What is the official residence of the Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world?
Windsor Castle
100
St. Paul Cathedral was built after ___________________in the 16th century when the Church of England was removed from the jurisdiction of the Pope.
English Reformation
100
Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral?
Sir Christopher Wren
100
The present location of the National Gallery was the former home of ___________________.
the King's Mews (stables and carriage houses)
100
The large stone structures, which came from the Parthenon in Greece and exhibited in the British Museum are the _________________________.
Elgin Marbles
200
Whose knights once met at Windsor Castle?
King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table
200
What executions took place in Medieval Times outside St. Paul's Cathedral?
executions of those involved in the Gunpowder Plot (the plot to blow up King James and 500 members of the parliament)
200
Who designed the Trafalgar Square?
John Nash
200
Where did they store the paintings of the National Gallery in 1940 to save them from destruction?
in the slate mine, Manod Quarry, near Ffestiniog, Wales
200
What was discovered by Napoleon's army in 1799 while digging near the town of El Rashid?
the Rosetta Stone
300
Whose suit of armor is kept at Windsor Castle?
Henry VIII
300
The chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral that commemorates the United States forces who gave their lives in Britain during WWII is the ______________________.
American Memorial Chapel
300
Whose statue is on the top of the column in Trafalgar Square?
Admiral Horatio Nelson
300
What is walking distance to Trafalgar Square and was a former market?
the Covent Garden
300
The Rosetta Stone contains 3 languages. What are these languages?
Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic and ancient Greek
400
What events do the Queen host during Easter Court for her guests?
"dine and sleep"
400
The movie which featured the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral was_______________________.
Mary Poppins
400
Who designed the 4 bronze lions at the base of the column in Trafalgar Square?
Edwin Landseer
400
What museums can be found on Exhibition Road in Kensington?
the Science Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum
400
The London Eye has ______________compartments.
32
500
A chapel, which is not under the Bishop or Archbishop but has its loyalty directly to the queen and king is called___________________.
Royal Peculiar
500
A gallery in St. Paul's Cathedral where a whisper can be heard on the opposite side is__________________
the Whispering Gallery
500
The House of Commons bought 38 paintings from________________________ in 1824. These paintings started the collection of the gallery.
John Julius Angerstein
500
In which museum would you find Egyptian mummies, the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles?