London Pubs

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1. Which famous man connected with the film industry owns the Punch Bowl pub in Mayfair?
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2. Which pub famously claims to be London's 'only remaining galleried coaching inn'?
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3. What bakery items, many of them decades old, can you find hanging from the ceiling in the Widow's Son pub, in Bow?

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See http://www.tiredoflondontiredoflife.com/2010/04/attend-hot-cross-bun-ceremony-at-widows.html

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4. Which popular animal died in The Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street in 1926, prompting worldwide obituaries in over 200 newspapers? 
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Next year, floating pub the the Tattershall Castle celebrates 30 years of boozy service on the Thames Embankment. But what was its main role from 1934-1981.
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6. The Shepherd's Tavern in Mayfair carries a plaque to which soap star?

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8135654.stm

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7. Who among the following does NOT appear on the pub sign of the Three Kings of Clerkenwell?

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See http://topsee.info/t/129669/i/529.jpg

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8. Sticking with theme, outside which north London pub did Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, fatally shoot her lover David Blakely? 
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9. The Blue Posts is a name shared by no fewer than five West End pubs. To what does the name refer?

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See http://londonist.com/2008/12/alternative_pub_crawls_the_blue_pos.php

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10. The Blind Beggar on Whitechapel Road is inescapably associated with a murder by Ronnie Kray in 1966. Who did he shoot?
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Which famous man connected with the film industry owns the Punch Bowl...
Which pub famously claims to be London's 'only remaining galleried...
What bakery items, many of them decades old, can you find hanging from...
Which popular animal died in The Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street in...
Next year, floating pub the the Tattershall Castle celebrates 30 years...
The Shepherd's Tavern in Mayfair carries a plaque to which soap star?
Who among the following does NOT appear on the pub sign of the Three...
Sticking with theme, outside which north London pub did Ruth Ellis,...
The Blue Posts is a name shared by no fewer than five West End pubs....
The Blind Beggar on Whitechapel Road is inescapably associated with a...
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