London

London quiz questions

Twenty London quiz questions with answers: the Underground, the bridges, the boroughs, and the buildings whose real names differ from their famous ones.

London gets a round of its own in a great many British quizzes, and the questions are more specific than general geography: they are about the Underground, the bridges, the boroughs, and the buildings whose real names differ from the ones everybody uses.

The Underground

Tube questions are the reliable core, and they are almost all about the network rather than the journeys: which line is which colour, how many stations, which station has the most platforms, which is the deepest, which are the only stations containing all five vowels or none of the letters in "mackerel". Setters love these because the answer is checkable and the reasoning is impossible.

The Circle line is no longer a circle, several stations have been renamed, and a number of disused stations still exist — all three are standard questions.

Buildings, bridges and boroughs

Big Ben is the bell, not the tower, and the tower's name has changed within the last fifteen years: this is probably the most-asked London question there is. Tower Bridge and London Bridge are routinely confused on purpose, and the sale of the old London Bridge to an American buyer is asked about constantly.

Beyond that: the number of boroughs, which are royal, what the City of London is as distinct from London, the Monument and what it commemorates, and the livery companies. The Great Fire and the building of the sewers supply the historical questions; the Thames Tunnel and the Channel Tunnel the engineering ones.

London quiz questions and answers

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  1. What colour is the Central line on the map?

    Answer Red

  2. What colour is the District line?

    Answer Green

  3. Smallest London borough?

    Answer Kensington and Chelsea

  4. Elizabeth line western termini?

    Answer Reading and Heathrow

  5. When did the Elizabeth line open?

    Answer 2022

  6. When did Tower Bridge open?

    Answer 1894

  7. Victoria line termini?

    Answer Brixton and Walthamstow Central

  8. Oldest underground railway in the world?

    Answer The Metropolitan (opened 1863)

  9. Jubilee line termini?

    Answer Stanmore and Stratford

  10. How many London boroughs are there?

    Answer 32 (plus the City of London)

  11. Largest London borough by area?

    Answer Bromley

  12. Elizabeth line eastern termini?

    Answer Abbey Wood and Shenfield

  13. The two central branches of the Northern line?

    Answer Bank branch and Charing Cross branch

  14. Northern line southern terminus?

    Answer Morden (plus Battersea Power Station branch, opened 2021)

  15. Shortest Underground line?

    Answer Waterloo & City (two stations: Waterloo and Bank)

  16. Bakerloo line termini?

    Answer Elephant & Castle and Harrow & Wealdstone

  17. Jubilee line opened in which year (named for what)?

    Answer 1979 — Queen's Silver Jubilee (1977)

  18. What is 'Big Ben' strictly the name of?

    Answer The Great Bell (the tower is the Elizabeth Tower)

  19. Which borough contains Wembley Stadium?

    Answer Brent

  20. Which borough contains Heathrow?

    Answer Hillingdon