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CITY OF GREEN BADGE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS

9th May 2018

CITY OF LONDON

TIME ALLOWED: TWO HOURS (2 hours)

This paper is in TWO parts:

PART ONE Comprises 50 questions, ALL of which should be answered.

PART TWO Answer FOUR questions: ONE from Section A ONE from Section B ONE from Section C ONE from Section D NOTES

1. Please write your candidate number at the top of this page and on the top right- hand corner of all other pages including 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.

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PART ONE

Which bank trades at the sign of 1 the Golden Bottle?

How many Sheriffs are there in the 2 City?

Which City Livery Company gives 3 five cheers?

4 Name the current Lord Mayor.

Who carved the relief on the 5 Monument?

Which Livery Company has two 6 masters?

Which building in the City was the 7 first to be listed after WWII?

Name the architect of the new 8 Bloomberg building.

Where was the fourth St Botolph’s 9 church?

The Central Criminal Court is on 10 the site of which building?

Which Livery Company Hall 11 featured in the film The King’s Speech?

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12 Name the Bishop of London.

In which pub are the words 13 ‘Don’t advertise. Tell a gossip’?

What is the ‘Monster of Whitechapel’ exhibit at the 14 more commonly known as?

(i) On what day are there guided public tours of the (i) 15 Mansion House? (ii) (ii) At what time?

16 When is the Lord Mayor elected?

What is the title of the City official 17 responsible for the planning and delivery of the Lord Mayor’s show?

Which ceremonial sword does the 18 Lord Mayor offer to the Queen to touch when she enters the City?

How many horses pull the Lord 19 Mayor’s coach?

In which year was the City’s first 20 female Lord Mayor elected?

Which Livery Company hall is at 21 the south side of London ?

What are the opening times of the 22 Museum of London?

Sir Nicholas Kenyon is the 23 Managing Director of what complex in the City?

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Which Livery Company features 24 Noah’s Ark in its Coat of Arms?

When does the Lord Mayor carry 25 the crystal Sceptre?

Name the Mayor of the City of 26 London involved in the Magna Carta negotiations.

Where did the Dominicans have 27 their headquarters in London?

Where was the first recorded 28 performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night held?

To whom was the chapel on the 29 medieval dedicated?

With which City church is Dick 30 Whittington associated?

In which City church is the oldest 31 known sword rest in the City?

Which Livery company holds the 32 Bubble Service or Bubble Ceremony?

Where did the 33 first open its books?

What does the bronze memorial 34 statue outside street Station commemorate?

Which TWO offices must the Lord (i) 35 Mayor have held in order to be elected? (ii)

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Where was Oliver Cromwell 36 married?

The soldier and explorer Captain 37 John Smith was a member of which City Livery Company?

Only the survives of the church that once occupied the site 38 of St Paul’s Cathedral School. What was the name of that church?

What was the name of the Roman 39 road from London to Lincoln and on to York?

Which City church straddles two 40 wards?

When was the Livery Company 41 order of precedence set?

Where is the City’s valuable gold 42 and silver plate collection stored when not in use?

From which monarch did the 43 receive its Charter?

In which City church is there a 44 monument to Inigo Jones?

Who was the architect of 45 Smithfield Market?

Name ONE of the two castles built 46 on the western edge of the City following the Norman conquest.

Name ONE of the Companies 47 without Livery.

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Which City institution has the 48 motto ‘Our Word is our Bond’?

What is the profession of the 49 current Lord Mayor?

Who are elected annually at 50 Wardmotes?

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Now turn to Part TWO

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PART TWO

ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS:

ONE QUESTION FROM EACH of SECTIONS A, B, C and D

(Each question carries 20 marks)

SECTION A

1. The City Livery Companies were at the height of their powers at the beginning of the 17th century but then began to suffer a decline. Explain the reasons for this decline and the subsequent reinvention and development of the City Livery companies up to the present day.

2. Explain how the City Corporation, as a Local Authority, differs from other UK local Authorities.

SECTION B

3. Write detailed notes on the history, external and internal features and associations of ONE of the following City churches:

• St Lawrence Jewry • St Magnus the Martyr • St Mary le Bow

4. You have been asked to lead a walk of the City Churches. Your client has asked you to include ONE non-Wren church. Write detailed notes on the history, external and internal features and associations on your chosen non-wren church. (The church will be open).

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SECTION C

5. Explain the history and present operation (including some statistics/data) of TWO of the following:

• • Baltic Exchange • Lloyd’s Register of Shipping

6.Write notes on TWO of the following:

• An outline history of the development of Banking in the City from its earliest origins to the present day. • London is hailed as a major world financial centre. Explain why you think this is so. • Your two-minute response to a client who has asked you about the possible impact of Brexit on the City of London.

SECTION D

7. Make notes of the five-minute commentary you would make to your group positioned in front of ONE of the following buildings:

• Lloyd’s of London, 1 • Tower, 110 (currently also known as the ) • The Leadenhall Building, 122

8. Make notes of the five-minute presentation you would make as part of a lecture that includes ONE of the following:

• • Sculpture in the City – the City’s urban exhibition of contemporary artworks • The memorials in Trinity Square Gardens on Tower Hill

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