Can you name the most common pub names in Great Britain?

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English Pub Names Quiz

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Created by: mat -
Contributed: October 15th, 2009
Published: February 26th, 2010
Category: Miscellaneous
Plays: 33,296

Tags: Numbers Quizzes, rank, pub, common, great, britain, Great Britain, english

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	Dodge:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 04:40 GMT	32 points
	This quiz is too US-centric.

	BrettCaudill:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 07:15 GMT	29 points
	i literally had no idea where to even begin, or what to even guess. this can be a bit of payback for all of the intensely us-centric quizzes.

	reicherm:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 07:33 GMT	-3 points
	i expected to see a bunch of english names. couldnt have been more off

	Delphi:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 09:58 GMT	7 points
	Great quiz - I remembered some from years ago playing pub cricket on car journeys!

	Fidelio:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 10:01 GMT	9 points
	In light of how difficult this is, maybe you could accept singular names, like "Fox and Hound" for example, as an alternate answer for names like "Fox and Hounds"?

	Laweez:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 11:14 GMT	1 point
	I've never heard of half of these and I've been in a fair few pubs!

	kypzethdurron:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 12:24 GMT	2 points
	Same as above. I was always told that Red Lion was the most common pub name in the UK, so am surprised! But haven't even ever seen a pub called The Fox and that's pretty well guessed! Fantastic quiz and five glowing sporcle orb things from me.

	beerslayer:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 12:49 GMT	13 points
	I am shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED, that "The Prancing Pony" isn't listed here. Scandalous!

	mendelevium:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 13:00 GMT	4 points
	yeah i've seen in quiz books having Red Lion as most common pub name. i'm not saying this quiz is erroneous, it could be like several Red Lions have closed down, or changed their names to The Crown. nevertheless, i enjoyed this quiz, and it's brought to my attention that i need to visit a lot more pubs.

	tonyguk:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 13:02 GMT	0 points
	Where's the Rat and Parrot? - there seems to be hundreds of them!! Great quiz - thanks

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	BCSwede:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 13:45 GMT	2 points
	Slight error... #19 has more than #18. Fun quiz... even though I only got 5 right!

	Rhysd007:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 13:57 GMT	4 points
	CAMRA conducted this study, and it's a study of Great Britain, not just England. change!

	Bethannie:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 14:53 GMT	0 points
	Sad to see my local...'The Slug and Lettuce'....didn't make the list. They serve a decent pint though!

	Reyazul:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 15:06 GMT	8 points
	I was sorely disappointed that "The Queen's Legs" didn't make the list at all.

	flinty:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 15:21 GMT	23 points
	@Reyazul: what time does the queens legs open?

	Tonesta:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 16:39 GMT	1 point
	Don't think I've been to a Golden Lion or a Hare & Hounds. Otherwise, reckon I've got them all covered. Hic! (Not that I could think of more than 17 of them for this quiz......)

	LAX_Girl:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 16:42 GMT	6 points
	I think The Leaky Cauldron deserves to be a bonus.

	Moldemort:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 19:06 GMT	1 point
	I'm surprised the Black Bull wasn't higher - I know loads of them I was hoping to see The Tickled Trout too!

	escapehere:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 21:17 GMT	5 points
	no 'Free the Paedos'?

	Commodore:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 21:53 GMT	1 point
	Off to drown my sorrows at Joe's Bar down at the corner.

	Fish1987:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 22:45 GMT	2 points
	@escapehere There's no way I'm co-managing a pub called the "Swan and Paedo". Great quiz though, really tough!

	Astmakameli:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 22:54 GMT	1 point
	Got few from watching british comedies e.g. Black Bull and Black Horse from The Inbetweeners :D

	shakescene:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 00:21 GMT	-3 points
	Aren't some of these names standard for "tied houses" owned by big brewers? (not that I guessed the most popular after the Crown, since it's decades since I've been in Britain or Ireland).

	greebles:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 03:44 GMT	3 points
	pub anyone?

	eleanorjames:	Feb 27th, 2010 at 23:11 GMT	2 points
	...or swan and paedo?

	exackerly:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 16:08 GMT	-4 points
	How about The Binge?

	Steela:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 10:33 GMT	3 points
	Excellent quiz, would have liked more time as its a real thinker!!!

	bean:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 18:30 GMT	0 points
	//inchester anyone?

	hello25:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 11:50 GMT	0 points
	im truly shocked that 'the famous cock' or the 'red lion and pineapple' didnt make the list!

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	Williams27:	Mar 7th, 2010 at 22:31 GMT	16 points
	Slug and Lettuce is a large pub chain all across the UK. It is the antithesis of a proper pub. Those kinds of self-consciously "wacky" names are not traditional at all; they're mainly given to pubs opened in the last 20 years and aimed squarely at non-locals, tourists and people who just don't care about atmosphere, decent beer etc.

	dark_chocolate:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 00:51 GMT	1 point
	@Grunners: S-A-R-C-A-S-M.

	marsviking:	May 10th, 2010 at 15:54 GMT	1 point
	where's only the running footman? what's her names mystery titles named after actual pubs

	marsviking:	May 10th, 2010 at 15:57 GMT	1 point
	it's "i am only the running footman" by martha grimes, a richard jury novel--cracking good read, also a lot of humour in the books

	SuzyCreamcheeze:	Jun 15th, 2010 at 13:09 GMT	6 points
	Agree with Williams27, there are lots of Slug and Lettuce pubs and they are all complete ***e and not real pubs at all. I imagine only tourists are amused by their presence on our highstreets. Same at Yates'. sigh* I need a pint now. Where are all the Dog and Ducks??