1. How often per year does the Tower Bridge lift nowadays to let ships through?
2. What did Madame Tussaud start in 1835?
3. What does the word Dungeon mean?
4. What takes place at the Horse Guards Parade?
5. How many capsules does the London Eye have?
6. How much is the entrance fee to the National Gallery?
7. What's London's most famous department store?
8. What street has a long tradition as the home of printing?
9. What line runs through Greenwich?
10. Where's the home of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer?
ANSWERS
1.The bascules are raised around 1000 times a year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge#Traffic
2.By 1835 Marie had settled down in Baker Street, London, and opened a museum..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Tussauds#History
3.
1. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
2. a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
2. a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
4 Commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and Beating Retreat.
5.The wheel has 32 passenger capsules.
6.Free but some special exhibitions have an entrance fee.
http://www.londontoolkit.com/whattodo/nationalgallery.htm
7. Harrods is the most famous deparment store in London.
http://www.aviewoncities.com/london/harrods.htm
8. Fleet Street was the origin and home of the British newspapers until the 1980s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_Street
9. The Prime Meridian based on Greenwich, England.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_line_of_longitude_passes_through_Greenwich_England
10. 10 Downing Street is where the home of the Prime Minister.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Downing_Street
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