About London I
About London II
Poetry
Literary genres
Miscellaneous
100
The number of bridges in London
What is 29
100
The colour of a London bus
What is red?
100
The author of the poem "London"
Who was William Blake?
100
A piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines.
What is a poem?
100
The number of lines in a sonnet?
What is 14?
200
The people who built the first bridge in London
Who were the Romans?
200
Another word for the underground train system?
What is the Tube?
200
The author of "Upon Westminster Bridge"
Who was William Wordsworth?
200
An invented story which is no more than about 10,000 words in length.
What is a short story?
200
The adjective used to describe the dullness of encountering London and the Londoners when stepping of the gangway in D. H. Lawrence's essay.
What is "inoffensive"?
300
The Prime Minister of Great Britain
Who is David Cameron?
300
The year when the underground train system opened in London.
What is 1863?
300
A group of lines of poetry forming a unit.
What is stanza?
300
Writing that is about real events and facts.
What is non-fiction?
300
The number of people visiting Madame Tussauds every year.
What is 2,5 million?
400
A place where you can see many wax figures.
What is Madame Tussauds?
400
The number of theatres in London
What is 60?
400
A poem consisting of an 8 lined octave and a 6 lined sestet.
What is a sonnet?
400
A long story about imaginary characters and events
What is a novel?
400
The short story in which a young couple con people into giving them money.
What is The Web by Francis King?
500
The year the first bridge over Thames was constructed.
What is 43 A.D. (Anno Domini)
500
The founder of the most famous store in London.
Who was Charles Henry Harrod?
500
The ninth line in a sonnet which indicates a change.
What is "the volta"?
500
A short piece of writing on a particular subject, e.g. "Dull London" by D. H. Lawrence.
What is an essay?
500
The woman who has to move into another house in E. M. Forster's novel "Howards End".
Who is Margaret Schlegel?
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