Pub Quiz Questions And Answers: 60 Questions In 6 Rounds

October 6, 2026

Here's a complete pub quiz you can run tonight: six rounds of ten questions, with the answer after each one. Mix of easy and harder questions so every team scores something.

Read each question twice, give teams around 30 seconds, and swap answer sheets for marking at the end of each round. A picture round or a music intro round makes a good seventh round if you have time.

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Round 1: General knowledge

How many days are there in a leap year? Answer: 366.
What is the chemical symbol for gold? Answer: Au.
How many sides does a hexagon have? Answer: Six.
What colour are the stars on the flag of the European Union? Answer: Yellow (gold).
Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars.
How many players are on a football team on the pitch? Answer: 11.
What is the largest ocean on Earth? Answer: The Pacific.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet? Answer: William Shakespeare.
What is the hardest natural substance? Answer: Diamond.
How many minutes are in a day? Answer: 1,440.

Round 2: Geography

What is the capital of Australia? Answer: Canberra.
Which is the longest river in the UK? Answer: The Severn.
What is the highest mountain in the UK? Answer: Ben Nevis.
What is the capital of Spain? Answer: Madrid.
What is the capital of Canada? Answer: Ottawa.
Which desert is the largest hot desert in the world? Answer: The Sahara.
Which US state is known as the Sunshine State? Answer: Florida.
What is the smallest country in the world? Answer: Vatican City.
In which country would you find the city of Marrakech? Answer: Morocco.
Which two countries share the longest international border? Answer: Canada and the USA.

Round 3: History

In which year did the Battle of Hastings take place? Answer: 1066.
Who was the first woman Prime Minister of the UK? Answer: Margaret Thatcher.
In which year did the Second World War end? Answer: 1945.
Which ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912? Answer: The Titanic.
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? Answer: Neil Armstrong.
How many wives did Henry VIII have? Answer: Six.
In which year did the Berlin Wall fall? Answer: 1989.
Which ancient wonder was located in Egypt and still stands today? Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who was the British monarch before Elizabeth II? Answer: George VI.
In which city was President John F. Kennedy assassinated? Answer: Dallas.

Round 4: Science and nature

What gas do plants absorb from the air? Answer: Carbon dioxide.
What is the largest organ of the human body? Answer: The skin.
How many bones are in the adult human body? Answer: 206.
What is H2O more commonly known as? Answer: Water.
What is the fastest land animal? Answer: The cheetah.
What is the closest star to Earth? Answer: The Sun.
How many legs does a spider have? Answer: Eight.
At what temperature in Celsius does water boil at sea level? Answer: 100°C.
What is the largest mammal in the world? Answer: The blue whale.
Which blood type is known as the universal donor? Answer: O negative.

Round 5: Sport

How often are the Summer Olympics held? Answer: Every four years.
Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930? Answer: Uruguay.
In which sport would you perform a slam dunk? Answer: Basketball.
How many points is a try worth in rugby union? Answer: Five.
Which tennis tournament is played at the All England Club? Answer: Wimbledon.
How many holes are played in a standard round of golf? Answer: 18.
What is the maximum break in snooker? Answer: 147.
Which country hosts the Tour de France? Answer: France.
In darts, what is the highest score with three darts? Answer: 180.
How many players are on a netball team on court? Answer: Seven.

Round 6: Music, TV and film

Which band released the album Abbey Road? Answer: The Beatles.
What is the name of the wizarding school in Harry Potter? Answer: Hogwarts.
Who played Jack in the 1997 film Titanic? Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Which singer is known as the Queen of Pop? Answer: Madonna.
In which fictional town is Coronation Street set? Answer: Weatherfield.
What is the name of the toy cowboy in Toy Story? Answer: Woody.
Which group sang Wannabe in 1996? Answer: The Spice Girls.
What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends? Answer: Central Perk.
Which film features the line "I'll be back"? Answer: The Terminator.
Who sang Shape of You? Answer: Ed Sheeran.

Key things to remember

Read each question twice and allow about 30 seconds.
Mark answer sheets by swapping between teams.
Keep a couple of tie-breaker questions with number answers ready.

Frequently asked questions

How many questions are in a pub quiz?

Most pub quizzes have five to eight rounds of ten questions - 50 to 80 in total, which takes around two hours with breaks.

What are good pub quiz rounds?

General knowledge, geography, history, science, sport and music or film are the classics. Add a picture round or music intros for variety.

How do you make a pub quiz fair?

Mix easy and hard questions in every round, avoid questions with disputed answers, and let teams play a joker on one round for double points.

What is a good example of pub quiz questions and answers?

"How many days are there in a leap year? Answer: 366." is one of 60 examples on this page. Pick the one closest to the tone you want, then add a specific detail of your own - a shared memory, a date, a name - so it reads as yours rather than copied.

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