- Which famous South Bank landmark was designed by the Marks Barfield partnership?
- Which London landmark is located near Pudding Lane, and in 1830 had words removed from its inscription blaming Catholics for an unfortunate event?
- What is the common name of the building whose address is 30 St. Mary Axe?
- Which London skyscraper, designed by Rafael Viñoly, was notorious after opening for its concave face reflecting the sun’s rays into a focused ray which melted car dashboards and caused other havoc.
- What is the common nickname of the 225-metre high skyscraper officially known as the Leadenhall Building.
- Prince Charles compared an extension to which building as “like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much loved friend” in a famous 1984 speech?
- Which American politician and scientist lived for 16 years in the 18th century at 36 Craven Street, now a museum to his life?
- The bell called Big Ben was cast in which district of East London?
- Which royal libertine and nursery rhyme character is commemorated in a statue on a very high plinth at the end of Waterloo Place, next to St. James’s Park? He is said to be on such a high plinth as it was the only way he could escape his creditors!
- Which London landmark has the inscription “The Glorious Dead”?
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- Which famous South Bank landmark was designed by the Marks Barfield partnership?
A: The London Eye - Which London landmark is located near Pudding Lane, and in 1830 had words removed from its inscription blaming Catholics for an unfortunate event?
A: The Monument - What is the common name of the building whose address is 30 St. Mary Axe?
A: The Gherkin - What is the nickname of the London skyscraper, designed by Rafael Viñoly, which was notorious after opening for its concave face reflecting the sun’s rays into a focused ray which melted car dashboards and caused other havoc.
A: The Walkie Talkie - What is the common nickname of the 225-metre high skyscraper officially known as the Leadenhall Building.
A: The Cheese Grater - Prince Charles compared an extension to which building as “like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much loved friend” in a famous 1984 speech?
A: The National Gallery - Which American politician and scientist lived for 16 years in the 18th century at 36 Craven Street, now a museum to his life?
A: Benjamin Franklin - The bell called Big Ben was cast in which district of East London?
A: Whitechapel (at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, founded 1570 and sadly closed in 2017) - Which royal libertine and nursery rhyme character is commemorated in a statue on a very high plinth at the end of Waterloo Place, next to St. James’s Park? He is said to be on such a high plinth as it was the only way he could escape his creditors!
A: Frederick, Duke of York - Which London landmark has the inscription “The Glorious Dead”?
A: The Cenotaph
