Question: What was a function of distant country pubs before the rise of motor vehicles?
Answer: serving travellers as coaching inns

Question: Over what period of years has the traditional function of country pubs been changing?
Answer: the last thirty

Question: What is a frequent modern function of country pubs?
Answer: providing seating facilities for the consumption of food

Question: Along with community meetings, what was the traditional purpose of country pubs?
Answer: drinking

Question: What is a blanket term for pubs that, for example, cater to sports fans?
Answer: theme pubs

Question: What is an example of a theme pub that caters to people of a certain nationality?
Answer: Irish pubs

Question: What is an example of a theme pub that caters to people with certain musical interests?
Answer: rock pubs

Question: What sort of theme pub would be likely to feature strippers?
Answer: strip pubs

Question: In what sort of theme pub could one find visitors singing with musical accompaniment?
Answer: karaoke bars

Question: Which monarch required landlords to post a sign if they wanted to sell ale?
Answer: Richard II

Question: In what year did the king demand ale-sellers post signage on pain of forfeiture?
Answer: 1393

Question: What was William Shakespeare's father's first name?
Answer: John

Question: What was John Shakespeare's profession?
Answer: inspectors

Question: If an ale-seller refused to post a sign, what punishment would he receive?
Answer: forfeit his ale

Question: In what historical period was a large portion of the population illiterate?
Answer: the Middle Ages

Question: From where did pubs without written names derive their names?
Answer: the illustration on the pub's sign

Question: Inscriptions from what language were sometimes present on pub signs?
Answer: Latin

Question: Along with The Star and The Sun, what was a typical symbol used on a pub sign?
Answer: The Cross

Question: What graphic belonging to the local lord was sometimes incorporated on the pub sign?
Answer: the coat of arms

Question: What plants were sometimes featured on pub signs?
Answer: hops

Question: Local pub nicknames were often related to what profession?
Answer: farming

Question: What was an example of a battle that might lend itself to a pub name?
Answer: Trafalgar

Question: What town is The Crow and Gate located in?
Answer: Crowborough

Question: What county is home to The Crow and Gate?
Answer: East Sussex

Question: Members of what family were sometimes used as pub names?
Answer: royal

Question: What hangs today over most British pub doors?
Answer: decorated signs

Question: What piece of information is almost always listed on a pub sign?
Answer: the name of the pub

Question: What purpose do stand-alone signs serve for country pubs?
Answer: directing potential customers to their door

Question: What is an example of a memorable name for a pub chain?
Answer: Slug and Lettuce

Question: What sort of theme is thought memorable for modern pub names?
Answer: comic

Question: What is the purpose of a pub name?
Answer: to identify and differentiate each pub

Question: What type of pub signs were useful to an illiterate clientele?
Answer: pictorial signs

Question: After whom was the Marquis of Granby pub named?
Answer: John Manners, Marquess of Granby

Question: Who was the father of John Manners, Marquess of Granby?
Answer: John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland

Question: What was the military rank of the 3rd Duke of Rutland?
Answer: general

Question: In what century did the 3rd Duke of Rutland live?
Answer: 18th

Question: What were pubs licensed in 1780 named?
Answer: the Royal George

Question: The pub "The Bag o'Nails" was a corruption of what word?
Answer: Bacchanals

Question: What phrase was "The Goat and Compasses" a corruption of?
Answer: God Encompasseth Us

Question: What does Chaton Fidèle mean in English?
Answer: Faithful Kitten

Question: What location does Boulogne Bouche refer to?
Answer: Boulogne-sur-Mer Harbour

Question: Who won a victory at Boulogne-sur-Mer Harbour?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: What game played in both Britain and America has become increasingly popular in pubs?
Answer: pool

Question: Along with Aunt Sally and ringing the bull, what is one of the obscure traditional games played in pubs?
Answer: Nine Men's Morris

Question: Along with darts, skittles, dominoes and bar billiards, what is a well-known pub game?
Answer: cards

Question: Along with dominoes, on what pub game can you legally bet in the United Kingdom?
Answer: cribbage

Question: What table-based version of soccer is an increasingly popular pub game?
Answer: Table Football

Question: Along with slot machines, what is a modern game that is increasingly present in pubs?
Answer: video games

Question: What is a pub that plays pop and hip-hop music called?
Answer: dance bar

Question: At what sort of pub can you watch rugby union on television?
Answer: sports bar

Question: Along with Bat and trap, what game is popular in south London pubs?
Answer: Shove ha'penny

Question: What is the term for pub-based football that is often played on Sundays?
Answer: Sunday League Football

Question: What sport is played on a pub's bowling green?
Answer: Bowling

Question: Dr. Feelgood and the Kursaal Flyers are examples of bands from what genre of music?
Answer: Pub rock

Question: What genre of music was influenced by pub rock?
Answer: Punk music

Question: In what decade was Pub rock popular?
Answer: the 1970s

Question: Pork scratchings, pickled eggs and salted crisps are examples of what type of food?
Answer: bar snacks

Question: In London, what food vendors could often be found near pubs?
Answer: mobile shellfish stalls

Question: In what section of London can mobile shellfish stalls still be found today?
Answer: East End

Question: What seafood can often be purchased in jars at pubs?
Answer: pickled cockles and mussels

Question: During what decade did some British pubs provide "a pie and a pint"?
Answer: 1950s

Question: In what decade was the ploughman's lunch often consumed in pubs?
Answer: 1960s

Question: What decade saw the popularity of "chicken in a basket"?
Answer: 1960s

Question: What was "chicken in a basket" served in?
Answer: a wicker basket

Question: Along with chicken, what food was included in "chicken in a basket"?
Answer: chips

Question: What are foods like fish and chips and chicken wings called when they're served at a pub?
Answer: Pub grub

Question: On what day do pubs sometimes offer free snacks?
Answer: Sunday

Question: What culture's cuisine is ploughman's lunch a part of?
Answer: British

Question: During what decade did food become an important aspect of a pub's business?
Answer: the 1990s

Question: Along with dinners, what meals do modern pubs often serve?
Answer: lunches

Question: What is a term for pubs that serve restaurant-quality food?
Answer: gastropubs

Question: Other than the bar, in what room might patrons of a pub eat?
Answer: dining room

Question: What two words is 'gastropub' a portanteau of?
Answer: pub and gastronomy

Question: In what year was the term gastropub invented?
Answer: 1991

Question: Along with David Eyre, who took over the Eagle pub?
Answer: Mike Belben

Question: In what city is the Eagle pub located?
Answer: London

Question: In what area of London is the Eagle pub located?
Answer: Clerkenwell

Question: How many pubs does the National Trust own?
Answer: thirty-six

Question: In what city is the George Inn located?
Answer: London

Question: What city is home to The Crown Liquor Saloon?
Answer: Belfast

Question: What part of the United Kingdom is Belfast located in?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: What body maintains a National Inventory of notable pubs?
Answer: CAMRA

Question: What pub in England is the highest above sea level?
Answer: the Tan Hill Inn

Question: In what county is the Tan Hill Inn located?
Answer: Yorkshire