Pub Quiz Questions and Answers. 2024
Massive Archive Of General Knowledge Quiz Questions
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Need quiz questions from 2024? We have up to date quiz questions on news, sport & entertainment updated regularly on our regularly updated Quiz Of The Year 2024 post.
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Topical content from the past 7 days. Quiz of the Week index.
Quiz Of The Week (Ending 8th October 2024)
This week we cover “The new Bullseye”, “The Chagos Islands” and more… (PDF version available at bottom of this post) Week Ending 8th October 2024. 1 . Britain relinquished control of the Chagos Islands this week, handing control to which country?2 . A new 18-hole links golf course in Scotland…
- Quiz Number #563
Round 1
1. Spelling : APPRENTICESHIP IN ZOOLOGY
2. How many scaphoid bones are there in the human body? 1 | 2 | None
23. In a famous chart battle of August 1995, Blur’s “Country House” beat which Oasis song to number 1?
Roll With It4. Which of these was formed or founded first? NHS (48) | NATO (49) | UN (45)
UN (United Nations)5. Which of these online services is for freelancers to offer virtual services such as design or translation? Vinted | Fiverr | Flickr
Fiverr6. Science – The Basics!: The two main elements that make up sand are simply silica and what?
Oxygen7. What is the name of Winnie the Pooh’s rabbit friend?
Rabbit8. Which theme park company had £40m development plan for Loch Lomond rejected this year (2024)?
Flamingo Land9. Audio clip: name the song title? (or lyrics : “She make a man wants to speak Spanish. ¿Cómo se llama? (Sí), bonita (sí) Mi casa, su casa”.
Hips Don’t Lie10. In police radio communication, what does ARV stand for?
Armed Response Vehicle11. Which intercontinental landmass is the biggest in the world?
Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia)12. Which word can mean, a group of horses out exercising, a type of musical instrument or a bunch of onions hanging from a kitchen beam?
StringFinal Round
Blockbusters
1. Which SL is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa?
Sierra Leone2. Which US could you link Franz Schubert to Massive Attack?
Unfinished Sympathy3. The process of extracting, analysising and discovering patterns within large information sets is known as what DM?
Data Mining4. Which KP is good example of a marsupium?
Kangaroo’s Pouch5. Which DP is used by Ticketmaster and is a legal method of raising costs when demand increases?
Dynamic PricingFinal Five:
6. Which word describes illegally distilled whiskey and a recording of music that is not officially released by the artist under legal authority?
Bootleg7. Which word can be an unpleasant-looking substance on the surface of a liquid, or a 1979 film starring Ray Winstone?
Scum8. Surname link: Nigel the drummer in Elton John’s band; Sandy, character in Grease?
Olsson9. Which past or present High Street retailer shares it’s name with the holiday camp in Hi-De-Hi?
Maplin10. Wilson, Brewster & Koko were the names of some of the trains in what?
Chuggington
Additional
Countdown
ANSWER: TURQUOISE
Letters: Quite Sour
Clue: Kind of cyan pale blue / green with a wee bit of yellow.
Bonus:
Tie Break:
What percentage of the world population live in South America (not Latin America and the Caribbean, South America)? (as of 1st Sep 2024)
5.34%Additional Questions:
Kevin Duala is best known for presenting the UK version of what BC?
Blues CluesWhich country in Europe has a birth rate of zero?
Vatican City
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Whether you are an experienced pub quiz master, question writer for a TV production, run an afternoon quiz in retirement housing or just need to prepare a one-off quiz for a fundraiser event. I hope you find this site useful.
Writing your own quiz questions always results in a far better quiz night experience for your players. However, coming up with new ideas for questions every week can be challenging. That is the purpose of this site: A resource for quiz question ideas and subjects.
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Top tip for creating your own Countdown conundrums.
These are my 2 go-to websites. Firstly find a 9 letter word by using www.crosswordsolver.org. Next head to wordsmith.org/anagram and find some interesting combinations of the letters.
Music Rounds
1 minute clip (play twice during presentation) with 5 songs from 5 different decades.
Format 1: Pull the first letter from each artist and it will spell out which 5 letter word?
Format 2: Give the teams the 5 letter word first, then play the clip and have them name each artist.
Here is a sample of our music round which can be used as a full round or just bonus points during a music question round.
Answers to Sample Music Round:
Answer: CHIMP.
1. Chaka Khan
2. Harry Styles
3. Isley Brothers
4. M People
5. Petula Clark