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Available points |
| Category |
No.
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Question |
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Answer |
Points |
Bonus |
Total points |
| Group/pic |
1 |
Take
a picture of all your team worshipping the Buddha in Battersea park. |
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10 |
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10 |
| Treasure |
2 |
Obtain a coat hanger. |
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5 |
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5 |
| Fact |
3 |
The
smallest house in London is part of Tyburn Convent, Hyde Park Place. How "small" is small? In feet
and inches. |
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3½ feet wide |
5 |
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5 |
| Fact |
4 |
What can be
found at 44 Chandos Place, WC2. |
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The Institute of Chinese Medicine |
5 |
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5 |
| Treasure |
5 |
Obtain
a "Burger King" employee name badge. |
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15 |
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15 |
| Treasure |
6 |
Visit
the Tate Modern and find an exhibit called "Women and Bird in the
Moonlight", (Femmes, oiseau au clair de lune 1949) by Joan Miro. Make a sketch of the exhibit. 5 point bonus for the best sketch. |
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10 |
5 |
15 |
| Treasure |
7 |
Persuade
a genuine foreign tourist to accompany your team to dinner at Colindale. The tourist must have their passport as
evidence of being from overseas and have recently arrived in the UK (eg 1 month ago). |
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25 |
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25 |
| Fact |
8 |
In
The National Gallery, find "A Peepshow with Views of the Interior of a
Dutch House" by Samuel Van Hoogstraten 1627-1678. To the left of the dog lies a letter. What is the signature on the letter? |
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Monsieur S. de Hoogstraten a
Dordrecht |
10 |
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10 |
| Treasure |
9 |
The
original form of the board game "Monopoly" features four London
train stations. Obtain a train
timetable from all four stations. |
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20 |
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20 |
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1.
Kings Cross |
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(must get all 4 to score points) |
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2.
Marylebone |
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3.
Fenchurch St |
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4.
Liverpool St |
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| Group/pic |
10 |
Goto
Highgate Hill and take a picture of one of your team with a statue of Dick
Whittington's cat. |
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It's located on
Highgate Hill near Archway station. |
15 |
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15 |
| Fact |
11 |
At
the place housing Britain's books, find the famous person that sat under the
tree and watched an apple fall. He is
commemorated "after William Blake". Name the sculptor. |
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Answer:
Eduardo Paolazzi. The giant sculpture
is Newton in the open-air area outside the British Library. |
5 |
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5 |
| Fact |
12 |
What
animals feature on the pedestrian entrance to St Catherine's Dock? |
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Elephants |
5 |
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5 |
| Treasure |
13 |
Obtain
an inflatable toy and then inflate it.
10 bonus points for the largest one. |
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15 |
10 |
25 |
| Fact |
14 |
On
leaving Brixton tube station and turning right, you are faced by two overhead
bridges. What 3-word message, aimed at visitors to the area, can be read on
the 2nd bridge? |
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B OUR GUEST |
5 |
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5 |
| Group/pic |
15 |
Take
a picture of all your team forming the letter "S" with Canary Wharf
Tower in the background. |
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5 |
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5 |
| Fact |
16 |
In
Portman Square, opposite Orchard Court, is a stone memorial in memory of
whom? |
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Sir James John Hamilton Bart, 1876
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5 |
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5 |
| Fact |
17 |
Which
singer stands atop the entrance to the Dominion Theatre? |
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Statue
of Freddie Mercury … "We Will Rock You" musical |
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| Group/pic |
18 |
Take
a photo of one of your team members wearing an item of clothing that features
the animal representing this year's current sign of the Chinese Zodiac. |
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Year of the Monkey |
10 |
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10 |
| Group/pic |
19 |
Take
a picture of one of your team sitting in the driver's seat of a Bentley or
Rolls Royce car. The make of the car
must be seen. |
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20 |
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20 |
| Fact |
20 |
In
the square with the birds, Admiral Nelson looks down on two countries. What is the name of each country? |
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South
Africa & Canada (embassies overlooking Trafalgar Square) |
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