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1. Where is Bruce Castle Museum?
Australia  Hendon Hounslow  Haringey

2. Where is the oldest tunnel (first used by pedestrians!) in the oldest underground in the world?
Brunel's Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping on the East London Line Jubilee Line, Westminster to Stratford District Line along the embankment
The subway in New York

3. What game are the two men playing in the Cezanne painting in the Courthauld Gallery?
Cards   Playstation  Chess Football

4. In his lifetime only one famous person set foot on his ship the Golden Hinde - who was she?
Madonna   Margaret Thatcher Elizabeth I   Queen Victoria

5. Which famous literary figure who is celebrating a tercentenary this year is depicted in a sculpture on the front of (the new) Guildhall Art Gallery?
Queen Elizabeth I   The Wright Brothers  Samuel Pepys Charles Dickens

6. Which tubestation is the deepest in London and was used as an air raid shelter in the last War?
Acton Town   Hampstead, Northern line   North Greenwich, Jubilee line
Russell Sqaure, Central line

7. What is the name of the church near to the Handel House Museum where
> George Elliot got married?

St. Elliots Westminster Abbey St. Pauls St. Georges, Hanover Square

8. When did Electric pumps take over from steam engines at Kew Bridge?
1944  2002    1994 1904

9.Which pioneering photographer was born in Kingston and their collection can be seen at the Kingston Museum?
Lord Snowdon David Bailey Edward Muybridge Henry Fox Talbot

10. What is the name of the canal next to the London Canal Museum?
Regents Canal Suez Canal Thames Canal Union Canal

11. What is 19 Princelet street more commonly known as?
Silk weavers house   Prince Charming Museum of Immigration and Diversity Handel House Museum

12. What can you see at the Old Operating Theatre museum?
The oldest operating theatre in this country   Instruments for cupping, bleeding, trepanning, and child-birth   What medicine was like in the days before anaesthetics and antiseptic surgery All of the above

13. In the Orleans House Gallery, find the Octagon Room and look at the portrait medallions on the ceiling. Who is the famous Queen?
Queen Victoria   Queen Caroline Queen Elizabeth I Mary Queen of Scots

14. The Oldest Medical Institution is now located in Regents Park, what is it called?
Guys Barnardos Great Ormond Street Royal College of Physicians

15. Which musical ran for 20 years at the New London Theatre close to the library and museum of Freemasonry?
Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat  Cats   Phantom of the Opera Miss Saigon

16. How many seats does the famous centre court have?
13,813   50,000   8,103 13,803

17. Which object in the Museum of London gets an annual outing every year?
Lord Mayors Cat   Ceremonial Sword   Lord Mayor's Coarch
The Crown Jewels

18. Which famous author wrote 1984 and Animal House whilst residing in Canonbury Square near the Estorick collection?
Geoge Orwell George Elliot George Michael George Best

19. Who designed the first diagrammatic Underground map?
Harry Potter   London Underground   Harry Beck   David Beckham

20. In what year did London's first horse bus service operate?
2029   1829   1666   1206

21. What's the name of the current exhibition at the women's library?
Keeping pace   Keeping the peace Women's Lib Pace Maker

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Prizes

A set of contemporary women writers worth over £100 from the Women's Library

4 free places for Family Living History overnight at the Golden Hinde Living History Museum

5 free tickets to a Thursday evening recital at Handel's House Museum with a complimentary after concert drink in the exhibition room

One free guided tour and free simulator rides for a family of four at the Royal Air Force Museum

A chance to ride beneath the heart of Islington on a genuine “pusher” tug from the 1950s. Take a trip through the Islington Tunnel on the Regent’s Canal. The trip will start with a visit to the London Canal Museum

Four free adult tickets to the 1920's exhibition opening October 2003 at the Museum of London

A magical private tour of 19 princelet street including the weavers' garrets and other rooms never open to the public (for safety reasons this is a tour for two people only). Museum of Immigration and Diversity

A limited edition signed aquatint by local artist Niamph MacGowan framed (worth £58) from the Orleans House Gallery

A hard back copy of the Royal College of Physicians' recent publication "The Royal College of Physicians and its Collections: An Illustrated History, ed. By Geoffrey Davenport, Ian McDonald and Caroline Moss-Gibbons (London: James & James, 2001). Retail price £38

A book on Brunel's tunnel from the Brunel Engine House