Handy for a Quiz – 150 Questions and Answers Quiz Resource

Pub Quiz Questions and Answers

Who was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor?
Answer: George V
Who was the first woman to sit in the House of Commons in 1919?
Answer: Nancy Astor
Which two elements on the periodic table are liquid at room temperature?
Answer: Mercury and Bromine
Which is the longest river in Europe?
Answer: The Volga
The UK is made up of over 6,000 islands. Which is the third-largest after Great Britain and Ireland?
Answer: The Isle of Lewis and Harris
Which British city has more miles of canals than Venice?
Answer: Birmingham
Which is the highest waterfall in the world?
Answer: Angel Falls, Venezuela
Which British actor was the first to play Doctor Who, in 1963?
Answer: William Hartnell
What is the longest-running children's TV show in the UK, first broadcast in 1958?
Answer: Blue Peter
In Fawlty Towers, which actor played the character Manuel, the Spanish waiter?
Answer: Andrew Sachs
Which rock album released on 28 November 1975 was named after a Marx Brothers film?
Answer: A Night at the Opera (by Queen)
David Bowie released his final album just two days before his death. What was it called?
Answer: Blackstar
Which song was Madonna's first number-one single in the UK?
Answer: Into The Groove
What is the capital city of Canada?
Answer: Ottawa
Which British runner famously broke the four-minute mile in 1954?
Answer: Roger Bannister
Which Scottish football team was the first to win the European Cup, in 1967?
Answer: Celtic
Which cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score in a single Test match innings for England?
Answer: Sir Leonard Hutton
Which English author created the character Jeeves, the valet to Bertie Wooster?
Answer: P.G. Wodehouse
What is the real name of the author who wrote under the pen name George Orwell?
Answer: Eric Arthur Blair
Which poet wrote the poem: "Dulce et Decorum Est"?
Answer: Wilfred Owen
Which British scientist is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928?
Answer: Alexander Fleming
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen
In 1986, British physicist Stephen Hawking published which landmark book on cosmology?
Answer: A Brief History of Time
What is the term for a word or phrase that is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Answer: Palindrome
What was the name of the fictional town where The League of Gentlemen was set?
Answer: Royston Vasey
Which English actress, comedian and writer played the recurring role of Nellie Bertram in the US versions of The Office?
Answer: Catherine Tate
What is the longest-running radio drama in the UK, first broadcast in 1951?
Answer: The Archers
Henry Cavendish was the first person to discover which element, calling it "inflammable air"?
Answer: Hydrogen
Which former British colony was returned to China in 1997, marking the end of British rule there?
Answer: Hong Kong
Which British explorer was the first to circumnavigate Australia and confirm it as a continent?
Answer: Matthew Flinders
Who was the first British person to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
Answer: Rudyard Kippling (1907)
Who was the first British monarch to voluntarily abdicate the throne?
Answer: Edward VIII
Which British Prime Minister served the shortest term in office, lasting just 49 days?
Answer: Liz Truss
In what year did the Gunpowder Plot take place?
Answer: 1605
Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
Answer: Spencer Perceval
Which English king was defeated at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?
Answer: Edward II
What is the smallest country in the world by land area?
Answer: Vatican City
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Colorado River
What is the highest mountain in England?
Answer: Scafell Pike
Which city in the UK comes alphabetically last?
Answer: York
In which English county is Stonehenge located?
Answer: Wiltshire
Which element has the highest melting point?
Answer: Tungsten
Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017, only to have its win incorrectly announced for another film first?
Answer: Moonlight
In which TV series would you find the character Walter White?
Answer: Breaking Bad
Who directed the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner?
Answer: Ridley Scott
Which novel by George Orwell is set in a dystopian future ruled by a totalitarian regime?
Answer: 1984
Who wrote the play Waiting for Godot?
Answer: Samuel Beckett
Which Bronte sister wrote Jane Eyre?
Answer: Charlotte Brontë
Who is the author of the famous detective series featuring Hercule Poirot?
Answer: Agatha Christie
Which poet wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost?
Answer: John Milton
Which British rock band was originally called The New Yardbirds?
Answer: Led Zeppelin
Which classical composer wrote the opera The Marriage of Figaro?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who was the original drummer for The Beatles before being replaced by Ringo Starr?
Answer: Pete Best
Which British artist released the hit single "Someone Like You"?
Answer: Adele
What is David Bowie's real name?
Answer: David Jones
Who directed the 1994 film Pulp Fiction?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino
Which actor played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series?
Answer: Alan Rickman
In which year was the first episode of Coronation Street broadcast?
Answer: 1960
Who is the creator of The Simpsons?
Answer: Matt Groening
Who won the first ever series of Britain's Got Talent?
Answer: Paul Potts
Which animal is usually the first word in the English dictionary?
Answer: Aardvark
Which planet in the solar system is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
Who was the first person to orbit the Earth in space?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
Which are the longest-lived land mammals?
Answer: Humans
What type of pastry are profiteroles made from?
Answer: Choux pastry
What game is named after the country estate of the dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire?
Answer: Badminton
How many players are there in a netball team?
Answer: 7
Who is the most successful British Olympian by gold medals and total medals won?
Answer: Jason Kenny
Which British tennis player won the US Open in 2021?
Answer: Emma Raducanu
Who were the two British prime ministers during World War One?
Answer: Herbert Asquith (April 1908 until December 1916) and David Lloyd George (December 1916 until October 1922)
What is the name of the building where the UK Parliament meets?
Answer: The Palace of Westminster
In which year did Britain vote to leave the European Union in the Brexit referendum?
Answer: 2016
Who became the first female Speaker of the House of Commons in 1992?
Answer: Betty Boothroyd
Which zodiac sign is represented by the scales?
Answer: Libra
Which country is the world’s largest producer of coffee?
Answer: Brazil
Who was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Answer: Sir Robert Walpole
At the age of 60, who was the last British sovereign to fight alongside his soldiers?
Answer: George II (The Battle of Dettingen in 1743)
What do the letters 'B' and 'Q' stand for in the British DIY chain B&Q?
Answer: Block and Quayle
In which year did the Great Fire of London occur?
Answer: 1666
Which city is Banksy associated with?
Answer: Bristol
Who are the powerful female figures in Norse mythology who choose which warriors will die in battle and escort them to Valhalla?
Answer: The Valkyries
Which city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Barcelona
In which year did the UK abolish the death penalty for murder?
Answer: 1965
Which famous British scientist is known for developing the theory of evolution?
Answer: Charles Darwin
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
Answer: The Mayflower
Which explorer was the first to reach the South Pole?
Answer: Roald Amundsen
Which syndrome is a psychological experience of intellectual and professional fraudulence?
Answer: Imposter Syndrome
Which 3 American states have 4 letters in their names?
Answer: Iowa, Ohio and Utah
Which major river in the United States is the largest tributary of the Columbia River?
Answer: The Snake River
Which country has the most natural lakes in the world?
Answer: Canada
Mount Everest is located in which two countries?
Answer: Nepal and China
Which European capital city is divided by the River Danube?
Answer: Budapest
Who wrote the novel Brave New World?
Answer: Aldous Huxley
In which Shakespeare play would you find the characters Oberon and Titania?
Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Which children's novel by Charles Kingsley has the subtitle: "A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby"?
Answer: The Water-Babies
Who wrote the novel Of Mice and Men?
Answer: John Steinbeck
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which animal is the leader of the rebellion?
Answer: A pig named Napoleon
Which composer wrote the Four Seasons?
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi
Which band released the album Dark Side of the Moon?
Answer: Pink Floyd
Who was the lead singer of the Bangles?
Answer: Susanna Hoffs
What was the first music video ever played on MTV?
Answer: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
Which instrument is Yo-Yo Ma famous for playing?
Answer: Cello
Who is the only man with three Oscars for best actor.
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis
Which 1994 film features the line, "Life is like a box of chocolates"?
Answer: Forrest Gump
What is the name of the pub in the TV series Emmerdale?
Answer: The Woolpack
Who directed the film Oppenheimer?
Answer: Christopher Nolan
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Answer: Jupiter
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: Diamond
Who developed the theory of general relativity?
Answer: Albert Einstein
How many times has Roger Federer won Wimbledon?
Answer: 8
In what year was the first modern Olympic Games held?
Answer: 1896
Who holds the record for the most goals scored in World Cup history?
Answer: Miroslav Klose
What is the name of the process by which plants make their own food?
Answer: Photosynthesis
Who was the first president of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
Which treaty ended World War I?
Answer: The Treaty of Versailles
In which year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?
Answer: 1994
Who was the British Prime Minister immediately before Winston Churchill?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain
What was the codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944?
Answer: Operation Overlord
What is the capital of Mongolia?
Answer: Ulaanbaatar
What is the name of the mountain range that separates Europe from Asia?
Answer: The Ural Mountains
Which island country located in the Indian Ocean is known for its unique biodiversity?
Answer: Madagascar
Which Russian author wrote the novel Crime and Punishment?
Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Colombian writer García Marquez is best known for which novel?
Answer: One Hundred Years of Solitude
In which novel would you find the character of Captain Ahab?
Answer: Moby-Dick
Who wrote the 2013 novel The Goldfinch?
Answer: Donna Tartt
Which novel begins with the line, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?
Answer: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Which composer is known for the work Bolero?
Answer: Maurice Ravel
Which American actress, singer, and dancer was born Frances Ethel Gumm?
Answer: Judy Garland
Which album's cover features the Beatles walking across the zebra crossing?
Answer: Abbey Road
Which musical instrument is associated with the jazz musician Louis Armstrong?
Answer: Trumpet
What is the stage name of the musician born as Robert Allen Zimmerman?
Answer: Bob Dylan
What is the title of J.K. Rowling's first book in the Harry Potter series?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Which 1979 film features the iconic line, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"?
Answer: Apocalypse Now
Who was the leader of the Suffragette movement in the early 20th century?
Answer: Emmeline Pankhurst
How many bones are there in the adult human body?
Answer: 206
Which TV series features a character named Don Draper?
Answer: Mad Men
Which British author wrote the famous series His Dark Materials?
Answer: Philip Pullman
What is the longest river in the UK?
Answer: River Severn
Which British artist created the controversial installation featuring a shark in formaldehyde?
Answer: Damien Hirst
What is the traditional floral emblem of Scotland?
Answer: Thistle
Who was the first British Prime Minister to serve under Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Winston Churchill
Which iconic London theatre is closely associated with William Shakespeare?
Answer: The Globe Theatre
Which year saw the launch of Channel 4 in the UK?
Answer: 1982
Who was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex?
Answer: Marc Bolan
In which year was the Spanish Armada?
Answer: 1588
Who wrote the novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang?
Answer: Ian Fleming
Which famous London landmark has the address 30 St Mary Axe?
Answer: The Gherkin
Who is the longest-reigning British monarch in history?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II
Which British poet wrote The Waste Land?
Answer: T.S. Eliot
In which year was the National Health Service (NHS) founded?
Answer: 1948