Quiz-question-suggestions: British pubs
Approximately how many pubs are there in the UK: 6000, 60,000, 6 million (Ans: 60,000)
Name the pub on Coronation Street? Answer: The Rover's Return
Name the pub in The Eastenders Answer: The Queen Victoria (aka The Vic)
What is "pub" short for? Answer: Public house
What is the most common pub-name in Britain? (The Red Lion)
The earliest form of pubs were roadhouses on the road system from the Roman empire. What were they called? Answer: tabernaes
Five London Underground stations are named after nearby (sometimes closed) pubs. Name the station and/or the pub
What nursery rhyme includes a verse that starts "Up and down the City Road/In and out the Eagle/That’s the way the money goes ..." Answer: Pop Goes the Weasel.Name the pub on Coronation Street? Answer: The Rover's Return
Name the pub in The Eastenders Answer: The Queen Victoria (aka The Vic)
What is "pub" short for? Answer: Public house
What is the most common pub-name in Britain? (The Red Lion)
The earliest form of pubs were roadhouses on the road system from the Roman empire. What were they called? Answer: tabernaes
Five London Underground stations are named after nearby (sometimes closed) pubs. Name the station and/or the pub
- Angel, after Angel Coaching Inn
- Elephant and Castle
- Manor House, after the Manor Tavern aka Manor House
- Royal Oak
- Swiss Cottage after The Swiss Tavern which was renamed Swiss Cottage.
Name the pub in London that Charles Dickens used to visit Sir Ian McKellen later owned.
(Ans: The Grapes, Limehouse)
Name the pub which Charles Dickens mentioned a number of times in The Pickwick Papers? Answer: The George and Vulture
There is , or was, pub in London which is licensed to sell U.S. stamps because of its historical links to the ship which that carried the Pilgrim Fathers. Name the pub. (Ans: The Mayflower)
Which monarch allegedly danced around the cherry tree inside the front wall of Ye Olde Mitre in Holborn? Answer: Elizabeth I
What is the name for the frosted glass screens that were installed to allow posh drinkers to drink without seeing working-class drinkers on the other side of the bar? Answer: snob screens.
What pub was the scene of gang violence which inspired the film A Clockwork Orange. Answer: The Duke of York in Fitzrovia.
When was the first Wetherspoons opened? Answer: 1979.
In which pub did Samuel Pepys take refuge from the Great Fire of London? Answer: The Anchor on Bankside
The former Law Courts’ branch of the Bank of England on Fleet Street became a pub. What year did it close as a bank-branch? Answer: 1975
What is the legal drinking age in British pubs? 18
The former Law Courts’ branch of the Bank of England on Fleet Street became a pub. What year did it close as a bank-branch? Answer: 1975
What is the legal drinking age in British pubs? 18
If you ask for "a half of .. (some beer) in a British pub, what will you be served? Answer Half a pint, ie 284ml (approx)
What name is given to pubs that higher quality food? Answer: Gastropubs
Local pubs (you'll need to research your own answer for these questions, which are only appropriate if you have a very local group of quiz-participants):
Local pubs (you'll need to research your own answer for these questions, which are only appropriate if you have a very local group of quiz-participants):
- What is the oldest pub in yourTown
- What pub is famous for somethingSpecial
- What is the closest pub to the Railway Station (or some other well known place)
- What is the smallest pub in yourTown
