London At War
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Coinciding with today's anniversary of Churchill's Battle of Britain speech.
- 1.The first attack on London took place around 60 AD, when Queen Boudicca torched the nascent Roman city. Which of these ludicrous places is often touted as a potential burial site of the warrior queen?
- A.
Beneath Platform 10 of King's Cross Station
- B.
Beneath the BT Tower
- C.
Beneath the centre spot at Arsenal's former ground, Highbury
- D.
Beneath the aviary at London Zoo
- 2.In 1642, Charles I marched on London in an attempt to regain the capital from Parliamentary forces. At which West London battle was he repulsed, with barely a shot being fired?
- A.
The Battle of Richmond
- B.
The Battle of Turnham Green
- C.
The Battle of Twickenham
- D.
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
- 3.What was the original purpose of the building now housing the Imperial War Museum, in Lambeth?
- A.
A banjo shop
- B.
The Royal Barracks
- C.
Private house of the Churchill family
- D.
Bedlam Hospital
- 4.What are the forward guns on HMS Belfast, permanently moored near Tower Bridge, said to be trained on?
- A.
Scratchwood Service Station
- B.
The home of Boris Johnson's father, Stanley
- C.
Wembley Stadium
- D.
The mixed bathing pond, Hampstead Heath
- 5.How was the top secret transatlantic telephone room, from which Churchill made many calls to Roosevelt, disguised? (It can now be seen in the Churchill War Rooms.)
- A.
As a multifaith prayer room
- B.
As a police call box
- C.
As Churchill's private cigar store
- D.
As Churchill's private toilet
- 6.Where can you see statues to WWII RAF men Lord Hugh Dowding and Sir Arthur 'bomber' Harris?
- A.
Strand
- B.
Whitehall
- C.
Kennington Road
- D.
Old Kent Road
- 7.The Napoleonic Wars never directly touched London. But where can you see Napoleon Bonaparte's toothbrush?
- A.
Apsley House
- B.
In a glass panel beneath the statue of Wellington, at Bank
- C.
Wellcome Collection
- D.
Eastman Dental Hospital
- 8.The Florence Nightingale Museum can be found at St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth. In which was did the Lady of the Lamp make her name?
- A.
First Anglo-Afghan War
- B.
Boer War
- C.
Crimean War
- D.
War of the Roses
- 9.Which of these squares contains a plaque commemorating a Zeppelin bombing raid from WWI?
- A.
Bedford Square
- B.
Dolphin Square
- C.
Queen Square
- D.
Trafalgar Square
- 10.Which Tube station suffered a fatal crush, killing 173 people, in 1943?
- A.
Bethnal Green
- B.
Heathrow Terminal 5
- C.
Bank
- D.
Tooting Broadway
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