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Pub Quiz Questions

Deadly Nightshade

is related to which

vegetable??

Which Country

originated the term

'plonk' for wine??

What performance

gave Irish Dance

International

fame??

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Edition 8’s

Quiz RoundsPage 4 Quiz 01 Movies

Page 5 Quiz 02 Sport

Page 6 Quiz 03 Pot Luck

Page 7 Quiz 04 Pub Quiz

Page 8 Quiz 05 UK Trivia


Page 10 Quiz 07 1980’s TV


Page 12 Quiz 09 Fantastic Fours


Page 14 Quiz 11 Music


Page 16 Quiz 13 All Answers Start With ‘A’




Page 20 Quiz 17 What Is? What Was?




Page 24 Quiz 21 70’s TV

Page 25 Quiz 22 Entertainment

Page 26 Quiz 23 Best of British

Page 27 Quiz 24 Best of British

Page 28-30 Answers


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Movies

Notes

Question 1 Question 2

The character Vincent Vega appeared in which

movie?

Who played Jack in Titanic?


Which word links a 'Hawk' and a 'Wolf' to give two

film titles?

Ghostbusters and Alien featured which Actress?


Which superhero gets involved with Catwoman? Does Mary Poppins last for 140, 200 or 240

minutes?


Which group had a giant hit with the movie-

linked song 'Take My Breath Away'?

In which decade of the 20th century was Sean

Connery born?


Home Alone made which child into a Worldwide

star?

Platoon was about a war in which Country?


Sport

Notes


Which darts player was known as 'The Tornado'? How many hoops are used in a game of croquet?


In which Year did Michael Jordan win his first

NBA Championship with the Chicago Bulls?

In which event did Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards

compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics?


In which Country was Lionel Messi born? What is the maximum amount of time a golf

player can look for a lost ball?


Who succeeded Sven Goran Eriksson as England

football manager in 2006?

Which first class County Cricket Club did Phil

Tufnell play for from 1986 to 2002?


Which two boxers competed in the 'Thrilla in

Manilla’?

In which Country does the sport camogie

originate?


Pot Luck

Notes


True or False: the average human body has more

than 200 muscles?

What small yellow creatures are known by names

including Dave, Stuart, Jerry, Tim, Mark, Phil and

Kevin?


Percy, Gordon, Henry, James, Edward, Toby and

Emily are characters from which TV Series?

Who is the Queen of England?


What day of the week do we celebrate Mother's

Day?

Which sport involves two small bats, a ball and a

table?


Which important religious person lives at the

Vatican?

What are the first names of the five members

of One Direction?


What type of animal is Pluto, the Disney

Character?

Can you unscramble this word to find the name of

another type of fruit: LEMON?


Pub Quiz

Notes


Who created Snoopy? What's a Dactylogram?


Which Band recorded the soundtrack to the first

Highlander film?

What is Sodium Hypochlorite more commonly

known as?


What type of cells are leukocytes? In the film Shrek, who was the voice of Donkey?


Which US vice president famously could not spell

'potato'?

What is the largest Country in Africa by area?


If you were born on 9 October, what would be

your zodiac sign?

Which nuts are used to make marzipan?


UK Trivia

Notes


Whom did Margaret Thatcher replace as the

leader of the Tories?

In pop, who was the king of the wild frontier?


Deadly Nightshade is related to which

vegetable?

Alphabetically, which is the last County?


0131 is the dialling code of which City in the UK? Which English King died at the age of 14?


Who sits on the Woolsack? What plant was originally known as the love

apple?


Who was Britain’s first Olympic Gold Medallist in

a throwing event?

A fizzy drink popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s

was called ‘Dandelion and ……. ‘?


Pub Quiz

Notes


Which John married actress Sheila Hancock? In legend, what bird rises from its own ashes?


Which group revived a previous hit in the 90’s

with the help of Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown?

What is the salary paid to a clergyman called?


Which Jockey Bob fought back from cancer to win

the Grand National?

How many years are there in four and a half

decades?


How many feet in a nautical mile? What do the “M’s” stand for in M&M’s?


Moving clockwise on a dartboard, what number is

next to 19?

Timbuktu is on the edge of which desert?



What made ‘Cagney and Lacey’ different from

other police shows at the time?

In the American television sitcom about an

extra-terrestrial called ALF: What is ALF an

acronym for?


What was the sewer dwelling ‘Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles’ favourite food?

What were the names of the four members of

‘The A-Team’?


What type of salesman was Al Bundy in the

sitcom ‘Married... With Children’?

What are a Fraggles favourite food?


In the animated series ‘Danger Mouse’, who

provided the voice of the hero Danger Mouse?

What is the name of the sentient android who

serves as second officer and chief operations

officer in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’?


In ‘Knight Rider’ what does KITT, the name of

Michael Knights car, stand for?

What’s the name of Sam Beckett’s womanizing,

cigar smoking sidekick and best friend in

‘Quantum Leap’?

1980’s TV

Notes



What was the name of the first computer to

beat a grandmaster in chess in 1988?

The Magna Carta was created in which Year?


Deriving from Greek origins, the word dinosaur

literally translates as meaning what?

Student Amateur Theatrical Club ‘The

Footlights’ are associated to which UK

University?


Originally beginning with a 1984 conference,

what does the acronym TED stand for?

The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull and Uncle

Vanya are plays by which influential playwright?


Beer Street and Gin Lane are works by which

18th Century English artist?

Which Musician was knighted in 2016 for his

services to music and charity?


The AZERTY keyboard is used as an alternative

to the standard QWERTY layout in which

Country?

Well known as the longest river in the World,

through how many countries does the Nile flow?

Pub Quiz

Notes



The Beckhams have four children with unusual

names, what are they?

What are the four most popular types of meat

eaten in the UK?


What are the four gospels of the Bible? Who were the Fab Four of the Beatles?


What are the four Olympic throwing events? What are the four fingers on your hand called?


What are the names of the children who climbed

through the wardrobe in The Lion, the Witch and

the Wardrobe?

What are the names of the founders of these

brands: Virgin, Amstrad, Playboy & Amazon?


What are the names of the four hobbits that

star in The Lord of the Rings?

What are the names of the four main characters

in the Wind in the Willows?

Fantastic Fours

Notes



Joan Collins starred in which 1980’s soap? Which name comes from the Portuguese for

‘Snake with hood’?


A day on which Planet lasts around 10½ hours? In which movie does ‘The Bride’ take revenge on

ex-colleagues?


Which song is also the title of a 1964 movie

starring the Beatles?

Dick Grayson becomes which superhero?


Where do Buffy Summers and Xander Harris

study?

In which Prison was Robert Stroud incarcerated?


Which singer starred in the 1969 version of True

Grit?

Which redhead was despised by Beethoven?

Pub Quiz

Notes



What was the name of Adele’s debut album? Which Rolling Stones song opens with the lyric ‘I

was born in a cross-fire hurricane’?


Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin

Timberlake were all stars in which children's TV

Show?

The Edge is the guitarist for which band?


Who replaced Kerry Katona in Atomic Kitten in

2001?

What is the name of Bruce Springsteen’s backing

group?


Who performed at the 2015 Superbowl half-time

show?

Vincent Furnier is the birthname of which

American Rocker?


What was the name of Justin Bieber's 2011

concert film?

Malcolm and Angus Young are members of which

Rock Band?

Music

Notes



What is the highest number used in a Sudoku

puzzle?

What can be an island, a sweater or a potato?


In ‘Breaking Bad’ what was Walter White’s wife

called?

Who is Reg Dwight better known as?


Which English Queen has the same name as a

type of plum?

What is the term used for a positive electrode?


How many dots are used in each letter in the

Braille system?

Which swimming stroke is named after an insect?


What is a female deer called? “Kiss Me Kate” is a musical version of which play

by Shakespeare?

Pot Luck

Notes



Which Country originated the term 'plonk' for

wine?

Which King is said to have burnt the cakes?


Which Animal's name comes first in the

dictionary?

Who wrote the long running play 'The

Mousetrap'?


Which Welsh singer, famous for 'Walking in the

Air' appeared on 'Strictly Come Dancing'?

Who made up Abba with Benny, Bjorn, and Anni-

fred?


Which Ali was created by Sacha Baron Cohen? Which Marie is supposed to have said, 'Let Them

Eat Cake'?


Which musical direction means at ease, at a slow

comfortable pace?

Which East Coast Port is known as the Granite

City?

All Answers Start With ‘A’

Notes

A. Happy Days

B. Falcon Crest

C. The Beverly Hillbillies

A. Old Speckled Hen

B. Fiddlers Elbow

C. Theakston’s Old Peculier

D. Sick Dog

E. Mangled Marmoset

F. Arrogant Bastard



Which British Town was technically at war with

Russia for 110 years from the end of the

Crimean War until 1966 because of an oversight

in the peace treaty?

From which Country does Leffe beer originate?


Which Author wrote Jurassic Park, Disclosure

and Prey?

Of which fellow boxer did Muhammad Ali say 'He's

so ugly that when he cries the tears run down

the back of his head'?


London, Cambridge, Peterborough, Stratford and

Windsor are all cities in which Canadian province?

Ronald Reagan’s first wife, Jane Wyman, starred

on which TV Series?


In 2016, a newly discovered species of tarantula

was named after which iconic Country Singer?

How many months in 2015 contained twenty-

eight days?


Which female pop singer would you get if you

mixed Simply Red with the White Stripes?

Which of these is not the name of a brand of

beer?

Pot Luck

Notes



Which UK high street store went into

administration on 26th November 2008?

What does the surname ‘Singh’ mean when

translated into English?


Which cartoon animal is owned by Jon Arbuckle? Who is the alter-ego of Sir Percy Blakeney?


Which was the first single by Queen to reach

number one in the UK charts?

What is the name of Miley Cyrus’s father?


Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim make up which

band?

xxxxWhich beer markets itself as “The King of

Beers”?

x


Who had a UK number one hit for four weeks in

1960 with ‘My Old Man’s A Dustman’?

Which film actor has commonly been nicknames

‘the Muscles from Brussels’?

Pot Luck

Notes



‘Bright Eyes’ by Art Garfunkel was used in the

soundtrack to which 1978 animated film?

Who wrote the books on which the series ‘Game

of Thrones’ is based?


When referring to a cash machine, what does

‘ATM’ stand for?

Who was the mother of Henry VIII?


‘Honey Ryder’ was a ‘Bond Girl’ played by which

actress?

In which year did ‘Big Ben’ first chime?


What does ‘AC’ stand for when used on a button

on a calculator?

‘Perro’ is the Spanish word for which animal?


The MMR vaccine protects against which three

diseases?

Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt

Cobain, Amy Winehouse and other famous singers

were all the same age when they died. How old

was this?

Pot Luck

Notes



What is a group of Panda’s called? What is the Cenotaph made from?


What is Paul McKenna famous for? What is the umbrella term for the Special Forces

in Russia?


What was the name of the last deep coal mine in

Scotland?

What is believed to be the top e-commerce

website in the World?


What is the nickname of Bolton Wanderers FC? What was the name of Inspector Gadgets niece?


What was the name of the Roman Road that

ran from London to York?

What was Peter Sutcliffe nicknamed?

What Is? What Was?

Notes



What is the real name of Jimmy Krankie? What does JPEG stand for, as in a JPEG File?


Is rhubarb a fruit or a vegetable? What was invented for dog training by Francis

Galton in 1876?


What name was given to a series of American

domestic programmes in the thirties in response

to the Great Depression?

What was the name of Michael Jackson's pet

monkey?


Who was Fred Flintstone's wife? Who coined the term 'The Iron Curtain'?


Which TV Presenter set up the charity Childline

in 1986?

What word is the exact opposite to Nocturnal?

Pot Luck

Notes



Which was the first animal to be sent into space,

a monkey, dog or fruit fly?

Name the 'Big Four' Fashion Weeks?


In electricity, voltage is measured in volts but

what is current measured in?

Which eponymous Virginia Wolf character changes

sex halfway through the book?


Does the FIFA World Cup-winning Country have

its name engraved in French, English or it's own

language?

David and Elizabeth Emanuel made fashion

headlines in the 1980's by designing whose

wedding dress?


Of what are C, SQL and Visual Basic all types? Which region in France is famous for its lavender

fields?


On which continent is the driest place on Earth? What is the name of the shopping strip in

Beverly Hills made famous by Julia Roberts in the

film Pretty Woman?

Pub Quiz

Notes



How many pairs of chromosomes are there in

human blood cells?

Who played Naameh opposite Russell Crowe in

2014’s Noah?


How many times does the letter E appear in a

standard set of English Scrabble tiles?

Chamois leather comes from what?


Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space in

1961. What was the name of his spacecraft?

In which sport is there a hog line?


Which pharmaceutical drug was developed from a

substance found in Willow bark?

Where is Robert Louis Stevenson buried?


The Masters snooker tournament has been held

at which venue since 2012?

Who said, 'Always forgive your enemies - nothing

annoys them so much'?

Pot Luck

Notes


70’s TV


Who was Doctor David Banners alter ego? In which British comedy would you find the

department store Grace Brother’s?


What make of car is General Lee in the Dukes Of

Hazard?

What do the letters M*A*S*H stand for?


How many cars took part in ‘Wacky Races’? What was the name of the City in which ‘Happy

Days’ was set?


Which talent links all members of the Partridge

Family?

The Bionic Woman had a famous male

counterpart, what was his name?


What was the name of the fictional town where

the Walton’s were based?

What famous Sci Fi movie inspired the making of

‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’?

Notes



Which Queen song has the lyric 'Mama, just killed

a man, put a gun against his head...'?

What character does Robert Pattinson play in

the 2008 film Twilight?


What performance gave Irish Dance

International fame?

Who is the original creator of the Spider-Man

comic books?


Which popstar died in August 2001 when their

plane crashed on take-off?

Who did Adele tour with in 2006?


How tall is actor Warwick Davis? What company originally produced the 'Walkman'?


In Swordfish, John Travolta starred along with

which actress?

What does Alvin from The Chipmunks want for

Christmas?

Entertainment

Notes



'God Save the Queen' is the oldest National

Anthem that is still in use today. What year was

it first performed? 1745, 1845 or 1945?

In Gaelic, Whiskey is known as Uisge Beatha

(ish-key Byah-ha). What does Uisge Beatha

mean?


What percentage of Welsh can speak in their

Native Tongue?

Before becoming an actress, what did Julie

Walters originally train to be?


How many grandchildren did Queen Victoria

(1819-1901) have?

At what age did Horatio Nelson join the Royal

Navy?


True or False? By 1949, it was estimated that

81% of men and 39% of women in the UK were

smokers?

What are Natives of Leeds known as?


Laila Morse who plays Mo Harris in EastEnders is

the elder sister to which English Actor and

Filmmaker?

Wales has a population of just over 3 million

people, what population of sheep does Wales

have?

Best of British

Notes



What was the occupation of Leicester-based,

Henry Walker who served his first cooked sliced

potato in 1945 and founded Walkers Crisps in

1948?

In her life-time, how long does the average

British Woman spend looking in the mirror?


Where is the oldest Mormon congregation in the

World?

How many of the 30 'Carry On' Films did

Barbara Windsor appear in?


When he left school, the headmaster of Which

English Billionaire told him 'I predict you will

either go to prison on become a Millionaire'?

True or False? Sherlock Holmes never said

'Elementary, my dear Watson' in any of Sir Arthur

Conan Doyle's Novels?


In Britain, were infant mortality rates higher in

1800 or 1900?

In 2003 a traffic warden issued 101 tickets in 1

day. Why did all 101 tickets get cancelled?


Queen Anne (1665-1714) had 17 children but

how many of them died before she did?

Bethlehem is not only a town in Israel, but is also

a tiny farming village in which Welsh county?

Best of British

Notes

Answers

Quiz 1 – Movies

1. Pulp Fiction

2. Leonardo DiCaprio

3. Sea

4. Sigourney Weaver

5. Batman

6. 140 minutes

7. Berlin

8. 1930's

9. Macaulay Culkin

10. Vietnam

Quiz 2 – Sport

1. Tony West

2. Six

3. 1991

4. Ski Jumping

5. Argentina

6. 5 minutes

7. Steve McClaren

8. Middlesex

9. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

10. Ireland

Quiz 3 – Family

1. True

2. Minions

3. Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

4. Queen Elizabeth II

5. Sunday

6. Table Tennis

7. The Pope

8. Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn

9. A dog

10. Melon

Quiz 4 – Pub Quiz

1. Charles M. Schulz

2. A fingerprint

3. Queen

4. Bleach

5. White blood cells

6. Eddie Murphy

7. Dan Quayle

8. Algeria

9. Libra

10. Almonds

Quiz 5 – UK Trivia

1. Edward Heath

2. Adam Ant

3. Potato

4. Worcestershire

5. Edinburgh

6. Edward VI

7. Lord Chancellor

8. Tomato

9. Tessa Sanderson

10. Burdock

Quiz 6 – Pub Quiz

1. John Thaw

2. Phoenix

3. Smokie

4. A Stipend

5. Bob Champion

6. 45

7. 6076.12

8. Mars & Murrie

9. 7

10. Sahara

Quiz 7 – 1980’s TV

1. The two lead roles were female

2. Alien Life-Form

3. Pizza

4. Col. John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Lt. Templeton ‘Face’ Peck, Capt. H

M ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock & Sgt Bosco ‘BA’ Baracus

5. A Shoe Salesman

6. Doozer Sticks

7. David Jason

8. Data

9. Knight Industries Two Thousand

10. Al Calavicci

Quiz 8 – Pub Quiz

1. Deep Thought

2. 1215

3. Terrible Lizard

4. Cambridge

5. Technology, Entertainment and Design

6. Anton Chekhov

7. William Hogarth

8. Rod Stewart

9. France

10. 11


Quiz 9 – Fantastic Fours

1. Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz & Harper

2. Beef, Pork, Chicken & Lamb

3. Mark, Matthew, Luke & John

4. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr

5. Hammer, Javelin, Discus & Shot Put

6. Little, Ring, Middle & Index

7. Peter, Susan, Edmund & Lucy

8. Richard Branson, Alan Sugar, Huge Hefner & Jeff Bezos

9. Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuk &

Peregrin Took

10. Badger, Ratty, Mole & Toad

Quiz 10 – Pub Quiz

1. Dynasty

2. Cobra

3. Saturn

4. Kill Bill

5. A Hard Days Night

6. Sunnydale High

7. Alcatraz

8. Robin

9. Glen Campbell

10. Napoleon Bonaparte

Quiz 11 – Music

1. 19

2. Jumping Jack Flash

3. Mickey Mouse Club

4. U2

5. Jenny Frost

6. The E Street Band

7. Katy Perry

8. Alice Cooper

9. Never Say Never

10. AC/DC

Quiz 12 – Pot Luck

1. 9

2. Skyler

3. Victoria

4. Six

5. Doe

6. Jersey

7. Elton John

8. Anode

9. Butterfly

10. The Taming Of The Shrew

Quiz 13 – All Answers Start With ‘A’

1. Australia

2. Aardvark

3. Aled Jones

4. Ali G

5. Adagio

6. Alfred

7. Agatha Christie

8. Agnetha

9. Antoinette

10. Aberdeen


1. Berwick-upon-Tweed

2. Belgium

3. Michael Crichton

4. Joe Frazier

5. Ontario

6. Falcon Crest

7. Johnny Cash

8. All of them

9. Pink

10. Mangled Marmoset


1. Woolworths

2. Lion

3. Garfield (and Odie)

4. The Scarlet Pimpernel

5. Bohemian Rhapsody

6. Billy Ray Cyrus

7. The Corrs

8. Budweiser

9. Lonnie Donegan

10. Jean-Claude Van Damme


1. Watership Down

2. George R.R. Martin

3. Automated Teller Machine

4. Elizabeth of York

5. Ursula Andress (Dr. No)

6. 1859

7. All Clear

8. Dog

9. Measles, mumps and rubella (German measles)

10. 27

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Quiz 17 – What Is? What Was?

1. An Embarrassment

2. Portland Stone

3. Famous Hypnotist & Motivator

4. Spetsnaz

5. Longannet

6. Amazon

7. The Trotters

8. Penny

9. Ermine Street

10. The Yorkshire Ripper


1. Janette Tough

2. Joint Photographic Experts Group

3. Vegetable

4. Dog Whistle

5. The New Deal

6. Bubbles

7. Wilma

8. Winston Churchill

9. Esther Rantzen

10. Diurnal

Quiz 19 – Pub Quiz

1. Fruit Fly

2. New York, London, Milan & Paris

3. Amps

4. Orlando

5. It's own language

6. Princess Diana's

7. Computer programming language

8. Provence

9. Antarctica (parts of it have had no rain for 2 million years)

10. Rodeo Drive


1. 23

2. Jennifer Connelly

3. 12

4. Antelope

5. Vostok 1

6. Curling

7. Aspirin

8. Samoa

9. Alexandra Palace, London

10. Oscar Wilde

Quiz 21 – 70’s TV

1. The Incredible Hulk

2. Are You Being Served?

3. A 1969 Dodge Charger R/T

4. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

5. 11

6. Milwaukee

7. They were all musicians

8. The Six Million Dollar Man

9. Walton’s Mountain

10. Star Wars

Quiz 22 – Entertainment

1. Bohemian Rhapsody

2. Edward Cullen

3. Riverdance

4. Stan Lee

5. Aaliyah

6. Jack Penate

7. 3ft 6inch (1.07m)

8. Sony

9. Halle Berry

10. A Hula Hoop

Quiz 23 – Best of British

1. 1745

2. Water of Life

3. 21%

4. A Nurse

5. 42

6. 12

7. True

8. Loiners

9. Gary Oldman

10. Approx. 9 Million

Quiz 24 – Best of British

1. Butcher

2. Two Years

3. Preston

4. 9

5. Sir Richard Branson

6. True

7. 1900

8. It was May Day Bank Holiday (Free Parking)

9. All of them

10. Carmarthenshire

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