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On whose proposal was the Bank of England founded? |
William Paterson (1694) |
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Who was the architect of St Mary Woolnoth? |
Nicholas Hawksmoor |
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Where is there a noon mark in the City? |
Paternoster Square / London Stock Exchange |
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Where did the first bomb fall on the City in World War II? |
Fore Street |
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Where will you find the pulpit in the City that cannot be approached from the church itself? |
All Hallows London Wall |
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How many Sheriffs are there in the City? |
Two |
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In which church will you find a monument to Inigo Jones? |
St Benet's, Paul's Wharf |
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With which building is the facade of Beaver House? |
The Royal Bank of Canada, Little Trinity Lane |
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What marks the City boundary? |
Heraldic dragons |
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How many wards are there in the city of London? |
Twenty Five |
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Who was the architect of Smithfield Market? |
Sir Horace Jones |
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How many horses are used to pull the Lord Mayor's coach? |
Six |
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Which streets are named in honour of the joust? |
Knightrider Street Giltspur Street |
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Where do you find single statues of Agriculture, Art, Commerce and Science? |
Holborn Viaduct |
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Which is the oldest livery company by charter? |
The Worshipful Company of Weavers |
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Name the sculptor of the HSBC gates Peter's Hill. |
Sir Anthony Caro |
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In which City church is there a statue of Charles I? |
St Katherine Cree |
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In which church was the C19 poet John Keats baptised? |
St Boltolph without Bishopsgate |
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Who carved the relief on the Monument? |
Caius Gabriel Cibber |
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What is the weathervane of Cole Abbey? |
Ship or Galleon |
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Which gate was added to the City in the Middle Ages? |
Moorgate |
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Where is the London Stock Exchange? |
Paternoster Square |
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Which livery companies may be a sixes and sevens? |
Merchant Taylors and Skinners |
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Which livery companies are involved in swan upping? |
Vintners and Dyers |
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What offices must a Lord Mayor have held in order to be elected? |
Alderman and Sheriff |
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Where is there a plaque to Ebenezer Howard, founder of the Garden City movement? |
Moor House London Wall |
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Who was the only signatory of the Magna Carta who was not a Baron or a Bishop? |
William Hardell, Mayor of London |
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For what might we know Peter de Colechurch? |
Built the first stone London Bridge |
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In which church will you find the Newgate prison execution bell? |
St Sepulchre without Newgate |
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Who occupied the site of the present Cutlers' Hall? |
Royal College of Physicians |
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What is the gold/silver hallmark for London? |
Leopard's Head |
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Which clock in London was the first to have a minute hand? |
St Dunstan's in the West |
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Which City church has a station underneath it? |
St Mary Woolnoth (Bank Station) |
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Who is the architect of the Guildhall Art Gallery? |
Richard Gilbert-Scott |
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What is the weathervane of St Mary le Bow? |
A dragon |
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In what year was the Bank of England founded? |
1694 |
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In which street is there a bust of Charles Lamb, the early C19 essayist? |
Giltspur Street |
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Who are the architects of Bloomberg Place? |
Foster & Partners |
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With which church do you associate Rahere? |
St Bartholomew the Great |
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Who was William Wallace to whom there is a plaque in Smithfield? |
C13 Scottish Patriot |
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Which livery hall displays the dagger that is said to have killed Wat Tyler? |
The Fishmongers |
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Which livery company has its hall at the north end of London Bridge? |
Fishmongers |
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Which livery company has its hall at the north end of Southwark Bridge? |
Vintners |
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Who founded the London Penny Post? |
William Docwra |
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Where is Hogarth's 'The Good Samaritan' to be seen? |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
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What is the Silent Change? |
Admission of the new Lord Mayor |
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Who painted the panels on he Lord Mayor's coach? |
Giovanni Cipriani |
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Why does the Lord Mayor's procession stop at St Paul's Cathedral? |
To receive the blessing of the Dean |
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Who designed the Mansion House? |
George Dance the Elder |
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Who was the sculptor of the water feature at Lloyd's Register of Shipping? |
William Pye |
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Where is Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' to be seen? |
Sir John Soanes Museum |
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Which is the 108th livery company? |
Security Professionals |
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With which church is the Butterworth Charity linked? |
St Batholomew the Great |
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Which livery company gathers to listen to the Bubble Sermon? |
Stationers |
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Who endowed the City of London School in 1442? |
John Carpenter |
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Which four livery companies have their coats of arms around the central area of St Paul's? |
Goldsmiths, Grocers, Mercers and Merchant Taylors |
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After which queen is Queenhythe named? |
Matilda (wife of Henry II) |
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Where is the heart of Queen Eleanor of Provence (wife of Henry III) buried? |
Greyfriars |
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Which years are covered by Pepys diaries? |
1660-1669 |
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Who designed All Hallows London Wall? |
George Dance the Younger |
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From which church tower did Samuel Pepys watch the progressive the Great Fire in September 1666? |
Tower of All Hallows Barking / By the Tower |
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Where is the Egyptian Hall? |
Mansion House |
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In which street is there an outdoor statue of Mary, Queen of Scots? |
Fleet Street |
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Why are there at least three churches dedicated to St Botolph? |
He is the Patron saint of travellers |
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Where can you see the face of Sir Winston Churchill in the centre of the signs of the Zodiac? |
Bracken House, Cannon Street |
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With which church do you associate the Samaritans? |
St Stephen Walbrook |
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Where in the City is there a street signed East Street? |
Finsbury Circus |
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What is the destination of the Lord Mayor's Show |
Royal Courts of Justice |
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Who was the first Lord Mayor? |
Henry FitzAilwyn |
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What is the name of the passage under the north end of Southwark Bridge? |
Fruiterer's Passage |
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Why is Resitutus considered the first Bishop of London? |
He attended the Council of Arles in 314 |
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Who was Melitus? |
1st Bishop of London / 3rd Archbishop of Canterbury |
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Name the phenomenon that caused the Millennium Bridge to wobble. |
Synchronous Lateral Excitation |
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Who is the Admiral of the Port of London? |
The Lord Mayor |
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Which livery company is commemorated on John Stow's tomb? |
Merchant Taylors |
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Name the only fire station in the City |
Dowgate |
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Who was Anne Mowbray, whose coffin was discovered in the Minories in the 1960s? |
Wife of the Duke of York |
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Where was the Armada Thanksgiving Service held attend by Queen Elizabeth I? |
St Paul's Cathedral |
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Where are two mice to be seen eating cheese? |
Philpot Lane |
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With what trade do you connect the name 'Staple' as in Staple Inn? |
Wool |
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Where is there a memorial to John Stow? |
St Andrew Undershaft |
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Who supplies the horses that pull the Lord Mayor's coach? |
Waldburgs |
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Where are the graves of Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and William Blake? |
Bunhill Fields |
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Whose statue stands in front of St Paul's? |
Queen Anne |
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With which church is Isaac Walton connected? |
St Dunstan in the West |
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Where did the Dominicans have their headquarters in London? |
Blackfriars |
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Which is the only Nicholas Hawksmoor church in the City? |
St Mary Woolnoth |
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Name the four busts in the covered what to the Guildhall Art Gallery. |
Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys, William Shakespeare, Christopher Wren |
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When is the Lord Mayor elected? |
Michaelmas Day / 29th September |
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Who is the only person who takes precedence over the Lord Mayor in the City? |
The Sovereign |
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In which church will you find a bust of Admiral Philip, governor of the first colony in Australia? |
St Mary le Bow |
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Who was Ethelburga? |
C7 Abbess of Barking / Sister of Bishop Erconwald |
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Where can you find windows commemorating Sir Henry Wood and Dame Nellie Melba? |
St Sepulchre without Newgate |
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In which street can a camel train be seen? |
Eastcheap |
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Whose device is the Lamb and Flag? |
Middle Temple / Knight's Templars |
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For how long was London Bridge the only crossing of the Thames below Kingston? |
Until 1729 (Putney bridge was built) |
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Name the type of rustication on buildings with shallow curly channels like worm tracks. |
Vermiculated Rustication |
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Which King expelled the Jewish Community? |
Edward I |
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In which year did Edward I expel the Jews? |
1290 |
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What is the Steelyard? |
Headquarters of the Hanseatic League |
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Where was the Steelyard? |
Dow gate Hill / Cannon Street Station |
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Where were royal illegitimate births announced? |
Paul's Cross |
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How do pupils of Sir John Cass school annually commemorate their founder? |
They wear a red feather |
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Where is the earliest known sword rest in the City? |
St Helen's Bishopsgate 1665 |
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Where was Edward Lloyd originally buried? |
St Mary Woolnoth |
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Who is the Governor of the Bank of England? |
Mark Carney |
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Whose symbol is the demi-virign? |
Mercers |
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What is the supposed significance of the Golden Boy of Pye Corner? |
The point where the Great Fire of London stopped |
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Where was the source of the stone used in building the Roman Wall around the City? |
Kentish Ragstone from Maidstone |
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What distinguishes the City Police helmet from other police helmets? |
It displays the City coat of arms. |
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What is unusual about the statue of Justice above the Old Bailey (central criminal court)? |
She isn't blindfolded |
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Who are the architects of No1 Poultry? |
James Stirling and Michael Wilford |
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Where was Alexander Pope born? |
Plough Court |
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Which livery hall is at the south end of London Bridge? |
Glaziers |
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Where will you find a statue of Hodge? |
17 Gough Square |
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In which City church is there an altar by Henry Moore? |
St Stephen Walbrook |
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Who is the architect for One New Change? |
Jean Nouvel |
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What was sold at the sign of Pasqua Rosee's Head? |
Coffee |
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Whose symbol is the Grasshopper? |
Sir Thomas Gresham |
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What was the date of the royal charter for the Worshipful Company of Weavers? |
1155 |
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Which is the senior livery company of the Great Twelve? |
Mercers |
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Which company is associated with the Knolly's Rose Ceremony? |
Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames |
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Which two fortifications did William I agree to have built in the City apart from the White Tower? |
Maynard's Castle Montfichet's Tower |
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Name the female statue on Temple Bar in Paternoster Square. |
Queen Anne of Denmark |
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Outside which building is there a Polar sundial in the City? |
City of London School (designed by Piers Nicholson) |
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Where is the memorial to Malta GC? |
Byword Street, All Hallows by the Tower |
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On what site is the Central Criminal Court? |
On the site of Newgate Prison |
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Which livery hall has a chapel? |
Mercers Hall |
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Who cries out Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! in common hall? |
Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-Arms |
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By whom were the Heralds of the sovereigns of England first incorporated? |
King Richard III |
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Who paid the rent of a 'red rose, ten loads of hay and ten pounds' to the Bishop of Ely? |
Sir Christopher Hatton |
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What did Sir Christopher Hatton pay rent of a 'red rose, ten loads of hay and ten pounds' to the Bishop of Ely for? |
Renting Ely Place |
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Where did the Bank of England first open its books? |
Mercers Hall |
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Which famous playwright owned a house in Ireland Yard? |
William Shakespeare |
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Where would you find a hagioscope in the City? |
St Helen's Bishopgate |
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Where is Drake's cupboard? |
Middle Temple Hall |
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Which mediaeval ward was created entirely outside the wall? |
Bridge Without |
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In which churchyard is the Insect City? |
St Dunstan in the East |
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Who is commemorated by the pub called 'The Hung Drawn and Quartered'? |
Major General Thomas Harrison |
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Which livery hall is on water? |
Master Mariners |
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Immediately prior to 1609 what were the supporters of the City Shield in the coat of arms? |
Two Lions |
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Which was the first of the religious houses in London to be dissolved? |
Holy Trinity Priory - Aldgate 1532 |
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Who is the sculptor for the Knights Templars on the south side of the Temple Church? |
Nicola Hicks |
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Where did the preacher John Wesley feel his heart 'strangely warmed'? |
Aldersgate Street |
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Where is the architect Sir John Vanbrugh buried but has no memorial? |
St Stephen Walbrook |
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Which bank trades at the sign of the Golden Bottle? |
Hoares & Co |
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In which street is the former Goslings Bank? |
Fleet Street |
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What was the sign for Goslings Bank? |
Three Squirrels |
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Why is there a statue of Elizabeth Fry in the Central Criminal Court? |
She was a prison reformer who worked at Newgate Prison |
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Who lived for 14 years in rooms above Aldgate? |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
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Which church is beneath St Paul's Cathedral? |
St Faith's |
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Where is the City's first public drinking fountain? |
Corner of Holborn Viaduct and Giltspur Street |
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With which church is Tubby Clayton's Toc H movement associated? |
All Hallows by the Tower / Barking |
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What is on the top of St Olave Jewry tower? |
A Ship |
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From which church did the ship on the top of St Olave Jewry Tower come from? |
St Mildred Poultry |
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Where is there a little statue of the artist George Frederick Watts? |
Postman's Park |
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Where is there a plaque Benjamin Disraeli in the City? |
6 Frederick's Place |
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Where was Benjamin Disraeli christened? |
St Andrew's Holborn |
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In which City street was the poet Thomas Gray born? |
Cornhill |
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Where in the City did Twelfth Night have its first performance? |
Middle Temple 1602 |
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Which City church straddles two wards? |
St Mary Lothbury |
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Where is John Milton buried? |
St Giles Cripplegate |
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Who was the architect of Leadenhall Market? |
Sir Horace Jones |
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Who was the first Governor of the Bank of England? |
Sir John Houblon |
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What is the colour of a Common Councilman's gown? |
Mazarine Blue |
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Which City institution regularly uses a quill pen? |
Lloyd's |
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Which architects designed the Insect Hotel? |
Arup Associates |
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When was the last public hanging outside the Old Bailey? |
24th May 1868 |
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Where was Oliver Cromwell married? |
St Giles Cripplegate |
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Where will you find an external statue of James Hulbert in the City? |
Fishmongers' Hall Gardens |
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Where in the City is there a sculpture called Fulcrum? |
Broadgate (Richard Serra) |
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Where is Telson's Bank from Charles Dickens' 'Tale of Two Cities'? |
Childs' Bank, Fleet Street |
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Where is the painting of 'The Pool of Bethseda'? |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
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Which station connects with the Central Line and the Docklands Light Railway in the City? |
Bank |
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Where can you see plaques to commemorate heroes who died trying to save others? |
Postman's Park |
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Where is the City if the sculpture known as "Rush Hour'? |
Broadgate (George Segal) |
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With which priory was Sir Thomas Moore linked? |
Charter House |
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Where are the ashes of Sir Henry Wood placed? |
St Sepulchre without Newgate |
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When does the Lord Mayor carry the Crystal Sceptre? |
The Coronation |
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Which Dickens' novel describes the Gordon Riots of 1780? |
Barnaby Rudge |
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What was originally on the site of Mansion House |
Stocks Market |
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What is the present name of Stinking Lane? |
King Edward Street |
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Name the two statues on the north side of the Royal Exchange. |
Sir Hugh Myddleton Dick Whittington |
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What is on top of the Monument? |
A flaming copper urn |
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What is the colour of a City policeman's buttons? |
Gilt (bronze or gold) |
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What was the popular title of the Dominican Friars? |
Blackfriars |
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Whom do the liverymen elect in Common Hall on Midsummer's day? |
Sheriffs |
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Who elects the recorder of London? |
Court of Aldermen |
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Where was the fourth St Botolph's church? |
Billingsgate (Lower Thames Street) |
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Who sponsored the restoration of the Cleary Gardens in 2007? |
Loire Valley Wines |
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Which City church has an external clock dated 1709? |
St Magnus the Martyr |
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Where was Thomas Beckett born? |
Cheapside / Ironmonger Lane |
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Who is the Chancellor of the City University? |
The Lord Mayor |
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How are the City's open spaces outside the city funded? |
City Cash |
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Who decides whether or not to confer honorary Freedom of the City? |
Court of Common Council |
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Who accompanies the Sherrifs when petitions are presented to Parliament? |
Remembrancer and Sheriffs |
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Where can you find Elizabeth Frink's 'Paternoster'? |
Paternoster Square |
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Who discovered Grinling Gibbons and introduced him to Sir Christopher Wren? |
John Evelyn |
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What is the name of the culture outside St Botolph Aldgate? |
Sanctuary (Naomi Blake 1985) |
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Which livery company has the motto 'I am spoken all over the world as the one who helps'? |
Apothecaries |
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Who was the sculptor for the Vintners' company's statue of their Barge Master and Swan? |
Vivien Mallock |
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Who founded St Paul's School? |
Dean John Colet |
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What was the original name of the Grocer's Company? |
Guild of Pepperers |
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Which City church had a serious fire in 1988? |
St Mary at Hill |
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Name the horse above Cutlers' Gardens in Middlesex Street. |
Rebellion (Judy Boyt) |
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What stands on the site of Doctors' Commons? |
Faraday Building |
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Which livery company has two masters in office at the same time? |
Cooks |
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On which City building can the head of the architect Sir John Soane be seen? |
Carpenters' Hall |
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Which livery company features Noah's Ark on its coat of arms? |
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights |
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Which livery company supports Oundle School? |
Worshipful Company of Grocers |
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Which City church was designed by Nathaniel Wright? |
St Botolph's Aldersgate |
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Who designed the present Royal Exchange? |
Sir William Tite |
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Which livery company master serves for two years? |
Bowyers |
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Where is the City's only public swimming baths? |
Golden Lane |
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In which street is the Cordwainer? |
Watling Street |
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In which pub are the words 'don't advertise it, tell a gossip'? |
The Blackfriars Pub |
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Which was the first post-war building in the City to be listed? |
Bracken House |
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The people of Germany presented a rood made in Oberammergau to which church? |
St Mary le Bow |
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When was the order of precedence for the livery companies established? |
1515 |
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Who designed the 1831 London Bridge? |
Sir John Rennie |
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Where is the 1831 London Bridge now? |
Lake Havasu City, Arizona |
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Where was there a bowling green in the City? |
Finsbury Circus Gardens |
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What tops the east tower of the Royal Exchange? |
Grasshopper |
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What replace De Keyser's Royal Hotel? |
Unilever House |
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Where is there an external statue of Henry Alwyn? |
Holborn Viaduct |
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Where is the City cemetery and crematorium? |
Manor Park |
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Whose plaque is at Ludgate Circus? |
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) |
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Where was the William Pitt Bridge? |
Blackfriars |
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Who carved the marble altar in St Stephen Walbrook? |
Henry Moore |
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In which church is there a wooden font cover by Grinling Gibbons? |
All Hallows by the Tower / Barking |
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Which City Institution has the motto 'My word is my bond'? |
London Stock Exchange |
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Who's motto is 'Our word is our bond'? |
Baltic Exchange |
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Who designed the Millennium Measure on the River Walkway? |
Joanna Migdal |
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Of which famous architect was Sir John Soanes a pupil? |
George Dance the Younger |
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Who is the Bishop of London? |
Richard Chartres |
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Which city official wears a tall fur hat? |
Sword Bearer |
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What fur is the Sword Bearer's hat made from? |
Sable |
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Whose device is Pegasus, the winged horse? |
Inner Temple |
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Where is St Paul's School now? |
Barnes |
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Who was the architect of Tower 42? |
Richard Seifert |
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Where will you find 12 lamp standards donated by the 12 Great Livery companies? |
The Royal Exchange forecourt |
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Why was the Lord Mayor's Show interrupted in 1852? |
Duke of Wellington's funeral |
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What was originally on the site of Leadenhall Market? |
Roman Basilica / Forum |
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Which livery company conducts the trial of the Pyx? |
Goldsmiths |
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Which livery company has the cakes and ale ceremony? |
Stationers |
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Which famous poet worked at Lloyds Bank on Cornhill? |
T.S. Eliot |
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Which famous author worked at the Bank of England? |
Kenneth Grahame (Wind in the Willows) |
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Where are the Coal Exchange dragons today? |
Victoria Embankment |
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Where can you see the only statue of Henry VIII in the City? |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
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Which livery company opened a new hall in 2005? |
Furniture Makers |
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Name the three towers of the Barbican? |
Cromwell Shakespeare Lauderdale |
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Of which company was Samuel Pepys Master? |
Clothworkers |
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Who conducts the trial of the Pyx? |
Queen's Remembrancer |
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Who are the architects of the Cannon Place development? |
Foggo Associates |
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Who are the two companies without livery? |
Watermen and Lightermen / Parish Clerks |
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Where was Peter de Colechurch buried? |
Chapel of Thomas a Beckett |
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Where is there a bust of George Dance the Younger? |
Circus Place |
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Where was the former HQ of Reuters in the City before moving to Canary Wharf? |
Fleet Street |
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Who was the architect of of reuters former HQ in Fleet Street? |
Sir Edwin Lutyens |
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Why is there a statue to the Duke of Wellington at Bank junction? |
He helped the city to build King William Street |
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Where was Garraway's coffee house? |
Change Alley |
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Name Anthony Gormley statue in Shoe Lane. |
Resolution |
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Where was Samuel Pepys christened? |
St Bride's Fleet Street |
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Name the three methods of admission to become a livery man? |
Patrimony, Redemption and Servitude |
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Which church has the epitaph, "She Deceased. He for a little tried to live without her, liked it not and died"? |
St Bartholomew the Great |
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Who was born in Bread Street in 1608? |
John Milton |
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Who designed the Wandering Hour Clock? |
Joanna Migdal |
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In which churches in the City can you hear the service in Welsh? |
St Benet's, Paul's Wharf / Welsh Chapel |
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Which churchyard does Llyod's Register adjoin? |
St Katherine Coleman |
