1. On October 23rd 1843, how many persons ate a steak dinner on the plinth of Nelsons Column before the statue was installed?
2. Why does a postman never deliver to 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens W2?
3. What was the name of the lady who volunteered to act as a decoy for Jack the Ripper?
4. Why do Members of Parliament bow when approaching or leaving the floor of the House?
5. What was the Monument intended for by Christopher Wren?
6. Where and when was the first movie taken in London?
7. In what year did the first woman post office clerk start at the Eastcheap branch?
8. Where would you have seen the first pillar-box erected in London?
9. Which London church was the first to use gas and electric lighting?
10. Where was the tomb erected to Rear Admiral William Bligh, the senior figure involved in the Mutiny on the Bounty?
11. A game played with a mallet and ball gave its name to what London street?
12. Which London station is furthest north, London Bridge, Waterloo or Victoria?
13. Which of the London parks is the largest and smallest out of Hampstead Heath, Regents Park or Blackheath.
14. Where in London is the statue of famous French soldier Marshall Foch on his horse?
 

Questions about London

15. Why is the Adelphi in London so called?
16. Who lived and died at 22 Calshot Street, Islington N1?
17. The statue of George IV in Trafalgar Square was originally designed to surmount which London building?
18. Until 1992, the second smallest Police station was in Wellington Arch, at the top of Constitution Hill. Where was the smallest?
19. Which London church was called the saddest spot on earth and why?
20. When was the vote by secret ballot first used in London?
21. Where in London can you sit on a metal camel?
22. Where in London can you see a statue of a boy with a football under his arm?
23. Eros was removed from Piccadilly Circus in 1925. Where was it taken and why?
24. In which famous London building could you see a Christmas Pudding every day of the year, except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Good Friday?
25. Which district in London has four underground stations named after the four points of the compass?
26. Why was the original Scotland Yard so called?
27. What was the Bell of Doom and where is it?
28. Name the first poet to be buried in Poets Corner 600 years ago?
29. Where is the Clowns Church in London?
30. Which central London church has a clock that appears to be contained in two beer barrels?

And a few facts that you may not know…
Fact: Edwarde’s Square off Kensington High Street was set out by a Frenchman named Changier in the 18th century. He built the houses for the accommodation of French Officers in Napoleon’s army, ready for when they invaded and settled in England. His faith in Napoleon ruined him and he fled the country owing £100,000.

Fact: When the underground’s first escalator was installed at Earls Court Station in 1911, to allay the fears of travellers, a Mr "Bumper" Harris was asked to use it first. He was employed to go up and down all day to give passengers confidence in this new device. "Bumper" had only one leg, the other was a wooden stump…