD 47–61
D) 4800–4500 BC
  • 98. Around what year did the Romans found their first major settlement in the London area?
A) AD 100
B) AD 61
C) AD 47
D) AD 43
  • 99. Who led the Iceni tribe in storming and burning Roman London to the ground around AD 61?
A) King Edward
B) Alfred
C) Queen Boudica
D) Frank Stenton
  • 100. What was the name of the Anglo-Saxon settlement that developed slightly west of the old Roman city from about 500?
A) Winchester
B) Lundenwic
C) Londinium
D) Llundein
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