According to a National Theatre report, almost twice as many people visit the theatre every year in London as watch Premier League football. The capital boasts well over 100 cinemas, with Leicester Square being the home of London Entertainment. In this quiz you may learn some unusual facts about the city’s cultural heritage.
If you're a cinema or theatre enthusiast, see if you can get full marks in this London quiz!
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The show also featured the song “The Sun Has Got His Hat On”
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The musical’s original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances!
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The show was performed by an Italian called Pietro Gimonde, also known as "Signor Bologna"
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On this occasion James Bond is shown his own family Coat of Arms that bears the motto “The World Is Not Enough”
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The three theatres are The Olivier, The Lyttelton and the Dorfman (formerly the Cottesloe)
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Bruce Forsythe also had a cameo role in the American show “Magnum P.I.”
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Most of the 1972 film was shot in and around Covent Garden. Hitchcock was the son of a Covent Garden merchant
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They are all major productions at The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue
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Ancient monastic springs were discovered there in the 1600s, the water of which was thought to have medicinal properties
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In the film Colin Firth played Prince Albert, the future King George VI
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