A Harder London quiz!
M. J. McCready 19-July 2022
- When traveling from Fischer Hall to Imperial College by bus, Professor McCready would many times hum this short tune. Why?
- Speaking of tunes, the Nightingale is associated with a famous London song. How so?
- Clive told some of us about the John Snow pump and cholera. What is the actual situation about the replica pump? Is it in the original location? Or so there some other way the original location is designated?
- Why is the Cutty Sark “famous” and is the Master’s cabin on the Cutty Sark larger than the Captain’s quarters on (which ever) Fast Attack Sub Dean Ryan commanded?
- Where can you view the original score of Handel’s Messiah?
- Unfortunately, the National Portrait Gallery is closed, but at least one of the “famous” people in Professor McCready’s academic genology is listed in their data base with an image of the engraving. Who?
- As a tube aficionado, Professor McCready got off of a train on the Northern Line (back from visiting the Royal Air Force Museum) at Angel, for a specific purpose. What was it? What is a similar attraction of the Covent Garden station?
- There is a blue plaque of a famous movie actress in the vicinity of Imperial College. Supposedly she would come to use a swimming pool at Imperial College when she lived near by. Who? In what excellent “noir” does she play a Fem Fatale?
- In a previous summer the students stayed at Lee Abbey. On his way from (which obvious tube stop) to Lee Abbey, by a slightly circuitous route, Professor McCready came upon a Blue Plaque of a famous English Composer. Who?
- Is there still a location in Trafalgar Square where 4 “Prets” can be viewed simultaneously?
- Who directed the building of the first tunnel under the Thames, what is is used for today and where can you get a “classic” photo of the tunnel entrance?
- Professor McCready knew of the name of church next to Trafalgar square long before he ever visited. What could the connection be?