Today is Good Friday, and as we enter the penultimate day of Holy Week, today’s quiz concerns Easter in London. As before the correct answer will turn green when it is clicked upon and expanded to give more information. The incorrect answers will turn red giving the correct explanation.
1. Since 2010 Trafalgar Square has been the venue for what open-air event?
Easter bunny play
WRONG A moving 90-minute portrayal of the final days of Jesus is performed twice during Good Friday afternoon which includes more than a hundred players in costume, as well as real-life horses, doves and a donkey.
The Passion of Jesus
CORRECT A moving 90-minute portrayal of the final days of Jesus is performed twice during Good Friday afternoon which includes more than a hundred players in costume, as well as real-life horses, doves and a donkey.
An Easter egg hunt
WRONG A moving 90-minute portrayal of the final days of Jesus is performed twice during Good Friday afternoon which includes more than a hundred players in costume, as well as real-life horses, doves and a donkey.
2. What Easter treat does a sailor climb up and hang from a pub’s ceiling every Good Friday?
Easter eggs
WRONG An old widow, on receiving news that her son would return from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars that Easter, traditionally baked him a hot cross bun to welcome him home. He did not return, and every year after that, on Good Friday, she would bake a fresh hot cross bun and hang it in her home. The Widow’s Son pub was erected on the site and they carried on the tradition.
A hot cross bun
CORRECT An old widow, on receiving news that her son would return from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars that Easter, traditionally baked him a hot cross bun to welcome him home. He did not return, and every year after that, on Good Friday, she would bake a fresh hot cross bun and hang it in her home. The Widow’s Son pub was erected on the site and they carried on the tradition.
Simnel cake
WRONG An old widow, on receiving news that her son would return from fighting in the Napoleonic Wars that Easter, traditionally baked him a hot cross bun to welcome him home. He did not return, and every year after that, on Good Friday, she would bake a fresh hot cross bun and hang it in her home. The Widow’s Son pub was erected on the site and they carried on the tradition.
3. The rector of St. Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield asks what question on Good Friday whilst standing over a grave?
Are any poor widows present who are in need of 20 shillings?
CORRECT A 1902 account details 21 widows raising their hands and each approaching the grave in turn and collecting from it a single silver sixpence. It then describes them being given a hot cross bun and offered a steadying arm as they completed a ritualistic walk across the tombstone.
Who believes in Christ’s Ascension to Heaven?
WRONG A 1902 account details 21 widows raising their hands and each approaching the grave in turn and collecting from it a single silver sixpence. It then describes them being given a hot cross bun and offered a steadying arm as they completed a ritualistic walk across the tombstone.
Are there any evil spirits within?
WRONG A 1902 account details 21 widows raising their hands and each approaching the grave in turn and collecting from it a single silver sixpence. It then describes them being given a hot cross bun and offered a steadying arm as they completed a ritualistic walk across the tombstone.
4. On Ascension Day, 40 days after Easter, what do children hit at the Tower of London?
Iron markers
CORRECT Beefeaters and children march the perimeter of the Tower grounds and whip its iron markers with sticks. Known as Beating of the Bounds its origins are in a 17thC riot. In 1698, an angry group of Londoners gathered outside the Tower in protest after the King had granted the expansion of the Tower’s boundaries, depriving locals of land that had formerly been theirs.
The White Tower
WRONG Beefeaters and children march the perimeter of the Tower grounds and whip its iron markers with sticks. Known as Beating of the Bounds its origins are in a 17thC riot. In 1698, an angry group of Londoners gathered outside the Tower in protest after the King had granted the expansion of the Tower’s boundaries, depriving locals of land that had formerly been theirs.
The execution site
WRONG Beefeaters and children march the perimeter of the Tower grounds and whip its iron markers with sticks. Known as Beating of the Bounds its origins are in a 17thC riot. In 1698, an angry group of Londoners gathered outside the Tower in protest after the King had granted the expansion of the Tower’s boundaries, depriving locals of land that had formerly been theirs.
5. The Cart Horse Parade and the Van Horse Parade traditionally held in London on Easter Monday amalgamated in 1966. The renamed Harness Horse Parade now takes place at which venue?
South of England Centre, Ardingly
CORRECT There were several initiatives in the 19th Century to try to improve the conditions of the city’s horses, one of which was the Cart Horse Parade, established in 1885 to encourage the owners of horses to take pride in their animals and to show to their peers and the public in a formal annual parade.
Essex County Showground, Brentwood
WRONG There were several initiatives in the 19th Century to try to improve the conditions of the city’s horses, one of which was the Cart Horse Parade, established in 1885 to encourage the owners of horses to take pride in their animals and to show to their peers and the public in a formal annual parade.
Kent Showground, Detling
WRONG There were several initiatives in the 19th Century to try to improve the conditions of the city’s horses, one of which was the Cart Horse Parade, established in 1885 to encourage the owners of horses to take pride in their animals and to show to their peers and the public in a formal annual parade.
6. Easter House is an apartment block in which London area?
Docklands
WRONG Situated in Drummond Road, Bermondsey, curiously the ground floor apartments are designed on two levels to negate the flood risk to bedrooms and the site straddles the Metropolitan Line underground.
Bermondsey
CORRECT Situated in Drummond Road, Bermondsey, curiously the ground floor apartments are designed on two levels to negate the flood risk to bedrooms and the site straddles the Metropolitan Line underground.
Greenwich
WRONG Situated in Drummond Road, Bermondsey, curiously the ground floor apartments are designed on two levels to negate the flood risk to bedrooms and the site straddles the Metropolitan Line underground.
7. Crucifix Lane can be found under the viaduct of which London station’s approach?
King’s Cross
WRONG An old inn existing here some years ago, having for its sign St. Christopher, associated it with the bearer of the cross, hence the Crucifix-Lane. The Victorian London Bridge railway lines were constructed at a later date. The houses now Nos. 37 and 38 are called ‘God’s Providence’ and are the gift of Robert Banyard in 1659 to the relief of the poor of the parish forever.
Paddington
WRONG An old inn existing here some years ago, having for its sign St. Christopher, associated it with the bearer of the cross, hence the Crucifix-Lane. The Victorian London Bridge railway lines were constructed at a later date. The houses now Nos. 37 and 38 are called ‘God’s Providence’ and are the gift of Robert Banyard in 1659 to the relief of the poor of the parish forever.
London Bridge
CORRECT An old inn existing here some years ago, having for its sign St. Christopher, associated it with the bearer of the cross, hence the Crucifix-Lane. The Victorian London Bridge railway lines were constructed at a later date. The houses now Nos. 37 and 38 are called ‘God’s Providence’ and are the gift of Robert Banyard in 1659 to the relief of the poor of the parish forever.
8. Who played the eponymous role in Jesus Christ Superstar when it opened in London?
Michael Crawford
WRONG Superstar opened at the Palace Theatre in 1972, starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus, this production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway, running for eight years and becoming the United Kingdom’s longest-running musical at the time.
Tommy Steele
WRONG Superstar opened at the Palace Theatre in 1972, starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus, this production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway, running for eight years and becoming the United Kingdom’s longest-running musical at the time.
Paul Nicholas
CORRECT Superstar opened at the Palace Theatre in 1972, starring Paul Nicholas as Jesus, this production was much more successful than the original production on Broadway, running for eight years and becoming the United Kingdom’s longest-running musical at the time.
9. In what year was April’s highest recorded temperature for the 20th century?
1949
CORRECT On Easter Saturday, the 16th of April 1949, an amazing 85°F was recorded at Camden Square, this is the highest recorded temperature in April for the 20th century in the British Isles, and not just for the Easter period.
1979
WRONG On Easter Saturday, the 16th of April 1949, an amazing 85°F was recorded at Camden Square, this is the highest recorded temperature in April for the 20th century in the British Isles, and not just for the Easter period.
1999
WRONG On Easter Saturday, the 16th of April 1949, an amazing 85°F was recorded at Camden Square, this is the highest recorded temperature in April for the 20th century in the British Isles, and not just for the Easter period.
10. The London-based drama Long Good Friday saw the film debut of which future James Bond?
Timothy Dalton
WRONG Pierce Brosnan was 25 when he played an IRA man alongside BAFTA-nominated Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
Pierce Brosnan
CORRECT Pierce Brosnan was 25 when he played an IRA man alongside BAFTA-nominated Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
Daniel Craig
WRONG Pierce Brosnan was 25 when he played an IRA man alongside BAFTA-nominated Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
CabbieBlog 
Jubilee line surely?
LikeLike
Druid Lane/Crucifix Lane/St. Thomas Street, am I wrong? Thanks for the comment.
LikeLike
I was referring to Drummond rd in Q6?
LikeLike
10/10 this month. I knew 6 of them, and was lucky with 4 wild guesses that happened to be correct. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
LikeLike
First time 10/10, well done. Next month’s is right up your street – Coronation.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I was lucky with the guesses, undoubtedly.
LikeLike