Monday
Last modified February 3, 2012
Please check out whether the quiz is running or cancelled due to sport or whatever, with the pub, before you set out to a particular quiz listed.
CENTRAL LONDON
EC1:
The Distillers, 66 West Smithfield, EC1A 9DY, 020 8748 2834.
Prize: Cash and Drinks. Jackpot: No. Mixed rounds of questions; themes change each week.
Filthy McNasty’s, 68 Amwell Street, EC1R 1UU, 020 7837 6067.
The Harlequin, 27 Arlington Way, Clerkenwell, EC1R 1UY, 020 7837 9035: probably fortnightly.
The Hat and Tun, 3 Hatton Wall, Hatton Wall, EC1N 8HX, 020 7242 4747: early start, beer tab prize.
The Melton Mowbray, 18 Holborn, EC1N 2LE, 020 7405 7077: monthly.
O’Neill’s, 65 Cannon Street, EC4N 5AA, 020 7248 8928: 6.30 start, £2 per person entry, cash prize plus spot prizes.
Three Kings of Clerkenwell, 7 Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0DY, 020 7253 0483. 9 pm start.
Truckles of Pied Bull Yard, Pied Bull Court, Galen Place, WC1A 2JR, 020 7404 5338. Early quiz, last Monday of month.
EC2:
The Barley Mow, 127 Curtain Road, EC2A 3BX, 020 7729 3910.
EC4:
Cos Bar, 148 Queen Victoria Street, EC4V 4BY, 020 7329 9940.
WC1:
The Carpenters’ Arms, 105 King’s Cross Road, WC1X 9LR, 020 7278 2120.
EAST LONDON
E1:
The Horn of Plenty, 36 Globe Road, E1 4DU, 0871 223 7964: 7.30 pm start.
Ten Bells, 84 Commercial Street, E1 6LY, 020 7366 1721: first Monday of the month pop quiz.
The Town of Ramsgate, 62 Wapping High Street, 020 7481 8000.
E2:
Florist, 255 Globe Road, E2 0JD, 020 8981 1100.
E4:
Ryans Bar, 56 Carter Lane, EC4V 5EA, 020 7329 1100.
The Punch Tavern, 99 Fleet Street, EC4Y 1DE, 020 7353 6658: monthly.
E8:
Pembury Tavern, 90 Amhurst Road, E8 1JH, 020 8986 8597.
The Prince George, 40 Parkholme Road, E8 3AG, 020 7254 6060: Two short beer quizzes and then all the money collected goes into the jackpot. Prize: Beer. Jackpot: Yes
The Prince Arthur, 95 Forest Road, London Fields, E8 3BH, 020 7249 9996.
E11:
Cuckfield’s, 31 High Street, E11 2AA, 020 8532 2431.
Nightingale, 51 Nightingale Lane, E11 2E, 020 8530 454.
E14:
The Gun, 27 Coldharbour, Docklands, London E14 9NS. 7 pm start, £2 per person with maximum 6 to a team, first prize £100 bar tab.
Narrow, 44 Narrow Street, E14 8DQ, 020 7592 7950, www.gordonramsay.com/thenarrow. 7.30pm. £1.00 entry p/p. Teams up to 6 people. 1st prize: £50.00 bar voucher, and free drinks to be won during the quiz.
NORTH LONDON AND BEYOND
N1:
The Eagle, 2 Shepherdess Walk, N1 7LB, 020 7250 0507.
The King’s Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, N1 1QN, 020 7226 4443, with 8pm start. Prize £50 bar tab.
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, N1 9JB, 020 7837 5371, www.thelexington.co.uk.
Lord Clyde, 340-342 Esssex Road, N1 3PB, 020 7288 9850. 8pm start.
The New Rose, 84-86 Essex Road, N1 8LU, 020 7226 1082.
The Scolt Head, 107A Culford Road, N1 4HT, 020 7254 3965.
N2:
The Bald Faced Stag, 69 High Road, N2 8AB, 020 8442 1201: film quiz in collaboration with the local Phoenix once a month. Ring for dates.
The Windsor Castle, The Walks, N2 8DL, 020 8883 5763.
N3:
The Catcher in the Rye, 317 Regents Park Road, N3 1DP, 020 8343 4369: early start.
N4:
The Salisbury Hotel, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX, 020 8800 9617: Format the same as Swimmer/Shakespeare/Prince George – two beer quizzes plus jackpot. Prize: Drinks. Jackpot: Yes
N6:
The Woodman, 414 Archway Road, N6 5UA, 020 8340 3016.
Redtooth style quiz, cash for first prize, also a lot of bar tokens for up to fifth place. Special prize for best topical play-doh sculpture.
N7:
The Swimmer at the Grafton Arms, Ebourne Road, N7 6AR, 020 7281 4632: Same structure as Salisbury, Shakespeare and Prince George. The Swimmer is a crowded pub with some enormous teams and a reasonable if not always very interesting quiz (brush up your current affairs). They’ve covered over an area outside which functions as a kind of extension to the pub but it is bloody cold when they leave the door open so that punters outside can hear the quiz. Prize: Beer. Jackpot: Yes
Tufnell Park Tavern, 162 Tufnell Park Road, N7 0EE, 020 7281 6113, http://www.tufnellparktavern.com/.
N6:
The Woodman, 414 Archway Road, N6 5UA, 020 8340 3016. 8pm start, cash prize, no jackpot.
N8:
The Three Compasses, 63 High Street, Hornsey, N8 7NX, 020 8340 2729, www.threecompasses.com : themed rounds, play your joker on one, good standard of questions. This pub sometimes runs a league arrangement where highest total team score at the end of a particular period wins crates of wine or other prizes. Prize: Cash. Jackpot: Yes. Spot prizes awarded during the night.
N12:
The Elephant, 283 Ballards Lane, N12 8NR, 020 8343 6110: A few themed rounds where it’s not always clear what the theme is. A John Henderson (Enigmatist) quiz, which means challenging and cryptic clues. Prize: Cash. Jackpot: No.
The Finchley Tavern, 686 High Road, N12 9PT.
N16:
The Daniel Defoe, 102 Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0LA, 020 7254 2906, http://www.thedanieldefoe.com/index.php. £2 per person, winners take all, and there are spot prizes also. Start time 8 pm.
The Lion, 132 Stoke Newington Church Street, 020 7249 1318.
The Shakespeare, 57 Allen Road, N16 8RY, 020 7254 4190. Two beer quizzes plus jackpot questions for cash. Prize: beer. Jackpot: Yes.
N19:
The Shaftesbury,534 Hornsey Road, N19 3QN, 020 7272 7950.
The Star, 47 Chester Road, N19 5DF, 020 7263 9067, http://http://www.thestar-n19.com/
NW1:
The Oxford Arms, 265 Camden High Street, NW1 7BU, 020 7267 4945. This has preserved many of the features it had when Pat Logue (Sheephaven Bay) ran it with free entry and free supper being the most notable. Prize: Cash. Jackpot: Yes.
Sheephaven Bay, 2-3 Mornington Street, Camden, London, NW1 7QD, 020 7380 1323: Pat Logue, ex Oxford Arms, has started a quiz there, with free entry and free supper if you buy a jackpot ticket. There are five themed rounds of 12 questions. Prize: cash. Jackpot: yes.
NW3:
The George, 250 Haverstock Hill, NW3 2AE, 020 7431 0889.
NW4:
The Greyhound, Church End, NW4 4JT, 020 8457 9730.
NW5:
The Dartmouth Arms, 35 York Rise, NW5 1SP, 020 7485 3267: this pub was starting monthly specialist quizzes first Monday of the month.
The Junction Tavern, 101 Fortess Road, NW5 1AG, 020 7485 9400, http://www.junctiontavern.co.uk/home.php, has 40 questions in themed segments and potentially a cash prize, but the money seems to rest on the toss of a coin.
The Pineapple, 51 Leverton Street, NW5 2NX,020 7284 4631.
Torriano, 71-73 Torriano Avenue, NW3 2SG, 020 7267 4305.
NW6:
The Gallery, 190 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, NW6 3AY, 020 7625 9184: c ash and beer prizes.
The North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Road, NW6 7QB, 020 7625 6634.
NW10:
The Island, 123 College Road, NW10 5HA,020 8960 0693.
No. 8, 305 High Road, NW10 2JT, 020 8459 6906.
EN:
The Avenue, 31 High Street, EN5 5UW, 020 8447 2667.
The Old Wheatsheaf, 3 Windmill Hill, EN2 6SE,020 8363 0516.
Weavers Bar, 27 Greenhill Parade, Great North Road, EN5 1EU, 020 8449 9292.
Ye Olde Mitre Inn, 58 High Street, Barnet, EN5 58N, 020 8449 6582.
MK:
The King’s Arms, 24 St Mary’s Street, Bedford, MK42 0AS, 01525 404513.
SOUTH LONDON and into Surrey
SE11:
The Prince Albert, 85 Albert Bridge Rd, SW11 4PF, 020 7228 0923.
SE14:
The Royal Albert, 60 New Cross Road,SE14 6TJ, 020 8692 3737.
SE15:
Gowlett Arms, 62 Gowlett Road, SE15 4HY, 020 7635 7048.
SE22:
Uplands Bar, 90 Crystal Palace Road, SE22 9EY, 020 8693 2662.
SE23:
The Blythe Hill Tavern, 319 Stanstead Road, SE23 1JB, 020 8690 5176: free entry.
SE24:
The Commercial, 212 Railton Road, SE24 0JT, 020 7733 8783.
SW1:
The Clarendon, 52 Cambridge Street, SW1V 4QQ, 020 7834 5281: early start, half the proceeds to charity.
The Exhibit Bar, 12 Balham Station Road, Balham, SW12 9SG, 020 8772 6556. Bar tab prize.
Molly O’Grady, Victoria Place, SW1W 9SJ, 020 7821 5151.
SW3:
The Cadogan Arms, 298 Kings Road, London SW3 5UG, 7.30 pm start, £2 per head and max 6 to a team, with first prize being a bar tab.
The Cross Keys, 1 Lawrence Street, SW3 5NB, 020 7349 9111, starting at 7.15 pm.
SW4:
Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6D2, 020 7498 1779: third Monday of the month.
The Calf, Rectory Grove, SW4 0DR, 020 7622 4019, http://www.thecalfclapham.co.uk/.
Firefly, 69 Clapham Common South, SW4 9DA, 020 8673 9162.
SW5:
The Duke of Clarence, 148 Old Brompton Road, SW5 0BE, 020 7373 1285.
SW6:
The Chancery Bar and Kitchen, 314 – 316 Lillie Road, SW6 7PS, 020 3080 0982.
Too So Bar, 135-137 Stephendale Road, SW6 2PR, 020 7731 7823.
SW8:
The Canton Arms, 177 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1XP, 020 7537 3819.
SW10:
Chelsea Ram, 32 Burnaby Street, SW10 0PL, 020 7351 4008: first Monday of the month.
SW11:
The Woodman, 60 Battersea High St, SW11 3HX, 020 7228 2968.
SW12:
The Nightingale, 97 Nightingale Lane, SW12 8NX, 020 8673 1637.
SW14:
The Plough, 42 Christchurch Road, SW14 7AF, 020 8876 7833.
SW13:
The Sun Inn, 7 Church Road, SW13 9HE, 020 8876 5256, www.thesuninnbarnes.co.uk.
SW15:
The Fox, 167 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 6SE, 020 8788 1912.
SW18:
The Freemasons, 2 Wandsworth Common, North Side, SW18 2SS, 020 7326 8580.
SW17:
The Hope, 1 Bellevue Road, SW17 7EG, 020 8672 8717: entry £5 per team and prize being the takings.
SW19:
The Alexandra, 33 Wimbledon Hill Road, SW19 7NE, 020 8947 7691: 8.00 pm start.
Crooked Billet, 14-15 Crooked Billet, SW19 4RQ, 020 8946 4942.
Finch’s Wine Bar, High Street Wimbledon, SW19 5DX, 020 8944 6686.
Hartfield’s Wine Bar, 27 Hartfield Road, SW19 3SG, 020 8543 9788: last Monday of month, free entry.
The Princess Royal, 25 Abbey Road, SW19 2LZ, 020 8542 3273.
The Trafalgar, 23 High Path, SW19 2JY, 020 8542 5342.
WEST LONDON AND BEYOND
W1:
The Albany, 240 Great Portland Street, W1W 5QU, 020 7387 0221.
The Crown and Two Chairmen, 31 Dean Street, W1D 3SB, 020 7437 8192.
The Duke of Argyll, 26 Great Windmill Street, W1D 7LQ, 020 7437 6819.
The Newman Arms, 23 Rathbone Street, W1T 1NG, 020 7636 1127.
The Red Lion, 14 Kingly Street, W1B 5PR, 020 7734 4985.
The Crown and Sceptre, 26-27 Foley Street, W1W 6DS, 020 7307 9971. 7.30 pm start.
W3:
The George and Dragon, 183 High Street, W3 9DJ, 020 8992 3712.
W5:
T.J. Duffy, 282 Northfield Avenue, W5 4UB, 020 8932 1711.
The Wheatsheaf, 41 Haven Lane, W5 2HZ, 020 8997 5240.
W6:
The Plough and Harrow, 120-124 King Street, W6 0QU, 020 8735 6020.
The Queen’s Arms, 171 Greyhound Road, W6 8NL, 020 7386 5078.
The Richmond, 55 Shepherds Bush Road, W6 7LU, 020 7602 6161: once a month Bingo Quiz with apparently big cash prizes.
The Thatched House, 115 Dalling Road, W6 0ET, 020 8748 6174, E: thatchedhouse@youngs.co.uk, W: www.thatchedHouse.com.
7.30. £1.50p/p. 6 per team. 1st prize – £50.00 Food & drink voucher. 2nd prize – £20.00 Food & drink voucher. Drinks to be won during the quiz.
W9:
The Warrington, 93 Warrington Avenue, W9 1EH, 020 7592 7960, www.gordonramsay.com/thewarrington. Start time 7.30pm. £1.50 entry p/p. Teams up to 6 people. 1st prize: £50.00 bar voucher 2nd prize: 1 gallon/8 pints of beer. Free drinks to be won during the quiz.
W10:
The North Pole, 13-15 North Pole Road, W10 6QH, 020 8964 9384.
W12:
The Crown and Sceptre, 57 Melina Road, W12 9HY, 020 8746 0060.
Mulberry, 243 Goldhawk Road, W12 8EU, 020 8748 0229, free entry.
W13:
Castlebar, 84 Uxbridge Road, W13 8RA, 020 8567 3819.
The Albion, 121 Hammersmith Road, W14 0QL, 0207 603 2826: monthly London-themed quiz.
TW:
The Greyhound, 82 Kew Green, Richmond, TW9 3AP, 020 8940 0071.