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On whose proposal was the Bank of England founded?

William Paterson

Who was the architect of St Mary Woolnoth?

Nicholas Hawksmoor

Where is there a Noon mark in the City?

Paternoster Square (on the London Stock Exchange)

Where did the first bomb fall in the City in World War II?

Fore Street, Moorgate (near the Salters' Company Hall)

Where will you find a pulpit in the City which cannot be approached from the church?

All Hallows on the Wall, London Wall

How many Sheriffs are there in the City?

Two

In which church will you find a monument to Inigo Jones?

St Benet Paul's Wharf, Queen Victoria Street

Within which building is the façade of Beaver House?

Royal Bank of Canada, Little Trinity Lane

What marks the City boundary?

Heraldic dragons on black bollards

How many wards are there in the City?

Twenty-five

Who was the architect of Smithfield Market?

Sir Horace Jones

How many horses are used to pull the Lord Mayor's coach?

Six

Which streets are named in honour of the Joust?

Giltspur Street


Knightrider Street

Where do you find single statues of Agriculture, Art, Commerce and Science?

Holborn Viaduct

Which is the oldest Livery Company by charter?

The Weavers

What is the date of the charter of the oldest Livery Company?

1155

Which is the senior Livery Company of the Great Twelve?

The Mercers

Name the sculptor of HSBC Gates, Peter's Hill

Sir Anthony Caro

(Extra) Which is the oldest elected office in the City?

Sheriff of London

In which church is there a statue of Charles I?

St Katherine Cree

In which church was the 19th century poet John Keats baptised?

St Botolph without Bishopsgate

Who carved the relief on the Monument?

Caius Gabriel Cibber

What is the weathervane of St Nicholas Cole / Cole Abbey?

Ship / galleon (3-masted ship)

Which gate was added to the City in the Middle Ages?

Moorgate

Where is the London Stock Exchange?

Paternoster Square

Which livery companies may be at sixes and sevens?

Merchant Taylors


Skinners

Which livery companies are involved in swan upping?

Dyers


Vintners

What offices must the Lord Mayor have held in order to be elected?

Alderman


Sheriff

Where is there a plaque to Ebenezer Howard, founder of the Garden City movement?

Moor House, 120 London Wall

Who was the only signatory of Magna Carta who was not a Baron or Bishop?

William Hardell, Mayor of London

For what might we know Peter de Colechurch?

Built the first stone London Bridge

In which church will you find the Newgate prison execution bell?

St Sepulchre without Newgate

Who occupied the site of the present Cutlers' Hall?

Royal College of Physicians

What is the gold / silver hallmark for London?

Leopard's head

Which clock in London was the first one to have a minute hand?

St Dunstan in the West

Which City church has a station underneath it?

St Mary Woolnoth

Who is the architect of the Guildhall Art Gallery?

Richard Gilbert Scott

What is the weathervane of St Mary Le Bow?

Copper dragon (flying on a golden ball)

In what year was the Bank of England founded?

1694

In which street is there a bust of Charles Lamb, the early 19th century essayist?

Giltspur Street

Who are the architects of Bloomberg Place?

Foster & Partners

With which church do you associate Rahere?

St Bartholomew the Great

Who was William Wallace to whom there is a plaque in Smithfield?

13th century Scottish patriot

Which Livery Hall displays the dagger that is said to have killed Wat Tyler?

Fishmongers

Which livery company has its Hall at the north end of London Bridge?

Fishmongers

Which livery company has its Hall at the North end of Southwark bridge?

Vintners

Who founded London Penny Post?

William Docwra

Where is Hogarth's The Good Samaritan to be seen?

St Bartholomew's Hospital

What is the Silent Change?

Admission of new Lord Mayor

Who painted the panels on the Lord Mayor's coach?

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Why does the Lord Mayor's procession stop at St Paul's Cathedral?

To receive the blessing of the Dean

Who designed Mansion House?

George Dance the Elder

Who was the sculptor of the water feature at Lloyd's Register of Shipping?

William Pye

Where is Hogarth's The Rake's Progress to be seen?

Sir John Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Which is the 110th livery company?

Art Scholars

(Extra) Which is the 108th livery company?

Security Professionals

(Extra) Who lives in the Old Deanery?

Bishop of London

With which church is the Butterworth Charity linked?

St Bartholomew the Great

Which livery company gathers to listen to the Bubble Sermon?

Stationers

Who endowed the City of London School in 1442?

John Carpenter

Which four livery companies have their coats of arms around the central area of St Paul's?

Goldsmiths


Grocers


Mercers


Merchant Taylors

After which Queen is Queenhythe named?

Matilda, wife of Henry I and mother of Henry II

Where is the heart of Queen Eleanor of Provence (wife of Henry III) buried?

Christ Church, Newgate Street aka Greyfriars

Which years are covered by Pepys' diaries?

1660 - 1669

Who designed All Hallows, London Wall?

George Dance the Younger

From which church tower did Samuel Pepys watch the progress of the Great Fire in September 1666?

Tower of All Hallows by the Tower / All Hallows Barking

Where is the Egyptian Hall?

Mansion House

In which street is there an outdoor statue of Mary, Queen of Scots?

Fleet Street

Why are there at least three churches dedicated to St Botolph?

Patron saint of travellers

Where can you see the face of Sir Winston Churchill in the centre of the signs of the Zodiac?

Bracken House, Cannon Street

With which church do you associate the Samaritans?

St Stephen Walbrook

Where in the City is there a street signed East Street?

Finsbury Circus

What is the destination of the Lord Mayor's show?

Royal Courts of Justice

Who was the first Mayor?

Henry Fitz-Aylwin

What is the name of the passage under the north end of Southwark bridge?

Fruiterers' Passage

Why is Restitutus considered to be the first Bishop of London?

Attended the Council of Arles in 314

Who was Mellitus?

First Saxon Bishop of London (7th century)


Third Archbishop of Canterbury

Name the phenomenon that caused the Millennium Bridge to wobble

Synchronous lateral excitation

Who is the Admiral of the Port of London?

Lord Mayor

Which livery company is commemorated on John Stow's tomb?

Merchant Taylors

Name the only fire station in the City

Dowgate

Who was Anne Mowbray, whose coffin was discovered in the Minories in the 1960s?

Wife of Duke of York (married to Richard, younger son of Edward IV)

Where was the Armada Thanksgiving service held, attended by Queen Elizabeth I?

St Paul's Cathedral

Where are there two mice to be seen eating cheese?

13 Philpot Lane

With what trade do you connect the name Staple as in Staple Inn?

Wool

Where is there a memorial to John Stow?

St Andrew Undershaft

Who supplies the horses that pull the Lord Mayor's coach?

Waldburgs

Where are the graves of Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and William Blake?

Bunhill Fields

Whose statue stands in from of St Paul's?

Queen Anne

With which church is Isaac Walton connected?

St Dunstan in the West Churchyard

Where did the Dominicans have their headquarters in London?

Blackfriars

Which is the only Nicholas Hawksmoor church in the City?

St Mary Woolnoth

Name the four busts in the covered Way to Guildhall Art Gallery

Cromwell


Pepys


Shakespeare


Wren

(Extra) When was the Lord Mayor's procession using Livery Company barges?

1856

When is the Lord Mayor elected?

Michaelmas Day / 29 September

Who is the only person who takes precedence over the Lord Mayor in the City?

Sovereign / monarch

In which church will you find a bust of Admiral Philip, governor of the first colony In Australia?

St Mary Le Bow

Who was Ethelburga?

7th century Abbess of Barking


Sister of St Erconwald, Bishop of London

Where can you find windows commemorating Sir Henry Wood and Dame Nellie Melba?

St Sepulchre without Newgate

In which street can a camel train be seen?

Eastcheap

Whose device is the Lamb and Flag?

Middle Temple / Knights Templars

For how long was London Bridge the only crossing on the Thames below Kingston?

Until 1729 (Putney bridge built)

Name the type of rustication on buildings with shallow curly channels like worm tracks

Vermiculated rustication

Which King expelled the Jewish community?

Edward I

In which year were the Jews expelled by the King?

1290

What was the Steelyard?

Headquarter of Hanseatic League

Where was the Steelyard?

Dowgate Hill / Cannon Street station

Where were the royal illegitimate births announced?

Paul's Cross

How do the pupils of Sir John Cass School annually commemorate their founder?

They wear a red feather

Where is the earliest known sword rest in the City?

St Helen Bishopsgate (1665)

Where was Edward Lloyd originally buried?

St Mary Woolnoth

Who is the Governor of the Bank of England?

Mark Carney

(Extra) When was the display of executed heads on London Bridge discontinued?

1678

Whose symbol is the Demi-Virgin?

Mercers

What is the supposed significance of the Golden Boy at Pye Corner?

Where Great Fire ended

Where was the source of the stone used for building the Roman Wall around the City?

Maidstone, Kent

What distinguishes the City Police helmet from other police helmets?

Bears the City Coat of Arms

What is unusual about the statue of Justice above the Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court)?

She is not blindfolded

Who are the architects of No1 Poultry?

Sir James Stirling


Michael Wilford

Where was Alexander Pope born?

Plough Court, off Lombard street

Which livery hall is at the south end of London bridge?

Glaziers' Hall

Where will you find a statue of Hodge?

Gough Square

In which City church is there an altar by Henry Moore?

St Stephen Walbrook

Who is the architect for One New Change?

Jean Nouvel

What was sold at the sign of Pasqua Rosee’s head?

Coffee

Whose symbol is the grasshopper?

Sir Thomas Gresham and family

Which Company is associated with the Knolly’s Rose Ceremony?

Watermen and Lightermen

Where was the trial of Lady Jane Grey held?

Guildhall

Which two fortifications did William I agree to have built in the City apart from theWhite Tower?

Baynard Castle


Mountfichet Tower

Name the female statue on Temple Bar in Paternoster Square

Queen Anne of Denmark (wife of James I)

Outside which building is there a Polar sundial in the City?

City of London School

Where is there a memorial to Malta GC?

Byward Street

On what site is the Central Criminal Court?

Newgate prison

Which livery hall has a chapel?

Mercers' Hall

Who cries out Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! in common Hall?

Common Cryer / Serjeant-at-Arms

By whom were the Heralds of the sovereigns of England first incorporated?

Richard III

Who paid the rent of a red rose, ten loads of hay and ten pounds to the Bishop of Ely?

Christopher Hatton

For what was the rent of a red rose, ten loads of hay and ten pounds paid to Bishop of Ely?

Ely Place

Where did the Bank of England first open its books?

Mercers' Hall

Which famous playwright owned a house in Ireland Yard?

William Shakespeare

Where would you find a hagioscope in the City?

St Helen's Bishopsgate

Where is Drake’s cupboard?

Middle Temple Hall

Which mediaeval ward was created entirely outside the wall?

Bridge Without

In which churchyard is the Insect City?

St Dunstan in the East

Who is commemorated by the pub called “The Hung Drawn and Quartered”?

Major General Thomas Harrison

Which Livery Hall is on water?

Master Mariners' Hall

Immediately prior to 1609 what were the supporters of the City Shield in the coat of arms?

Lions

Which was the first of the religious houses in London to be dissolved?

Holy Trinity Aldgate (1532)

Who is the sculptor for the Knights Templars on the south side of Temple Church?

Nicola Hicks

(Extra) When was the medieval ward outside the Wall abolished?

1978

Where did the preacher John Wesley feel his heart strangely warmed?

Aldersgate

Where is the architect Sir John Vanburgh buried but has no memorial?

St Stephen Walbrook

Which bank trades at the sign of the Golden Bottle?

Hoares

In which street is the former Goslings Bank?

Fleet Street

What was the sign of Goslings Bank?

Three squirrels

Why is there a statue of Elizabeth Fry in the Central Criminal Court?

Prison reformer - worked in Newgate Prison

Who lived for 14 years in rooms above Aldgate?

Geoffrey Chaucer


Which church is beneath St Paul’s Cathedral?

St Faith's

Where is the City’s first public drinking fountain?

Corner of Holborn Viaduct and Giltspur Street


With which church is Tubby Clayton’s Toc H movement associated?

All Hallows by the Tower / All Hallows Barking

What is on the top of St Olave Jewry tower?

Ship (weathervane)

From which church did the weathervane on top of St Olave Jewry come?

St Mildred Poultry


Where is there a little statue of the artist George Frederick Watts?

Postman's Park

Where was a 19th century Prime Minister christened?

St Andrew Holborn


Where is there a plaque to Disraeli in the City?

Frederick's Place

In which City street was the poet Thomas Gray born?

Cornhill

Where in the City did Twelfth Night have its first performance?

Middle Temple Hall


Which City church straddles two Wards?

St Margaret Lothbury

(Extra) Where did A Comedy of Errors have its first performance?

Gray's Inn Hall

Where is John Milton buried?

St Giles Cripplegate

Who was the architect of Leadenhall Market?

Sir Horace Jones

Who was the first Governor of the Bank of England?

Sir John Houblon

What is the colour of a Common Councilman’s gown?

Mazarine blue

Which City institution regularly uses a quill pen?

Lloyd's

Which architects designed The Insect Hotel?

Arup Associates

When was the last public hanging outside the Old Bailey?

1868

Where was Oliver Cromwell married?

St Giles Cripplegate

Where will you find an external statue of James Hulbert in the City?

Fishmongers' Hall

Where in the City is there a sculpture called Fulcrum?

Broadgate

Where is Tellson’s Bank from Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities?

Child's Bank, Fleet Street

Where is the painting of the Pool of Bethseda?

St Bartholomew's Hospital

Which station connects with the Central Line and the Docklands Light Railway in theCity?

Bank

Where can you see plaques to commemorate heroes who died trying to save others?

Postman's Park

Where in the City is the sculpture known as Rush Hour?

Broadgate

With which priory was Sir Thomas More linked?

Charterhouse


Where are the ashes of Sir Henry Wood placed?

St Sepulchre without Newgate

When does the Lord Mayor carry the Crystal Sceptre?

The Coronation

(Extra) Where in Fleet Street did Sweeney Todd have his barber shop?

Hen and Chicken Court (by St Dunstan's in the West)

Which Dickens’ novel describes the Gordon Riots of 1780?

Barnaby Rudge

What was originally on the site of Mansion House?

Stocks Market

What is the present name of Stinking Lane?

King Edward Street

Name the two statues on the north side of the Royal Exchange

Richard Whittington


Sir Hugh Myddleton

What is on the top of the Monument?

Flaming urn

What is the colour of a City policeman’s buttons?

Gilt / Gold

What was the popular title of the Dominican Friars?

Black Friars


Whom do the Liverymen elect in Common Hall on Midsummer’s day?

Sheriffs

Who elects the Recorder of London?

Court of Aldermen

Where was the fourth St Botolph’s church?

Billingsgate

Who sponsored the restoration of the Cleary Gardens in 2007?

Loire Valley Wines

Which City church has an external clock dated 1709?

St Magnus the Martyr

Where was Thomas Becket born?

Near Ironmonger Lane

Who is the Chancellor of the City University?

Lord Mayor

How are the City’s Open Spaces outside the City funded?

City cash

Who decides whether or not to confer honorary Freedom of the City?

Court of Common Council

Who accompanies the Sheriffs when petitions are presented to Parliament?

Remembrancer

Where can you find Elizabeth Frink’s Paternoster?

Paternoster Square

Who discovered Grinling Gibbons and introduced him to Sir Christopher Wren?

John Evelyn

What is the name of the sculpture outside St Botolph Aldgate ?

Sanctuary

Which livery company has the motto "I am spoken of all over the world as the one who helps?"

Apothecaries

Who was the sculptor for the Vintners’ Company’s statute of their Barge Master and Swan?

Vivien Mallock

Who founded St Paul’s School?

Dean John Colet

What was the original name of the Grocers’ Company?

Pepperers

Which City church had a serious fire in 1988?

St Mary at Hill

Name the horse above Cutlers’ Gardens in Middlesex Street

Rebellion

What stands on the site of Doctors’ Commons?

Faraday Building

Which livery company has two masters in office at the same time?

Cooks

On which City building can the head of the architect Sir John Soane be seen?

Carpenters' Hall

Which livery company features Noah’s Ark on its coat of arms?

Shipwrights

Which livery company supports Oundle School?

Grocers

Which City church was designed by Nathaniel Wright?

St Botolph Aldersgate

Who designed the present Royal Exchange?

Sir William Tite

Which livery company master serves for two years?

Bowyers

Where are the City’s only public swimming baths?

Golden Lane

In which street is the Cordwainer?

Watling Street

In which pub are the words “Don’t advertise it, tell a Gossip?”

The Black Friar

Which was the first post-war building in the City to be listed?

Bracken House

To which church did the people of Germany present a rood made in Oberammergau?

St Mary le Bow

When was the order of precedence for the livery companies establisher?


1515


Who designed the 1831 London Bridge?

Sir John Rennie

Where is the 1831 London Bridge now?

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Where was there a bowling green in the City?

Finsbury Circus

What tops the east tower of the Royal Exchange?

Grasshopper

What replaced De Keyser’s Royal Hotel?

Unilever House

Where is there an external statue of Henry Fitz-Aylwin?

Holborn Viaduct

Where is the City cemetery and crematorium?

Manor Park

Whose plaque is at Ludgate Circus?

Edgar Wallace

Where was the William Pitt Bridge?

Blackfriars

Who carved the marble altar in St Stephen Walbrook?

Henry Moore

In which church is there a wooden font cover by Grinling Gibbons?

All Hallows by the Tower / All Hallows Barking

Which City Institution has the motto “My word is my bond”?

London Stock Exchange

Which City Institution has the motto “Our word our bond”?

Baltic Exchange

Who designed the Millennium Measure on the River Walkway?

Joanna Migdal

Of which famous architect was Sir John Soane a pupil?

George Dance the Younger

Who is the Bishop of London?

Richard Chartres

Name the three towers of Barbican

Cromwell


Lauderdale


Shakespeare

Which City official wears a tall fur hat?

Sword Bearer

What is the fur of which a City official's tall hat is made?

Sable

Whose device is Pegasus, the winged horse?

Inner Temple

Where is St Paul’s School now based?

Barnes

Who was the architect of Tower 42?

Richard Seifert

Where will you find 12 lamp standards donated by the 12 Great Livery Companies?

Royal Exchange forecourt

Why was the Lord Mayor’s Show interrupted in 1852?

Duke of Wellington's funeral

What was originally on the site of Leadenhall Market?

Roman basilica / forum

Which livery company conducts the trial of the Pyx?

Goldsmiths

Which livery company has the cakes and ale ceremony?

Stationers

Which famous poet worked at Lloyds Bank on Cornhill?

T.S. Eliot

Which famous author worked at the Bank of England?

Kenneth Grahame

Where are the Coal Exchange dragons today?

Victoria Embankment

Where can you see the only statue of Henry VIII in the City?

St Bartholomew's Hospital gateway

Which Livery Company opened a new Hall in 2005?

Furniture Makers

Of which company was Samuel Pepys Master?

Clothworkers

Who conducts the Trial of the Pyx?

Queen's Remembrancer

Who are the architects for the Cannon Place development?

Foggo Associates

Who are the TWO Companies without livery?

Parish Clerks


Watermen and Lightermen

Where was Peter de Colechurch buried?

Chapel of Thomas a Becket

Where is there a bust of George Dance the Younger?

Circus Place

Where was the former HQ of Reuters in the Cityprior to moving to Canary Wharf?

Fleet Street


Who was the architect for the former HQ of Reuters in the City?

Sir Edwin Lutyens

Why is there a statue to the Duke of Wellington at Bank junction?

Helped the City in building King William Street

Where was Garraway’s Coffee House?

Change Alley

Name Anthony Gormley’s statue in Shoe Lane

Resolution

Where was Samuel Pepys christened?

St Bride Fleet Street

Name the three methods of admission to become a Liveryman

Patrimony


Redemption


Servitude

Which church has the epitaph – “She deceased. He for a little tried to live without her, liked it not and died”?

St Bartholomew the Great

Who was born in Bread Street in 1608?

John Milton

Who designed the Wandering Hour Clock?

Joanna Migdal

In which churches in the City can you hear services in Welsh?

Welsh Church Fann Street


St Benet Paul's Wharf

Which churchyard does Lloyd’s Register adjoin?

St Katherine Coleman

(Extra) Why is there a canopy over the witness box in No. 1 Court Old Bailey?

Reminder that the court used to be held in open air

(Extra) Who was the sculptor for the bust of Samuel Pepys in Seething Lane Gardens?

Karin Jonzen

(Extra) In which street is the London Stone?

Cannon Street

(Extra) Where did John Evelyn first meet Grinling Gibbons?
Deptford
(Extra) Which is the 109th livery company?
Educators
(Extra) Which is the 107th livery company?
Tax advisers
(Extra) Who is the artist of the Light-wall in the Barbican?
Alex Hartley