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Are you Britain’s best pub quizzer? Only brightest brains can get these right

by News Room
January 24, 2023
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EYES down for a feast of THREE pub-style quizzes in today’s Sun.

If you fancy yourself as a know-all, round one, below, is a test of general knowledge.

It is game on for our sports-themed round two.

Then if you like nothing more of an evening than putting your feet up and bingeing on TV boxsets or soaps, our round three is about all things telly.

Your quizmaster for all three rounds is Alison Maloney.

All answers can be found below. Cheers!

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Are you a champion pub quizzer? Take our general knowledge quiz to prove it


Round 1: General Knowledge

If you fancy yourself as a know-all, round one, below, is a test of general knowledge

1. The classic book Moby Dick inspired the name of which high-street coffee chain?

2. The world’s northernmost capital city is in which country?

3. Which of Henry VIII’s six wives survived him?

4. What are sufferers of emetophobia afraid of?

5. Street artist Banksy is originally associated with which British city?

6. Which leading Nazi was imprisoned for 46 years after flying solo to Scotland in 1941?

7. What was the Turkish city of Istanbul called before 1930?

8. What is the name of Harry Styles’ fourth album, released in 2022?

9. How many grandchildren did Queen Elizabeth II have?

10. What year did Tony Blair enter No10?

11. How many moons does Jupiter have?

12. Which British actor played Batman in the latest movie, released in 2022?

13. Elon Musk founded which payment tool in 1999?

14. What colour are the leather seats in the chamber of the House of Commons?

15. Who was the UK Prime Minister during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

16. Harper Lee wrote the classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird, but what was the name of her second novel, which was published in 2015?

17. How many actors have played M in the official James Bond films?

18. Who is the current Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland?

19. Which famous British physicist was the subject of the biopic The Theory of Everything?

20. What’s the name of the talking snowman in Disney’s Frozen?


Round 2: Sport

It is game on for our sports-themed round two

1. Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United in 2022, in a deal worth £177million a year. But which club did he move to?

2. Which three Formula 1 racing drivers have won BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice?

3. Where will the Summer Olympics take place in 2024?

4. Which footballer holds the record for the most goals scored in Fifa World Cup history?

5. Who is the youngest player ever to win a Wimbledon men’s singles title?

6. Mike Tyson retired in 2005 after a bruising defeat to which final opponent?

7. Which manager led the Lionesses to victory in the 2022 Euros, last year?

8. Who were joint top scorers in the 2021/22 Premier League season, on 23 goals each?

9. In cricket, who became England’s youngest ever test match player when he made his debut last year?

10. Which swimmer brought home gold medals for the 100m Breaststroke and 400m Mixed Medley from the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo?

11. How many Grand Slam singles titles has Serena Williams won?

12. Which country’s team are currently the holders of the Rugby World Cup, having beaten England in the 2019 final?

13. Which sprinter was stripped of his 1988 Olympic gold medal and world record after testing positive for drugs for a second time?

14. Andy Murray took the Wimbledon men’s singles crown in 2013 and 2016 but Fred Perry was the last British male to win the title before him. In which year?

15. How many times has golfer Tiger Woods won The Masters?

16. How many balls are there, in total, on a snooker table?

17. Usain Bolt still holds the record for the fastest ever 100m, with 9.58 seconds, but in which year did he set it?

18. In which German city did Tyson Fury defeat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015?

19. Which country joined rugby’s Five Nations in 2000 to make it the Six Nations Championship?

20. Michael “Bully Boy” Smith won the 2023 World Darts Championship earlier this month, with a spectacular nine-dart finish. But where was the event held?


Round 3: Telly

Our round three is about all things telly

1. Which soap recorded the largest audience for a single episode with over 30million viewers, in 1986?

2. What is the capital of Westeros in Game Of Thrones?

3. Which famous actress narrates Bridgerton, in the role of Lady Whistledown?

4. Which girl group performed in the first few minutes of Channel 5’s launch in 1997?

5. What was the name of Del and Raquel’s son in Only Fools and Horses?

6. Which couple won the first series of Love Island in 2015?

7. Who played Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of The Crown?

8. Which three current stars of Strictly Come Dancing were on the first show in 2004?

9. Kate Bush’s 1985 hit Running Up That Hill shot back to the top of the charts last year thanks to which Netflix series?

10. Which of the four Teletubbies was the biggest?

11. In what year did Coronation Street first air on ITV?

12. Which sanctuary owner gained notoriety as Joe Exotic’s arch enemy in the Netflix documentary Tiger King?

13. Who played Bubble in the UK sitcom Absolutely Fabulous?

14. Which stately home in Berkshire stands in for the fictional Downton Abbey?

15. Which award-winning writer created the hard-hitting police drama Line of Duty?

16. Who hosted the hit UK reality show The Traitors?

17. Killing Eve star Jodie Comer pulls off multiple accents in Killing Eve, but which UK city is she actually from?

18. What colour dress does Candy Cat wear in Peppa Pig?

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19. Which British star, who recently played corrupt MP John Stonehouse in an ITV drama, also play Tom Wambsgans in Succession?

20. Which actor starred as office manager Michael Scott in the US version of The Office?

Source: The Sun

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