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History Hangout <strong>Christmas</strong> quiz<br />

Big LoveEast<br />

history quiz<br />

of the year<br />

3<br />

Stephen Selby sets the<br />

questions in the <strong>Christmas</strong><br />

History Hangout quiz<br />

15<br />

1. What is the name of the river that flows under<br />

Hackney Central railway bridge?<br />

2. Who built Sutton House?<br />

3. Lord Beaconsfield attended his first school in St<br />

Thomas's Square. What was his real name?<br />

4. What hospital was founded near Victoria<br />

Park because of the fresh air in Hackney 150<br />

years ago?<br />

5. What year was the disaster at Bethnal Green<br />

Tube station?<br />

6. Why was St John-at Hackney Church built<br />

and consecrated in1798?<br />

7. What was the name of the station next to<br />

Liverpool Street, whose trains went to Dalston?<br />

8. Why did King Alfred split and dam up the<br />

River Lea?<br />

9. Why were the gas works built near the canal on<br />

Andrews Road?<br />

10. Why did the London Tube trains never<br />

have a station in Hackney.<br />

11. What was the original name of Broadway<br />

Market in the 19th Century?<br />

12. What was the name of Elizabeth 1st's<br />

favourite admirers who owned the original<br />

Wanstead House?<br />

13. What was the Roman name for Kingsland<br />

42 LOVEEAST

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