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Answers to Quiz 1 (answers are given in bold type).

 

1.

What is the name of the residence for the Queen of England in London?

 

London Tower

 

Buckingham Palace

 

Westminster Palace

 

Kensington Palace

 

2.

What famous London building was rebuilt several times?

 

St Paul’s Cathedral

 

Buckingham Palace

 

Tower Bridge

 

British Library

 

3.

Where are the Crown Jewels contained in London?

 

Buckingham Palace

 

Westminster Palace

 

London Tower

 

Margaret's Church

 

4.

What ancient London building has been used for coronations?

 

Westminster Palace

 

St Paul's Cathedral

 

Westminster Abbey

 

Buckingham Palace

 

5.

What famous building is the place where people who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the nation now rest?

 

Westminster Palace

 

the Tower of London

 

St Paul's Cathedral

 

Westminster Abbey

 

6.

Where do Royal Garden Parties take place?

 

Buckingham Palace

 

Hyde Park

 

Tower Bridge

 

Kensington Palace

 

7.

What place is used by Londoners for Christmas celebrations?

 

London Eye

 

Trafalgar Square

 

Tower Bridge

 

the Gherkin

 

8.

What place of interest in London was formally opened by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair?

 

Royal Observatory

 

Wembley Stadium

 

City Hall

 

The London Eye

 

9.

Where can tourists take photos in London with different celebrities, scientists, sportsmen, etc. without any difficulty?

 

Westminster Palace

 

Madam Tussauds Museum

 

Piccadilly Circus

 

Wembley Stadium

 

10.

What sight symbolizes 32 Boroughs of London?

 

the Canary Wharf Tower

 

Tower Bridge

 

The London Eye

 

the Gherkin

 

11.

Sir Christopher Wren is the architect of many London ancient buildings including this building?

 

St Paul’s Cathedral

 

London Tower

 

The London Eye

 

National Gallery

 

12.

What place is known for many executions and imprisonments of famous people for religious beliefs or for being suspected treason?

 

St Paul's Cathedral

 

Westminster Abbey

 

London Tower

 

Buckingham Palace

 

13.

What building is famous for its Whispering Gallery?

 

St Paul's Cathedral

 

Buckingham Palace

 

Westminster Palace

 

London Tower

 

14.

What place do Londoners use for political manifestations?

 

National Gallery

 

Trafalgar Square

 

Piccadilly Circus

 

Tower Bridge

 

15.

What place of tourists’ attraction is housed in the former London Planetarium?

 

Tate Modern

 

National Gallery

 

British Library

 

Madame Tussauds Museum

 

Answers to Quiz 2 (answers are given in the right order).

 

Pictures of London sights

 

 Names

1

picture 1

a

London Tower

2

picture 2

b

Buckingham Palace

3

picture 3

c

St Paul’s Cathedral

4

picture 4

d

Westminster Abbey

5

picture 5

e

Trafalgar Square

6

picture 6

f

Madam Tussauds London

7

picture 7

g

London Eye

 

Answers to Quiz 3 (answers are given in bold type).

  1. The part of London where Trafalgar Square is situated is Westminster.
  2. Westminster Abbey is a church.
  3. Buckingham Palace is used for the many official events and receptions held by the Queen.
  4. The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames, in London.
  5. The upholstery of the White Drawing Room in Buckingham Palace is in gold.
  6. An item of the Crown Jewels which is used in the coronation ceremony to anoint the monarch's head palms and breast with holy oil is the Ampulla.
  7. Marie Tussaud was taught the art of wax modelling by Dr. Philippe Curtius, a physician for whom her mother worked as a housekeeper.
  8. The futuristic looking capsules of the London Eye were transported all the way from France by train through the channel.
  9. The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace takes place at 10.30 a.m. on certain days in February, March and April.
  10. The majestic St Paul's Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and seat of the Bishop of London.
  11. Each revolution of the wheel of the London Eye takes about 30 minutes.
  12. The Guard which mounts at Buckingham Palace is called the Queen’s Guard.
  13. Anna Maria Grosholtz’s marriage to François Tussaud in 1795 lent a new name to the show: Madame Tussauds.
  14. The Crown Jewels are displayed at the Jewel House in the Tower of London and can be viewed there by the public.
  15. Westminster Abbey, located near the Houses of Parliament, is more a historical site than a religious one.
  16. The mosaics on the ceiling of St Paul’s Cathedral were added in 1890 by William Richmond after Queen Victoria complained that there was not enough color in it.
  17. The smallest of the galleries which runs around the highest point of the outer dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is the Golden Gallery.
  18. London Tower is known to be a Royal Palace, fortress, prison, place of execution, arsenal, Royal Mint, Royal Zoo and jewel house.
  19. The American Memorial Chapel in St Paul’s Cathedral commemorates the 28,000 Americans who were killed on their way to, or stationed in, the UK during the Second World War.
  20. The White Tower was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite.
  21. When Trafalgar Square was laid out in the 1840s, the fountains' primary purpose was not aesthetic, but rather to reduce the open space available and the risk of riotous assembly.
  22. The place where poets are buried in Westminster Abbey is known as Poets' Corner.