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16 | The Northampton Institute opened in 1894. It has expanded significantly since then but how is it known today? | City, University of London but will accept City University
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17 | From which Islington location was the world’s first May Day march commenced in 1890? | Clerkenwell Green
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18 | Jerusalem, Pilgrims and a desert island can all be recalled at which Islington location? | Bunhill Cemetery, burial place of William Blake (Jerusalem), John Bunyan (Pilgrims Progress) and Daniel Defoe (author of Robinson Crusoe) |
19 | The “twin towers” at the corner of Upper Street and Pentonville Road were built separately in 1900 and 1913. For a ½ point each, who or what type of organisation built each of them? (Two answers) | a coffee shop chain (Lyons Corner House), and a cinema company (the Angel Picture Theatre)
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20 | Which Islington film studio gave Alfred Hitchcock his break and made Margaret Lockwood Wicked? | Gainsborough Studios, North Road, N1 – “The Pleasure Garden” (silent) and “The Lodger” (talkie) and “The Wicked Lady” |