Pubs & Restaurants Trivia

1. What does CBGB stand for?

From Quiz The Legendary CBGB

Answer: Country, BlueGrass & Blues

The full name of the club is CBGB OMFUG. It stands for Country, BlueGrass & Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers. Gormandizers typically refers to people with voracious appetites for food but in this case, refers to people with voracious appetites for music. The club was intended to be a hot spot for country music as well as poetry readings but attracted mostly hardcore punk as well as rock and alternative acts. Bands such as The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads, Living Colour and The Police have all played there.

From Quiz Old Inns, Taverns & Pubs of Derby

Answer: Acorn

It was in existence on this site between 1846 and 1926 and is thought to have taken its name from the Oakes family of Derby who had a grant of arms incorporating three acorns in 1806.

From Quiz The Origin and Meaning of Pub Names in Britain

Answer: Crown

A survey by CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) in 2007, listed the Crown as the most common name with 704 within Great Britain. The name Crown became popular in 1660 with the return of King Charles II, who restored the crown. Pubs used the crown emblem to show the people's loyalty to King Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

From Quiz Weird Pubs: Outside Great Britain

Answer: Family Horror - including levitating furniture and flying cutlery

Eagor's Bar and Grill is a family horror themed bar and restaurant. Dine from levitating tables and watch cutlery fly past you in this cob-webbed haunted house style premises. Enjoy the many displayed props from famous horror movies too.

From Quiz Weird Pubs: Scotland and Wales

Answer: The most remote pub in the British Isles

Located on the 41 square mile Scottish island of Saint Kilda, fifty miles beyond the Outer Hebrides, this pub serves the meagre population of the island. The island itself is only accessible by boat for 3 months in the year! The indigenous population, previously in total isolation from the world, was voluntarily evacuated in 1930. Many settled in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia and others in New Zealand both of which have enclaves today that are known as St. Kilda. The village remains as it was in the 1930s with the exception of a missile tracking station that is now there, hence the presence of a small troop of military personnel. What a posting for the fighting soldier!

From Quiz The Legendary CBGB

Answer: The Bowery

CBGB was located at 315 The Bowery, on the Lower East Side of New York City. The street had a reputation as the skid row of New York City and there was often violence in and around the club. The owner employed homeless people at the club. The washrooms of the club had a reputation for being absolutely filthy and the space inside was full of stickers, posters and flyers from bands who'd played there throughout the years. At 313 The Bowery a record shop and café called "CBGB Record Canteen" was opened which was turned into an art gallery and performance space for softer types of music such as jazz, folk and experimental music.

From Quiz What's Cooking? Ten of Europe's Oldest Restaurants

Answer: Rouen

Acclaimed chef Julia Child was a great fan of La Couronne and had her first meal in France here in 1948. The restaurant offers a "Julia Child Menu" in remembrance of the luncheon that inspired her career preparing classic French cuisine. In "My Life in France," Child describes the food as "the most exquisite of my life." Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci play Julia and Paul Child rhapsodizing over La Couronne's Dover Sole in the 2009 film, Julie and Julia.

From Quiz Old Inns, Taverns & Pubs of Derby

Answer: Admiral Rodney

Admiral Rodney beat the French at Cape St Vincent in 1780 and again in 1782, for which he was raised to the peerage.

From Quiz The Origin and Meaning of Pub Names in Britain

Answer: Red Lion

There are 668 pubs spread across Great Britain with the name Red Lion. According to public records, (no pun intended) there are around 57,500 public houses in the UK. The third most common pub name is Royal Oak with 541, followed by Swan with 541.

From Quiz Legendary New York City Bars and Restaurants

Answer: Serendipity 3

Serendipity 3's signature dish has been the oxymoronic "frozen hot chocolate" and the recipe has remained a closely guarded secret. The romantic comedy "Serendipity" (2001), starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsdale, had a scene that took place here. On the final episode of the 2008 American television reality show "Paris Hilton's My New BFF", Paris takes finalist Brittany to Serendipity, where they share a $1000 sundae garnished with edible gold leaf!

From Quiz Weird Pubs: England

Answer: One can hang a full pint of ale unaided on the wallpapered walls

It's true - one can place a full pint of ale in a standard glass on the walls of this pub. It can hang there for a day or two before it will fall. Radio, television and newspaper journalists have all attended to examine and witness this phenomenon. One theory is that it is a mixture of wallpaper type, wallpaper paste, tobacco smoke and good old grime that does the trick. Locals aware that this old pub was once a manufacturing site for coffins believe it is simply magic.

From Quiz Hong Kong Wanchai Bars

Answer: Tango Martini

Tango Martini was previously the Rugby Union Club and the only genuine cocktail lounge in Wanchai with an extensive martini menu. Bebek Bengil is a Balinese restaurant and bar also referred to as the Dirty Duck Diner. Les Visage (sic) is a live music bar and restaurant and Dragon Bar has the obligatory girls outside calling, "Darling, you come in - just one drink".

From Quiz Around the UK in 80 Beers

Answer: Woodeforde's

Woodeforde's brewery is situated in the picturesque Norfolk village of Woodbastwick. Wherry has won many awards, including Champion Beer of Britain in 1997.

From Quiz The Legendary CBGB

Answer: 1973

The club opened in 1973 and became a space where local bands could come and play. At the time, there weren't a lot of options for young bands to play live music and CBGB really benefited from that. Throughout the lifetime of the club, other bands that have played there include Beastie Boys, the B-52s, the Dead Boys, the Voivods, the Cramps, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Fishbone and the Misfits. In the 90s there was quite a bit of violence at the club and so hardcore bands were stopped from booking. Hardcore music though was a mainstay throughout the existence of CBGB and was brought back once in a while.

From Quiz Old Inns, Taverns & Pubs of Derby

Answer: Alexandra

Why would a Derby pub be named after the daughter of a Danish king? Alexandra married the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) on 10 March 1863 and the pub came into being just a few years later.

From Quiz The Origin and Meaning of Pub Names in Britain

Answer: The Worshipful Company of Farriers

Originally called a Guild, the term was used for a group of craftsman in a particular trade. The Worshipful Company of Farriers received a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1674. It was like a secret society, where craftsmen exchanged ideas and passed on skills to other members of the profession.

From Quiz Legendary New York City Bars and Restaurants

Answer: Umberto's Clam House

Umberto's Clam House was opened in 1972 on Mulberry Street in Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood by Umberto (Robert) Ianniello, and quickly became a favorite of sports figures, actors, entertainers and politicians. Umberto's made the papers soon after it opened because of a mob hit that occurred there. On April 7, 1972, Gallo was celebrating his 43rd birthday with his family at the restaurant, when three gunmen ran in and started shooting. Gallo managed to stumble out of the restaurant into the street, but the gunmen escaped. The restaurant since moved its location to nearby Broome Street.

From Quiz Weird Pubs: Outside Great Britain

Answer: It is wholly submerged 20 feet beneath the Red Sea

Housed in a trio of steel tanks and anchored by concrete this bar restaurant is submerged 20 feet below the surface of the red sea. 62 panoramic windows afford spectacular views of exotic sea creatures and a coral garden. Access is via a 200 foot walkway to a reception lounge from which one takes an elevator down.

From Quiz Weird Pubs: England

Answer: The mummified hand of an eighteenth century card cheat

The answer speaks for itself - if you don't believe then go see it for yourself!

From Quiz Hong Kong Wanchai Bars

Answer: Bottoms Up

Bottoms Up was made famous in the James Bond movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" when it was situated in Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. It is now a smaller and quieter version of its former self. Show Biz, Club Romance and Club Bunny are examples of the typical Lockhart Road hostess bars which are slowly disappearing from Wanchai.

From Quiz Famous Old London Pubs

Answer: Lamb and Flag

The poet Dryden was once attacked outside this pub after he had published his scurrilous poetic attack on Charles II and one of his many mistresses, the Duchess of Portsmouth.

From Quiz The Legendary CBGB

Answer: Hilly Krystal

Hilly Krystal was a singer, manager and businessman who opened the club with a vision of country music bands playing there. His vision didn't quite come true but he did open up a club that gave so many bands the opportunity to get started. Krystal had a reputation for being a man who was definitely generous to bands and to the people of The Bowery who could use a job and a helping hand. A 2013 film was released about the club and about Hilly, with Alan Rickman in the main role. When the Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002 they thanked Hilly for giving them and many others a chance to play. They said "he kept us alive, he fed us, and he supported us in every way possible."

From Quiz Old Inns, Taverns & Pubs of Derby

Answer: The Alma

The Battle of the Alma took place on 20 September 1854, and the Alma Pub came into being some time after 1857, converted from a pair of terraced cottages.

From Quiz The Origin and Meaning of Pub Names in Britain

Answer: The Worshipful Company of Masons

The Worshipful Company of Masons received the Royal Charter in 1677. The architect Sir Christopher Wren, who designed St Paul's Cathedral in London, engaged stone masons from the guild to help build the cathedral. The cathedral took over thirty years to build, and was completed in the year 1708.

From Quiz Legendary New York City Bars and Restaurants

Answer: Joe's Shanghai

The first Joe's Shanghai was founded in Flushing, Queens in 1995. Soon afterward, their special soup dumplings became a New York favorite. A soup dumpling is a dumpling that is filled with broth, which is released in your mouth when you take the first bite. Yum! The dumplings inspired Cartoonist Robert Zimmerman to draw a comic strip called "Soup Dumplings: A Survival Course", depicting how to eat the dumplings without burning your mouth.

From Quiz Weird Pubs: Scotland and Wales

Answer: Each of its six doors has a coffin shaped window in memory of the six man crew of a local whaling ship that didn't return in 1821

Whaling formed an integral part of the economy in these parts of Scotland and disused whaling stations can still be seen in the area today. However, it is the coffin shaped windows in the six doors that are still there today in memory of the six lost seamen.

From Quiz Weird Pubs: England

Answer: Beneath the tar are layers of human skin

The oldest pub in Bristol was once the haunt of notorious highwaymen and a centre for cockfighting and bare knuckle fighting. I can find no reference as to why human flesh should be layered beneath the tarred surface but substantial offers have been made to purchase the door, and all refused.

From Quiz Clubbing Around The World

Answer: El Floridita

A plaque reminds that El Floridita was the "cradle of the daiquirí", the cocktail of rum and lime juice invented by its famous bartender, Constante. "...he had drunk double frozen daiquiris, the great ones that Constante made, that had no taste of alcohol and felt, as you drank them, the way downhill glacier skiing feels running through powder snow ....", wrote Hemingway in "Islands in the stream", his unfinished novel that reveals obvious autobiographical traits. The novelist's bronze statue and the other mementoes displayed in "Hemingway Corner", testify that he was the most assiduous, famous and beloved of all patrons.

From Quiz Hong Kong Wanchai Bars

Answer: The Wanch

The Wanch is one of the older bars in Wanchai and was once very popular with the British 'expat' community. They still have live music most nights but much of the 'expat' clientele have left Hong Kong. Carnegies is a live music bar similar to Hard Rock Cafe but where you can dance on the bar and just about anywhere else you like. Dusk 'til Dawn and Joe Bananas both feature live bands, DJs and dancing till very late.

From Quiz Around the UK in 80 Beers

Answer: Masham

Masham is also home to the Black Sheep Brewery, set up in 1992 by Paul Theakston, who was dismayed at the loss of independent control of his family brewery after a series of takeovers. The good news is that the original Theakston's has recently returned to family ownership after a period under the control of a string of multinational corporations, which led to many of its beers being brewed in Newcastle.

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