Fires Of London

1. The Great Fire of London began in a baker's shop on Pudding Lane in September 1666. What was the baker's name?

Thomas Farriner

Michael Blaze

Mervin Malachi

Ainsley Harrott

2. The Monument to the Great Fire is 202 feet tall. What is the significance of that height?

It is the number of fiery daemons in Dante's Inferno

Four time's the King's age at the time (50 and a half)

To equal the number of people killed in the fire

It matches the distance from the base of the Monument to the source of the fire on Pudding Lane

3. When Camden Market caught fire in February 2008, which slightly smug website posted the first video?

Londonist

Sky News

BBC News

New York Times

http://londonist.com/2008/02/breaking_news_c_1.php - and we had to postpone cooking dinner for the in-laws to post it. That's dedication.

Explanation

http://londonist.com/2008/02/breaking_news_c_1.php - and we had to postpone cooking dinner for the in-laws to post it. That's dedication.

4. What was the name of the main fire station in long-running ITV drama London's Burning?

Redcliffe

Blackwall

Blueyard

DarkMatter

5. The Lord Mayor at the time of the Great Fire, Sir Thomas Bloodworth, was initially unimpressed with the conflagration. How did he famously dismiss it?

It should scarcely trouble a pigeon

I've seen greater terrors in my infant's underclothes

A woman might piss it out

Meh

6. The Palace of Whitehall burned to the ground in 1698, never to be rebuilt. What is the only substantial part of the Palace to have survived to this day?

The Cenotaph

Downing Street

Horseguards

The Banqueting House

7. Arguably the worst disaster in London's history occurred in 1212 when a fire led to the deaths of around 3000 people (according to, probably exaggerated contemporary accounts). Where did this inferno take place?

In Old St Paul's Cathedral

On the Thames during a Frost Fair

On London Bridge

In the wharves of Borough

8. Similarly, the Palace of Westminster went up in smoke in 1834. Which duo designed its replacement, which still graces the banks of the Thames?

Charles Holden and Leslie Green

Norman Foster and Richard Rogers

Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin

George Gilbert Scott and Alfred Waterhouse

9. Nicholas Barbon was a famous property speculator of the 17th century, building large chunks of Bloomsbury and the Strand area. He's also credited with inventing fire insurance. But his third claim to fame is his preposterous Puritan middle name. How should he properly be called?

Nicholas Jesus-Jesus-It-Is-All-About-Jesus Barbon

Nicholas If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barbon

Nicholas Back-Thee-Devil-Thrice-Cursed-Fiend Barbon

Nicholas The-Lord-Is-My-Shepherd Barbon

10. Three years before the fatal King's Cross fire of 1987, another serious fire severely damaged a central London Tube station, injuring 14. Where did it happen?

Oxford Circus

Piccadilly Circus

Holborn

Tottenham Court Road