101 Tie Break Quiz Questions
Here is a massive list of intuitive pub quiz tie-break questions with answers.
These questions were fact checked in 2023. As with this whole site, we provide ideas rather than ready-made quizzes.
Best Way To Format A Tie Break Question
It’s always preferable at the end of a quiz to have a clear 1, 2, 3 on the scoreboard. However if teams tie on equal points, the tie break question has to decide who wins. The question has to be engaging and allow the whole pub to play along.
If there is suspicion that a team has been cheating on the quiz, the best method is to invite one member of each team (the captain) to the front to answer on their own.
How Difficult Should A Tie Break Question Be?
When a quiz night ends in a tie break, you want it decided once and for all. If you find the questions on our list too easy for your audience, try combining two questions for a total number.
All answers are numbers, therefore in a typical pub quiz tie breaker, the team that provide an answer closest to the actual correct answer, win the play-off.
If you regularly host pub quiz nights, bookmark this page on your smartphone to quickly access this list of ideas while you are on stage.
Tiebreaker Questions and Answers List…
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey which is 3.24km. How long is the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow?
762 metres
In which year did Yoda make his first appearance on UK cinema screens?
1980 (Empire Strikes Back)
Will Smith & Catherine Zeta-Jones share the same birthday date. How many years apart were they born?
1
Lady Gaga & Vince Vaughn share the same birthday date. How many years apart were they born?
16 (1986 – 1970)
Time differences: How many hours is Oslo behind Tokyo?
8 hours
When was the last original theatrical cartoon episode of the Road Runner made?
1965
How many years are there between the release of these two films: Goodfellas | The Godfather Part II
(1990 & 1974)
16
How many years are there between the sinkings of the Costa Concordia (grounding & partial sinking) and the Titanic?
100 (2012 & 1912)
In which year did Nicole Appleton join the pop group All Saints?
1996
“The Chase” is a British television quiz show that first premiered on ITV on June 29 of which year?
2009
How many days were there between the dates of 1st January 1970 to 31st December 2000?
18628
Ole Gunnar Solskjær became manager of Manchester United in which year?
2018
How many years separate Ole Gunnar Solskjær scoring the goal to win Manchester United the Champions League, to him taking over as manager of the club?
19
War Horse was a novel that became a Steven Spielberg film and theatre musical production. Which year was the novel published?
1982
How many years are there between “The Office” being broadcast for the first time, and the spin off feature film “Life on the Road” being released?
15 (2016 – 2001)
Famous rescues: How many years apart were Operation Dynamo & Chilean Copiapó mining accident?
70 (2010 – 1940)
What is the longest snake in captivity measured? (in metres, we’ll allow 2 decimal places afterwards)
7.67 meters (She was a female reticulated python called Medusa. Held in the USA)
The total number of places you can land in Monopoly, Scrabble, and Connect 4, when you add them together, is what?
307 places. 40 (Monopoly) + 225 (Scrabble) + 42 (Connect 4)
What is the longest distance flown by Concorde? (in miles)
28,238 miles
In which year was the third oldest of The Beatles born?
1943 (George Harrison)
In Play School (British TV series), adding together all the vertices in the windows gives you what total?
6 vertices among all three windows. (Round, Square & Arched)
What length is the longest sword allowed in Olympic fencing? (in cm)
110 centimeters
How many episodes of Only Fools and Horses were made?
64
How many years apart were these two top 2 hits… China In Your Hand | China Girl?
4
How many years apart were these 2 moments in London history: Gunpowder Plot | Great Fire of London?
61 (1605 / 1666)
Constantinople formally changed it’s name to Istanbul in which year?
1930
What is the speed of light in a vacuum, in miles per second?
186,282 miles per second
What is the circumference of the Earth in miles?
24,901 miles
How many novels are there in the “Twilight” series written by Stephenie Meyer?
4
What is the total number of James Bond films released by produced by EON Productions?
25 (fact checked in 2023)
The oldest of these famous singers was born in which year? : Ed Sheeran | Elton John | Etta James
1938 (Etta James)
The maximum diameter of the new £1 coin, as measured from point to point, should measure what (mm)?
23.5mm
What is the age difference in days between George W Bush and Bill Clinton?
68 days
In which year was the last Five Nations held (before later changing to 6 nations)?
1999
The Irishman was releases on digital streaming platform Netflix on November 27 o fwhich year?
2019
DVLC – DVLA. In which year did the DVLC became an Executive Agency of the Department of Transport known as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)?
1990
The fastest Labrador Retriever on record, according to the American Kennel Club was able to achieve a top running speed of what?
31.83 Mph (over 600 dogs took part in the test program)
Steve Collins was an Irish boxer who held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles simultaneously. What year was he born?
1964
Kelly Clarkson rose to fame after winning American Idol in which year?
2002
The Epsom Derby is run over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and six yards. What is that in metres?
2,420 metres.
In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, how many of the representative words end with a vowel?
14
How many times has USA held the Summer Olympics?
4 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996)
The total times that these people have been married. Wallis Simpson (3), Paul McCartney (3), Elizabeth Taylor (7), Michael Jackson (2).
15
How many years are there between these two fictional characters making their published debut? Winnie-the-Pooh & Peter Pan?
22
If someone is exactly 6 foot tall, how many millimetres tall are they (1 decimal place allowed to decide a tie within a tie break)?
1828.8 mm
Mike Powell holds the world record in Long Jump. How far was this validated jump? (2x decimal places)
8.95m
What year did Harry Redknapp win “I’m a celebrity… get me out of here”?
2018
As of 2022, how many Scottish islands are inhabited?
93 (out of 790) (Percentage = 11.77%)
How many British Prime Ministers between 1980 to 2021, were born in England?
4 (Thatcher, Major, Cameron, May)
How many episodes of Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom were ever made?
156
In which year did Elvis Presley make his first and only visit to the UK?
1960
In minutes, what is the running time of the 1999 film “The Green Mile”?
189 minutes
When Chris Coleman managed Wales and they qualified for the Euros, it was Wales’s first appearance at a major international tournament for how many years?
58 years
When Amy Williams won a gold medal, she became the first British individual gold medallist at a Winter Olympics for how many years?
30 years
How many years were there between Angus Deayton & Richard Bacon being fired from the BBC following each of their scandal allegations?
5 (2002 – 1997)
The actor Jim Broadbent received an Academy Award in which year?
2002 (the film Iris was a 2001 film)
The Greek Drachma was replaced by the Euro (€) on January 1, 2002. At the time of the conversion, 1 euro was worth how many drachma?
340.75
The first six Mr. Men books were published in the United Kingdom on 10 August of which year?
1971
The island of Jersey has an area size of 119.6km2 (46.2 sq mi). What is the area size of Isle of Man? (quizmaster choose sq km or sq mi)
574 km2 (222 sq mi)
Halley’s Comet is the only known short-period comet that is visible to the naked-eye up to twice in a human lifetime. In which year will it next be visible from the ground?
2061
Which year were National Lottery scratch cards introduced?
1995
How many of the Chinese Zodiac cycle animals are mammals?
9
The (previously named) North Stand at Old Trafford has been renamed the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand
2011 (in honour of Alex Ferguson’s 25 years as manager of the club)
Tammy Wynette has performed on x2 UK top 10 hits. How many years apart were these songs hits?
16 (1991 Justified And Ancient – 1975 Stand By Your Man)
By the time Daniel Craig retired from the role, how many Eon Productions James Bond films have been released?
25
What is the ABV percentage of Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky?
43%
What is the depth of the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean?
27,493 feet (8,380 metres) (called the Milwaukee Depth)
How many years passed between the release of James Frawley’s “The Muppet Movie” to James Bobin releasing the film called “The Muppets”?
(1979 / 2011)
32
What was Stephen Hawking’s IQ?
160
What is the standard ITF rules seat height of the umpire’s chair in Tennis? (metres & 1x decimal place)
2.1m
The “phobia” word for “the fear of long words”, has how many letters?
36 (Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia)
How many known moons orbit Jupiter?
79
As of May 2022, what capacity (TB) is the largest available 3.5″ hard drive?
22TB
How many total bones are there in the adult human hand and wrist?
27
What is the estimated number of neurons in the human brain?
86 billion
In kilometers per second, what is the approximate speed at which the Earth orbits the Sun?
29.78 kilometers per second
How many official languages does the United Nations recognize?
6 (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish)
In what year was the first James Bond film, “Dr. No,” released?
1962 (Dr. No)
How many seasons of the television series “Friends” were produced?
10
How many episodes of Still Game were made?
62
How many Grammys does Beyoncé have? (including her work in Destiny’s Child and The Carters)
32 (check data on internet for update, data correct in 2023)
How many time zones are there in the world?
24
How many bits are in an IPv6 address?
128 bits
How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win in her tennis career?
23
How many chromosomes does a typical human cell have?
46
What is the atomic number of the element Gold (Au)?
79
What is the fastest recorded time for the men’s 100-meter sprint in seconds?
9.58 seconds
How many countries are there in Africa (according to the United Nations)?
54
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo & Kevin Keegan have won Ballon d’Or how many times between them?
11 (7, 5 & 2)
How many basic drumming rudiments are officially recognized by organizations like the Percussive Arts Society?
40
How many different cloud types are recognized by the World Meteorological Organization?
10
How many recognized groups of dog breeds are categorized by Kennel Club UK?
7 (Hound group, Working group, Terrier group, Gundog group, Pastoral group, Utility group and Toy group)
How many studio albums did Michael Jackson release when he was alive?
10 (not including compilation albums & soundtracks)
How many categories are there in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which measures hurricane intensity?
5
What is the maximum incline, in percentage, for a road to be classified as a Category 1 climb in professional cycling?
10%
In what year was the film “The Shawshank Redemption” released?
1994
How many times has David Beckham played for England?
115
There were 28 sports and how many events competed at the Beijing Summer Olympics?
302 events
How many episodes of Deal or No Deal (British game show) were shown before the final one in 2016?
2985
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) was founded in which year?
1966
In which year was the inaugural race of the Isle of Man TT?
1907
