Free Pub Quiz Questions

84 questions with answers across seven categories — read them out, reveal the answer, argue. All drawn from PintHub's trivia library. Use the toggles to reveal answers without spoiling the question.

⚽ Sport

  1. How many players are on a standard football team?
    Answer11
  2. In tennis, what term is used for a score of 40–40?
    AnswerDeuce
  3. Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
    AnswerBrazil (5 times)
  4. What is the maximum break in snooker?
    Answer147
  5. In which sport would you perform a slam dunk?
    AnswerBasketball
  6. How long is a standard marathon in kilometres?
    Answer42.195 km
  7. What is the name of Manchester United's home ground?
    AnswerOld Trafford
  8. How many Formula 1 World Championships did Michael Schumacher win?
    Answer7
  9. Who holds the record for the most Premier League goals?
    AnswerAlan Shearer (260)
  10. What sport is played at Twickenham?
    AnswerRugby Union
  11. Which England footballer scored a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup Final?
    AnswerGeoff Hurst
  12. How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
    Answer5

🎵 Music

  1. Which band was Freddie Mercury the lead singer of?
    AnswerQueen
  2. What was the best-selling album of all time globally?
    AnswerThriller by Michael Jackson
  3. Which British city is associated with The Beatles?
    AnswerLiverpool
  4. Which artist performed 'Purple Rain'?
    AnswerPrince
  5. Who sang 'Angels' in 1997?
    AnswerRobbie Williams
  6. Who sang the Bond theme 'Skyfall'?
    AnswerAdele
  7. Who sang 'Mr Brightside'?
    AnswerThe Killers
  8. Who is the lead vocalist of Led Zeppelin?
    AnswerRobert Plant
  9. Which band released 'Definitely Maybe' in 1994?
    AnswerOasis
  10. What year was Live Aid held?
    Answer1985
  11. Who sang 'Running Up That Hill' (1985)?
    AnswerKate Bush
  12. Who is the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys?
    AnswerAlex Turner

🎬 Film & TV

  1. Who directed Titanic (1997)?
    AnswerJames Cameron
  2. Which actor played Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
    AnswerRobert Downey Jr.
  3. In which film does Tom Hanks say 'Life is like a box of chocolates'?
    AnswerForrest Gump
  4. Which British actor played James Bond the most times?
    AnswerRoger Moore (7 films)
  5. Who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films?
    AnswerEmma Watson
  6. Who directed Pulp Fiction?
    AnswerQuentin Tarantino
  7. Which film won Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars?
    AnswerParasite
  8. Who plays Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean?
    AnswerJohnny Depp
  9. Who directed The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
    AnswerPeter Jackson
  10. Which Disney film features the song 'Let It Go'?
    AnswerFrozen
  11. What is the name of the lead character in The Matrix?
    AnswerNeo (Thomas Anderson)
  12. What is the name of the fictional country in Black Panther?
    AnswerWakanda

🔬 Science & Nature

  1. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
    AnswerAu
  2. What does DNA stand for?
    AnswerDeoxyribonucleic acid
  3. Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
    AnswerMars
  4. How many bones are in the adult human body?
    Answer206
  5. What is the powerhouse of the cell?
    AnswerThe mitochondria
  6. What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere?
    AnswerNitrogen (about 78%)
  7. How many elements are in the periodic table?
    Answer118
  8. What is the pH of pure water?
    Answer7 (neutral)
  9. What is the name of the world's first antibiotic?
    AnswerPenicillin
  10. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
    AnswerJupiter
  11. What is the process by which plants make food from sunlight?
    AnswerPhotosynthesis
  12. How many chambers does the human heart have?
    Answer4

🏰 History

  1. What year did World War II end?
    Answer1945
  2. In which year did the Berlin Wall fall?
    Answer1989
  3. What year was the Great Fire of London?
    Answer1666
  4. In what year was Queen Elizabeth II crowned?
    Answer1953
  5. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?
    AnswerMargaret Thatcher
  6. What year did the Titanic sink?
    Answer1912
  7. What year did the Soviet Union collapse?
    Answer1991
  8. In what year did man first land on the Moon?
    Answer1969
  9. In which country were the first modern Olympic Games held?
    AnswerGreece (Athens, 1896)
  10. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
    Answer6
  11. In what year did the Second World War begin?
    Answer1939
  12. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the USA?
    AnswerFrance

🌍 Geography

  1. What is the capital city of Australia?
    AnswerCanberra
  2. What is the longest river in the UK?
    AnswerRiver Severn
  3. What is the capital of Brazil?
    AnswerBrasília
  4. What is the largest country in the world by land area?
    AnswerRussia
  5. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
    AnswerMount Kilimanjaro
  6. What is the deepest lake in the world?
    AnswerLake Baikal
  7. In which ocean is the island of Madagascar?
    AnswerIndian Ocean
  8. What is the capital of New Zealand?
    AnswerWellington
  9. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
    AnswerCanada
  10. What three countries make up Great Britain?
    AnswerEngland, Scotland, and Wales
  11. What is the capital of Spain?
    AnswerMadrid
  12. What is the tallest mountain in the world?
    AnswerMount Everest

🎲 General Knowledge

  1. What is the boiling point of water at sea level in Celsius?
    Answer100°C
  2. In what year did the first iPhone launch?
    Answer2007
  3. What is the most spoken language in the world by native speakers?
    AnswerMandarin Chinese
  4. How many time zones does Russia span?
    Answer11
  5. What is the national animal of Scotland?
    AnswerUnicorn
  6. Who created Sherlock Holmes?
    AnswerArthur Conan Doyle
  7. What country does Guinness beer originate from?
    AnswerIreland
  8. How many dots are on a standard die across all faces?
    Answer21
  9. What is the Roman numeral for 50?
    AnswerL
  10. Who painted the Mona Lisa?
    AnswerLeonardo da Vinci
  11. What year was the first Harry Potter book published?
    Answer1997
  12. How many cards are in a standard deck, excluding jokers?
    Answer52