CORRECT Before two Australians involved in the world of wrestling acquired the lease of the cafe in the early 1950s, it was owned by three Iranian brothers and they called it the 3 I’s. Apparently one of them left and so it ended up as the 2 I’s.

WRONG Before two Australians involved in the world of wrestling acquired the lease of the cafe in the early 1950s, it was owned by three Iranian brothers and they called it the 3 I’s. Apparently one of them left and so it ended up as the 2 I’s.

WRONG Before two Australians involved in the world of wrestling acquired the lease of the cafe in the early 1950s, it was owned by three Iranian brothers and they called it the 3 I’s. Apparently one of them left and so it ended up as the 2 I’s.

WRONG Every Shrove Tuesday since 1753 the pupils of Westminster School have been allowed a minute of licensed mayhem during which they fight to get hold of pieces of a ‘pancake’ thrown over the bar that once separated two parts of the school. The ‘pancake’ is actually made largely of horsehair.

CORRECT Every Shrove Tuesday since 1753 the pupils of Westminster School have been allowed a minute of licensed mayhem during which they fight to get hold of pieces of a ‘pancake’ thrown over the bar that once separated two parts of the school. The ‘pancake’ is actually made largely of horsehair.

WRONG Every Shrove Tuesday since 1753 the pupils of Westminster School have been allowed a minute of licensed mayhem during which they fight to get hold of pieces of a ‘pancake’ thrown over the bar that once separated two parts of the school. The ‘pancake’ is actually made largely of horsehair.

CORRECT Robert Baddeley was an 18th-century actor. When he died in November 1794, he left property to found a home for ‘decayed’ actors and also £3 per annum to provide wine and a specially baked cake in the green room of Drury Lane Theatre every Twelfth Night. The ceremony of cutting (and eating) the Baddeley Cake has remained a regular tradition.

WRONG Robert Baddeley was an 18th-century actor. When he died in November 1794, he left property to found a home for ‘decayed’ actors and also £3 per annum to provide wine and a specially baked cake in the green room of Drury Lane Theatre every Twelfth Night. The ceremony of cutting (and eating) the Baddeley Cake has remained a regular tradition.

WRONG Robert Baddeley was an 18th-century actor. When he died in November 1794, he left property to found a home for ‘decayed’ actors and also £3 per annum to provide wine and a specially baked cake in the green room of Drury Lane Theatre every Twelfth Night. The ceremony of cutting (and eating) the Baddeley Cake has remained a regular tradition.

CORRECT Superstition at The Savoy Hotel has it that 13 diners is unlucky. If your companions make up that unlucky number a 1920s three-foot-high black wooden cat is introduced to a 14th chair, a napkin is placed around his neck and he is served with each course by a diligent waiter.

WRONG Superstition at The Savoy Hotel has it that 13 diners is unlucky. If your companions make up that unlucky number a 1920s three-foot-high black wooden cat is introduced to a 14th chair, a napkin is placed around his neck and he is served with each course by a diligent waiter.

WRONG Superstition at The Savoy Hotel has it that 13 diners is unlucky. If your companions make up that unlucky number a 1920s three-foot-high black wooden cat is introduced to a 14th chair, a napkin is placed around his neck and he is served with each course by a diligent waiter.

CORRECT On 31 December 1853 celebrating the installation of life-sized dinosaur models at Sydenham Park. A 20 strong dinner party was held inside the stomach of the partly completed a concrete iguanodon made by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins of the Crystal Palace Company. The model was surrounded by a tent decorated with a chandelier and four plaques honouring famous palaeontologists. Guests were served by waiters, what was on the menu is unknown.

WRONG On 31 December 1853 celebrating the installation of life-sized dinosaur models at Sydenham Park. A 20 strong dinner party was held inside the stomach of the partly completed a concrete iguanodon made by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins of the Crystal Palace Company. The model was surrounded by a tent decorated with a chandelier and four plaques honouring famous palaeontologists. Guests were served by waiters, what was on the menu is unknown.

WRONG On 31 December 1853 celebrating the installation of life-sized dinosaur models at Sydenham Park. A 20 strong dinner party was held inside the stomach of the partly completed a concrete iguanodon made by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins of the Crystal Palace Company. The model was surrounded by a tent decorated with a chandelier and four plaques honouring famous palaeontologists. Guests were served by waiters, what was on the menu is unknown.

WRONG There has been an inn on the site since medieval times, although the present buildings date only from the 17th century. There were once galleries on three sides of the courtyard but two were demolished when the railways came to the area.

CORRECT There has been an inn on the site since medieval times, although the present buildings date only from the 17th century. There were once galleries on three sides of the courtyard but two were demolished when the railways came to the area.

WRONG There has been an inn on the site since medieval times, although the present buildings date only from the 17th century. There were once galleries on three sides of the courtyard but two were demolished when the railways came to the area.

WRONG In 1924 John Logie Baird rented an attic room at 22 Frith Street using it as a workshop, it was there on 26th January 1926 members of the Royal Institution made up the first television audience.

WRONG In 1924 John Logie Baird rented an attic room at 22 Frith Street using it as a workshop, it was there on 26th January 1926 members of the Royal Institution made up the first television audience.

CORRECT In 1924 John Logie Baird rented an attic room at 22 Frith Street using it as a workshop, it was there on 26th January 1926 members of the Royal Institution made up the first television audience.

WRONG Morris Bloom opened his first kosher restaurant on Brick Lane in 1920. The restaurant moved to Whitechapel High Street in 1952 and was a magnet for City traders, stallholders and celebrities. Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and Princess Margaret were among those who stopped by to enjoy its chopped liver, lokshen soup and cholent. Bloom’s may have left the East End, but a second restaurant opened in Golders Green in 1965 and, in 2007 a further branch in Edgware, to keep the tradition alive.

WRONG Morris Bloom opened his first kosher restaurant on Brick Lane in 1920. The restaurant moved to Whitechapel High Street in 1952 and was a magnet for City traders, stallholders and celebrities. Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and Princess Margaret were among those who stopped by to enjoy its chopped liver, lokshen soup and cholent. Bloom’s may have left the East End, but a second restaurant opened in Golders Green in 1965 and, in 2007 a further branch in Edgware, to keep the tradition alive.

CORRECT Morris Bloom opened his first kosher restaurant on Brick Lane in 1920. The restaurant moved to Whitechapel High Street in 1952 and was a magnet for City traders, stallholders and celebrities. Israeli prime minister Golda Meir and Princess Margaret were among those who stopped by to enjoy its chopped liver, lokshen soup and cholent. Bloom’s may have left the East End, but a second restaurant opened in Golders Green in 1965 and, in 2007 a further branch in Edgware, to keep the tradition alive.

CORRECT Soyer bought Gore House, a mansion which stood where the Royal Albert Hall now stands, attempting to improve Londoner’s culinary habits. Extravagantly furnished, the venture was a disaster, losing Soyer £7,000 in five months.

WRONG Soyer bought Gore House, a mansion which stood where the Royal Albert Hall now stands, attempting to improve Londoner’s culinary habits. Extravagantly furnished, the venture was a disaster, losing Soyer £7,000 in five months.

WRONG Soyer bought Gore House, a mansion which stood where the Royal Albert Hall now stands, attempting to improve Londoner’s culinary habits. Extravagantly furnished, the venture was a disaster, losing Soyer £7,000 in five months.

WRONG The typical summer drink of the English upper middle classes was created by a man named James Pimm. Pimm originally thought that his concoction would be used as a digestive tonic but his customers doon decided that it was best drunk as a cocktail.

CORRECT The typical summer drink of the English upper middle classes was created by a man named James Pimm. Pimm originally thought that his concoction would be used as a digestive tonic but his customers doon decided that it was best drunk as a cocktail.

WRONG The typical summer drink of the English upper middle classes was created by a man named James Pimm. Pimm originally thought that his concoction would be used as a digestive tonic but his customers doon decided that it was best drunk as a cocktail.

WRONG The cellars of Whitehall Palace, most of which was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century are situated beneath the MoD.

CORRECT The cellars of Whitehall Palace, most of which was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century are situated beneath the MoD.

WRONG The cellars of Whitehall Palace, most of which was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century are situated beneath the MoD.

WRONG Fourteen of the stonemasons who had worked on the construction of the column ate a meal on the platform at its top just before the statue of the admiral was placed upon it. The large model of a dinosaur was the setting for a dinner 11 years earlier. The reconstruction of an iguanodon, together with others, can still be seen today. Marc Brunel’s tunnel under the Thames was used for a banquet or 150 people in 1827.

WRONG Fourteen of the stonemasons who had worked on the construction of the column ate a meal on the platform at its top just before the statue of the admiral was placed upon it. The large model of a dinosaur was the setting for a dinner 11 years earlier. The reconstruction of an iguanodon, together with others, can still be seen today. Marc Brunel’s tunnel under the Thames was used for a banquet or 150 people in 1827.

CORRECT Fourteen of the stonemasons who had worked on the construction of the column ate a meal on the platform at its top just before the statue of the admiral was placed upon it. The large model of a dinosaur was the setting for a dinner 11 years earlier. The reconstruction of an iguanodon, together with others, can still be seen today. Marc Brunel’s tunnel under the Thames was used for a banquet or 150 people in 1827.

CORRECT Verde’s is at 40 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market. As Winterson told Good Housekeeping magazine “The ground floor had first opened as a shop in 1805. My building had been a fruit importer, and the place was pasted with ancient posters urging me to ‘Eat More Oranges’.

WRONG Verde’s is at 40 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market. As Winterson told Good Housekeeping magazine “The ground floor had first opened as a shop in 1805. My building had been a fruit importer, and the place was pasted with ancient posters urging me to ‘Eat More Oranges’.

WRONG Verde’s is at 40 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market. As Winterson told Good Housekeeping magazine “The ground floor had first opened as a shop in 1805. My building had been a fruit importer, and the place was pasted with ancient posters urging me to ‘Eat More Oranges’.