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  • 1. Which museum is located at 20 Maresfield Gardens?
A) Keats House Museum
B) Freud Museum
C) Burgh House
D) Fenton House
  • 2. Where is the Catto Gallery located?
A) 20 Maresfield Gardens
B) 1 Perrin's Court
C) 28 Heath Street
D) 100 Heath Street
  • 3. Which highwayman is said to have taken refuge at the Spaniard's Inn?
A) Jack Straw
B) Philip Jackson
C) William IV
D) Dick Turpin
  • 4. What has Jack Straw's Castle been converted into?
A) An art gallery
B) A museum
C) Residential flats
D) A cinema
  • 5. In what year did McDonald's close in Hampstead?
A) 2010
B) 2013
C) 1986
D) 1992
  • 6. Which street food vendor in Hampstead is often visited by celebrities?
A) Giraffe World Kitchen
B) La Creperie de Hampstead
C) Gail's
D) Bagel Street
  • 7. Where is the Pentameters Theatre located?
A) 14 Flask Walk
B) Eton Avenue
C) 5 Holly Bush Vale
D) 28 Heath Street
  • 8. Which of these cafes/restaurants became a successful chain after testing in Hampstead?
A) The Holly Bush
B) The Wells Tavern
C) Giraffe World Kitchen
D) McDonald's
  • 9. Which pub was known for being gas-lit until recently?
A) The Holly Bush
B) The Garden Gate
C) The Flask
D) The Magdala
  • 10. What is the address of the Keats House Museum?
A) Keats Grove
B) Hampstead Lane
C) Hampstead Grove
D) New End Square
  • 11. Which artist has NOT been represented by the Catto Gallery?
A) Ian Berry
B) Philip Jackson
C) Chuck Elliott
D) Jack Straw
  • 12. What is the former name of The Horseshoe?
A) Jack Straw's Castle
B) The Old Bull and Bush
C) The Three Horseshoes
D) Ye Olde White Bear
  • 13. Where is the Hampstead Theatre situated?
A) Holly Bush Vale
B) New End Square
C) Eton Avenue
D) Heath Street
  • 14. In what year was the Catto Gallery established in Hampstead?
A) 2013
B) 1986
C) 1992
D) 1998
  • 15. Which pub is also known as KW4?
A) The Duke of Hamilton
B) The Magdala
C) The Wells Tavern
D) King William IV
  • 16. Which area is separated from Hampstead by Hampstead Heath?
A) Golders Green
B) Islington
C) Highgate
D) Camden Town
  • 17. Where can the legally protected view of the London skyline be found?
A) Lawn Road
B) Parliament Hill
C) Hampstead Square
D) Kenwood House
  • 18. What were the swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath originally used for?
A) Industrial waste
B) Irrigation
C) Drinking water reservoirs
D) Fish farming
  • 19. The swimming ponds on the Heath are the sources of which river?
A) River Lea
B) River Wandle
C) River Fleet
D) River Thames
  • 20. What is the local name for the bridge built in anticipation of residential building on the Heath?
A) The Green Viaduct
B) The Red Arches
C) The London Bridge
D) The Hampstead Span
  • 21. Where are open-air concerts held on summer Saturday evenings?
A) On Pond Street
B) Below Kenwood House
C) Near the Isokon building
D) At Fenton House
  • 22. Which house hosts period harpsichord recitals?
A) Kenwood House
B) Holly Place
C) The Isokon building
D) Fenton House
  • 23. What is the largest employer in Hampstead?
A) Hampstead Scientific Society
B) Royal Free Hospital
C) Notting Hill Housing Trust
D) AIR recording studios
  • 24. Who founded the AIR recording studios in Lyndhurst Road?
A) Agatha Christie
B) Jim Henson
C) George Martin
D) Walter Gropius
  • 25. Where did Jim Henson's Creature Shop relocate after leaving Hampstead?
A) London City Centre
B) California
C) New York
D) Texas
  • 26. Which building is a Grade I listed experiment in collective housing?
A) Kenwood House
B) The Village Shul
C) The Isokon building
D) Fenton House
  • 27. Which famous author once lived in the Isokon building?
A) George Orwell
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Agatha Christie
D) Charles Dickens
  • 28. Who restored the Isokon building?
A) Notting Hill Housing Trust
B) The City of London
C) The Royal Free Hospital
D) The Hampstead Scientific Society
  • 29. Which architect originally built St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill in 1869?
A) Henry Moore
B) Samuel Sanders Teulon
C) Walter Gropius
D) George Martin
  • 30. Where is the Village Shul located?
A) Frognal Lane
B) Hampstead Square
C) 27 New End
D) 4 Holly Place
  • 31. What is St Stephen's, Rosslyn Hill currently described as?
A) A residential housing block
B) A recording studio
C) A deconsecrated church
D) An active synagogue
  • 32. Which party has held the Hampstead seat since 1992?
A) Labour
B) Liberal Democrat
C) Green Party
D) Conservative
  • 33. Who is the current representative for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency?
A) Mrs Dutt-Pauker
B) Peter Simple
C) Tulip Siddiq
D) Michael Idov
  • 34. Who satirised the 'Hampstead Liberal' character in the 1960s?
A) Michael Idov
B) Tulip Siddiq
C) Peter Simple
D) Nikolai Bukharin
  • 35. What unusual item was allegedly on display at Marxmount House?
A) Bukharin's false teeth
B) A neo-constructivist crown
C) A Ming statue
D) Stalin's glasses
  • 36. How did Michael Idov describe the Hampstead community?
A) Citadel of the moneyed liberal intelligentsia
B) A poor working-class district
C) The center of British industry
D) A stuffy aristocratic enclave
  • 37. How many Conservative councillors does Frognal ward elect?
A) Zero
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
  • 38. Which party holds three council seats in Belsize ward?
A) Labour
B) Liberal Democrat
C) Conservative
D) Green Party
  • 39. Which political parties share representation in Hampstead Town ward?
A) Labour and Liberal Democrat
B) Green and Labour
C) Liberal Democrat and Conservative
D) Labour and Conservative
  • 40. Which ward is described as a safe Conservative ward?
A) Hampstead Town
B) Frognal
C) Belsize
D) South Hampstead
  • 41. What percentage of voters in the London Borough of Camden voted to remain in the 2016 EU referendum?
A) 75%
B) 85%
C) 60%
D) 50%
  • 42. Which northern towns were contrasted with Hampstead regarding the 2016 referendum result?
A) Manchester and Leeds
B) York and Durham
C) Sheffield and Newcastle
D) Hartlepool and Hull
  • 43. Is the term 'Hampstead Liberal' synonymous with 'champagne socialist'?
A) No
B) Only in the 1960s
C) Yes
D) Yes, officially
  • 44. When was Hampstead Underground station opened?
A) 1907
B) 1964
C) 1932
D) 1899
  • 45. In what year was the Isokon building completed?
A) 1932
B) 1907
C) 1964
D) 1938
  • 46. When was the Swiss Cottage Central Library built?
A) 1964
B) 1975
C) 1932
D) 1980
  • 47. During which decade was the Royal Free Hospital built?
A) 1980s
B) Mid-1970s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s
  • 48. On what date did Hampstead enter the UK Weather Records for rainfall?
A) 12 July 1964
B) 14 August 1975
C) 15 August 1980
D) 20 November 2008
  • 49. How much rain fell in Hampstead during the record-breaking rainfall event in 1975?
A) 155 mm
B) 169 mm
C) 140 mm
D) 190 mm
  • 50. What was the average property price in Hampstead in 2018?
A) £1 million
B) £2 million
C) £500,000
D) £1.5 million
  • 51. In what year did Hampstead become part of the County of London?
A) 1889
B) 1899
C) 1965
D) 1907
  • 52. When was the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead formed?
A) 1889
B) 1932
C) 1965
D) 1899
  • 53. What else was located at the Town Hall on Haverstock Hill?
A) Police Station
B) Central Library
C) Register Office
D) Museum
  • 54. In what year was the metropolitan borough of Hampstead abolished?
A) 1999
B) 1989
C) 1965
D) 1975
  • 55. How far is Hampstead from Charing Cross?
A) 10 miles
B) 2 miles
C) 4 miles
D) 6 miles
  • 56. Which London borough contains the majority of Hampstead?
A) Barnet
B) Westminster
C) Islington
D) Camden
  • 57. What does the name Hampstead mean in Modern English?
A) Homestead
B) Holy stone
C) Hidden valley
D) High place
  • 58. When were the medicinal qualities of Hampstead's chalybeate waters first advertised?
A) 1750
B) 1700
C) 1800
D) 1650
  • 59. What kind of mineral is impregnated in chalybeate water?
A) Calcium
B) Sulfur
C) Iron
D) Magnesium
  • 60. What evidence of a hunter-gatherer community around 7000 BCE was found at Hampstead Heath?
A) Mesolithic flint tools
B) Iron swords
C) Gold coins
D) Viking ships
  • 61. Which king granted Hampstead to the monastery of St. Peter's at Westminster in 986 AD?
A) William the Conqueror
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Ethelred the Unready
D) Alfred the Great
  • 62. What historic book refers to Hampstead as being in the Middlesex hundred of Ossulstone?
A) The Doomsday Register
B) Domesday Book
C) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
D) Magna Carta
  • 63. In what year was the Hampstead spa demolished?
A) 1750
B) 1800
C) 1900
D) 1882
  • 64. Which area borders Hampstead to the south?
A) Barnet
B) Highgate
C) Belsize Park
D) Golders Green
  • 65. Where is the kidnap sequence of The Collector (1965) set?
A) Haverstock Hill
B) Mount Vernon
C) Well Walk
D) Parliament Hill
  • 66. Which movie features the 'Cruella de Vil Mansion' (Sarum Chase) on West Heath Road?
A) Notting Hill
B) Notes on a Scandal
C) The Wedding Date
D) 101 Dalmatians
  • 67. In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), who is Bridget's late husband?
A) Mark Darcy
B) Jack Qwant
C) Daniel Cleaver
D) Colin Firth
  • 68. What percentage of the Hampstead Town ward population was identified as white in the 2021 census?
A) 82.1%
B) 77.7%
C) 65.5%
D) 70.3%
  • 69. What was the largest non-white ethnic group in Hampstead Town according to the 2021 census?
A) Arab
B) Black
C) Mixed
D) Asian
  • 70. What percentage of the population in Hampstead Town was reported as irreligious in the 2021 census?
A) 37.9%
B) 11.0%
C) 32.6%
D) 28.5%
  • 71. Which underground line serves Hampstead station?
A) Northern Line
B) Jubilee Line
C) Victoria Line
D) Metropolitan Line
  • 72. Which London Overground line runs through Hampstead Heath and Finchley Road & Frognal?
A) Mildmay line
B) Lioness line
C) Windrush line
D) Suffragette line
  • 73. In what year was the railway project from Swiss Cottage to Hampstead cancelled?
A) 1870
B) 1930
C) 1917
D) 1860
  • 74. What was the name of the proposed cycle route intended to connect Swiss Cottage to the West End?
A) CS11
B) CS1
C) CS46
D) CS24
  • 75. Which road links Hampstead directly to Marylebone and Oxford Street?
A) Well Walk
B) A41/Finchley Road
C) Flask Walk
D) A502/Hampstead High Street
  • 76. Approximately how many English Heritage blue plaques are in Hampstead?
A) Fewer than 20
B) Over 200
C) At least 60
D) Exactly 100
  • 77. Which magazine based in Hampstead is described as left-wing?
A) Tribune
B) Country Life
C) Hampstead Village Voice
D) Camden New Journal
  • 78. What major motorway is accessible by traveling northbound on the A41/Finchley Road?
A) M11
B) M25
C) M1
D) M4
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