Here are some quiz questions and answer for free use…
Which company was founded first, Microsoft or Apple?
Microsoft (4th April 1975, Apple – 1st April 1976)
What is the longest side of a right triangle called?
Hypotenuse
Which color appears on more national flags than any other color?
Red
What is the only letter not used in any US state name?
Q
What is the largest island in the Caribbean?
Cuba
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Which king did Macbeth kill?
Duncan
What star sign is symbolized by a pair of scales?
Libra
What do you call a baby horse?
Foal
Which number is the percentage sign on, on a standard QWERTY keyboard?
5
How many moons does Mars have?
2 (Phobos & Deimos)
Not including the white, how many ball colours are there in a game of snooker?
7 (Red, Brown, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink & Black)
In a game of chess, how many pawns does each player start with?
8
To the nearest minute, how long is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen?
6 (5 mins 55 secs)
How many countries does Germany border?
9 (Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium & the Netherlands)
How many faces does a tetrahedron have?
4
How many Oscars has Al Pacino won?
1 (Best Actor – Scent of a Woman)
What number does the binary value 11 represent?
3
How many provinces does Canada have?
10
Which decade did Elvis Presley die?
1970s
Which decade was The Hobbit published?
1930s
Which decade was Facebook launched?
2000s
Which decade did the French Revolution begin?
1780s
Which decade did JFK get assassinated?
1960s
Which decade did Queen Victoria die?
1900s
Which decade did The Great Fire of London occur?
1660s
Which decade did James Cook land in Australia?
1770s
Which decade was the first Xbox released in?
2000s
Which decade was King Charles born?
1940s
What is the only number with all of its letters in alphabetical order?
Forty
Who played Mirniva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films?
Maggie Smith
What was the name of Bob Marley’s backing band?
The Wailers
Who was Adolf Hitler’s Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933 to 1945?
Joseph Goebbels
Who was Joseph Stalin’s predecessor?
Vladimir Lenin
Which country has the highest population of cows (as of 2024 when the survey was done)?
Brazil (238M – India has 195M)
How many strings does a violin have?
4
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austin
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus (dense carbon dioxide filled atmosphere traps heat)
In which hand does the statue of liberty hold her torch?
Right
Which two elements make up the compound Ammonia?
Carbon Hydrogen
Quotes
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse”
The Godfather
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
Apocalypse now
“Beautiful? This is the skin of a killer”
Twilight
“A boy’s best friend is his mother”
Psycho
“I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too”
The Wizard of Oz
“I’ve been a rich man and a poor man and I choose rich every time”
The Wolf of Wall Street
“But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all”
10 Things I hate about you
“I’m not bad,I’m just drawn that way”
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads”
Back to the Future
“I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.”
Airplane!
What were the Nepalese warriors in the British Army known as?
Gurkhas
Paraguay borders Argentina, Brazil and which other country?
Bolivia
What year did The Easter Rising take place?
1916 – Irish Republicans launched rebellion against British 6 days of final
How many carats are in chemically pure gold?
24
What does HB stand for on a pencil?
Hard Black
In Greek mythology, who died when he flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
What is Captain Hook’s first name?
James
What type of meat is traditionally used in Moussaka?
Lamb
Which ancient city was built on 7 hills?
Rome
The eggs from which type of fish are known as caviar?
Sturgeon
According to legend, who founded Rome?
Romulus
Who played Batman in the original 60s TV series?
Adam West
What is a group of lions called?
Pride
What number did Frank Lampard wear when playing for England?
8
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
What meat is traditionally used in cottage pie?
Beef mince
Who played bass guitar for the band Queen?
John Deacon
Who was the Mother of Dragons in Game of Thrones?
Daenerys Targaryen
What is the best selling new car in the UK so far this year?
Ford Puma (24 358)
Colours
What is the last name of Robin Hood’s friend Will?
Scarlett
Which punk band was headed by Henry Rollins, following the departure of Keith Morris?
Black Flag
Which visible colour has the longest wavelength?
Red (700 nanometres)
What two colours are in the Albanian flag?
Red & Black
In Star Wars, what colour is Qui-Gon Jinn’s lightsabre?
Green
Which Region of Francee is famous for Dijon mustard?
Burgundy
What colour is Old Kent Road on a monopoly board?
Brown
What colour is a live wire in modern UK electrics?
Brown
Which Dan wrote The Da Vinci Code?
Brown
What colour is an Amethyst gemstone?
Purple
Who did Pam St Clementine play in Eastenders from 1986 to 2012?
Pat Butcher
Exodus, Kaya and Uprising are all albums by who?
Bob Marley
Great Expectations, David Copperfield and Bleak House are all novels written by which English writer?
Charles Dickens
What does the tinman wish for in The Wizard of Oz?
Heart
Which are the only two countries that have official names beginning with “The”?
The Gambia, The Bahamas
In an email, what does BCC stand for?
Blind Carbon Copy (talk about origins)
Which ancient Israeli town shares a name with an easy peel orange?
Jaffa
Which tabletop game means build in Swahili?
Jenga
What is the most populous country in Africa?
Nigeria (242.4 million)
What Asian food is made from mashed soybeans?
Tofu – Soy beans and rice were used because of the large Asian population and as they grew so did the population and so they could not move away from it. This led to lots of Asians being vegetarians
What name is given to a triangle with just 2 sides of equal length?
isosceles
What is the main ingredient in hummus?
cHickpeas
In which country was Elon Musk born?
South Africa
How many ghosts are in PacMan at the start of a game?
4
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel peace prize?
Marie Curie
In which US state was McDonald’s founded?
California
What date is the longest day of the year (this year, UK)?
21st June
What is the largest species of bear?
Polar Bear
What is Ginger Spice’s real name?
Geri Halliwell
What is the standard number of teeth for an adult human to have?
32
Word association
Rush, digger & mine
Gold
Wax, light & stick
Candle
Head, sledge & claw
Hammer
Midi, maxi & night
Dress
Hound, lust & shot
Blood
Shape, apprentice & partner
Ship
Home, net & fire
Work
Black, key & head
Board
Leg, use & tire
Less
Gun, baby & chilli
Powder
What is the real name given to a castle in chess?
Rook
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
What organ produces insulin?
The Pancreas
What is the chemical symbol for iron?
Fe
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Kilimanjaro
Which islands did Darwin study finches on?
Galápagos
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austin
In Christianity, who were the two firstborn sons of Adam and Eve?
Cain and Abel
What is the title of the book that re-tells Twilight from Edward’s perspective?
Midnight Sun
How many members are there in South Korean boy band BTS?
7 (Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V & Jung Kook)
Ingredients
Cocktails
Gin, bitters, vermouth & orange slice
Negroni
Bourbon, sugar cube, bitters & orange zest
Old fashioned
Tequila, triple sec, lime juice & salt
Margarita
Vodka, coffee liqueur & espresso
Espresso Martini
White rum, lime juice, sugar, mint
Mojito
Films
Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix & Ridley Scott
Gladiator
Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., David Fincher
Zodiac
Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity
Barry Keoghan, Colin Farrell, Yorgos Lanthimos
Killing of a Sacred Deer
What is asda an abbreviation for?
Associated Dairies
What animal is featured in the Porsche logo?
Horse
What is the most spoken language in the world?
English
What is the name of the villain in The Incredibles
Syndrome
Who painted the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
Which spirit is used in an Old Fashioned?
Whiskey (Bourbon)
Which metal is a liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
What S is both a Christian Deadly Sin and a tree dwelling animal?
Sloth
Which two monarchs united Spain?
Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
What date is St Patrick’s Day?
17th March
Which country is the tallest living man from?
Turkey – Sultan Kosen 8ft 2.82 inch
Which country was the tallest man of all time from?
America – Robert Wadlow 8ft 11.1 inch
What is the main ingredient in doritos?
Corn/maize
Which musical artist founded the makeup brand Fenty?
Rihanna
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What is older, the camera or the telephone?
Camera (1839 – phone was 1876)
What does SPF stand for?
Sun Protection Factor
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
What are the two main ingredients in the pirate drink “grog”
Rum and water – sometimes added lime and sugar (bit like a mojito)
What does Wi-Fi stand for?
Nothing, the fella just for it sounded good
How many rings are in the Olympic flag?
5
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
Which person has the most Instagram followers?
Christiano Ronaldo 673 million
What is the smallest prime number?
2
Which celebrity couple were nicknamed “Bennifer”?
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
What is the largest empire to have existed in history?
British Empire (peaked 1920 // about 23% of the earth’s land surface)
What is a female pig called?
Sow
What is the biggest selling video game of all time?
Minecraft
Which planet in our solar system has the most known moons?
Saturn 274, 128 discovered in March 2025. So it beats Jupiter which has 95
What is the most stolen food in the world?
Cheese (4% of all cheese is stolen)
What colour pill does Neo take in The Matrix?
Red
What is astraphobia the fear of?
Thunderstorms
What colour does litmus paper turn when dipped in acid?
Pink/Red
In human anatomy, what is the “hallux”?
The big toe
Which Disney film features the song “surface pressure”?
Encanto
Which toy brand translates to “play well” in Danish?
Lego (leg godt)
Which prophet of many religions split the red sea to escape a pursuing Egyptian army?
Moses
During the industrial revolution what would someone employed as a “knocker upper” do?
Wake people up before alarm clocks existed
Do identical twins have the same fingerprints?
No (they develop due to environmental factors in the womb)
Outer skin grows faster than inner skin and then it buckles and makes folds
What element in the periodic table has the atomic number 3?
Lithium
In marvel, what is Black Widow’s real name?
Natasha Romanoff
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
Who was the reigning Monarch of England during World War 1?
George V – Changed Royal family’s name from German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to House of Windsor to distance from Germany during war
Which European country had a civil war from 1936 – 1939?
Spain (left backed by Soviet Union, right backed by Nazi’s and fascist Italy)
What two words are stamped onto a Pontefract Cake?
Pontefract Cake
I have a toy sea creature in my pocket. What creature is it?
Shark
Including today, how many days have there been this year?
141
Which US company is worth the most money?
Nvidia
Who was the UK government’s principal medical advisor and chief public health spokesperson during COVID-19?
Chris Whitty
Link the names
Howard, Jason, Gary, Mark
Take That
Benn, Lewis, Joshua, Bruno
British Boxers
Skipper, Rico, Private, Kowalski
Reagan, Gandhi, Lennon, Kennedy
Airports named after them
George, Thomas, Theodore, Abraham
Mount Rushmore
Henry, Percy, Thomas, Gordon
Thomas the Tank engine characters
Peter, Theo, Duncan, Deborah
Dragons Den
Ben, Sue, Johnny, Reed
Fantastic Four
Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte
Sex & the City
Lydon, Jones, Cook, Ritchie
Sex Pistols
Which US state was Jazz originated in?
Louisiana
Who founded the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Which city invented the modern day pizza?
Napoli
Which country was Vauxhall founded in?
England
Which country was Haagen-Dazs founded in?
USA
What did Samuel F.B Morse invent?
Morse code
From which country did chess originate?
India
Which decade was the first handheld phone created?
70s
What was invented first vending machines or planes?
Vending machines (1st Century AD – Coin in Holy water out by Heron of Alexandria) Plane 1903
Drag Queen or Race Horse
Carity Kase
Queen
Gorgeous George
Horse
Arizona Brandy
Queen
Mama Coch
Horse
Miss Dandylion
Horse
Bear Claws
Horse
Lady Camden
Queen
Delta Work
Queen
Kittens Joy
Horse
Black Peppa
Queen
Top ten round (Every answer is a number from 1 – 10 no repeats)
What is the atomic number of Helium?
2
How many continents are there?
7
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
In computing, how many bits are in a byte?
8
How many lives does a cat have?
1
How many Pirates of the Caribbean films are there?
5
How many colours are there in a rocket lolly?
3
How many Christopher Nolan films has Christian Bale starred in?
4
How many sides are there on a standard Dungeons and Dragons dice?
10
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
6
What is the gestation period of a cow?
9
What is the largest bird in the world?
Ostrich
Which animal can jump the highest?
Puma (Mountain Lion 7m 23ft)
Which animal sleeps the most hours in a day?
Koala (20 – 22 hours)
Which animal has the strongest bite?
Saltwater Crocodile (3700psi) saw somewhere it was nile with 5000 (human 120 – 160)
What is the strongest animal?
African Bush Elephant (6000kg from lying down)
What is the most common animal in the world?
Ants (10 quadrillion)
What species is the oldest living animal?
Tortoise (Jonathan 193)
Not including mosquitoes, which animal kills the most humans per year?
Humans
Which animal does foie gras come from?
Duck or Goose
What is the largest rodent in the world?
Capybara
In which battle did Colonel Custer die?
Battle of the Little Big Horn
Which liquor means Master Hunter in German?
Jagermeister
In which decade was the first sliced bread factory built in the UK?
30s 1937
The word hippopotamus comes from two Greek words. Potamus means river, what does hippo mean?
Horse
Who wrote the fairytale Hansel & Gretal?
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (The Brothers Grimm)
In a game of BINGO, what is the call for the number 11
Legs Eleven
Which is the only James Bond film with a country in its title?
From Russia with Love
What is the name of King Arthur’s sword?
Excalibur
How many pints are in a gallon?
8
What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?
Great Dane
Songs (I say it, you name song and original artist)
I don’t have much money, but boy if I did, I’d buy a big house where we both could live
Your song, Elton John
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt
Hurt, Nine Inch Nails
An ending fitting for a start, you twist and tore our love apart
Can’t stand me now, The Libertines
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hill
Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
Guess who just got back today, them wild eyed boys that had been away
The Boys are Back in Town, Thin Lizzy
And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
Time, Pink Floyd
You hear the door slam, And realize there’s nowhere left to run, You feel the cold hand, And wonder if you’ll ever see the sun
Thriller, Michael Jackson
A singer in a smokey room, a smell of wine and cheap perfume
Don’t Stop Believing, Journey
The scars of your love remind me of us, they keep me thinkin’ that we almost had it all
Rolling in the Deep, Adele
Your name isn’t Rio, but I don’t care for sand
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor, Arctic Monkeys
On a standard QWERTY keyboard, what letter is next to “Z”?
X
Which country is the biggest producer of coffee in the world?
Brazil
What does USB stand for?
Universal Serial Bus
What is the most visited website?
What are the three main ingredients in mayonnaise?
Oil, egg yolk, an acid (eg. lemon juice, vinegar)
What is the chemical name for salt?
Sodium Chloride
How many time zones are there in Russia?
11
What is the alternative name for the Byzantine Empire?
The Eastern Roman Empire
What colour is a Granny Smith apple?
Green
Which English city’s name comes from the old english for Muddy Creek?
Liverpool
What was the name of Reggie and R onnie Kray’s older brother?
Charlie
Which 2004 British crime film stars Daniel Craig and Michael Gambon?
Layer Cake
Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson was first convicted in 1974, what was he charged with?
Armed Robbery
What is the most common crime in the UK?
Fraud (4 153 000 incidents in the year ending sept 2025)
To the nearest hundred, how many homicides were their in the UK from September 2024 to September 2025?
500 (499)
Which district of London did Jack the Ripper operate in?
Whitechapel
Where did the term “Bobby” come from?
Sir Robert Peel established the metropolitan police
Which city has the highest rate of gun possession offences?
Birmingham
What was the name of Brad Pitt’s character in Snatch?
Mickey O’Neil
What does GBH stand for?
Grievous bodily harm
Which country is the largest producer of beer in the world?
China – 341,110,000 hectolitres
What does IPA stand for?
Indian Pale Ale
From which country did the Pilsner originate?
Czech Republic
What gas is used to give Guinness its creamy texture?
Nitrogen
Which city is Tetley’s brewed in?
Leeds
What is the best selling draught beer in the UK?
Birra Moretti
Which country is the biggest consumer of beer per capita in the world?
Czech Republic (around 150L)
What is the main ingredient in beer?
Water
In which country is Tiger beer brewed?
Singapore
What is used to make a pint of snakebite?
Cider and lager
Here is the lyric, what is the song?
“Load up on guns, bring your friends. It’s fun to lose and to pretend”
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
“You can put your whole army against my team and I guarantee you it’ll be your last time breathing”
Shook Ones Part II – Mobb Deep
“Sometimes I give myself the creeps, sometimes my mind plays tricks on me”
Basket Case – Green Day
“I’m floating in the most peculiar way, and the stars look very different today”
Space Oddity – David Bowie
“It was Sunday, what a black day. Mouth-to-Mouth resuscitation. Sounding heartbeats, intimidation”
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
“Good friends we have had. Good friends we’ve lost along the way. Yeah. In this future you can’t forget your past”
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
“Now John at the bar is a friend of mine, he gets me my drinks for free”
Piano Man – Billy Joel
“I’m the bitch you gated, filth infatuated. I’m the pain you tasted, fell intoxicated”
Firestarter – The Prodigy
“When I was a child, I had a fever. My hands felt like two balloons”
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
“Somebody’s Heine, is crowding my icebox. Somebody’s cold one is giving me chills”
Say It Ain’t So – Weezer