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97 London Trivia Questions For Those Who Love The English

You listened to Taylor Swift’s London Boy for the 17th time this week and now you want to plan a trip to London. Before you do, you should probably check how much you know about the city with our entertaining London trivia questions and answers.

Big Ben is world-renowned, but that is not all London offers. You may get shocked by how old this beautiful city is. And while the River Thames is known far and wide, other rivers run through London. 

There is a Chinatown in many US cities, but did you know London has a Little Jamaica? You’d be surprised which borough it’s in. Of course, the royal palace and all its trappings are found somewhere in England, and this London trivia quiz will test whether you know where. 

While you plan your London trip, you may want to explore Europe in all its glory. Africa is more than a beautiful tropical jungle and a little trivia may help you plan your next adventure. After you’ve conquered those quizzes, check out our geography trivia.

Where in London is the Royal Opera House?

Islington

Piccadilly

Covent Garden

Mayfair

Which government department has its own HQ in Queen Anne’s Gate?

Defence

Health

Trade & Industry

Home Office

Until 1529, what was the main London residence of the Kings of England?

Hampton Court Palace

Lambeth Palace

Kensington Palace

Westminster Hall

How many years did it take to build The Shard in London?

5 Years

10 Years

1 Year

15 Years

In 1970s London, Balcombe Street and the Spaghetti House in Knightsbridge, were in the news as locations for what?

Bombings

Massacres

Sieges

Student sit-ins

In London, which bridge over the Thames does the A301 run over?

Hammersmith Bridge

Waterloo Bridge

Chelsea Bridge

Putney Bridge

In what year was Brompton Road Tube Station closed?

1910

1934

1991

1901

What’s the colloquial name for London’s Underground system?

Tube

Metro

Bullet

Subway

What’s the name of the famous children’s hospital that opened in London in 1852?

Little Clarendon Street

New Oxford Street

Great Ormond Street

Old Brompton Street

Dying in London in 2006, whose last words were ‘The bastards got me but they won’t get everybody’?

Saddam Hussein

Spike Milligan

Steve Irwin

Alexander Litvinenko

Which ’street’ in London takes its name from the ornamental collars once made by the  17th century tailor Robert Baker?

Pall Mall

Piccadilly

Carnaby

Threadneedle

What color are all of London’s buses?

Blue

Yellow

Red

Green

In Cockney rhyming slang, what are ‘mince pies’?

Ties

Lies

Flies

Eyes

In what year did the Notting Hill Carnival first take place?

1966

1976

1956

1910

In December 1962, what was responsible for the death of 60 Londoners in just 3 days?

Smash

Smog

Smallpox

Smurfs

In what year was The Strand Tube Station closed?

2011

1994

2001

1990

What is the nickname given to the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament?

Big Dave

Big Andrew

Big Ben

Big George

In what year did the Great Plague srike London?

1665

1011

1600

1991

Which of these a London Underground line?

Southern

Northern

Western

Eastern

Which London airport has 5 terminals?

Heathrow

Luton

Gatwick

Stansted

What artificial stretch of water in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens London was made by order of Queen Caroline in 1730?

The Thames

Rotten Row

The Serpentine

Lake Windemere

Which museum’s collection was founded on that of Sir Hans Sloane?

Victoria and Albert

London Transport

Natural History

Science

In London, along which edge of St.James’ Park does Birdcage Walk run?

South

East

West

North

What color is the District Line on a London Underground map?

Black

Green

Yellow

Red

Who designed the iconic London Tube Map?

Blaise Pascal

Robert Hooke

Harry Beck

William Levell

In what year did Southwark Bridge first open?

1873

1817

1921

1769

Which of these London landmarks is situated on the South Bank of the Thames?

Buckingham Palace

Natural History Museum

St.Paul’s Cathedral

London Eye

The Tate Modern was opened in which year?

1950

2010

1990

2000

Where in London is Nelson´s column?

Red Square

Leicester Square

Sloane Square

Trafalgar Square

In which park is London Zoo situated?

Kensington Gardens

St.James’ Park

Regent’s Park

Hyde Park

How many faces has the clock on Big Ben’s tower?

3

2

4

1

In 2011, it was calculated that the US Embassy owed how much in unpaid Congestion Zone charges?

£15 million

£0.5 million

£5 million

£50 million

What color is the Jubilee Line on the tube map?

Blue

Grey

Black

Green

Charlie Chaplin was born in London in which year?

1888

1801

1978

1928

Which international road race held a stage between London and Canterbury in July 2007?

24 Monte Carlo Rally

Tour de France

New York Marathon

Great North Run

In 1990, which ‘Tory tax’ provoked the worst rioting in London for a century?

Corporation tax

VAT

Income tax

Poll tax

Who did Londoners elect in 2007 to stand for the Tory party at the 2008 London Mayoral elections?

David Cameron

Michael Portillo

Boris Johnson

Michael Howard

Which of these is NOT in London?

Tower of London

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Edinburgh Castle

What’s the name of the police tactic that was controversially used at the G20 protests in London in 2009?

Kettling

Steaming

Roasting

Panning

In which London location was the first Monsoon store opened in the 1970s?

Beauchamp Place

Knightsbridge

Camden High Street

Brick Lane

Leicester Square was built in what year?

1630

1830

1730

1930

Which London Underground Station used to be called Great Central?

Euston

Fenchurch Street

King’s Cross

Marylebone

Which word was used to describe London, as epitomised in Carnaby Street, in the 1960s?

Swinging

Minging

Blinging

Stinging

What bridge leads to The Houses of Parliament?

Albert

Blackfiars

London

Westminister

What was London’s Millennium Dome renamed to?

O2 Arena

M4 Centre

T5 Park

G3 Stadium

Buckingham Palace was opened to the public in which year?

2005

1975

1995

1993

How many times did Ken Livingstone get elected as Mayor of London?

2

3

1

0

Which district of London is so named because it was once the site of a forge?

Hammersmith

Clapham

Wimbledon

Twickenham

The Great Plague of London occured over which years?

1695-1696

1675-1666

1665-1666

1685-1686

How any Kilometers does the London Tube network stretch too?

100km

800km

50km

400km

What bridge is next to the Houses of Parliament?

London Bridge

Hammersmith Bridge

Tower Bridge

Westminster Bridge

What color is the Victoria line on the London Underground?

Grey

Red

Green

Blue

Which London landmark was described in 1893 as ‘a striking contrast to the dull ugliness of our street sculpture’?

Victoria Memorial

Eros

The Monument

Nelson’s Column

What is the final stop on the Piccadilly Tube Line travelling east?

Turnpike Lane

Bounds Green

Arsenal

Cockfosters

Hamley’s Toy Store was opened to the public in which year?

1760

1993

1707

1910

Which London street does one associate with the 1960s fashion scene?

Fleet

Pall Mall

Carnaby

Threadneedle

Which of the phone numbers is not a London code?

203

201

208

207

What is unique about the new bridge in London that is proposed to open in 2016?

It will be an art gallery

It is for buses only

It will have shops on it

It will be a floating garden

In what year did London get the 0203 dialling code, as it has run out of the previous codes?

2005

2014

2000

1999

At which London palace was Henry VIII born?

Windsor Castle

Buckingham Palace

Hampton Court

Eltham Palace

Which of these London districts lies furthest north?

Cricklewood

Becontree

Brixton

Walthamstow

Which London museum should you visit if you want to see the life size Diplodocus dinosaur cast?

Natural History

British

Victoria and Albert

London Transport

On which Tube line is Mornington Crescent?

Northern

Jubilee

Bakerloo

Piccadilly

Back in the 1700s, who was the first tenant of 25 Brook Street, London?

George II

Handel

Shakespeare

Rembrandt

Which of these is a London landmark?

Spire of London

Steeple of London

Minaret of London

Tower of London

Which London tourist attraction was ravaged by a fire in May 2007?

Greenwich Observatory

Cutty Sark

Natural History Museum

Cabinet War Rooms

On which London street is The Ritz Hotel?

Piccadilly

Strand

Mayfair

Bond Street

In what year did Vauxhall Bridge first open?

1873

1906

1769

1817

In relation to London, where does Stansted Airport lie?

South west

North west

North east

South east

What London Borough is the smallest in terms of size?

Westminster

Kensington and Chelsea

Southwark

Lambeth

At which London palace will the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge set up home?

Kensington Palace

Lambeth Palace

St James’ Palace

Buckingham Palace

In which area of London does a Caribbean carnival take place every August?

Notting Hill

Camden

Clapham

Bethnal Green

The Thames Barrier was built in which year?

1982

2001

1911

1990

In Cockney rhyming slang, which part of your body is your ‘Barnet’?

Hair

Face

Feet

Nose

What famous London address is located at postcode SW1A 2AA?

St Pauls Cathedral

Buckingham Palace

Westminster Abbey

10 Downing Street

What street does the Prime Minister live?

Parliament Hill

Roupell Street

Downing Street

Buckingham Palace Road

In which London Park is Round Pond situated?

Green Park

Regent’s Park

Hyde Park

St.James’ Park

When were the Houses of Parliament rebuilt in London?

1840

1940

1740

1140

What decade did the last execution at Tower of London take place?

1740’s

1840’s

1640’s

1940’s

In 1991, which London building was fired at and damaged by 3 IRA mortar bombs?

Houses Of Parliament

10 Downing Street

Madame Tussaud’s

Buckingham Palace

Which part of London would you most associate with opera?

Greenwich

Covent Garden

St John’s Wood

Camden Town

In which direction does the M2 motorway go from London?

South east

South west

North East

North west

In 18th century London, what were ‘mohocks’?

Horse-drawn taxis

Illicit gambling dens

Open sewers

Upper class ruffians

Lambeth Palace was built in which year?

20th Century

13th Century

15th Century

16th Century

In what year did Waterloo Bridge first open?

1769

1906

1817

1873

Marble Arch underpass has how many exits?

14

11

1

53

What are you entering in London if you drive over a large C in a circle on the road?

Charing Cross Station

Camden Town

Congestion Zone

The City

Which street in London takes its name from a croquet like game once played by Charles I ?

Portobello

Pall Mall

Piccadilly

Threadneedle

In 1936 which organization established its headquarters at London’s Alexandra Palace?

RAC

AA

BBC

FA

How many people per year visit the London Eye?

3.5 million

7.5 million

10.5 million

0.5 million

From the 1660s to the 1960s, what sort of wholesale market was situated at Covent Garden in London?

Theatrical supplies

Textiles

Fruit and vegetables

Metal goods

Which of these is a major road junction in south London?

Gorilla and Courtyard

Giraffe and Cathedral

Lion and Cul-de-Sac

Elephant and Castle

Westfield shopping center in Shephered Bush was opened in which year?

2012

2008

2005

2002

Which river runs through the city of London, England?

Hudson

Danube

Tiber

Thames

How long does it take for the London Eye to rotate?

30 minutes

15 minutes

1 hour

45 minutes

In which county can one find London Luton Airport?

Hertfordshire

Essex

Kent

Bedfordshire

Borough Market was opened in which year?

1014

2003

1215

1977

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