Answers:
1. The first person to die from assault injuries on a train was taken to which pub for emergency treatment?
Top O'The Morning Originally the Mitford Castle and now demolished.
2. What have King’s Cross station and a former Mudchute/E14 pub got in common?
Influenced by Moscow's riding school, Lewis Cubitt designed King's Cross station though not
The Cubitt Arms named after Lord Mayor, William Cubitt. Lewis's brothers, William and Thomas were even more famous architects/builders but the three aren't related to William the Mayor.
3. What does a St. Pancras station statue share with a common national pub name?
St. Pancras' only external statue, it's
Britannia which is mounted atop the
central stepped gable.
4. Commonly included in national pub names, an intended statue of what animal is missing from King’s Cross station?
The pub is any Dog & Duck and the statue in question should have been at the feet of Sir Nigel Gresley at King's Cross, designer of the Mallard which terminated here. The duck statue was withdrawn (or abandoned) after complaints from Gresley's family.
5. Beer barrels stored in St. Pancras station’s undercroft were dispatched from which town?
Burton-on-Trent.
6. Which former London railway facility is associated with the storage of gin?
The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm. Originally used as a service depot and engine turntable, it was obsolete after only about 10 years. The building spent most of its life as a storage facility for Gilbey's gin.
7. Which Fleet Street pub would you associate with a bird?
The Old Bell - designed/built by Sir Christopher
Wren.
8. What have two Stoke Newington pubs got in common with London’s old Daily Express building, materially speaking?
The
The Army & Navy and
The Rose & Crown (and a few others) both have white Vitrolite ceilings. The former
Express Building employs probably the country's largest expanse of [black] Vitrolite.
9. Which Oxford pub has a name influenced by the gambling industry?
The
Turf Tavern - shortened from turf accountant.
10. Which Oxford pub might be described as being Hobbit forming?
The Eagle & Child is the 'official' J. R. R. Tolkien (and C. S. Lewis) pub.