London Trivia Questions

Common myth. Big Ben is actually the nickname for the Great Bell; the tower is now called Elizabeth Tower.

Built for the 2000 millennium celebrations, it was only meant to stand for five years but became a permanent landmark.

The British monarch legally owns all unmarked mute swans in open water. The annual 'Swan Upping' ceremony on the River Thames counts them. So, the statement is true.

It was designed by Harry Beck, an electrical draftsman, who based it on circuit diagrams—not a cartographer.

The Fleet is one of London's lost rivers, now a sewer; you can see it emerge at a grate near Blackfriars Bridge.

This is a myth. The old law applied to horse-drawn hackney carriages, but was superseded and does not apply to modern motorized black cabs. No such requirement exists today.

There was a 'Colosseum' near Regent's Park, but it was a circular building for panoramas, not a true Colosseum replica.

In Cockney rhyming slang, 'Bacon and Eggs' rhymes with 'legs'. This dialect originated in London, making the phrase part of London's linguistic culture.