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Tris39
17-05-2020, 17:46
1. Which has a beer garden with a nickname drawn from the small bear-like creatures’ village on Endor?
Faltering Fullback (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25432/) - the beer garden is known as the 'Ewok Village'.

2. Where in Limehouse would you find bar staff that’s out of this world?
The Grapes (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25144/) - Ian Gandalf runs the pub; his stick from the Rings films hangs behind the bar which he refers to as his Bar Staff (https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g186338-d731903-i140702096-The_Grapes-London_England.html).

3. Which is named not after an animal, but a mid-16th century philanthropist who brought water to Bloomsbury?
The Lamb (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/21988/) - named after William Lamb, and not the sheep on the pub sign.

4. Which takes its name from one of Queen Elizabeth I’s Masters of Requests?
The Sekforde (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53965/) - Thomas Sekforde.

5. Which would you associate with French resistance?
The French House (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/22251/)

6. Which pub underwent a residential conversion, netting its vendor loadsa money?
Queens No1 (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54381/) - converted into a house by Harry Enfield who then decided he didn't want it after all.

7. What was the best pub in Chelsea?
The Phene (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23076/) - George Best's 'office' - had a pee next to him once around 30 years ago.

8. Where in 1979, did a group billed as V2 play to an audience of just 9?
Hope & Anchor (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23619/) - U2, wrongly billed as V2.

9. Which pub takes its name from the founder of a London sports stadium?
Lord's Tavern (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/54447/) - Named after Thomas Lord and is part of the Lord's Cricket Ground complex.

10. Which shares part of its name with the rider of a dream machine and the spiritual home of white van man?
Earl of Essex (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/23607/) - Silver Dream Machine (David Essex) and Essex.

Mobyduck
17-05-2020, 23:11
I managed to get 2,3,5 and 10. Should have got 4.

AlanH
18-05-2020, 06:29
1. Which has a beer garden with a nickname drawn from the small bear-like creatures’ village on Endor?
Faltering Fullback (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25432/) - the beer garden is known as the 'Ewok Village'.

My scores for Quiz 7 and Quiz 8 were - L 0 (a)nd 0 n. :confused: :lol:

Komakino
18-05-2020, 20:36
Just 1/10. (The French House)

I thought no. 6 was this (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/53870/) place.