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Question 1: What is London’s oldest football team?
  Answer: Fulham FC

Question 2: Who’s equestrian statue stands on the exact centre of London from
which all distances are measured.
  Answer:Charles I

Question 3: Which riverside pub’s patrons have included
William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Tom Cruise.
  Answer: The Anchor, Bankside

Question 4: What is unusual about the traffic on Savoy Hill?
  Answer: It travels on the right

Question 5: Which Thames bridge is nicknamed ‘The Ladies Bridge’?
  Answer: Waterloo Bridge

Question 6: What did Thomas Faryner start?
  Answer: The Great fire of London

Question 7: What is the nickname of the building at 30 St Mary’s Axe?
  Answer: The Gherkin

Question 8: Which band were formed to promote a shop on the Kings Road?
  Answer: The Sex Pistols

Question 9: Which district of London takes its name from an old hunting cry?
  Answer: Soho

Question 10: To what type of animal did Mary Toft give birth in Leicester Square?
  Answer: Rabbits

Question 11: Why is the Bank of England known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?
  Answer: From a political cartoon

Question 12: Who lies entombed in The Dead Room at Sommerset House?
  Answer: The Wife, family and servants of Charles I

Question 13: Which department store is constructed from the timbers of an old ship?
  Answer: Liberty’s

Question 14: Who’s statue had her head bashed off with a cricket bat?
  Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question 15: Which literary and film character lived above the Globe pub
in Borough Market?
  Answer: Bridget Jones

Question 16: What protective device was used for a political assassination
on Waterloo Bridge?
  Answer: An Umbrella

Question 17: Which James Bond began his career at the Oval House Theatre?
  Answer: Pierce Brosnan

Question 18: Which striped nuisance is the only survivor of the printing industry
on Fleet Street at number 185?
  Answer: Dennis the Menace

Question 19: What world famous tinned food was first sold at Fortnum and Mason?
  Answer: Heinz baked Beans

Question 20: The main guns of HMS Belfast are aimed at a target. What is it?
  Answer: Scratchwood services

Question 21: Which poet's wife drowned herself in the Serpentine?
  Answer: Shelly’s