Whitehall Picture Hunt

Quiz start: Please note the 1.30pm start. We meet outside the National Gallery member’s entrance. 90 minutes to do the hunt.
Quiz finish: Same place.

The name is taken from the enormous royal Palace of Whitehall that used to occupy the area. From the days of Henry VIII until its destruction by fire in 1698, the great Palace of Whitehall was the Sovereign's main London residence. Today, only the name and one building, the Banqueting House, remains.

Picture Hunts are a great new way to get up to speed with slices of London history while sleuthing around the area.

Everyone is presented with partial photos of objects around an area. Your team mission is to find them. Some well known, some well unknown!

What this means is that some backgrounds may have been removed, and you’re only going to be seeing bits of objects. This makes Picture Hunts more interesting and challenging, bringing out the best of your teams detecting skills.

You will also have a map of the area, in this case, Whitehall. It will be sub-divided into four sections, P, Q, R, S. Each photo will come from one of these. Teams of three to five depending on numbers. The clipboard holder enters one of the letters to note its area location. Dead simple, right?

We have the usual prizes of chocolate, including some great new varieties, plus a selection of famous first world war museum fridge magnets.

There is also an equal prize for the funniest team name judged by Sue, my glamorous assistant. Names win prizes! So there’s everything to play for.

We'll mark up outside the Gallery if possible. Afterwards we retire to the Montague Pike Wetherspoon for refreshment.

Hunts are good fun and the proven experience so far is that members get to know each other better after working in teams as you all have to communicate. Great icebreakers. This is what Meetup is all about. Come and join us.

There is a £7 cash/card charge for this event.

Contact number on the day is 07422334411 if your transport is delayed.

If you can’t make it, please cancel using the “Edit RSVP” button. Your consideration is greatly appreciated.

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