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The Leeds Pub Quiz

Every answer is a pub/bar/club in Leeds that I have been to. The answers are in alphabetical order. All articles have been dropped from the start of names and no answer requires the word pub or bar at the end.
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Last updated: August 19, 2020
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Pub
What sort of person tried to make the philosopher's stone?
Alchemist
Which king of Wessex famously burnt some cakes?
Alfred
Who is the vampire, played by David Boreanez in Buffy, who got his own spin-off show set in Los Angeles?
Angel Inn
Which Tom Stoppard play shares its name with a British retail group formerly owned by Sir Phillip Green?
Arcadia
What is the term for low level programming languages operating just above the level of machine code?
Assembly
What is the cheapest cider at the Fenton?
Bad Apples
What was the nickname of the eldest son of Edward III? He commanded the vanguard at the battle of Crécy, but died before taking the throne.
Black Prince
What is the profession of someone who studies plants?
Botanist
What protective gear is worn in the pelvic area when playing cricket?
Box
New ____ is a small Canadian province which I could find no good facts about to put in a quiz?
Brunswick
What is the symbol on the Vatican coat of arms?
Cross Keys
What was the name of the architect who designed Leeds Town Hall?
Cuthbert Broderick
What glass vessel is wine poured into before serving in order to separate it from the sediment?
Decanter
Which takeaway Pizza chain is the largest in the UK?
Domino
What is baked into bread?
Dough
Which part of a shipyard can be drained in order to repair vessels inside it?
Dry Dock
Who ran across Richmond Park in 2011?
Fenton
Someone who has a lot of momentum is said to have built up a ________?
Head of Steam
Which England and Yorkshire spin bowler took 144 wickets in 40 tests before dying in the Second World War?
Hedley Verity
How would you refer to a person who values the pursuit of pleasure above all else?
Hedonist
Centennial, Simcoe and Neslon Sauvin are all varieties of what?
Hop
What is Marble Arch located at the North-East corner of?
Hyde Park Pub
What is the first name of the actor who starred in Nightcrawler, Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain?
Jake's Bar
What is the Edward Boyle?
Library
What Yiddish derived term means an expert in a field?
Maven
What is the profession of Antonio as the title role in a play by Shakespeare?
Merchant
Napoleon described Britain as a nation of what?
Nation of Shopkeepers
What, introduced on February the 15th 1971, was worth 2.4 of its previous version?
New Penny
In what direction would you have head to get from London to Leeds?
North Bar
The Hyde Park _____ was founded in 1914 and is the only remaining gaslit cinema in the U.K.?
Picture House
Complete the name of the Edgar Allen Poe short story: The ___ and the Pendulum
Pit
Which Hair Metal band sang "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"?
Poison
What structure in Giza is one of the seven wonders of the world?
Pyramid
What would you call something that you take in order to cure an ailment?
Remedy
In what event did Fidel Castro take power on New Year's Eve 1958?
Revolucion de Cuba
Which Brewery makes the Fenton Ale?
Ridgeside Tap Room
What was the first name of the director of Indepence Day and The Day After Tomorrow?
Roland's
What were the Lusitania, the Olympic, and the Bismarck?
Ship
The 2010 David Fincher movie about the founding of Facebook was entitled: _____ Network
Social
Which band's second album, released in 1994 was entitles "Second Coming"?
Stone Roses Bar
Where, according to the Beatles, is a place that "nothing is real"?
Strawberry Fields
What are the initials of the department store chain Maxx in the U.S.?
TJ's Bar & Grill
A cask of beer that has been opened is said to have been _____?
Tapped
What name is given to a railway station at the end of a line?
Terminus Tap Room
What limbs appear on the flag of the Isle of Man?
Three Legs
What is the latin word for truth?
Veritas
Which band performed the song "Bittersweet Symphony"?
Verve
The Milau ____ , located in the south of France is the tallest bridge in the world?
Viaduct Showbar
Which Baltimore set TV show ran on HBO between 2002 and 2008, exploring the lives of the police and drug dealers?
Wire
What is the name of the cowboy in Toy Story?
Woodie's Ale House
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