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Candidate No……………… London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 Candidate No……………… LONDON BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS Thursday, 9th February 2012 at 1400 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. 1 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 SECTION A – 60% HISTORY 1 What was the Roman name for London? 2 Which English King restored London’s city walls in the ninth century? 3 What was the name of the Norwegian King who helped the English to pull down London Bridge in 1014? 4 Which King had Westminster Hall built in the eleventh century? 5 Which medieval churchman became London’s second patron saint? 6 Where are John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe and William Blake all buried? 7 Where is Benjamin Franklin’s only surviving home in London? 8 Which institution formerly occupied the building which now houses the Imperial War Museum? 2 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 9 Who was a preacher at St. Lawrence Jewry, has a statue outside Chelsea Old Church and was named patron saint of politicians by Pope John Paul II? 10 Which Dickens novel is set against the background of the Gordon Riots? 11 Who founded the Metropolitan police? 12 Who designed the London Underground map? 13 When was the first London Marathon? 14 In 2010, who was honoured with a statue beside the Athenaeum Club in Waterloo Place? 15 TWO statues are to be seen on the a) headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society. Name BOTH. b) WESTMINSTER ABBEY 16 What is the full name of the church we call “Westminster Abbey”? 17 What time is usually the last admission to Westminster Abbey on Saturdays? 3 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 18 What links the Reverend David Railton with Westminster Abbey? 19 Which king began the rebuilding of the Abbey in the 13th century? 20 What is the current use of the Monk’s Refectory? 21 Who painted The Virgin and Child on the altar in the Henry VII chapel? 22 The Henry VII chapel is styled in which type of gothic architecture? 23 Which Poet Laureate was added to Poets’ Corner in December 2011? 24 Name TWO monarchs after 1066 who were a) never crowned in Westminster Abbey. b) 25 With whom did the Archbishop of Canterbury give a joint blessing from the Abbey’s High Altar on 17th September 2010? TOWER OF LONDON 26 Whose coat of arms is on the Middle Tower? 4 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 27 In which decade were the turret roofs added to the White Tower? 28 The Ceremony of the Word starts with a military parade and inspection at the Waterloo Block every day. At what time? 29 Who was the first recorded prisoner in the Tower of London? 30 What does the first star of Africa weigh in carats? 31 Which king was given the Japanese Armour on display in the White Tower? 32 The 1515 armour of Henry VIII is decorated with scenes from the lives of St George and a female saint. Name her. 33 What does Koh-i-Noor mean? ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL 34 At what time do the doors of St Paul’s open for sightseeing? 35 Who is the current Bishop of London? 5 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 36 Who carved the relief sculpture on the West Pediment? 37 To whom was All Souls’ Chapel dedicated in 1925? 38 The Chapel of St Erkenwald and St Ethelburga is the home to which regiment of the British Army? 39 For whom was Nelson’s black marble sarcophagus originally made? 40 Who was married to Catherine of Aragon in the Cathedral in 1501? 41 Name a street where there are coach parking bays intended for visits to St Paul’s. NATIONAL GALLERY 42 In which city did Jan van Eyck paint The Arnolfini Portrait? 43 In Titian’s painting, on which Greek island does the story of Bacchus and Ariadne take place? 44 Name the estate featured in Ruben’s Autumn Landscape. 6 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 45 Why is The Rokeby Venus so called? 46 Which is the town shown in the background of Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews? 47 Which famous naval battle did the ship depicted in The Fighting Temeraire take part in? 48 Constable’s Haywain was not well received when first shown at the Royal Academy, but won an important prize elsewhere. Where was this? 49 Van Gogh painted The Sunflowers in anticipation of the arrival in Arles of which other great painter? TATE BRITAIN 50 In which year did the Tate Britain building open to the public? 51 Who gave Ophelia by John Everett Millais to the nation? 52 Who was William Hogarth’s father-in-law? 53 Who painted the murals in the restaurant? 7 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 54 In which part of England does the scene depicted in Lily, Lily, Carnation Rose take place? 55 Which TWO artists met at St Martin’s School of Art in the 1960s and have collaborated ever since their first major artwork, The Singing Sculpture? TATE MODERN 56 Who was the architect of the original Bankside Power Station? 57 Mark Rothko’s Seagram Murals were originally intended for a restaurant in which city? 58 Which twentieth century artist had a huge impact on the world of art with his silk-screen prints, often depicting commercial products? 59 The basement level of the new Herzog and de Meuron extension to Tate Modern will utilise what part of the original Bankside Power station? 60 Which artist was commissioned to create the current (11 October 2011 – 11 March 2012) work of art in the Unilever Series? 61 With which art movement was Henri Matisse associated in his early career? 62 Who designed Timeline to be seen on levels three and five? 8 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 THE BRITISH MUSEUM 63 Who designed the Great Court completed in 2000? 64 In which century was the Mold Gold Cape discovered? 65 Name TWO of the scripts on the Rosetta a) Stone. b) 66 Who brought the “Winged Bulls of Khorsabad” to Britain? 67 Who falls in love with Agnes, as portrayed on the Royal Gold Cup? 68 What is the meaning of the word Nataraja (as in Shiva Nataraja)? 69 Sixty-seven of the Lewis Chessmen are in the British Museum. Where are the other eleven existing pieces? 70 Why are there hand-drilled holes in the horse heads on the frieze of the Parthenon Sculptures? 9 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 OTHER COLLECTIONS 71 Who created the bust of Henry VII on display in the first room of the British Galleries of the V&A? 72 In the V&A, a tapestry of The Miraculous Draught of Fishes hangs opposite the Raphael Cartoon of the same name. Where was the tapestry made? 73 Where can you see a statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds brandishing his paintbrush? 74 In Kingsland Road, Hoxton, there is a museum of the history of the domestic English interior. Name the museum. 75 Where can you see William Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress? 76 Where, other than the Tower, is there a major collection of armour in central London? 77 Where can you currently see an exhibition entitled Dickens and London that celebrates the bicentenary of Dickens’ birth? 78 Where can you see Van Gogh’s Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear? 79 Where is The Design Museum? 10 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 GREENWICH 80 Name ONE historic pub that is passed on the boat-ride from Tower Pier to Greenwich. 81 Which great dramatist was killed in a brawl in a Deptford tavern in 1593? 82 Who painted The Preservation of St Paul after the Shipwreck at Malta in the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College? 83 Whose body lay in state for three days in the Painted Hall? 84 What is the last entry time to the Royal Museums in Greenwich? 85 What special status is to be conferred on Greenwich in 2012? 86 According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, who killed Saint Alphege? HAMPTON COURT 87 From which London mainline station would you take a train to Hampton Court? 11 London Blue Badge - Paper 3 – 9 February 2012 88 Which king was born at Hampton Court Palace? 89 Name ONE queen who died at Hampton Court Palace. 90 Who was Fountain Court designed for? 91 Who planted the Great Vine in 1768? 92 Where can you see a terracotta device of Cardinal Wolsey? 93 What is the collective term used to describe the portraits by Sir Peter Lely on display at Hampton Court Place? GENERAL 94 Name TWO of the five host London Boroughs a) for the 2012 Olympics.
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