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Pubs In Literature Trivia Quiz

For my first attempt at a Fun Trivia quiz, I've selected a subject that combines two of my main interests in life!

A multiple-choice quiz by TabbyTom. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
TabbyTom

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
58,412

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
779

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the tavern in Southwark from which Chaucer's pilgrims begin their journey in the Canterbury Tales? Hint

The Bull

The Cock

The Tabard

The Bear

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Question 2 of 10

2. Shakespeare's Falstaff and his cronies could often be found at a tavern in Eastcheap, kept by Mistress Quickly. What was the name of the tavern? Hint

The Boar's Head

The Queen's Head

The King's Head

The Pope's Head

3. In Elizabethan and Jacobean times, a tavern in Bread Street, London was famous as a meeting place for literary men including Jonson, Raleigh, Beaumont, Fletcher, Donne and Shakespeare. Name the tavern. Hint

The Dragon

The Angel

The Mermaid

The Griffin

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Question 4 of 10

4. In Oliver Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer', Tony Lumpkin drinks with the villagers in the local alehouse. What is its name? Hint

The Three Jolly Pigeons

The Three Tuns

The Three Horseshoes

The Three Loggerheads

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which of Dickens's novels will you find a pub in Limehouse called the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, kept by Miss Abbey Potterton? Hint

Pickwick Papers

A Christmas Carol

Oliver Twist

Our Mutual Friend

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Question 6 of 10

6. In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', what is the name of the inn kept by the family of Jim Hawkins? Hint

The Admiral Benbow

The Captain Flint

The Lord Nelson

The Sailor's Rest

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Question 7 of 10

7. Patrick Hamilton's trilogy 'Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky' deals largely with a barman called Bob and a barmaid called Ella. What is the name of the pub where they work? Hint

The Five Bells

The Old Bell

The Midnight Bell

The Bell

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Question 8 of 10

8. In an essay in the 'Evening Standard' in 1946, George Orwell gave us his idea of the perfect pub. What name did he give to it? Hint

The Half Moon

The Moon Under Water

The Man in the Moon

The Harvest Moon

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Question 9 of 10

9. In Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood', the village pub in Llareggub is the Sailors' Arms, kept by Mary Ann Sailors and her grandson. What is the grandson's name? Hint

Llewellyn

Waldo

Sinbad

Nogood Boyo

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1969 Kingsley Amis published a novel of the supernatural which is set in and around a country inn. What is the name of the inn, which is also the title of the novel? Hint

The Green Man

The White Hart

The Red Lion

The Blue Boar

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the tavern in Southwark from which Chaucer's pilgrims begin their journey in the Canterbury Tales?

Answer: The Tabard

The Tabard was a real tavern which had its ups and downs over the centuries. Destroyed by fire in 1676, it was rebuilt as the Talbot. It was a popular coaching inn, but declined with the advent of the railways. The building (no longer a tavern) was demolished in 1873. Talbot Yard, off Borough High Street, marks the site.

2. Shakespeare's Falstaff and his cronies could often be found at a tavern in Eastcheap, kept by Mistress Quickly. What was the name of the tavern?

Answer: The Boar's Head

Like the Tabard, the Boar's Head actually existed. It was a popular tavern in Shakespeare's day. It was destroyed in the Great Fire but immediately rebuilt. Annual Shakespeare dinners were held there in the 18th century. Eventually it ceased to be a tavern, and the building and its surroundings were knocked down about 1830 to make way for the approaches to the new London Bridge.

Answer: The Mermaid

Like so many other old London buildings, the Mermaid was burned down in the Great Fire of 1666.

4. In Oliver Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer', Tony Lumpkin drinks with the villagers in the local alehouse. What is its name?

Answer: The Three Jolly Pigeons

This name has been given to a pub in Lissoy (near Athlone) in Ireland, where Goldsmith spent much of his childhood.

5. In which of Dickens's novels will you find a pub in Limehouse called the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters, kept by Miss Abbey Potterton?

Answer: Our Mutual Friend

The Grapes at 76 Narrow Street, Limehouse, has long claimed to be the original of Dickens's 'Fellowships', but its appearance hardly tallies with the description in the novel.

6. In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', what is the name of the inn kept by the family of Jim Hawkins?

Answer: The Admiral Benbow

In Bristol people will tell you that the Llandoger Trow in King Street is the original of the Admiral Benbow, but there's no hard evidence for this theory.

7. Patrick Hamilton's trilogy 'Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky' deals largely with a barman called Bob and a barmaid called Ella. What is the name of the pub where they work?

Answer: The Midnight Bell

When it comes to depicting 'lives of quiet desperation', Hamilton has few equals.

8. In an essay in the 'Evening Standard' in 1946, George Orwell gave us his idea of the perfect pub. What name did he give to it?

Answer: The Moon Under Water

Recently, this name has been given to a chain of pubs operated by J D Wetherspoon. Somehow I don't think Orwell would have been happy in them.

9. In Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood', the village pub in Llareggub is the Sailors' Arms, kept by Mary Ann Sailors and her grandson. What is the grandson's name?

Answer: Sinbad

The nicest thing about the Sailors' is that the public bar clock has been stuck at 11:30 for fifty years. So it's always opening time at the Sailors'.

10. In 1969 Kingsley Amis published a novel of the supernatural which is set in and around a country inn. What is the name of the inn, which is also the title of the novel?

Answer: The Green Man

See Eric Jacobs' biography of Sir Kingsley for an account of the similarities between Amis and Maurice Allington, the landlord of the inn.

Source: Author TabbyTom

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