Wetherspoon 40th Anniversary Quiz

[Aqualung]

This quiz doesn't include airport JDWs but other than that it's their entire estate. For fans of them or those suffering with Koutaliaphobia, here are 14 burning JDW questions.

1) There are two UK towns that host a JDW and have identical town names but are in completely different Counties. Name the town.

2) Name the oldest outlet that is still trading.

3) If the Wick outlet had closed what town would house their most Northerly outlet?

4) What town has their furthest East outlet?

5) What town has their furthest South outlet?

6) What is the location of their furthest West outlet?

7) Where is their largest outlet located?

8) Where is their smallest outlet located?

9) Name the two Essex towns that have a JDW but don't have a Railway Station (they used to). This doesn't include parts of Greater London that may get wrongly referred to as being in Essex.

10) Which outlet is an original pub and was called the Tanners Hall before reverting to the original name some years later?

11) Excluding the Sir John Hawkshaw on Cannon Street station which has no toilets at all, what is the only outlet without an accessible toilet?

12) How many outlets are there currently in Ulster?

13) A former JDW was previously a Batham's house. Name it and the town where it was located.

14) The Aberystwyth outlet is called "Yr Hen Orsaf". What does this mean?

Having a copy of their handbook will be useful but all the answers can be tracked down on the web. Number 13 might prove a problem.
There's no prizes but you can post how many you think you've got right and I'll invite the leader(s) to PM their answers. I'm expecting a few full marks, especially as there's no restrictions on researching the answers (I had to do it myself for some of them!). Answers will be published on or just after the first weekend of the new year.

[Pangolin]

I reckon I knew 7 and a half straight off and have corrected other errors and found the rest, with one guess which I do NOT believe is on the net - well I can't find it anyway!!

Well done for generating a little amusement and head scratching!

[Aqualung]

I reckon I knew 7 and a half straight off and have corrected other errors and found the rest, with one guess which I do NOT believe is on the net - well I can't find it anyway!!

Well done for generating a little amusement and head scratching!

Which number did you have to guess?

[Pangolin]

Which number did you have to guess?

11

[Aqualung]

11
And I thought 13 was the tricky one! It can be worked out online as I checked it yesterday.

[bcfczuluarmy]

Answers from my spoon dad, I think 1 is wrong although it was my thought as well as place that may be the answer.

Without internet*

1 Newport*

3 Inverness*

4 Gorleston on Sea*

5 Helston*

6 Penzance

9 Maldon and Saffron Walden*

12 4

13 kidderminster Hare and Hound*

14 The Old Station*

[Pangolin]

And I thought 13 was the tricky one! It can be worked out online as I checked it yesterday.

I am highly intrigued as to what you are looking at, although I have discovered there is a whole chunk of code on the JDW website Find a Pub section that doesn't work on any of my PCs.
I have however remembered another Spoons that doesn't have toilets, so is technically correct, but I doubt it is the one you have as an answer!

[Mobyduck]

This is what Iv'e come up with, all via the internet apart from nos 2 which I knew(assuming its right).

1 Newport
2 The Rochester Castle , Stoke Newington
3 Inverness
4 The Joseph Conrad , Lowestof
5 Penzance
6 County Cork
7 Ramsgate
8 Eltham
9 Saffron Walden and Maldon
10 ?
11 ?
12 9
13 ?
14 The Old Station

Although I like a challenge I am not a Spoons fan and have lost the will to persevere with the missing three.

[Aqualung]

Some comments from me.

I'd completely forgotten about Newport!! It is a valid answer but not if you substitute the word UK with English.
Nobody who has posted answers has correctly identified the second most Northerly JDW. I think there's some preconceptions about Scottish geography at play.
Re question 11, the JDW web site has a symbol for step free access. It's not a new outlet and it's not the one where the accessible toilet doubles up as the Ladies! The pub search doesn't work for me using Internet Explorer.
Re question 13, I'm disappointed that people know about this one! I visited it as a Batham's pub when there were only a few JDWs in NE London.

[Mobyduck]

Nobody who has posted answers has correctly identified the second most Northerly JDW. I think there's some preconceptions about Scottish geography at play.


Elgin.

[bcfczuluarmy]

Scotland question would be Lossiermouth.

[rpadam]

Scotland question would be Lossiermouth.
I would go for The Saltoun Inn (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/47517/), Fraserburgh.

[Pangolin]

Re question 11, the JDW web site has a symbol for step free access. It's not a new outlet and it's not the one where the accessible toilet doubles up as the Ladies! The pub search doesn't work for me using Internet Explorer.


I still don't know what you are looking at, as I cannot find a single comprehensive list anywhere on the website. The Find a Pub database seems to use the symbol for access to the pub, not necessarily the toilet, and it is not a reliable guide, for example several of the Irish ones do not show it, while the Cannon Street station one does!

Anyway, as people are posting answers, here is my final list:

1) There are 4 correct answers! Newport, Richmond, St Ives and Wellington
2) Rochester Castle
3) Fraserburgh
4) Lowestoft
5) Helston
6) Cork
7) Ramsgate
8) Eltham
9) Maldon/Saffron Walden
10) Rochester Castle
11) Wetherspoons, NEC Birmingham (probably not the one you are looking for, but true)
12) 4
13) Hare & Hounds, Kidderminster
14) The Old Station

[Tris39]

I still don't know what you are looking at, as I cannot find a single comprehensive list anywhere on the website. The Find a Pub database seems to use the symbol for access to the pub, not necessarily the toilet, and it is not a reliable guide, for example several of the Irish ones do not show it, while the Cannon Street station one does!

Anyway, as people are posting answers, here is my final list:

1) There are 4 correct answers! Newport, Richmond, St Ives and Wellington
2) Rochester Castle
3) Fraserburgh
4) Lowestoft
5) Helston
6) Cork
7) Ramsgate
8) Eltham
9) Maldon/Saffron Walden
10) Rochester Castle
11) Wetherspoons, NEC Birmingham (probably not the one you are looking for, but true)
12) 4
13) Hare & Hounds, Kidderminster
14) The Old Station

The Rochester Castle (JD Wetherspoon) (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25637/) - this should have spawned the question: Which branch is home to the most drunk and depressing customers?

[Aqualung]

The Rochester Castle (JD Wetherspoon) (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25637/) - this should have spawned the question: Which branch is home to the most drunk and depressing customers?


Have you been to the Elephant & Castle and Peckham outlets? Mind you, I did go there one summer morning and there was a bloke completely off his face, without a shirt and being escorted out. The ones away from London don't seem as bad as they have less of a history as drinking houses. I know there are exceptions!

[NickDavies]

The Rochester Castle (JD Wetherspoon) (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25637/) - this should have spawned the question: Which branch is home to the most drunk and depressing customers?


I always tip the Shitehelm (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54249/) as a favourite for that title. The lingering odour of last night's vomit rather spoils any breakfast-time enjoyment. Or it did when someone made me go there for breakfast c2003. It might have moved upmarket since.

[Aqualung]

ANSWERS

1) I had in mind St Ives in Cornwall and Cambridgeshire although I believe Thr Cambs one was originally in the County Of Huntingdon. I completely overlooked Newport & Wellington so they are correct. Richmond?? I can only think of the Yorkshire one. Nobody suggested Kingston or Newcastle which are correct if tou ignore the river bit.

2) N16, Rochester Castle.

3) Fraserburgh (the Saltoun Inn) but Elgin runs it close.Inverness and Peterhead are clearly South of them.

4) Lowestoft (the Joseph Conrad) but Great Yarmouth anf nearby Gorleston are close.

5) Helston (the Coinage Hall) in Cornwall.

6) Cork (the Linen Weaver) in Ireland by miles!

7) Ramsgate, the Royal Victoria Pavilion

8) SE9 Eltham, the Banker's Draft. The Central Bar in Carrickfergus is believed to be smaller but includes an upstairs room for food.

9) Saffron Walden & Maldon

10) N16, Rochester Castle

11) E10, the Drum was the answer I was after. The Rochester Castle is older so if you assume it's an old one and check the disabled access on the JDW site you'll get it. It's not totally disabled unfriendly as you could get a wheelchair there via the rear patio but there's no downstairs WC and steps up to the bar.
I would imagine the NEC has disabled toilets within the building.

12) 4

13) THe Hare & Hounds in Kidderminster. It was still a Batham's House in the mid 1990s. It's in a suburb called Broadwaters. How come so many knew this one??

14) It's Welsh for "The Old Station".
This was added at the last minute when I realised there were only 13 questions!

Pangolin got the most right, 13 with a question mark over 11. I don't think anyone else attempted that one!

[Mobyduck]

ANSWERS

1) I had in mind St Ives in Cornwall and Cambridgeshire although I believe Thr Cambs one was originally in the County Of Huntingdon. I completely overlooked Newport & Wellington so they are correct. Richmond?? I can only think of the Yorkshire one. Nobody suggested Kingston or Newcastle which are correct if tou ignore the river bit.

2) N16, Rochester Castle.

3) Fraserburgh (the Saltoun Inn) but Elgin runs it close.Inverness and Peterhead are clearly South of them.

4) Lowestoft (the Joseph Conrad) but Great Yarmouth anf nearby Gorleston are close.

5) Helston (the Coinage Hall) in Cornwall.

6) Cork (the Linen Weaver) in Ireland by miles!

7) Ramsgate, the Royal Victoria Pavilion

8) SE9 Eltham, the Banker's Draft. The Central Bar in Carrickfergus is believed to be smaller but includes an upstairs room for food.

9) Saffron Walden & Maldon

10) N16, Rochester Castle

11) E10, the Drum was the answer I was after. The Rochester Castle is older so if you assume it's an old one and check the disabled access on the JDW site you'll get it. It's not totally disabled unfriendly as you could get a wheelchair there via the rear patio but there's no downstairs WC and steps up to the bar.
I would imagine the NEC has disabled toilets within the building.

12) 4

13) THe Hare & Hounds in Kidderminster. It was still a Batham's House in the mid 1990s. It's in a suburb called Broadwaters. How come so many knew this one??

14) It's Welsh for "The Old Station".
This was added at the last minute when I realised there were only 13 questions!

Pangolin got the most right, 13 with a question mark over 11. I don't think anyone else attempted that one!

Maybe I should have known 11 as I have been there twice. :rolleyes:

[Aqualung]

Maybe I should have known 11 as I have been there twice. :rolleyes:

I no longer go there because of the steps. The Gent's staircase has one really steep one just before the top.

[AlanH]

ANSWERS

1) I had in mind St Ives in Cornwall and Cambridgeshire although I believe Thr Cambs one was originally in the County Of Huntingdon. I completely overlooked Newport & Wellington so they are correct. Richmond?? I can only think of the Yorkshire one. Nobody suggested Kingston or Newcastle which are correct if tou ignore the river bit.

2) N16, Rochester Castle.

3) Fraserburgh (the Saltoun Inn) but Elgin runs it close.Inverness and Peterhead are clearly South of them.

4) Lowestoft (the Joseph Conrad) but Great Yarmouth anf nearby Gorleston are close.

5) Helston (the Coinage Hall) in Cornwall.

6) Cork (the Linen Weaver) in Ireland by miles!

7) Ramsgate, the Royal Victoria Pavilion

8) SE9 Eltham, the Banker's Draft. The Central Bar in Carrickfergus is believed to be smaller but includes an upstairs room for food.

9) Saffron Walden & Maldon

10) N16, Rochester Castle

11) E10, the Drum was the answer I was after. The Rochester Castle is older so if you assume it's an old one and check the disabled access on the JDW site you'll get it. It's not totally disabled unfriendly as you could get a wheelchair there via the rear patio but there's no downstairs WC and steps up to the bar.
I would imagine the NEC has disabled toilets within the building.

12) 4

13) THe Hare & Hounds in Kidderminster. It was still a Batham's House in the mid 1990s. It's in a suburb called Broadwaters. How come so many knew this one??

14) It's Welsh for "The Old Station".
This was added at the last minute when I realised there were only 13 questions!

Pangolin got the most right, 13 with a question mark over 11. I don't think anyone else attempted that one!

Oh dear! Only 2 and a half! (without the web help) It's no wonder why I always have so many 'spoons vouchers left at the expiry of each sheet!

Sorry - 3 1/2. I can't count either!