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On whose proposal was the Bank of England founded ? |
William Paterson - founded by Charles Montague - 1694 |
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Who was the architect of St Mary Woolnoth ? |
Nicholas Hawksmoor - 1727 |
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Where is there a noon mark in the City ? |
London Stock Exchange - Paternoster Square |
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Where did the first bomb fall on the City in WWII ? |
Fore Street - 25th August 1940 |
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Where will you find the pulpit in the City that cannot be approached from the church itself ? |
All Hallows London Wall - George Dance the Younger - 1767 |
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How many Sheriffs are there in the City ? |
2 - Elected Midsummer day - 24 June |
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In which church will you find a monument to Inigo Jones ? |
St Benet's, Paul's Wharf |
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where was Lady Jane Grey's trial |
Guildhall 1553 |
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What marks the City boundary ? |
Heraldic dragons boundary marks |
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How many wards are there in the city of London? |
25 - 25 alderman |
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Who was the architect of Smithfield Market ? |
Sir Horace Jones - 1868 |
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How many horses are used to pull the Lord Mayor's coach ? |
6 - Waldburg shire horses |
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Which streets are named in honour of the joust ? |
Giltspur Street - Knightrider Street |
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Where do you find single statues of Agriculture, Art, Commerce & Science ? |
Holborn Viaduct |
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Which is the oldest livery company by charter- and what date ? |
The Worshipful Company of Weavers - 1155 |
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Name the sculptor of the HSBC gates Peter's Hill ? |
Sir Anthony Caro - 2000 |
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In which City church is there a statue of Charles I ? |
St Katherine Cree - Leadenhall St |
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In which church was the C19 poet John Keats baptised ? |
St Botolph without Bishopsgate - born in Moorgate |
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Who carved the relief on the Monument ? |
Caius Gabriel Cibber - also carved the phoenix outside St Paul's |
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What is the weather vane of St Nicholas Cole Abbey ? |
15 C Ship or Galleon with full sails |
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Which gate was added to the City in the Middle Ages ? |
Moorgate - 1415 |
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Where is the London Stock Exchange ? |
Paternoster Square |
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Which livery companies may be a sixes and sevens ? |
Merchant Taylors & Skinners |
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Which livery companies are involved in swan upping ? |
Vintners & Dyers |
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What offices must a Lord Mayor have held in order to be elected ? |
Current Alderman & Sheriff |
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Where is there a plaque to Ebenezer Howard, founder of the Garden City movement 1898 ? |
Moor House London Wall |
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Who was the only signatory of the Magna Carta who was not a Baron or a Bishop ? |
William Hardell, Mayor of London - 21/6/1215 |
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For what might we know Peter de Colechurch ? |
Built the first stone London Bridge - 1209 |
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In which church will you find the Newgate prison execution bell ? |
St Sepulchre without Newgate |
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Who/what occupied the site of the present Cutlers' Hall ? |
Royal College of Physicians |
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What is the gold/silver hallmark for London ? |
Leopard's Head |
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Which clock in London was the first to have a minute hand ? |
St Dunstan in the West - 1671 |
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Which City church has underground station underneath it ? |
St Mary Woolnoth - Bank Station |
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Who is the architect of Guildhall Art Gallery ? |
Richard Gilbert-Scott - 1999 |
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What is the weather vane of St Mary le Bow ? |
Dragon |
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In what year was the Bank of England founded ? |
1694 - proposed by William Paterson - founded by Charles Montague 1st Earl of Halifax |
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In which street is there a bust of Charles Lamb, the early C19 essayist ? |
Giltspur Street - Smithfield - William Stephens |
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Who are the architects of Bloomberg Place ? |
Foster & Partners |
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With which church do you associate Rahere ? |
St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield |
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Who was William Wallace to whom there is a plaque in Smithfield ? |
C13 Scottish Patriot - executed 1305 Smithfield - first head to be displayed on London Bridge |
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Which livery hall displays the dagger that is said to have killed Wat Tyler ? |
The Fishmongers - stabbed by William Walworth, Lord Mayor of London 1381 |
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Which livery company has its hall at the north end of London Bridge ? |
Fishmongers |
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Which livery company has its hall at the north end of Southwark Bridge ? |
Vintners |
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Who founded the London Penny Post ? |
William Dockwra - 1680 |
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Where is Hogarth's 'The Good Samaritan' to be seen ? |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
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What is the Silent Change ? |
Admission of the new Lord Mayor - Friday before Lord Mayor Show |
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Who painted the panels on the Lord Mayor's coach ? |
Giovanni Batista Cipriani - also painted the Queen's Gold State Coach |
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Why does the Lord Mayor's procession stop at St Paul's Cathedral ? |
To receive the blessing of the Dean - David Ison |
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Who designed Mansion House ? |
George Dance the Elder - 1753 |
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Who was the sculptor of the water feature "Argosy" at Lloyd's Register of Shipping ? |
William Pye - 2002 |
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Where is Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' to be seen ? |
Sir John Soanes Museum - Lincoln's Inn Fields |
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Which is the 110th livery company ? |
Arts Scholars |
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With which church is the Butterworth Charity linked ? |
St Bartholomew the Great Smithfield |
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Which livery company gathers to listen to the Bubble Sermon ? |
Stationers |
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Who endowed the City of London School in 1442 ? |
John Carpenter |
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Which four livery companies have their coats of arms around the central area of St Paul's ? |
Mercers - Merchant Taylors - Grocers - Goldsmiths |
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After which queen is Queenhythe named ? |
Matilda - wife of Henry I |
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Where is the heart of Queen Eleanor of Provence (wife of Henry III) buried ? |
Greyfriars - |
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Which years are covered by Pepys diaries ? |
1660-1669 |
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Who designed All Hallows London Wall ? |
George Dance the Younger - 1767 |
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From which church tower did Samuel Pepys watch the progress of the Great Fire in September 1666 ? |
All Hallows by the Tower Barking |
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Where is the Egyptian Hall ? |
Mansion House |
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In which street is there an outdoor statue of Mary, Queen of Scots ? |
143 Fleet Street |
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Why are there at least three churches dedicated to St Botolph ? |
He is the Patron saint of travellers |
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Where can you see the face of Sir Winston Churchill in the centre of the signs of the Zodiac ? |
Bracken House, Cannon Street |
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With which church do you associate the Samaritans ? |
St Stephen Walbrook - founder Chad Varah 1953 |
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What is the destination of the Lord Mayor's Show ? |
Royal Courts of Justice - to swear allegiance to the sovereign |
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Who was the first Lord Mayor of London ? |
Henry Fitz Ailwyn - 1189 |
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What is the name of the passage under the north end of Southwark Bridge ? |
Fruiterer's Passage |
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Why is Restitutus considered the first Bishop of London ? |
He attended the Council of Arles in 314 |
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Who was Melitus ? |
Bishop of London /3rd Archbishop of Canterbury - founded St Paul's Cathedral in 604 |
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Name the phenomenon that caused the Millennium Bridge to wobble ? |
Synchronous Lateral Excitation |
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Who is the Admiral of the Port of London ? |
Lord Mayor of London |
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Which livery company is commemorated on John Stow's tomb ? |
Merchant Taylors |
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Name the only fire station in the City ? |
Dowgate Fire Station - Upper Thames Street |
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Who was Anne Mowbray, whose coffin was discovered in the Minories in the 1960s ? |
Child bride of Richard Duke of York (Princes in the Tower) |
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Where was the Armada Thanksgiving Service held attend by Queen Elizabeth I ? |
St Paul's Cathedral 1588 |
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Where are two mice to be seen eating cheese ? |
Philpot Lane |
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With what trade do you connect the name 'Staple' as in Staple Inn ? |
Wool trade |
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Where is there a memorial to John Stow ? |
St Andrew Undershaft |
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Who supplies the horses that pull the Lord Mayor's coach ? |
Waldburg Shires - 6 horses |
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Where are the graves of Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and William Blake ? |
Bunhill Fields |
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Whose statue stands in front of St Paul's ? |
Queen Anne surrounded by England, France, Ireland & North America - Richard Belt |
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With which church is Isaac Walton connected ? |
St Dunstan in the West - The Compleat Angler 1653 |
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Where did the Dominicans have their headquarters in London ? |
Blackfriars |
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Which is the only Nicholas Hawksmoor church in the City ? |
St Mary Woolnoth - 1727 |
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Name the 4 busts in the covered entrance way to the Guildhall Art Gallery ? |
Oliver Cromwell - Samuel Pepys - William Shakespeare - Christopher Wren |
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When is the Lord Mayor elected ? |
29th September - Michaelmas Day |
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Who is the only person who takes precedence over the Lord Mayor in the City ? |
Sovereign |
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In which church will you find a bust of Admiral Philip, first governor of New South Wales, Australia ? |
St Mary le Bow |
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Who was Ethelburga ? |
C7 Abbess of Barking - Sister of Saint Erkenwald (Bishop of London) |
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Where can you find windows commemorating Sir Henry Wood and Dame Nellie Melba ? |
St Sepulchre without Newgate |
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In which street can a camel train be seen ? |
Eastcheap |
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Whose device is the Lamb and Flag ? |
Middle Temple - Knight's Templars |
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For how long was London Bridge the only crossing of the Thames below Kingston ? |
1729 - Putney bridge |
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Name the type of rustication on buildings with shallow curly channels like worm tracks ? |
Vermiculated Rustication |
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Which King expelled the Jewish Community ? When ? |
Edward I - 1290 |
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What is the Steelyard ? |
Headquarters of the Hanseatic League - Dowgate Cannon Street Station |
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Where were royal illegitimate births announced ? |
Paul's Cross |
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How do pupils of Sir John Cass school commemorate their founder annually ? |
They wear a red feather |
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Where is the earliest known sword rest in the City ? |
St Helen's Bishopsgate - 1664 |
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Where was Edward Lloyd originally buried ? |
St Mary Woolnoth |
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Who is the Governor of the Bank of England ? |
Mark Carney |
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Whose symbol is the demi-virgin ? |
Mercers - appears on building that they own |
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What is the significance of the Golden Boy of Pye Corner ? |
The point where the Great Fire of London stopped - Giltspur Street |
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Where was the source of the stone used in building the Roman Wall around the City ? |
Kentish Ragstone from Maidstone - AD 200 |
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What distinguishes the City Police helmet from other police helmets ? |
It displays the City coat of arms |
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What is unusual about the statue of Justice above the Old Bailey (central criminal court) ? |
She isn't blindfolded - Frederick Pomeroy |
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Who are the architects of No1 Poultry ? |
James Stirling & Michael Wilford |
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Where was Alexander Pope born ? |
Plough Court - 21/5/1688 |
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Which livery hall is at the south end of London Bridge ? |
Glaziers & Painters of Glass |
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Where will you find a statue of Hodge ? |
Gough Square - Jon Bickley |
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In which City church is there an altar by Henry Moore ? |
St Stephen Walbrook - 1972 |
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Who is the architect for One New Change ? |
Jean Nouvel - 2010 |
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What was sold at the sign of Pasqua Rosee's Head in St Michael Alley ? |
Coffee - 1652 |
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Whose symbol is the Grasshopper ? |
Sir Thomas Gresham |
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Where was Samuel Pepys born ? |
Salisbury Court - 1633 |
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Which is the most senior livery company of the Great Twelve ? |
Mercers - 1394 |
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Which company is associated with the Knolly's Rose Ceremony ? |
Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames |
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Which two fortifications did William I agree to have built in the City apart from the White Tower ? |
Baynard's Castle Montfichet's Tower |
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Outside which building is there a Polar sundial in the City ? |
City of London School - Piers Nicholson |
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Where is the memorial to Malta GC ? |
Byword Street, All Hallows by the Tower |
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On what site is the Central Criminal Court ? |
Newgate Prison |
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Which livery hall has a chapel ? |
Mercers Hall |
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Who cries out Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! in common hall ? |
Common Cryer & Sergeant-at-Arms |
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By whom were the Heralds of the sovereigns of England first incorporated ? |
King Richard III |
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Who paid the rent of a 'red rose, ten loads of hay and £10' to the Bishop of Ely ? |
Sir Christopher Hatton - for Renting Ely Place |
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What did Sir Christopher Hatton pay as rent to the Bishop of Ely ? |
A red rose - 10 loads of hay - £10 |
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Where did the Bank of England first open its books ? |
Mercers Hall - Walbrook |
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Which famous playwright owned a house in Ireland Yard ? |
William Shakespeare |
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Where would you find a hagioscope in the City ? |
St Helen's Bishopsgate |
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Where is Drake's cupboard ? |
Middle Temple Hall |
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Which medieval ward was created entirely outside the wall ? |
Bridge Without - abolished 1899 |
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In which churchyard is the Insect City ? |
St Dunstan in the East - Arup Associates |
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Who is commemorated by the pub called 'The Hung Drawn and Quartered' ? |
Major General Thomas Harrison - regicide who signed the death warrant of Charles I |
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Which livery hall is on water ? |
Master Mariners - Temple stairs, Victoria Embankment |
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Immediately prior to 1609 what were the supporters of the City Shield in the coat of arms ? |
Two Lions |
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Which was the first of the religious houses in London to be dissolved ? |
Holy Trinity Priory - Aldgate 1532 |
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Who is the sculptor for the Knights Templars on the south side of Temple Church ? |
Nicola Hicks |
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Where did the preacher John Wesley feel his heart 'strangely warmed' ? |
Aldersgate Street - in a Moravian meeting |
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Where is the architect Sir John Vanbrugh buried but has no memorial ? |
St Stephen Walbrook |
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Which bank trades at the sign of the Golden Bottle ? |
Hoares & Co - Fleet Street |
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In which street is the former Goslings Bank ? |
Fleet Street - three squirrels |
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Who is my fair lady in "London Bridge is falling down" rhyme ? |
Eleanor of Provence - she spent the bridge dues so the bridge was not maintained |
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Why is there a statue of Elizabeth Fry in the Central Criminal Court ? |
She was a prison reformer who worked at Newgate Prison |
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Who lived for 14 years in rooms above Aldgate ? |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
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Which church is beneath St Paul's Cathedral ? |
St Faith's |
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Where is the City's first public drinking fountain ? |
Corner of Holborn Viaduct and Giltspur Street - 1859 |
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With which church is Tubby Clayton's Toc H movement associated ? |
All Hallows by the Tower / Barking |
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What is the weather-vane on St Olave Jewry tower ? |
A Ship |
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From which church did the ship weather-vane on top of St Olave Jewry Tower come ? |
St Mildred Poultry |
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Where is there a little statue of the artist George Frederick Watts ? |
Postman's Park - Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice |
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Where is there a plaque of Benjamin Disraeli in the City ? |
6 Frederick's Place |
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Where was Benjamin Disraeli christened ? |
St Andrew's Holborn |
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In which City street was the poet Thomas Gray born ? |
Cornhill |
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Where in the City did Twelfth Night have its first performance ? |
Middle Temple - 1602 |
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Which City church straddles two wards ? |
St Margaret Lothbury |
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Where is John Milton buried ? |
St Giles Without Cripplegate |
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Who was the architect of Leadenhall Market ? |
Sir Horace Jones - 1881 |
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Who was the first Governor of the Bank of England ? |
Sir John Houblon |
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What is the colour of a Common Councilman's gown ? |
Mazarine Blue - butterfly |
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Which City institution regularly uses a quill pen ? |
Lloyd's |
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Which architects designed the Insect Hotel ? |
Arup Associates - St Dunstan in the East |
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When was the last public hanging outside the Old Bailey ? |
24th May 1868 - Michael Barrett - Irish republican |
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Where was Oliver Cromwell married ? |
St Giles Cripplegate |
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Where will you find an external statue of James Hulbert in the City ? |
Fishmongers' Hall Gardens |
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Where in the City is there a sculpture called Fulcrum ? |
Broadgate, Finsbury Avenue - Richard Serra |
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Where is Telson's Bank from Charles Dickens' 'Tale of Two Cities' ? |
Childs' Bank, 1 Fleet Street |
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Where is the painting of 'The Pool of Bethseda' by William Hogarth ? |
St Bartholomew's Hospital |
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Where can you see a drinking fountain with statue of peace ? |
West Smithfield Gardens - John Philip 1871 |
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Where can you see plaques to commemorate heroes who died trying to save others ? |
Postman's Park - Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice |
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Where in the City is there a sculpture known as "Rush Hour' ? |
Finsbury Avenue Square - George Segal 1983 |
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With which priory was Sir Thomas Moore linked ? |
Charterhouse |
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Where are the ashes of Sir Henry Wood placed ? |
St Sepulchre without Newgate |
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When does the Lord Mayor carry the Crystal Sceptre ? |
The Coronation |
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Which Dickens' novel describes the Gordon Riots of 1780 ? |
Barnaby Rudge |
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What was originally on the site of Mansion House ? |
Live stock Market then herb market |
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What is the present name of Stinking Lane ? |
King Edward Street |
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Name the two statues on the north side of the Royal Exchange ? |
Sir Hugh Myddleton - Dick Whittington |
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What is on top of the Monument ? |
A flaming copper urn |
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What is the colour of a City policeman's buttons ? |
Gilt - bronze or gold |
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What was the popular title of the Dominican Friars ? |
Blackfriars |
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Whom do the liverymen elect in Common Hall on Midsummer's day ? |
Sheriffs - 24 June |
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Who elects the recorder of London ? |
Court of Aldermen |
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Where was the fourth St Botolph's church ? |
Billingsgate (Lower Thames Street) |
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Who sponsored the restoration of Cleary Gardens in 2007 ? |
Loire Valley Wines |
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Which City church has an external clock dated 1709 ? |
St Magnus the Martyr - 1709 |
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Where was Thomas Beckett born ? |
Cheapside / Ironmonger Lane |
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Who is the Chancellor of the City University ? |
Lord Mayor of London |
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How are the City's open spaces funded ? |
City Cash, not public money |
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Who decides whether or not to confer honorary Freedom of the City ? |
Court of Common Council |
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Who accompanies the Sheriffs when petitions are presented to Parliament ? |
Remembrancer |
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Where can you find Elizabeth Frink's 'Paternoster' ? |
Paternoster Square - 1975 |
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Who discovered Grinling Gibbons and introduced him to Sir Christopher Wren ? |
John Evelyn |
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What is the name of the sculpture outside St Botolph Aldgate ? |
Sanctuary - Naomi Blake 1985 |
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Which livery company has the motto 'and throughout the world I am called the bringer of help' ? |
Apothecaries |
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Who founded St Paul's School ? |
Dean John Colet - 1509 |
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What was the original name of the Grocers Company ? |
Guild of Pepperers |
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Which City church had a serious fire in 1988 ? |
St Mary at Hill - 1988 |
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What stands on the site of Doctors' Commons ? |
Faraday Building |
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Which livery company has two masters in office at the same time ? |
Cooks |
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On which City building can the head of Sir John Soane be seen ? |
Carpenters' Hall |
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Which livery company features Noah's Ark on its coat of arms ? |
Shipwrights |
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Which livery company supports Oundle School ? |
Grocers - School in Oundle in Northamptonshire |
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Which City church was designed by Nathaniel Wright ? |
St Botolph's Aldersgate |
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Who designed the present Royal Exchange ? |
Sir William Tite - opened 1844 by Queen Victoria |
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Which livery company master serves for two years ? |
Bowyers - longbow-makers |
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Where is the City's only public swimming baths ? |
Golden Lane |
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In which street is the Cordwainer ? |
Watling Street - Alma Boyes |
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In which pub are the words 'don't advertise it, tell a gossip' ? |
The Blackfriars Pub |
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Which was the first post-war building in the City to be listed ? |
Bracken House - |
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The people of Germany presented a rood made in Oberammergau to which church ? |
St Mary le Bow - 1964 |
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When was the order of precedence for the livery companies established ? |
1515 |
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Who designed the 1831 London Bridge ? |
Sir John Rennie |
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Where is the 1831 London Bridge now ? |
Lake Havasu City, Arizona |
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Where was there a bowling green in the City ? |
Finsbury Circus Gardens |
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What tops the east tower of the Royal Exchange ? |
Grasshopper |
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What replace De Keyser's Royal Hotel ? |
Unilever House |
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Where is there an external statue of Henry Fitz Alwyn ? |
Holborn Viaduct |
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Where is the City cemetery and crematorium ? |
Aldersbrook road, Manor Park |
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Whose plaque is at Ludgate Circus ? |
Edgar Wallace - writer & reporter during the 2nd Boar War for Reuters & Daily Mail |
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Where was the William Pitt Bridge ? |
Blackfriars Bridge |
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In which church is there a wooden font cover by Grinling Gibbons ? |
All Hallows by the Tower / Barking |
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Which City Institution has the motto 'My word is my bond' ? |
London Stock Exchange |
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Who's motto is 'Our word is our bond' ? |
Baltic Exchange |
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Who designed the Millennium Measure on the River Walkway ? |
Joanna Migdal |
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Of which famous architect was Sir John Soane a pupil ? |
George Dance the Younger |
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Who is the Bishop of London ? |
Richard Chartres ( retiring Feb 2017) |
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Which city official wears a tall fur hat ? |
Sword Bearer - Sable fur |
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What fur is the Sword Bearer's hat made from ? |
Sable fur |
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Whose device is Pegasus, the winged horse ? |
Inner Temple |
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Where is St Paul's School now ? |
Lonsdale Road, Barnes |
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Who was the architect of Tower 42 ? |
Richard Seifert - 1980 |
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Where will you find 12 lamp standards donated by the 12 Great Livery companies ? |
The Royal Exchange forecourt |
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Why was the Lord Mayor's Show interrupted in 1852 ? |
Duke of Wellington's funeral |
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What was originally on the site of Leadenhall Market ? |
Roman Basilica / Forum |
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Which livery company conducts the trial of the Pyx ? |
Goldsmiths |
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Which livery company has the cakes and ale ceremony ? |
Stationers |
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Which famous poet worked at Lloyd's Bank on Cornhill ? |
T.S. Eliot |
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Which famous author worked at the Bank of England ? |
Kenneth Grahame (Wind in the Willows) |
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Where are the Coal Exchange dragons today ? |
Victoria Embankment |
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Where can you see the only statue of Henry VIII in the City ? |
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Francis Bird 1702 |
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Which livery company opened a new hall in 2005 ? |
Furniture Makers |
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Name the three towers of the Barbican ? |
Cromwell - Shakespeare - Lauderdale |
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Of which company was Samuel Pepys Master ? |
Clothworkers |
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Who conducts the trial of the Pyx ? |
Queen's Remembrancer - at Goldsmith Hall |
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Who are the architects of the Cannon Place development ? |
Foggo Associates |
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Who are the two companies without livery ? |
Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames - Parish Clerks |
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Where was Peter de Colechurch buried ? |
Chapel of Thomas a Beckett - on Medieval London Bridge |
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Where is there a bust of George Dance the Younger ? |
Circus Place |
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Where was the former HQ of Reuters in the City before moving to Canary Wharf ? |
Fleet Street |
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Who was the architect of of Reuters former HQ in Fleet Street ? |
Sir Edwin Lutyens |
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Why is there a statue to the Duke of Wellington at Bank junction ? |
He helped the city to build King William Street - |
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Where was Garraway's coffee house ? |
Exchange Alley |
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Name Anthony Gormley statue in Shoe Lane ? |
Resolution |
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Where was Samuel Pepys christened ? |
St Bride's Fleet Street |
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Name the three methods of admission to become a livery man ? |
Patrimony (inheritance) - Redemption (nomination) - Servitude (apprenticeship) |
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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 |
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Who was born in Bread Street in 1608 ? |
John Milton - 1608 |
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Who designed the Wandering Hour Clock ? |
Joanna Migdal |
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In which churches in the City can you hear the service in Welsh ? |
St Benet's, Paul's Wharf - Welsh Chapel |
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Which churchyard does Lloyd's Register adjoin ? |
St Katherine Coleman |
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Who attended the Council of Arles in 314 ? |
Restitutus - first Bishop of London |
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Who is the sculptor of Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys, William Shakespeare & Christopher Wren in the facade of Guildhall Gallery ? |
Tim Crawley - 1999 |
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Name the 4 statues of Temple Bar Gate ? |
Anne of Denmark - James I - Charles I - Charles II designed Christopher Wren |
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Who was William Walworth ? |
Lord Mayor of London who stabbed Wat Taylor in 1381 |
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Where did the Great Fire start in 1666 ? |
Bakery of Thomas Farriner - Pudding Lane |
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Who designed the sundial outside St Katherine’s docks ? |
Wendy Taylor - 1973 |
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Where can you see a sundial, with the inscription “In memory of Hugh Gyle-Thompson Citizen and gardener 1913-1972″ ? |
St Dunstan in the East |
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Where is this Sundial ? |
Great Hall of Charterhouse - 1628. It carries the arms of Thomas Sutton – a wealthy coal dealer who funded the creation of a school and almshouse at Charterhouse to house “either decrepit or old Captaynes either at Sea or Land” |
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Who was the sculptor of the bust of Samuel Pepys in Seething Lane Gardens ? |
Karin Jonzen |
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Who brought king Charles I from Hurst Castle to stand trial in London ? |
Thomas Harrison - Major General |
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Where was Inigo Jones buried ? |
St Benet Paul's Wharf |
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Who was the Lord Mayor of London during the Great Fire ? |
Sir Thomas Bloodworth |
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Who designed the Monument ? |
Christopher Wren - Robert Hooke |
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What is a hagioscope ? |
An opening through the wall of a church - to enable the worshipers in the transepts or other parts of the church, from which the altar was not visible, to see the elevation of the host |
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How was hagioscope also known ? |
Leper windows - wherein a squint was made in an external wall so that lepers and other non-desirables could see the service without coming into contact with the rest of the populace |
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Who is the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral ? |
David Ison |
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What sculpture can be seen on top of East India House, Middlesex Street ? |
Rebellion - Judy Boyt |
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Sword rests, were originally installed in City churches to hold what ? |
The Lord Mayor's sword of state when he visited a different church every Sunday |
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All sword rests, with the exception of that in St Michael Cornhill, are surmounted by ? |
Royal crown, and almost all have the City’s coat of arms prominently displayed |
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architect of the scalpel |
Kohn Pedersen Fox
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who is the sculptor of Vintners company statue of Barge Master and swan |
Vivienne Mallock |
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name of the horse statue Cutlers gardens |
Cnihtengild knight - Denys Mitchell
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Current Lord Mayor |
Andrew Parmley - the 689th teacher and musician - member of 8 livery companies |
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Which livery compan shortens its name to WCOTA |
Tax advisers |
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What ceremonial role is carried out by James North |
Swordbearer |
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What was the original name of Blackfriars Bridge |
William Pitt Bridge ( after the Elder) |
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year Richard Whittington first became Mayor |
First - 1397 ( then 1398 /1406/1419 ) Mercer - had to make his own way as the youngest son but not from a poor background |
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Which Church was shipped to America |
St Mary Aldermanbury - taken to Fulton Missouri in the USA in 1965, and rebuilt to mark the visit of Churchill to Westminster College in 1946. The church now sits above the National Churchill Museum.Westminster College was the location of Churchill’s speech that included the famous phrase “An iron curtain has descended across the continent” |
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Who is the chief Magistrate of the City |
The Lord Mayor |
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Where was John Quincy Adams ( 6th President of the USA) married |
All Hallows by the Tower - to Louisa Adams - up until Melania Trump the only first Lady born outside the states |
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Name the engraver of the 16th century map of the city on display in the Guildhall art gallery |
Claes Jansz Visscher - the Robyn Reynolds redrawn version no longer in display (? ) |
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When did the first Female Lord Mayor take office |
Dame Mary Donaldson - 1983 Dame Fiona Woolf - 2013 |
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What ceremony was held at St Pauls on June 10 2016 |
Queens 90th Saphire jubilee ( 65th ) is celebrated on Feb 6th |
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The Lord Mayor's charities 2017 |
London Symphony Orchestra Discovery programme St Paul's Music Outreach Music in Hospitals |
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High building nicknames |
Walking talky ( walky scorchy ) 20 Fenchurch street Cheese grater - 122 leadenhall street Gerkin - 30 st Mary Axe The scalpel - 52 Lime Street ( Under construction) The Prawn - The Willis building - Lime Street |
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which company gives five cheers instead of three |
Vintners - feast of the five kings in 1363 - England , Scotland,Denmark France and Cyprus |
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From whom did the College of Arms receive a charter |
Edward 6 - 1549 |
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Which Livery company was John Keats |
Apothecaries - also Oliver Cromwell |
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who designed the city information centre |
Make architects ( 2007 ) won a RIBA award |
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Prominent city figure on the new 5 pound note |
Churchill |
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The Royal figures in procession on no 1 Poultry |
King Edward 6 - Elizabeth 1 - King Charles II - Queen Victoria panels were salvaged from earlier building - part of reason permission was given for development - made of terracotta in Belgium rather than stone as masons went on strike |
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Date and significance of the Cart marking ceremony |
happens in the summer - usually June the Worshipful company of Carmen - in Guildhall yard 77th Livery company |
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where is Samuel Pepys buried |
St Olave Hart Street |
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where is the Lutine bell |
Lloyds - salvaged from HMS Lutine - famously wrecked with a hugely valuable cargo - but the Lloyds underwriting skill meant the debt was paid bell salvaged in 1858 traditionally rung for news of overdue ships - once for lost - twice for good news. also ceremonial - Royal occasions - moon landings |
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Where is the Man Booker prize awarded |
The Guildhall |
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Where is the Lion sermon preached |
St Katherine Cree Sir John Gayer, Lord Mayor of London in the 17th century.[1] Gayer was faced with a lion in the Syrian desert, prayed for mercy, and the lion left without harming him |
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where was William Penn christened |
All Hallows by the tower |
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in which church is there a model of London bridge |
St Magnus the Martyr |
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Who is buried in the tomb originally intended for Cardinal Wolsey? |
Nelson - ( under the dome of St Paul's) |
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What was the sign for Gosling bank ? |
Three Squirrels |
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What was the model for the Round Temple Church |
It was designed to recall the holiest place in the Crusaders’ world: the circular Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
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what Livery Hall is built close to birth place of Thomas Becket ? |
Mercers |
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whose bust is on the watch House of St Sepulchre |
Charles Lamb - plaque mentions he was a bluecoat boy |
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with which church is Dick Whittington associated ? |
St Michael Paternoster Royal |
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What office building stands on the site of St Benet Sherehog ? |
no 1 Poultry - this area was the wooltrade and a Sherehog was a castrated ram - destroyed in the Fire and not rebuilt |
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which best selling author once sold newspapers at Ludgate circus |
Edgar Wallace |
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which church has the Fish Harvest Festival |
St Mary at Hill - Thomas a Becket was the first rector there |
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who are elected at wardmotes? |
common councilmen |
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with which Institution would you associate the secondary and undersheriff |
The Old Bailey - currently Charles Henty |
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which church associated with Scrooge |
thought to be St Michael Cornhill |
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the statue in Cannon Street station |
Plumbing - the plumbers apprentice by Martin Jennings - site of its last livery hall |
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Who are the current Sheriffs of London |
William Russell Peter Estlin |
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For what do we remember the Mayoralty of Thomas Legge 1354 |
the title of Lord Mayor was first granted by Edward III |
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what now stands on the site of St Christopher -stocks-church? |
Bank of England -- security extensions after the Gordon Riots |
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which exchange still uses Open cry |
London Metal Exchange |
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In which City street is there a plaque to Sir Thomas More |
birth - blue plaque in Milk Street - and death on Tower Hill |
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What is the height of St Paul's Cathedral |
365 feet - 111 m |
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within which building is the facade of beaver house ? |
Royal Bank of Canada |
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what , were , who |
Heron Tower -Bishopsgate Kohn Pederson Fox |
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walky- talkie ( walky- scorchy ) Fenchurch street Raphael Vinoly |
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80 cannon street - Arup associates - ground breaking design with pressurised water supporting the construction freeing up floor space |
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Lloyds of London - Richard Rogers |
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city point - sheppard robson ( extended by refacing) Ropemaker street EC2 |
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One London Wall fosters and partners - first computer aided design Plaisterers hall in the ground floor |
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Which company opened a new Livery Hall in 2016 |
Leathersellers -- on the south side of St Helens Place |
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Why is the Lord Mayor going green in May |
mental health awareness week being given big support in the City - (8- 12th of May ) - green ribbon campaign |
