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When Did Big Ben First Bong?: 101 Questions Answered About the Greatest City on Earth
When Did Big Ben First Bong 101 Questions Answered About the Greatest City on Earth Author:David Long Millions live there, millions more visit each yearbut how many really know London? Do you know when Big Ben first bongedor even who Ben was? Why the River Thames is so-called? Which top Nazi was locked up in the Tower? Or what runs through the more than 50 miles of train-size tunnels which ring the city, stretch further than the Chan... more »nel Tunnel and lie deeper than the Tubeand, no, the answer's not trains. The world's first celebrity chef, its oldest club, the worst ever mockney accent, a chapel full of prizefighters, and the last Prime Minister to challenge a rival to a duel with pistolsfrom the truth about Handel's ears to hippos living in Trafalgar Square, it's all in When Did Big Ben First Bong?, the ultimate trivia guide to the greatest city on Earth.« less