Kenilworth pub's online quiz reaches players in Australia and Mexico

Like all pubs and restaurants across the UK and internationally, The Virgins and Castle has been closed for weeks but last Tuesday (April 7) it launched the quiz which reached players in Mexico and Australia.

Virgins & Castle manager Andy Lock said: “We had planned to try a pub quiz once we’d got through our first few weeks of opening, but with the complete surprise of COVID-19 and the effect this has had on pubs all over the country, we decided to give it a go online.

"It’s been great to see how innovative and creative businesses have been to keep themselves going and to support and engage their customers.

"Our priority was to look after our team and make sure everyone still had a job when we’re able to open again and we also wanted to find ways to keep the pub in people’s minds whilst keeping them entertained and having something to look forward to.

"There’s lots of quizzes online and we’re lucky to be Kenilworth’s oldest pub, so we’ve woven that into our quiz to give it some appeal.

"That along with me hosting in my top hat and trying to make sure questions are as varied and challenging as possible has helped us reach people outside of Warwickshire which was a nice surprise.

"It’ll be nice to do it for real back in a busy pub with everyone able to enjoy a drink and food together.”

The 16th century pub on Kenilworth’s old High Street has been providing a food delivery service.

This included catering for those who had to cancel their Mother’s Day table bookings, so Mums in Kenilworth still enjoyed a Sunday roast dinner with their families.

For more online pub quizzes follow the pub's Facebook page.

www.facebook.com/virginsandcastle