Even the most devoted Anglophile will learn something new from these four hundred fun and wide-ranging trivia questions about Londonrsquo;s history, monuments, architecture, famous residents, place-names, notable events, and more. A delightful way to explore the city on foot or via armchair, this fun book is a perfect stocking stuffer, with history ranging from obscure lore to facts and fascinating, often humorous histories.Herersquo;s a sample:Where is the only cross-eyed statue in London and who does it depict?a) Next to the Royal Exchange in the City of London; George Peabody, the nineteenth-century American-born philanthropistb) At the point where Fetter Lane and New Fetter Lane converge; John Wilkes, the eighteenth-century politicianc) Islington Green; Sir Hugh Myddleton, the seventeenth century entrepreneurAnswer: b) John Wilkes really did have a severe squint, as reproduced in the statue, but despite his looks, he was a legendary and eloquent womanizer who once said that, when meeting an attractive woman, it took him only ten minutesldquo;to talk away his face.rdquo;What drowned nine people in Tottenham Court Road in October 1814?a) A water flood from a nearby reservoirb) A milk flood from a nearby dairyc) A beer flood from a nearby brewery Answer: c) A beer flood. A huge vat in the Horseshoe Brewery burst its hoops and ruptured other vats standing near it. More than a million liters of beer swept through the walls of the brewery and into the streets, carrying away a house and drowning nine unfortunates. The site of the Horseshoe Brewery is now occupied by the Dominion Theatre.
- Genre: Games, Travel
- Subgenre: Europe / Great Britain, Trivia
- Publisher: Little Bookroom
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: September 28, 2010
- Date Published: September 28, 2010
- Author: Travis Elborough, Nick Rennison