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History of London - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 26,096 times
- The average score is 14 of 20
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What disease killed 25% of London's population in the 14th century and again in the 17th century? | Black Death | 96%
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| What castle served as a prison for high-status prisoners such as Anne Boleyn and Sir Walter Raleigh? | {Tower} of London | 96%
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| What building has served as the site for many royal coronations and burials? | {Westminster} Abbey | 93%
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| What civilization founded Londinium around 50 AD? | The Romans | 91%
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| What unidentified serial killer killed at least five women in 1888? | Jack the Ripper | 90%
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| What district of London is home to the world's oldest tennis tournament, first held in 1877? | Wimbledon | 86%
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| What road did the Beatles famously walk across in 1969? | Abbey Road | 84%
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| What was the name of Germany's bombing campaign against London during 1940 and 1941? | London {Blitz} | 81%
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| What famous theatre was built by Shakespeare's theatre company? | The Globe | 81%
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| Who wrote "Das Kapital" while living in London? | Karl Marx | 77%
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| What cathedral was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1967? | St. Paul's | 75%
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| What Celtic queen destroyed the city about 10 years later? | Boudica | 63%
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| What disease did London have an outbreak of in 1854? (John Snow traced it to a single tainted well) | Cholera | 63%
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| What glass building was built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851? | The {Crystal} Palace | 63%
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| What cheap liquor became extremely popular in London in the first half of the 1700s? | Gin | 56%
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| What climatological phenomenon killed thousands of people in 1952? | Great {Smog} of London | 55%
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| What insurance market was founded in 1686? | {Lloyd}'s of London | 51%
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| Where did the Great Fire of London start? | {Pudding} Lane | 42%
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| What smashing cultural movement of the 1960s was parodied by Austin Powers? | {Swing}ing London | 38%
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| What was the term for the months of the year when the country aristocracy would congregate in London? | London {Season} | 28%
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