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Candidate No……………… LONDON BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS Monday, 4th February 2019 at 10:00 hours PAPER THREE Time allowed: TWO HOURS (120 MINUTES) This paper is in THREE sections: SECTION A Comprises 150 questions, ALL of which should be answered. (Recommended time: 70 minutes) This section is worth 60% SECTION B Answer ONE question from a choice of two, in note form. (Recommended time: 25 minutes) This section is worth 20% SECTION C Answer ONE question from a choice of three, in note form. (Recommended time: 25 minutes) This section is worth 20% Notes 1. Please write your candidate number at the top of this page and at the top right hand corner of all separate sheets (the invigilator has your number). 2. SECTION A: The answers should be written on the question paper. SECTION B and C: The answers should be written on the lined paper provided. i. Please use only one side of the paper ii. Please start each question on a new page 3. Please write legibly in pen. 4. Note – all names should be first name AND surname (family name) unless otherwise specified. 1 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ SECTION A – 60% HISTORY Name the leader of the Iceni tribe who revolted against the Romans in 1 60 AD leading to the destruction of Londinium. Which livery company was the first 2 to be granted a charter in 1155? Name the Scottish leader who was 3 hanged, drawn and quartered in Smithfield in 1305. Name the founder of the Royal 4 Exchange in the City of London in 1566. Name the architect credited with the 5 development of Covent Garden for the 4th Earl of Bedford in 1630. Which disaster hit London in 1665 6 leading to between 70,000 and 100,000 deaths? Name the anti-Catholic protests of 7 1780. How big was London’s population 8 when first recorded in 1801? 2 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Name the first Prime Minister to live 9 and work at 10 Downing St. Name the doctor who discovered 10 the source of cholera in London in 1854. Name the architect who designed what is now Regent Street in the 11 early 1800s, connecting Carlton House with Regent’s Park. Name the TWO hospitals which (i) 12 both claim to be the oldest in London. (ii) In which year did the Queen open 13 the Docklands Light Railway? (i) What is the oldest part of (i) today’s Palace of Westminster? 14 (ii) in which century was it built? (ii) Name the East End vicar who 15 founded Toynbee Hall in 1884. In World War Two, in which street 16 did the first bomb fall in central London on 25th August 1940? WESTMINSTER ABBEY Where is the ticket office which guides must normally use to buy 17 entrance tickets on weekdays (Monday to Friday)? 3 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Whose coat of arms is located on 18 the external front of the Abbey above the West Door? Name the island on which the 19 original Benedictine Monastery was built in 960AD. Give the collective name for the ten 20 statues installed in the niches above the West Door in the 1990s. At what time does the Holy Communion Service take place in 21 the nave every weekday (Monday to Friday)? A new stained glass window was (i) unveiled by HM the Queen in 22 September 2018. Give (i) the name of the artist (ii) (ii) the official title of the window What title is given to the head 23 clergyman in Westminster Abbey? In 1945 the first meetings of which 24 United Nations body were held in Church House, Dean’s Yard? In which year was the unknown 25 warrior buried in the Abbey? Name the mother of Lady Jane 26 Grey who is buried in St Edmund’s Chapel. 4 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ TOWER OF LONDON Name the Yeoman Warder at the 27 Tower who published a book in late 2018. 28 Name the newest raven. Name the German prisoner 29 executed at the Tower in 1941. Which young king was imprisoned 30 in the Tower with his brother in 1483? (i) Name the TWO royal peculiars at 31 the Tower of London. (ii) Who was reputedly the only 32 woman tortured at the Tower (in the 16th century)? What method was used to decorate the horse armour of 33 Henry VIII, normally on view in the White Tower? How heavy is St Edward’s Crown 34 (pounds or kilos)? 5 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL In which year was the first St 35 Paul’s Cathedral dedicated? In which architectural style is the 36 current St Paul’s Cathedral built? Name the artist who painted the scenes from the life of St Paul 37 inside the dome. By what name is the American 38 Memorial Chapel also known? Name the British bank which 39 helped fund the cleaning of the interior of St Paul’s in the 1980s. In which city were the mosaics 40 made, which are located under the dome? Where exactly is the statue of 41 John Wesley located? Where is the recommended 42 access into the Cathedral by lift for a wheelchair user? 6 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ NATIONAL GALLERY Name the firm of architects who 43 designed the Sainsbury wing. Which king is the main subject of 44 the Wilton Diptych? What is the painting “The Toilet of 45 Venus” by Velazquez also known as? According to Greek mythology in Titian’s painting “Bacchus and 46 Ariadne”, who had abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos? Name the hallucinogenic flowers 47 in Botticelli’s painting “Venus and Mars”. The National Gallery is currently exhibiting paintings from another 48 gallery in London while it undergoes refurbishment. Name the other gallery. TATE BRITAIN Name the pre-Raphaelite artist whose work is currently the 49 subject of a special exhibition at Tate Britain. Name the artist who painted the 50 murals in the Tate Britain restaurant. 7 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ In which city was the artist Francis 51 Bacon born? Which English art movement did 52 Walter Sickert belong to? Name the artist who sculpted 53 “Pelagos”. In James Barry's painting of 1768, 54 who is King Lear weeping over? TATE MODERN What object features in 55 Duchamp’s “Fountain”? Who founded Surrealism in Paris 56 in 1924? Name the Russian billionaire who 57 gave his name to the new 2016 extension. Which Cuban artist’s work is 58 currently on display in the Turbine Hall? Who painted “Abstract Speed - the 59 Car has Passed”? 8 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ In what style is Braque’s painting 60 “Clarinet and a Bottle of Rum on a Mantelpiece”? THE BRITISH MUSEUM Name the firm of architects which 61 designed the Great Court, which opened in 2000. (i) Which TWO languages are 62 displayed on the Rosetta Stone? (ii) Which Assyrian king is currently 63 the subject of a special exhibition at the British Museum? Who left the Waddesdon bequest 64 to the British Museum? In which English county was the 65 Sutton Hoo treasure discovered? Residents of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) recently petitioned the 66 British Museum for the return of the Hoa Hakananai’a statue. In which ocean is Easter Island? Name the king of Yaxchilan who is 67 shown in the Mayan blood-letting lintel. 9 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Name the author, more commonly known for children’s fiction, who 68 wrote an account of the discovery of the Mildenhall Treasure. OTHER COLLECTIONS Name the gallery where you would find “The Londonderry Cabinet”, 69 originally bought for the Prince Regent’s Carlton House. Where can you see the exhibition 70 “Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms” until 19 February? Where is the Museum of London 71 planning to relocate? Which Museum is planning to 72 expand with a new branch in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park? Two plaster casts of which column 73 are located in the V & A’s Cast Courts? Which gallery stages an annual Summer Exhibition in which 74 anyone can submit his or her work to be considered for inclusion? What is Marc Quinn’s self-portrait 75 in the National Portrait Gallery mostly made from? 10 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Which gallery is hosting the exhibition “Staging Jackson 76 Pollock” until 24 March? GREENWICH Who first enclosed Greenwich 77 Park in 1433? Who designed the Royal 78 Observatory, which opened in 1675? Name the 21st century benefactor 79 of the National Maritime Museum, after whom a wing is named. Name the music college which 80 now occupies part of the Old Royal Naval College. What was the Cutty Sark’s 81 function when it was built in 1869? Whose statue, a gift from the Canadian people, stands beside 82 the Royal Observatory? (surname only required) Who designed “Nelson’s Ship in a 83 Bottle” outside the National Maritime Museum? 11 London Blue Badge Paper 3 – 4 Feb 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ HAMPTON COURT Which biblical story is told by the 84 tapestries in the Great Hall? Name the wife of Henry VIII who 85 died at Hampton Court Palace. Which Tudor sport is still played in 86 the palace buildings? Name the designer of the Privy 87 Gardens.