Q 01/05

Which of these streets is part of the light blue property group on a standard British Monopoly board?

A) Pentonville Road

B) Whitehall

C) Pall Mall

D) Trafalgar Square

Answer · why

A) Pentonville Road

All three light blue streets are stretches of the same 1756 turnpike, the New Road, which is now part of the London Inner Ring Road.

Q 02/05

What is the starting amount of money each player receives in a standard game of British Monopoly?

A) £1,000

B) £1,500

C) £2,000

D) £500

Answer · why

B) £1,500

Every localised edition uses the same figure in its own currency, and the Speed Die variant raises it to 2,500.

Q 03/05

Which of these London termini is one of the railway stations on a standard British Monopoly board?

A) Waterloo Station

B) Victoria Station

C) Kings Cross Station

D) London Bridge Station

Answer · why

C) Kings Cross Station

Every station on the board was a terminus of the London and North Eastern Railway, whose line ran to Waddingtons' home town of Leeds; pre-1947 boards ...

Q 04/05

The three orange streets on the British board were all chosen for their links to what?

A) Police and law

B) Docks and shipping

C) Theatre and opera

D) Banking and finance

Answer · why

A) Police and law

Vine Street had a police station, Bow Street had the magistrates' court, and Great Marlborough Street had another courthouse.

Q 05/05

Which property is the most expensive to buy on a standard British Monopoly board?

A) Park Lane

B) Bond Street

C) Mayfair

D) Regent Street

Answer · why

C) Mayfair

It is not a street at all but a district, and a 2016 estimate put the average house price there at £3,150,000.