Welcome to our Quiz about Public Houses
Questions I
- The Duke Of Burgundy pub featured in which 1949 classic British comedy film?
- Name the pub in the book Treasure Island?
- Beer Street and Gin Lane are two prints issued in 1751 by which English artist?
- Which alcoholic spirit is the main ingredient in a Tom Collins cocktail?
- Which very common pub name commemorates a 1651 event after the Battle of Worcester?
- Miss Abbey Potterson was the landlady of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters in which Charles Dicken's novel?
- In rugby, which Lions player of the series is nicknamed 'Fox' after the Fox & Hounds Pub run by his parents?
- What term was first coined in 1991 when David Eyre and Mike Belben started serving beer and food at The Eagle pub in London?
- Cheers, the American sitcom TV series, is set in which city?
- The 'J D' in the J D Wetherspoon's pub chain, originally comes from the initials of a fictional character in which US television series?
- The Otley Run is a famous pub crawl in which UK city?
- Which Australian themed pub chain opened it's first bar in the UK in 1994?
- A few days before his death, who announced, "I've had 18 straight whiskys; I think this is a record"?
- Television's Royle family frequent which public house?
- What is the most infamous claim to fame of the establishment owned by Eleanor Bull?
Answers:
- Passport to Pimlico
- The Admiral Benbow
- William Hogarth
- Gin
- The Royal Oak (where the future King Charles II hid from Roundheads after the Battle of Worcester)
- Our Mutual Friend
- Jonathan Davies
- Gastropub
- Boston
- The Dukes of Hazard
- Leeds
- Walkabout
- Dylan Thomas
- The Feathers
- It is where Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in 1593
Questions II
- Who wrote 'The Moon Under Water', a 1946 essay giving a detailed description of the ideal public house?
- In the 1970s, which fictional landlord helped Henry Wilks run the Woolpack?
- Jamaica Inn is associated with which English county?
- The Spouter Inn can be found in which famous novel?
- The Rose Street crawl is a famous pub crawl in which city?
- 'Work is the curse of the drinking classes' is a quote by whom?
- In which pub was George Cornell shot by Ronnie Kray?
- Name the pub in the radio soap, The Archers?
- The Mumbles Mile is a famous pub crawl in which British city?
- Which common pub name relating to Christian heraldry is the symbol of Saint Peter?
- Which historic inn was famous for accommodating the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th Century work The Canterbury Tales?
- 'Olde Trip to Jerusalem', one of the claimants to the title of Britain's oldest pub, is found in which city?
- Which British brewery and pub operator is the world's largest brewer of cask ale?
- The Aidensfield Arms village pub featured in which British drama series?
- In The Simpsons, who is the owner of the only tavern in Springfield?
Answers:
- George Orwell
- Amos Brearly (in the soap opera Emmerdale)
- Cornwall
- Moby Dick
- Edinburgh
- Oscar Wilde
- The Blind Beggar (Note: the pub was once owned by Bobby Moore)
- The Bull
- Swansea
- Cross Keys
- The Tabard
- Nottingham
- Marston's
- Heartbeat
- Moe
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