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Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 CANDIDATE NO………….. CITY OF LONDON LEVEL 3 REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS 7th May 2014 CITY OF LONDON TIME ALLOWED: TWO HOURS (120 minutes) This paper is in TWO parts: PART ONE comprises 100 questions, all of which should be answered. PART TWO Answer TWO questions from a choice of six. NOTES 1. Please write your candidate number at the top of this page and on the top right hand corner of every manuscript sheet. The Invigilator has your number. 2. The answers to Part One should be written on the question paper. 3. The answers to Part Two should be written on the paper provided. Please use one side of the paper only. 4. Please start each question on a new page. 5. Please write legibly and in ink 6. Please deposit your completed paper as instructed by the Invigilator. City of London examination May 2014 1 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 PART ONE 1 In what City Livery Company do two Masters serve concurrently? 2 Name the current Lord Mayor. 3 Where is Samuel Pepys buried? 4 Who painted the panels on the Lord Mayor’s Coach? 5 Name the test of the coinage held in Goldsmiths’ Hall. 6 Who carved the relief on the Monument? 7 Where is the Lutine Bell? 8 Who presents petitions to Parliament on behalf of the City? 9 Name the current Governor of the Bank of England. 10 What building stands on the former site of the Stocks Market? 11 What is the 109th Livery Company? 12 Where is the Man Booker Prize ceremony held? 13 Where in the City is a statue to Queen Anne? ITG –2014 City of London 2 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 14 In what City street is there a plaque to Sir Thomas More? 15 Where is the London Stock Exchange? 16 What was the original name of the Grocers’ Company? 17 Who was buried in the chapel in the middle of Old London Bridge? 18 Where is the Lion Sermon preached? 19 Why has a red telephone kiosk in the City recently turned green? 20 What nineteenth-century architect designed Old Billingsgate Market? 21 What famous man lived in Ireland Yard? 22 Who was the first Lord Mayor of London? 23 Where is the Duke of Wellington buried? 24 Who is the Chief Magistrate of the City of London? 25 Where was William Penn christened? 26 Where in the City can you find three dinosaurs? 27 What is the sign outside Hoare’s Bank? ITG –2014 City of London 3 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 28 What lies beneath Guildhall Yard? 29 Who designed St Mary Woolnoth? 30 What does the memorial outside Liverpool Street Station commemorate? 31 Who founded the Bank of England? 32 Whose 150th anniversary was celebrated in London in 2013? 33 Where in the City is there a weathervane in the form of a dragon? 34 What event is commemorated by the statue of a fat boy on the corner of Cock Lane? 35 With what church do you associate Rahere? 36 What is the nickname of 122 Leadenhall Street? 37 In what church is there a model of Old London Bridge? 38 Whose device is the Lamb and Flag? 39 Of what Livery Company was the poet John Keats a member? 40 Who founded the Royal Exchange? ITG –2014 City of London 4 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 41 What two Livery Companies are “at sixes and sevens”? 42 Name one City church tower converted into a domestic residence? 43 Which is the oldest Livery Company by charter? 44 What is the date of that charter? 45 Name one Livery Company involved in the annual Swan Upping Ceremony. 46 Which City church is known as “The Journalists’ Church”? 47 Where in the City is a statue of King Henry VIII? 48 Where is the earliest known sword-rest in the City? 49 Why is there a canopy over the witness-box in Number One Court Old Bailey? 50 Which are the two Companies without Livery? a) b) 51 Name the three methods of admission to a) becoming a Freeman of the City. b) c) 52 Which City official wears a tall fur hat? ITG –2014 City of London 5 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 53 What is the fur? 54 Why was there no Lord Mayor’s Show in 1852? 55 What once stood on the site of Leadenhall Market? 56 How many Sheriffs are there in the City? 57 How many wards are there in the City? 58 What offices must a Lord Mayor have held in order to be elected? 59 In what City church will you find the Newgate Prison execution bell? 60 Which City church has a station under it? 61 In what year was the Bank of England founded? 62 Where is Hogarth’s The Good Samaritan to be seen? 63 In what year was the order of precedence for the Livery Companies established? 64 Which City institution has the motto “Our word our bond”? 65 Why does the Lord Mayor’s procession stop at St Paul’s Cathedral? ITG –2014 City of London 6 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 66 Which years are covered by Pepys’s diaries? 67 Where is the Egyptian Hall? 68 Which Livery Company Master serves for two years? 69 Why is Restitutus considered the first Bishop of London? 70 Where in the City was the Armada Thanksgiving Service attended by Queen Elizabeth I held? 71 Where are the graves of Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan and William Blake? 72 What is the colour of a City police officer’s buttons? 73 Who decides whether or not to confer honorary Freedom of the City? 74 When is the Lord Mayor elected? 75 Which King expelled the Jewish community? 76 What is the colour of a Common Councilman’s gown? 77 When was the last public hanging outside Newgate Prison? 78 When does the Lord Mayor carry the Crystal Sceptre? ITG –2014 City of London 7 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 79 In which City street is a camel train to be seen? 8 What is unusual about the statue of Justice above the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)? 81 Where was the trial of Lady Jane Grey held? 82 In the summer of 2013, why would you have been unwise to park your car in Eastcheap on a very hot day? 83 Which City financial institution still functions as an “open outcry” market? 84 What two fortifications did William I build in the a) City apart from the White Tower? b) 85 Which Livery Company is associated with the Knollys Rose Ceremony? 86 Who lived for fourteen years in a room above Aldgate? 87 Where was Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors first performed? 88 Where did the Bank of England first open its books? 89 Which mediaeval ward was created entirely outside the City walls? 90 When was it abolished? ITG –2014 City of London 8 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 91 Before 1609 what were the supporters of the City Shield in the coat of arms? 92 Who paid the rent of “a red rose, ten loads of hay and ten pounds to the Bishop of Ely? 93 For what? 94 Name the first female Lord Mayor. 95 Which Livery Hall has a chapel? 96 Who is the only person to take precedence over the Lord Mayor in the City? 97 Where is there a Noon Mark in the City? 98 What does it signify? 99 Which is the oldest elected office in the City? 100 Why are the red-coated porters at Lloyd’s of London known as waiters? End of Part One. Now turn to Part Two. ITG –2014 City of London 9 Institute of Tourist Guiding Examinations 7th May 2014 PART TWO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS: ONE FROM SECTION A (a choice of three) AND ONE FROM SECTION B (a choice of three). EACH QUESTION CARRIES 25 MARKS. SECTION A 1. In note form, describe the roles of the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen in the City. 2. London is hailed as a major world financial centre. In note form, explain why you think this is so, and describe three or four of the financial institutions that contribute to its importance. 3. In note form, explain how the City Corporation, as a Local Authority, differs from other British Local Authorities. SECTION B 1. You have been asked to take a group on a short walk illustrating examples of twenty-first-century architecture in the City. Write brief notes on four buildings you might consider choosing. (You are not required to plan a detailed route.) 2. You have been commissioned to take a group on a short walk focusing on pre-twenty-first century iconic buildings in the City, covering a wide range of its institutions and activities. Write brief notes on four buildings you might want to introduce the group to. (You are not required to plan a detailed route.) 3. You have volunteered to lead a walking tour of City churches, including three internal visits. Write brief notes on the three churches you would choose for these, identifying the features to which you would draw the group’s attention. At least one of your choices should be a non-Wren church. (You are not required to plan a detailed route, and you may assume that the churches of your choice will be open on the day of your group’s tour!) End of examination ITG –2014 City of London 10 .

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