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2. Which planet spins on its side compared to the others in the solar system?
Name all the "fifth Beatles".
Name all vehicles that are permitted to use blue flashing lights.
Identify songs from reading (no music) the opening line.
“Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low” really threw people, at least the way I read it.
If reading it takes a special effort not to read in time.
What are the two pre-existing indigenous names for Mt Everest? Could tie it in with educational trivia on the subject if you're that way inclined.
Name a country whose flag does NOT contain red, white, or blue.
Jamaica.
I've run a monthly beer tasting/quiz for the past 15 years so have a huge number of questions... some of which are here, and some of which i'm taking from here!
I'm sure I started a thread here a few years back to get some more ideas and some kind soul sent me a link to a load of quizzes they'd developed.
My favourite ever question though is to pull out a tangled piece of string from my pocket and without unravelling it ask "How long is this piece of string?". Nearest team gets a point.
Then a month later I come back with the same piece of string and ask the same question... can people remember the answer from last month (especially given they were drinking)? Is it the exact same piece of string?
Edited.
I thought of the flag of Bhutan, which is yellow and orange, split diagonally, but it’s got a white dragon superimposed on it, which I’d forgotten. Drat!
The kiwifruit originated from which country?
Which was named first, the country Mexico or New Mexico?
Observational everyday questions for me, don't go down the Google gives me 50 questions and answers as you often get questions meant for USA . If the questions are too hard folk get bored and talk about their day to the person next to them or go off for another drink. University challenge style starter and if your knowledge of 17th century monarchs is nil the 3 follow up questions are a waste of time
The music trivia / lyrics is good all depending on the age of everyone with added point for delivery or making an effort to sing the line
A few die hard serial quiz goers can sometimes just take over rather than make it enjoyable for all
It's no longer considered a planet.
True of the one you're thinking of, but the next but one neighbour is more tilted and still is a planet.
Name all vehicles that are permitted to use blue flashing lights.
There are loads.
UKEMERGENCY.CO.UK Which company makes the most tyres?
......
Lego
Which letter does not appear in the name of any of the top 92 English football teams?
J
Who was the last man to walk on the moon?
Eugene (Gene) Cernan
Which is the only country to have a flag that isn't rectangular or square?
Nepal
The kiwifruit originated from which country?
Which was named first, the country Mexico or New Mexico?
This isn't actually a pub quiz, you can give the answers.
What's the highest altitude football stadium in England?
Silverlands Stadium - home of Buxton FC
Then The Hawthorns - WBA
What is the most southerly country to be shown on a Euro note?
French Guiana.
I always thought this would be a good pub quiz quesiton..
"why is a 10 horsepower engine, ACTUALLY a 30 horsepower engine..?"
It's cos when James Watts was selling the notion of an engine, he sited HP as the idea was to replace horses in factories. So a 10 BHP engine replaces 10 horses, right.. But NO...! Because the horses worked shifts, a 10bhp engine could run continuously, replacing 30 horses!
DrP
How about some True or False questions?
The last words of General John Sedgwick were “They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.”
True
When Richard Nobel broke the land speed record he was carrying Malcom Campbell’s false teeth in his pocket.
False
A couple from my old lock-down quizzes
The Arabic phrase “Shah Maat”, literally “The King is dead” has evolved into which modern day term?
What number on the Beaufort scale is defined at sea as “The air is filled with foam and spray; sea is completely white with driving spray; visibility very seriously affected” and on land as “Devastation”?
answers: Checkmate and 12 (Hurricane)
This one got me banned from ever creating a pub quiz again.
What was Sherlock Holmes' "seven percent solution?"
Cocaine.
I always think that 'lists' rounds do well at a quiz.
You just give a list out at the start that has the initial letter(s) of each answer and they have to be completed throughout the time the quiz is going on
Things like:
- States in the US
- Ceremonial Counties of England
- Christmas Number ones since 1970
- Cities if the UK
- Countries in Europe/Asia/Africa/S.America
In 1985 3 different songs titled 'The Power of Love' made the top 10 of the UK singles chart - Name the artists.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jennifer Rush and Huey Lewis and the News.
In 1985 3 different songs titled 'The Power of Love' made the top 10 of the UK singles chart - Name the artists.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jennifer Rush and Huey Lewis and the News.
That could be two, three, or four artists. That's why we have the Oxford comma.
What is the only continuous circular motorway in the UK?
The M60.
Most people will say the M25 but the Dartford Crossing is an A road.
True of the one you're thinking of, but the next but one neighbour is more tilted and still is a planet.
Oh, really? IDNKT.
What is the biggest desert in the world - the Antarctic
Who was the last man to walk on the moon?
Reminds me of one of my favourite space-based questions:
What is the name of the first Briton in space? And for a bonus point, who did they work for before they went into space?
I had a round on a recent family quiz called Bird or Bullshit.
Sheepsucker F
Masked Booby
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Tropical Doudou F
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
Tufted Crevice Warbler F
Crested Mockingjay F
Bushtit
Yankee Doodle Pigeon F
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Of those 10, 5 are real, 5 are made up (F). I didn't reveal the 5/5 split until after they had decided T/F for all 10, then they had time to readjust.
What is the name of the first Briton in space? And for a bonus point, who did they work for before they went into space?
Helen Sharman / Mars?
I had a round on a recent family quiz called Bird or Bullshit.
Sheepsucker F
Masked Booby
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Tropical Doudou F
Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
Tufted Crevice Warbler F
Crested Mockingjay F
Bushtit
Yankee Doodle Pigeon F
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Of those 10, 5 are real, 5 are made up (F). I didn't reveal the 5/5 split until after they had decided T/F for all 10, then they had time to readjust.
Did you cull that idea from STW? 😁 I did "bird or bollocks" ages ago. I had:
- SpoilerArgentinian Great FannyFALSE
- SpoilerRough-Faced ShagTRUE
- SpoilerFluffy-Backed Tit-BabblerTRUE
- SpoilerLesser-spotted WillyFALSE
- SpoilerHimalayan SnowcockTRUE
- SpoilerBushy ClamlickerFALSE
- SpoilerRed Shafted FlickerTRUE
- SpoilerFlamboyant BastardFALSE
- SpoilerSoapy BoobyFALSE
- SpoilerSatanic GoatsuckerTRUE
At the start of Friends the TV show, what order are the coloured blobs in?
I reckon billions have seen the show and very few of them will know. But it'll drive them nuts!
(There are 6 blobs, 3 colours)
If you want a tricky but (IMO) gettable music question, how about 'Stan Ridgeway, the writer and performer of the No. 2 UK hit song 'Camouflage', was the original lead singer of what band? (Wall of Voodoo).
You what? How is that gettable? No amount of thinking, remembering, reasoning, counting or working out or anything will ever reveal the answer to that if you don't already know. Flippin eck there are some terrible questions on here. You might as well all be Bilbo Baggins.
Name both of the double land locked countries in the world.
Bonus points for naming the counties that border them.
What's "double land locked"? Surrounded by countries that are also all landlocked?
At the start of Friends the TV show, what order are the coloured blobs in?
I reckon billions have seen the show and very few of them will know. But it'll drive them nuts!
Also, the Google colours (or if you want to be less of a bastard / forcing people to (ironically) look it up) the colour of the G.
I sketched out pitch markings and asked teams to identify the sport, which went down well.
Some were much better known than others even keeping it to pitch based sports but you could get quite tricky if you go abstract with something like billiards or even darts (one line).
Sorry, I can’t be bothered to read all the replies, but . . . the contest isn’t between you and the contestants, it’s between the contestants themselves. I stopped doing our local’s quiz because those setting the quiz thought they were being so bloody clever when no-one could answer owt. It gets boring very quickly so mix it up a bit, let people have some fun.
What is the smallest prime number?
Then have a massive argument with a room about why 1 is incorrect.
What is the smallest prime number?
Then have a massive argument with a room about why 1 is incorrect.
been there done that 🤣
quizmaster is always right
What did the romans put on their pizza?
What is the only continuous circular motorway in the UK?
The M60.
Most people will say the M25 but the Dartford Crossing is an A road. #
<Starts massive argument about whether it counts as continuous when the motorway becomes the M62 going clockwise at Simister Island and you technically have to leave it, traverse a roundabout with traffic lights and rejoin a separate M60 carriageway...>
What is the only continuous circular motorway in the UK?
The M60.
Can any North Manchester dwellers confirm this? What is the designation of the Simister Island roundabout? @Harry_the_Spider might know, it's practically in his back yard!
Ha, what a coincidence ☝️
quizmaster is always right
I understand why it's that way, but if the question setter and the host are two different people then "the quizmaster is always right" is a pain in the arse. An evening of "guess what wrong answer I've got on my question sheet" isn't fun.
Can't do the spoiler reveal thing, apologies.
Name all the countries that begin with A but don't end in A.
I think there are only two. Azerbaijan and Afghanistan.
What's Europe's highest capital city? Apparently Madrid.
What's the most northerly capital city? Reykjavik, obvs.
What country's flag contains an AK47? Mozambique.
Our village quiz has a round with four well-known people, and you have to put them in order of youngest to oldest. Or tallest to shortest (the last one had well-known short arse Tom Cruise, who turned out to be the tallest!). Or 'celebs' who have died in that year, and you have to put them in order of demise. Also one with four foodstuffs, and you have to order them from lowest to highest calories (usually includes a Big Mac or similar, which turns out to be the lowest). They're not conventional quiz questions, as everyone can have a guess; quizzes with impossible questions rapidly become boring.
The one where you have to name a brand from just the logo is always fun. Philips, Texaco, Mitsubishi, etc.