Pardon my French
Our hotel was situated in this city quarter home to the pantheon
What is the Latin Quarter
This Oxford College room was used as Hogwarts’ infirmary and later as the setting for Professor McGonagall’s dance lesson
What is the Bodleian Library
Stretching nearly 65 metres, this iconic library hall at Trinity College houses marble busts of great thinkers and once stored the university’s legal deposit books.
What is the long room
On 14 July 1789, revolutionaries stormed this Paris fortress‑prison
What is the Bastille
Founded in 1824, this London museum is home to masterpieces like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers and Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire.
What is the National Gallery
During the 1916 Rising, rebels seized this central Dublin building, where Patrick Pearse read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic
What is the GPO
This grand gallery in Versailles was designed to showcase Louis XIV’s military victories, with ceiling paintings celebrating campaigns like the Dutch War.
What is the Hall of Mirrors
Big Ben was officially renamed in 2012 to honour this monarch, whose Diamond Jubilee marked 60 years on the throne.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II
Traditional Guinness is made from just four ingredients; water, yeast and these two grains, part of which is roasted to create the stout’s signature flavour.
What are Hops and Barley
In the Concorder, once the site of the guillotine during the Revolution, is now dominated by an obelisk gifted by Egypt from this ancient temple complex.
Where is Luxor/valley of kings.
Excavated in 1939, this Anglo‑Saxon ship burial from Suffolk is represented in the British Museum by its iron helmet.
What is Sutton Hoo?
Long before it reached Dublin, the Book of Kells was likely created on this Scottish island monastery, a major centre of early Christian art before Viking raids forced monks to flee.
What is Iona
Commissioned by Napoleon to honour his armies, the arc de triomphe stands at the western end of the Champs‑Élysées and contains this tomb
What is the tomb of the unknown soldier
Standing atop a 52‑metre column in Trafalgar Square, this naval hero is commemorated for his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Who is Admiral Nelson
Originally built in the 13th century in a town south of Dublin to control a strategic crossing of the River Nore, this castle later became the seat of the powerful Butler family for nearly 600 years.
What is Kilkenny Castle