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London P3 October 2019 Candidate No……………… LONDON BLUE BADGE TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS Thursday, 10th October 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 What name did the Romans give 1 London? Name the lane in which the Great 2 Fire of London started in 1666. What name was given to the French Protestants who arrived in 3 London after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685? Name the only building within 4 Whitehall Palace to survive the fire of 1698. In which year was the Bank of 5 England founded? Which Roman road ran along the 6 line of the Edgware Road? Name the Prime Minister who was 7 assassinated in the Houses of Parliament in 1812. What did George Shillibeer 8 introduce to London in 1829? 2 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Who designed the Crystal Palace, 9 which housed the Great Exhibition of 1851? Which building was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century to 10 make way for today’s Central Criminal Court? What is the meaning of the Saxon 11 word ‘Cheap’ in Cheapside? Name London’s first railway 12 station, which opened in 1836 (not underground). Name the first monarch whose 13 official London residence was Buckingham Palace. Against which king was the 14 Gunpowder Plot aimed? Which Roman remains lie under 15 the Guildhall Art Gallery? In which year was the first 16 Westminster Bridge built? WESTMINSTER ABBEY Which order of monks was associated with Westminster 17 Abbey until the Reformation in the 16th century? 3 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ The Cosmati pavement was 18 completed in 1268. Why is it called Cosmati? Why is guiding suspended in the 19 nave at 12noon on weekdays (Monday to Friday)? Name the American Baptist minister and activist who is one of 20 the Modern Martyrs located above the Great West Door. Name ONE of the judges buried in the chapel of St Paul, who took 21 part in the trial of Mary Queen of Scots. Name the 14th century book, which 22 sets out the order of service for the coronation. What image is displayed on 23 Stephen Hawking’s tombstone? Only one of King Henry VIII’s wives 24 is buried in the Abbey. Name her. Which 19th century engineer was 25 buried next to Thomas Telford at his own request? Name the Abbey’s Surveyor of the Fabric who designed the tower 26 leading to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 4 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ TOWER OF LONDON Name the Irish mercenary who 27 tried to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671. Name the Resident Governor of 28 the Tower. Which king built St Thomas’ 29 Tower in the 1280s? Who performs the ceremonial gun salute at Tower Wharf to 30 celebrate the Queen’s birthday and other royal occasions? Which educational establishment commemorates the death of King 31 Henry VI on 21 May every year, by laying white roses in the Tower? Which symbol of Katharine of 32 Aragon is engraved on King Henry VIII’s horse armour? Name the first recorded prisoner 33 to escape from the Tower in 1100. Name the newest raven in the 34 Tower, hatched in April 2019. 5 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL Which royal wedding took place 35 at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1501? The monument to the Duke of 36 Wellington shows him riding his horse. Name the horse. For whom was Nelson’s 37 sarcophagus originally made? There are three galleries under (i) and around the dome. The lowest 38 is the Whispering gallery. Name (ii) the other TWO. Name the monarch whose statue 39 stands outside the west end of the Cathedral. Which Biblical story is told in the 40 pediment on the West Front? At what time does St Paul’s Cathedral usually open for 41 sightseeing from Monday to Saturday inclusive? Name the American Vice President who was present at the 42 dedication of the American Memorial Chapel. 6 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ NATIONAL GALLERY Name ONE of the two city-states which are depicted fighting in 43 Uccello’s ‘The Battle of San Romano’? Name the TWO ambassadors in (i) 44 Holbein’s painting ‘The Ambassadors’. (ii) What is the name given to the smoky effect used by Leonardo 45 da Vinci in ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’? Monet painted ‘The Gare St- 46 Lazare’ in 1877. In which city is the gare (train station)? In which artistic style did Seurat 47 paint ‘Bathers at Asnieres’? Name TWO restrictions on the (i) 48 use of photography in the main galleries. (ii) TATE BRITAIN How did Henry Tate, who funded 49 the building of Tate Britain, make his money? In which county is Flatford Mill, 50 painted by Constable? 7 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Name the Pre-Raphaelite artist 51 who painted Ophelia in 1851. What nationality was the painter 52 John Singer Sargent? To which group of artists do the 53 painters Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin belong? Name the English painter best known for his portrait miniatures 54 of members of the courts of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I of England. TATE MODERN What was the original purpose of 55 the Tate Modern building until 1981? Name the German artist who 56 created the installation ‘Lightning with a Stag in its Glare’. Name the artist who painted the 57 Seagram Murals. To which Italian avant garde 58 group did Umberto Boccioni belong? (i) On which TWO days of the week 59 is Tate Modern open until 2200? (ii) 8 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ Name TWO of the major (i) 60 movements of 20th century art on display at Tate Modern. (ii) THE BRITISH MUSEUM Name the physician whose collection of 71,000 objects 61 became part of the foundation of the British Museum after his death in 1753. What story is told on the East 62 Pediment of the Parthenon? What is the Portland Vase made 63 of? Name the current director of the 64 British Museum. Name the Assyrian ruler depicted 65 on the Lion Hunt Reliefs taken from the north palace of Nineveh. Who bequeathed the Holy Thorn 66 Reliquary to the British Museum in 1898? Name the poet whose poem ‘Ozymandias’ was inspired by the 67 arrival of the statue of Rameses II in 1817. Name the ancient copper mine 68 near the site where the Mold Gold Cape was found. 9 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ OTHER COLLECTIONS Whose ‘Life in Drawing’ is currently the subject of an 69 exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery? Name the world’s oldest dated 70 carpet which can be seen at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Where can the visitor see a new exhibition of the work of the 71 British sculptor Antony Gormley until 3 December 2019? Name the artist who painted ‘The Swing’, on display in the Wallace 72 Collection. [surname only required] In which part of London is the 73 Museum of Childhood, part of the Victoria & Albert Museum? In which house would you see an Egyptian service made by Sevres for Josephine Bonaparte, the 74 Waterloo Shield and ‘The Waterseller of Seville’ by Velasquez? Name the Staffordshire potter whose medallion of Sir William 75 Hamilton is on display in the British Galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Thomas Heatherwick’s copper cauldron sculpture is on display 76 at the Museum of London. For which London event was it created? 10 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ GREENWICH Which Greenwich parish church is named after the Archbishop of 77 Canterbury who was killed by the Danes in 1012? Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, extended Bella 78 Court manor to create a lavish palace in Greenwich. What name was given to it? For which queen was the 79 Queen’s House started? Which TWO English monarchs (i) 80 are featured on the main ceiling of the Painted Hall? (ii) Name the architect who restored 81 the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul following the fire of 1779. Why was the Greenwich foot 82 tunnel, opened in 1902, built under the Thames? At what time is the red Time Ball 83 dropped at the Royal Observatory? 11 London Blue Badge Paper 3 Resits – 10 Oct 2019 CANDIDATE NO.____________________ HAMPTON COURT From whom did King Henry VIII 84 acquire Hampton Court Palace? Name the clock maker who made 85 the astronomical clock in Clock Court.
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