A) In central London, next to Hyde Park B) In south London, near Croydon C) In north London, between Wood Green and Muswell Hill D) In east London, near Stratford
A) Hillingdon B) Harrow C) Hackney D) Haringey
A) Grade I listed building B) Not listed C) Grade II listed building D) Grade III listed building
A) Greenwich Royal Park B) Kensington Palace grounds C) Tottenham Wood and Tottenham Wood Farm D) Hampstead Heath farm
A) Sir Joseph Paxton and Augustus Pugin B) Owen Jones and Christopher Wren C) John Nash and Isambard Kingdom Brunel D) John Johnson and Alfred Meeson
A) 1863 B) 1873 C) 1883 D) 1900
A) A royal wedding B) A political riot C) A massive flood D) A fire
A) Ally Pally B) Alex House C) North Dome D) The Palace
A) The Royal Exhibition Centre B) The Victoria Pavilion C) The Palace of the People D) The North London Hub
A) Bankruptcy caused by the BBC B) It was initially a private venture C) The building burned down completely D) Government acquisition
A) A group of neighbouring local authorities B) The Hornsey Historical Society C) English Heritage D) The British Broadcasting Corporation
A) The London Government Act B) The Heritage Trust Act C) An Act of Parliament D) The Public Recreation Act
A) The Greater London Authority B) The British Government C) The BBC Trust D) The London Borough of Haringey
A) Radio waves B) Lightning bolts C) A television screen D) An antenna
A) 1935 B) 1955 C) 1945 D) 1925
A) Home of the world's first regular public high-definition television service B) First international broadcast C) First satellite television transmission D) First colour television broadcast
A) 819-line high definition television B) 625-line colour television C) 30-line mechanical television D) 405-line monochrome analogue television
A) Studios X and Y B) North and South Studios C) Studios 1 and 2 D) Studios A and B
A) Photographs of royal visits B) Historic BBC costumes C) Early radio transmitters D) Original historical television equipment
A) 1973 B) 1996 C) 1986 D) 2007
A) The Hornsey Historical Society B) English Heritage C) The BBC D) The London Borough of Haringey
A) The Prime Minister B) The High Court C) The Fire Service D) The BBC
A) Studios A and B B) The East Hall and North Hall C) The Victorian Theatre and Palm Court D) The Great Hall and the West Hall
A) 2013 B) 2003 C) 1993 D) 2018
A) Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1 B) National Nature Reserve Grade A C) Metropolitan Wildlife Site Grade 3 D) Site of Special Scientific Interest Grade 2
A) Southeastern services from Victoria B) Greater Anglia services from Liverpool Street C) Great Northern services from Moorgate D) Thameslink services from Brighton
A) Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line B) Finsbury Park on the Victoria line C) Highgate on the Northern line D) Wood Green on the Piccadilly line
A) Route W3 B) Route 134 C) Route 91 D) Route 29
A) Metroline B) Arriva London C) Stagecoach London D) Go-Ahead London
A) Owen Jones B) Henry Willis C) Alfred Meeson D) John Johnson
A) The Palace Development Syndicate B) The Alexandra Park Co. Ltd. C) The Great Northern Palace Company D) Kelk and Lucas
A) The Great Exhibition building in Westminster B) The Royal Albert Hall C) The International Exhibition building in South Kensington D) The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park
A) The Hornsey Land Trust B) Kelk and Lucas C) The Great Northern Palace Company D) Alexandra Park Co. Ltd.
A) More than 200 ft (61 m) high B) More than 300 ft (91 m) high C) More than 500 ft (152 m) high D) More than 400 ft (122 m) high
A) 1 May 1875 B) 23 July 1863 C) 10 March 1863 D) 24 May 1873
A) Queen Mary B) Princess Margaret C) Queen Victoria D) Princess Alexandra of Denmark
A) Prince Arthur B) Prince Alfred C) Prince Albert Edward (future King Edward VII) D) Prince George
A) July 1863 B) May 1873 C) May 1871 D) September 1865
A) The Edgware, Highgate and London Railway B) The Great Northern and City Railway C) The Piccadilly and Highgate Railway D) The North London Railway
A) Some 15 acres (6.1 ha) B) Some 20 acres (8.1 ha) C) Some 3.2 acres (1.3 ha) D) Some 7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
A) Sir Robert McAlpine and Peto B) Cubitts and Lucas C) Kelk and Lucas D) John Johnson and Alfred Meeson
A) The British Museum B) The Houses of Parliament C) The Royal Albert Hall D) The Tower Bridge
A) Arthur Sullivan B) Michael Costa C) Charles Santley D) Sims Reeves
A) Five B) Ten C) None D) Three
A) The central dome B) Only the outer walls C) The theatre stage and machinery D) The entire concert hall
A) Royal paintings and portraits B) A collection of Roman coins and artifacts C) English pottery and porcelain comprising 4,700 items D) Victorian scientific instruments
A) 1 May 1875 B) 10 March 1875 C) 24 May 1874 D) 1 July 1876
A) Only a theatre and an exhibition hall B) A concert hall, art galleries, a museum, a lecture hall, a library, a banqueting room and a large theatre C) An indoor swimming pool and cinema D) A television studio and radio mast
A) Rotating the audience seating 360 degrees B) Creating artificial rainstorms on stage C) Translating plays into foreign languages D) Special-effects for pantomimes and melodramas like disappearing, reappearing, and flying
A) Parliamentary elections B) Political meetings C) Mayoral coronations D) International peace summits
A) At the summit of Muswell Hill B) At the base of the hill in the surrounding park C) Inside the Great Hall D) On the roof of the West Hall
A) Nothing at all B) The ticket office building C) The original diving board and empty basin D) Some reeds, as it is long since closed
A) The 'Oval Circuit' B) The 'Horseshoe' C) The 'Frying Pan' or the 'Pan Handle' D) The 'Long Track'
A) From 1868 until 1970 B) From 1900 until 1990 C) From 1863 until 1980 D) From 1873 until 1950
A) It was London's first royal racecourse B) It was London's only racecourse C) It was London's largest racecourse D) It was London's only floodlit racecourse
A) A roller coaster, a zoo, and a funfair B) A botanical garden and a wildlife safari C) A roller skating rink and bowling green D) A Japanese village, a switchback ride, a boating lake, and a nine-hole pitch-and-putt golf course
A) 1875 B) 1888 C) 1900 D) 1863
A) Near the West Hall B) In the middle of the old racecourse C) Next to the Palm Court D) At the base of Muswell Hill
A) 1863 B) 1929 C) 1888 D) 1875
A) 1900 B) 1929 C) 1918 D) 1945
A) 1929 B) 1935 C) 1918 D) 1973
A) Marcel Dupré B) Owen Jones C) John Johnson D) Sims Reeves
A) A high-altitude cable car B) A revolving restaurant C) An observation wheel D) A palm court and panoramic viewpoint
A) Protected Architectural register B) Historic Monuments register C) Buildings at Risk register D) National Heritage List
A) 1996 B) 2013 C) 2007 D) 2019
A) Its radio and television mast B) Studio A C) The original 405-line transmitter D) The BBC canteen
A) The London Borough of Haringey council B) The trading arm of the charitable trust C) A private commercial entertainment corporation D) A BBC subsidiary company
A) 1967 B) 1900 C) 1921 D) 1935
A) Henry Burt JP B) Charles Samuel Franklin C) E. T. Spashett D) W. J. MacQueen-Pope
A) 1900 B) 1935 C) 1921 D) 1956
A) 1915 to 1919 B) 1916 to 1920 C) 1914 to 1918 D) 1912 to 1915
A) Charles Samuel Franklin B) Henry Burt JP C) Lt. Col. R. S. F. Walker D) W. J. MacQueen-Pope
A) Louis Bizat B) Gracie Fields C) W. J. MacQueen-Pope D) Archie Pitt
A) Archie Pitt B) Henry Burt C) E. T. Spashett D) Charles Samuel Franklin
A) Lt. Col. R. S. F. Walker B) John Logie Baird C) E. T. Spashett D) Charles Samuel Franklin
A) September 1939 B) January 1937 C) May 1945 D) November 1936
A) The rays B) The anchor C) The rose window D) The organ
A) Props storage space B) A refugee camp C) A roller-skating rink D) An ice hockey arena
A) 1981 B) 1956 C) 1937 D) 1969
A) Broadcasting secret messages to occupied Europe B) Tracking incoming German doodlebugs C) Jamming German bombers' navigation systems D) Powering anti-aircraft searchlights
A) A stray artillery shell B) An incendiary bomb C) A German doodlebug D) A gas leak
A) The main dome B) The Rose Window C) The television antenna mast D) The south terrace entrance
A) Charles Samuel Franklin B) E. T. Spashett C) Louis Bizat D) Henry Burt
A) The antenna mast B) The Great Hall dome C) The South terrace D) The tower
A) 1977 B) 1981 C) 1969 D) 1956
A) 1956 B) 1969 C) 1990 D) 1981
A) £20 million B) £60 million C) £30 million D) £31 million
A) A charity event hosted by Gracie Fields B) The BBC Television service launch C) Capital Radio's Jazz Festival D) An ice hockey tournament
A) £30 million B) £31 million C) £20 million D) £60 million
A) 1990 B) 1988 C) 1991 D) 1980
A) September 2005 B) October 2007 C) July 2004 D) June 2004
A) Complicité B) Willmott Dixon C) Edible London D) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
A) Mr Justice Sullivan B) Dylan Moran C) Jacob O'Callaghan D) Gareth Malone
A) Ronnie Scott B) Mr Justice Sullivan C) Jacob O'Callaghan D) Gilbert & George
A) 10,250 B) 3,000 C) 200 D) 2,000
A) 2018 B) 2004 C) 2007 D) 2012
A) Haringey Council B) Heritage Lottery Fund C) English Heritage D) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
A) The BBC B) Haringey Council C) Edible London D) Willmott Dixon
A) September 2009 B) March 2015 C) June 2004 D) December 2018
A) Willmott Dixon B) Firoka Ltd. C) Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios D) Complicité |