GAVIN AITCHISON looks back at a year’s drinking with his annual quiz.

HOW much have you been drinking this year? And how much attention have you been paying while doing so? Challenge your friends this festive season, with our ‘pub quiz’. There are 40 points to play for.

1) The Hansom Cab in Market Street reverted to its former name in the autumn. What is it now called?

2) Which brewery announced this year that it was moving from Pocklington to Malton?

3) What was the previous name of Vahe Bar in Goodramgate?

4) Which brewery is based in Elvington?

5) Landlady Anita Adams stood down in November after 27 years at which York pub?

6) Which two West Yorkshire breweries opened pubs in York city centre in October? (1 point each) 7) For the past 65 years, Olive Rogers has been licensee of which village pub near York?

8) Which brewery on the outskirts of York produces a beer called Yorkshire Sparkle?

9) And which produces a beer called Ruby Mild?

10) In which North Yorkshire town did JD Wetherspoon open a new pub in March, called The Giant Bellflower?

11) Which North Yorkshire brewery teamed up with the Italian brewery Birrificio Italiano, to produce Gallo Italiano this summer?

12) Which micro-brewery is based at The Deramore Arms in Heslington?

13) Landlord Paul Marshall now runs two York pubs on the same street. What are they? (1 point each)

14) Which famous pub in Layerthorpe was demolished 20 years ago next year?

15) Identify these York pubs by their initials and the initials of their streets (1 point each)

a. The OGM in CG
b. The VV in NL
c. The DOY in KS
d. The RB in SSS
e. The AD in M

16) The Britannia in Acomb re-opened this year under what new name?

17) Name five current York pubs named after real people. (1 point each)

18) Name two current York pubs which are also types of hat. (1 point each)

19) Name four York pubs with the word ‘golden’ in their name. (1 point each)

20) Name two current York pubs that are also types of dog. (1 point each)

21) Name the York pubs partially pictured above (don’t be fooled by former names): See pictures above.

 

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