East London Line Quiz
Here are 10 questions to celebrate the (almost complete) opening of the new East London Line.
- 1.Dalston Junction: Whose debut album contained a track called 'Don't go back to Dalston', exhorting listeners to not 'go up the Junction'?
- A.
Razorlight
- B.
The Killers
- C.
Franz Ferdinand
- D.
Kaiser Chiefs
- 2.Hoxton: Which playwright was branded on the thumb after killing a man during a duel in what is now Hoxton Square?
- A.
Kit Marlowe
- B.
Ben Johnson
- C.
William Shakespeare
- D.
John Dryden
- 3.Whitechapel: How much does it cost to purchase the title deed for Whitechapel Road in a traditional Monopoly set?
- A.
£100
- B.
£75
- C.
£50
- D.
£60
- 4.Wapping: How does the famous 'Prospect of Whitby' pub get its name?
- A.
In the novel Dracula, the famous count visits the inn after stopping in Whitby
- B.
A famous pirate 'Sir Digby Whitby' was hanged in the river beside the pub.
- C.
A ship of that name used to regularly berth outside the pub.
- D.
The pub was built by the abbot of Whitby Abbey.
- 5.New Cross: The area takes its name from a local inn sign, but what was the district generally known as in ancient times?
- A.
Little Deptford
- B.
Goldsmithsbourne
- C.
Drake's Fell
- D.
Hatcham
- 6.Brockley: Name the much-cherished local park with panoramic views of London and a latter-day stone circle.
- A.
Mound Park
- B.
Parky Rise
- C.
Hilly Fields
- D.
Bumpy Acres
- 7.Forest Hill: Which zoological curiosity is perhaps the most famous exhibit at the nearby Horniman Museum?
- A.
A two-headed calf
- B.
A beakless toucan
- C.
A gorilla with a Mohican
- D.
A poorly stuffed walrus
- 8.Sydenham: In what year did the Crystal Palace burn down?
- A.
1906
- B.
1916
- C.
1926
- D.
1936
- 9.Penge West: The Meaning of Liff (a humorous dictionary of definitions for place names, by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd) describes Penge as:
- A.
'the slotted wooden arm on which a cuckoo emerges from a cuckoo clock'
- B.
'a glistening thread of saliva - often observed between an elderly relative's gums in the moments before a greeting kiss'
- C.
'a secondary and redundant hoop discovered on a keyring during idle examination'
- D.
'collective noun for dangling bats'
- 10.Norwood Junction: What was this station's original name, perhaps the most unusual on the network?
- A.
Rampant Lion
- B.
Jolly Sailor
- C.
Conan Doyle Junction
- D.
Woody Goodstop
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