London Street Furniture
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Which busy junction received a 'Japanese-style' cross-shaped crossing last year?
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Piccadilly Circus
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Holborn Circus
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Ludgate Circus
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Oxford Circus
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A quiz to coincide with the first cycle hire racks in London.
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Statues of which mythical beasts guard the boundary of the City of London?
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Dragons
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Unicorns
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Borribles
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Giants
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A. Dragons -
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Which unusual item of street furniture is commemorated in the names of five West End pubs?
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The Crimson Mailbox
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The Red Rails
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The Blue Posts
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The Tartan Pillar Box
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A. The Blue Posts -
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Where, in 1868, were the world's first red/green traffic lights installed?
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Whitechapel Road
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Hampstead Heath
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Peckham High Street
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Parliament Square
Correct Answer
A. Parliament Square -
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An original police call box, well known as the form of Dr Who's TARDIS, can still be found outside which Tube station?
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Earl's Court
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Holborn
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West Ham
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Colliers Wood
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A. Earl's Court -
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Who sang about a bench in Soho Square, and is now commemorated with just that - a bench in Soho Square?
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Kirsty MacColl
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Nat King Cole
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Dick van Dyke
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A. Kirsty MacColl -
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Which London-born novelist is often credited with introducing the red postbox?
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Jerome K Jerome
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Wilkie Collins
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Anthony Trollope
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Daphne Du Maurier
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A. Anthony Trollope -
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How many decorated pachyderms were placed around London for the 2010 Elephant Parade?
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58
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158
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258
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358
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A. 258 -
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Which part of town includes street bollards designed by Antony Gormley?
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Hampstead
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Cricklewood
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Peckham
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Dagenham
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A. Peckham -
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What object marks the official centre of London?
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Wherever the Queen happens to be
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Nelson's Column
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Marble Arch
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Statue of Charles I
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A. Statue of Charles I -
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