General Chat

Questions which must be answered by our future Queen Bec.

1. What do we commoners call your New Palace of Westminster 2. On London underground maps, which line is the colour yellow 3. Where is the Whispering Gallery 4. The Pearly Kings & Queens (imposters) inhabit which part of London 5. Which London Street would you find your Prime Minister’s official residence 6. In which London square would you find 2 memorials to Mahatma Gandhi 7. Name that famous cheese shop you go to in Jermyn Street 8. Name your nearest seaside resort to London 9. Do you understand French? Which street is named after a fictional French émigré from Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities 10. Name your largest meat market, which is also the largest covered in market in the world 11. Which cemetery is famous as the resting place of Thackeray, Trollope, Cruickshand, Cardinal Manning and Wilkie Collins 12. Which London street was the site of a former leper colony 13. Where and what is Rotten Row 14. Name the thoroughfare referred to as “the hub of the British Empire” 15. What is known as the Upper House 16. What street was known as Tyburn Way 17. What is the nickname given to the London underground 18. Name the street associated with the medical profession 19. What is known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street 20. What was the name of the tavern in Bread Street which was the meeting place of the Friday Street Club founded by Walter Raleigh and used by Shakespeare/Ben Jonson 21. In which of your gardens would you find the Merchant Navy Memorial to the men and ships lost during WW2 22. Name the parish church of Buckingham Palace where George I was church warden 23. What name is the Central Criminal Court known as 24. Why is Potobello Road so named 25. Where would you find Prince Henry’s Room !!! 26. What other name is Grosvenor Square know as 27. Which street became famous in the 60s as a fashion centre 28. What street is associated with the film industry 29. Why is Sloane Square so named

Being such a nice future queen i shall let the mere mortals have a go first! becx

3. St Paul 19. Bank of England

21. Trinity Square - also for WW1

1. Parliament 2. Circle Is it only me answering?

3. St Pauls 5. Downing St 10. Spittalfields Market 17. Tube 18. Harley St 19. Bank of England 23. The Old Bailey 27. Carnaby St

2 Circle line 3 St Pauls Cathederal 4 East London 5 Downing St 8 Southend 10 Smithfield 13 Hyde Pk 16 Oxford St ? 18 Harley St 19 Bank of England 23 Old Bailey 27 Carnaby St Well that's some of them anyway! Suex

1 Houses of Parliament 10 Smithfield 13 Only Rotten Row I know was a GLasgow Maternity hospital.......take it it's not that! LOL 18 Harley St 19 Bank of England 23 Old Bailey 27 Carnaby St

11 Highgate 15 House of Lords 28 It's in Soho, I think!! Suex

28... wardour street 29.. where the ' sloane rangers' hang out!!!

Have we answered enough questions to help our future Queen out yet? Suex