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Tie Break Questions & Answers
Cape Verde proved to be positive underdogs at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. How many goals did they score during the tournament?
Answer
4 (2x against Uruguay in group + 2x against Argentina in round of 32)
How many full minutes passed between Apollo 11 landing on the Moon and Neil Armstrong becoming the first person to step onto its surface?
Answer
398 minutes (over 6 & half hours, they had their dinner and were also told to have a sleep before getting out)
Number of laps raced at Zandvoort on race dace of the F1 Dutch Grand Prix?
Answer
72
Number of jumps horses must complete to finish the Grand National?
Answer
30 (note: 30 jumps over 16 unique individual fences)
A direct flight from Glasgow (GLA) to London Gatwick (LGW) takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. How many miles (air distance) are there between these locations?
Answer
370.4 miles
Oppenheimer was a huge blockbuster film from 2023. What is the running time of the film?
Answer
180 minutes
The actress Kathryn Beaumont voiced Disney’s Alice in Alice in Wonderland and also Wendy in Peter Pan. How many years apart were these films released?
Answer
2 (1951 | 1953)
For how many months was the Community Charge (Poll Tax) in force in Scotland before being replaced by Council Tax?
Answer
48 (Four Years exactly)
On which date did Andy Burnham surpass Liz Truss’s tenure to avoid becoming the shortest-serving UK Prime Minister in history?
Answer
8 September 2026
According to official Star Wars sources, how tall is Darth Vader, in metres?
Answer
2.03m (6 ft 8 in)
In which year was Toy Story 4 released?
Answer
2019
Add together number of books in J. K. Rowling’s original Harry Potter novel series + number of films that make up the original Harry Potter series?
Answer
15 (7 books + 8 films)
Martini is a brand of Italian drinks, named after the Martini & Rossi Distilleria. What is the ABV (Alcohol by volume) of a bottle?
Answer
15%
How old was the youngest manager to win the Premier League at the time of winning the title?
Answer
42 years and 94 days (José Mourinho)
How many, if any, tennis Grand Slam singles titles did the Belgian player Kim Clijsters win during her career?
Answer
4 (Aus x 1 + US x 3)
“Tiny Dancer” is a song written by British musician Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin. How long is the full album version of the song?
Answer
6 min 12 seconds (there was a 3min 45 sec 7″ promotional version made for radio play)
How many years apart were there between the Total Recall films being released? The original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger & the remake starring Colin Farrell.
Answer
22 years (1990 | 2012)
In which year did Martin O’Neill began playing under Brian Clough?
Answer
1975 (O’Neill joined Nottingham Forest in 1971, Clough took over in 1975)
The Greyhound Derby at Towcester is the most prestigious race on the British greyhound racing calendar. What is the distance that the dogs race?
Answer
500m
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey which is 3.24km. How long is the Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow?
Answer
762 metres
In which year did Yoda make his first appearance on UK cinema screens?
Answer
1980 (Empire Strikes Back)
Will Smith & Catherine Zeta-Jones share the same birthday date. How many years apart were they born?
Answer
1
Lady Gaga & Vince Vaughn share the same birthday date. How many years apart were they born?
Answer
16 (1986 – 1970)
Time differences: How many hours is Oslo behind Tokyo?
Answer
8 hours
When was the last original theatrical cartoon episode of the Road Runner made?
Answer
1965
How many years are there between the release of these two films: Goodfellas | The Godfather Part II
Answer
(1990 & 1974)
16
How many years are there between the sinkings of the Costa Concordia (grounding & partial sinking) and the Titanic?
Answer
100 (2012 & 1912)
In which year did Nicole Appleton join the pop group All Saints?
Answer
1996
“The Chase” is a British television quiz show that first premiered on ITV on June 29 of which year?
Answer
2009
How many days were there between the dates of 1st January 1970 to 31st December 2000?
Answer
18628
Ole Gunnar Solskjær became manager of Manchester United in which year?
Answer
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?
Answer
19
War Horse was a novel that became a Steven Spielberg film and theatre musical production. Which year was the novel published?
Answer
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?
Answer
15 (2016 – 2001)
Famous rescues: How many years apart were Operation Dynamo & Chilean Copiapó mining accident?
Answer
70 (2010 – 1940)
What is the longest snake in captivity measured? (in metres, we’ll allow 2 decimal places afterwards)
Answer
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?
Answer
307 places. 40 (Monopoly) + 225 (Scrabble) + 42 (Connect 4)
What is the longest distance flown by Concorde? (in miles)
Answer
28,238 miles
In which year was the third oldest of The Beatles born?
Answer
1943 (George Harrison)
In Play School (British TV series), adding together all the vertices in the windows gives you what total?
Answer
6 vertices among all three windows. (Round, Square & Arched)
What length is the longest sword allowed in Olympic fencing? (in cm)
Answer
110 centimeters
How many episodes of Only Fools and Horses were made?
Answer
64
How many years apart were these two top 2 hits… China In Your Hand | China Girl?
Answer
4
How many years apart were these 2 moments in London history: Gunpowder Plot | Great Fire of London?
Answer
61 (1605 / 1666)
Constantinople formally changed it’s name to Istanbul in which year?
Answer
1930
What is the speed of light in a vacuum, in miles per second?
Answer
186,282 miles per second
What is the circumference of the Earth in miles?
Answer
24,901 miles
How many novels are there in the “Twilight” series written by Stephenie Meyer?
Answer
4
What is the total number of James Bond films released by produced by EON Productions?
Answer
25 (fact checked in 2023)
The oldest of these famous singers was born in which year? : Ed Sheeran | Elton John | Etta James
Answer
1938 (Etta James)
The maximum diameter of the new £1 coin, as measured from point to point, should measure what (mm)?
Answer
23.5mm
What is the age difference in days between George W Bush and Bill Clinton?
Answer
68 days
In which year was the last Five Nations held (before later changing to 6 nations)?
Answer
1999
The Irishman was releases on digital streaming platform Netflix on November 27 o fwhich year?
Answer
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)?
Answer
1990
The fastest Labrador Retriever on record, according to the American Kennel Club was able to achieve a top running speed of what?
Answer
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?
Answer
1964
Kelly Clarkson rose to fame after winning American Idol in which year?
Answer
2002
The Epsom Derby is run over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and six yards. What is that in metres?
Answer
2,420 metres.
In the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, how many of the representative words end with a vowel?
Answer
14
How many times has USA held the Summer Olympics?
Answer
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).
Answer
15
How many years are there between these two fictional characters making their published debut? Winnie-the-Pooh & Peter Pan?
Answer
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)?
Answer
1828.8 mm
Mike Powell holds the world record in Long Jump. How far was this validated jump? (2x decimal places)
Answer
8.95m
What year did Harry Redknapp win “I’m a celebrity… get me out of here”?
Answer
2018
As of 2022, how many Scottish islands are inhabited?
Answer
93 (out of 790) (Percentage = 11.77%)
How many British Prime Ministers between 1980 to 2021, were born in England?
Answer
4 (Thatcher, Major, Cameron, May)
How many episodes of Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom were ever made?
Answer
156
In which year did Elvis Presley make his first and only visit to the UK?
Answer
1960
In minutes, what is the running time of the 1999 film “The Green Mile”?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
30 years
How many years were there between Angus Deayton & Richard Bacon being fired from the BBC following each of their scandal allegations?
Answer
5 (2002 – 1997)
The actor Jim Broadbent received an Academy Award in which year?
Answer
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?
Answer
340.75
The first six Mr. Men books were published in the United Kingdom on 10 August of which year?
Answer
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)
Answer
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?
Answer
2061
Which year were National Lottery scratch cards introduced?
Answer
1995
How many of the Chinese Zodiac cycle animals are mammals?
Answer
9
The (previously named) North Stand at Old Trafford has been renamed the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
25
What is the ABV percentage of Johnnie Walker Red Label Blended Scotch Whisky?
Answer
43%
What is the depth of the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer
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”?
Answer
(1979 / 2011)
32
What was Stephen Hawking’s IQ?
Answer
160
What is the standard ITF rules seat height of the umpire’s chair in Tennis? (metres & 1x decimal place)
Answer
2.1m
The “phobia” word for “the fear of long words”, has how many letters?
Answer
36 (Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia)
How many known moons orbit Jupiter?
Answer
79
As of May 2022, what capacity (TB) is the largest available 3.5″ hard drive?
Answer
22TB
How many total bones are there in the adult human hand and wrist?
Answer
27
What is the estimated number of neurons in the human brain?
Answer
86 billion
In kilometers per second, what is the approximate speed at which the Earth orbits the Sun?
Answer
29.78 kilometers per second
How many official languages does the United Nations recognize?
Answer
6 (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish)
In what year was the first James Bond film, “Dr. No,” released?
Answer
1962 (Dr. No)
How many seasons of the television series “Friends” were produced?
Answer
10
How many episodes of Still Game were made?
Answer
62
How many Grammys does Beyoncé have? (including her work in Destiny’s Child and The Carters)
Answer
32 (check data on internet for update, data correct in 2023)
How many time zones are there in the world?
Answer
24
How many bits are in an IPv6 address?
Answer
128 bits
How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win in her tennis career?
Answer
23
How many chromosomes does a typical human cell have?
Answer
46
What is the atomic number of the element Gold (Au)?
Answer
79
What is the fastest recorded time for the men’s 100-meter sprint in seconds?
Answer
9.58 seconds
How many countries are there in Africa (according to the United Nations)?
Answer
54
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo & Kevin Keegan have won Ballon d’Or how many times between them?
Answer
11 (7, 5 & 2)
How many basic drumming rudiments are officially recognized by organizations like the Percussive Arts Society?
Answer
40
How many different cloud types are recognized by the World Meteorological Organization?
Answer
10
How many recognized groups of dog breeds are categorized by Kennel Club UK?
Answer
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?
Answer
10 (not including compilation albums & soundtracks)
How many categories are there in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which measures hurricane intensity?
Answer
5
What is the maximum incline, in percentage, for a road to be classified as a Category 1 climb in professional cycling?
Answer
10%
In what year was the film “The Shawshank Redemption” released?
Answer
1994
How many times has David Beckham played for England?
Answer
115
There were 28 sports and how many events competed at the Beijing Summer Olympics?
Answer
302 events
How many episodes of Deal or No Deal (British game show) were shown before the final one in 2016?
Answer
2985
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) was founded in which year?
Answer
1966
In which year was the inaugural race of the Isle of Man TT?
Answer
1907
Tony McCoy eventually won the Grand National on how many attempts?
Answer
15th
How many Earth days are there in a year on Mars (to the nearest whole number)?
Answer
687
In F1, how many laps are raced in the Monaco Grand Prix?
Answer
78
In which year did the Scottish wing of the Green Party separate amicably from England & Wales to form Scottish Greens?
Answer
1990
How many years apart were the release of Disney’s Pinocchio from the publication of Carlo Collodi’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio?
Answer
57 Years ((1940-1883))
How many episodes of EastEnders were broadcast during the 1980’s?
Answer
463
What is the entire course length in yards of The Masters (golf)?
Answer
7,555 yards
What is the narrowest width of the Strait of Hormuz? (in km)
Answer
33km
Alexander the Great, creator of 1 of the largest empires in history, died at what age?
Answer
32
In which year was The Orion spacecraft for Artemis I stacked? (stacked = have been fully assembled on top of each other, ready for launch.)
Answer
2021
Joe Calzaghe’s heaviest official weigh-in was no more than how many pounds?
Answer
174 lbs
At 12:00 noon today, what was the value of one Bitcoin in pounds sterling (£)?
Answer
£52,568.43 (check Google on day of quiz for this tie break question)
The National Hunt Challenge Cup is the longest race at the Cheltenham Festival. How many full furlongs are raced?
Answer
29
How tall (in metres) is The Elizabeth Tower (commonly known as Big Ben)?
Answer
96m
How much does a driving Test cost (for a car on a weekday)?
Answer
£62
How many times has Jack Whitehall hosted the BRIT Awards?
Answer
6 (correct as of 2026)
Hillary Clinton became the United States secretary of state in which year?
Answer
2009
How many medals in total were won by Russian athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Answer
32 (ROC – we didn’t ask Russia but Russian athletes)
How many gold medals did Norway win at the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Answer
16
What is the maximum speed (in mph) that you can drive a mobility scooter on the pavement?
Answer
4 Mph
At what time would six bells be rung on a ship during a watch that started at 8:00 am?
Answer
11am
The Chase first aired on UK TV in which year?
Answer
2009
Greenland is approximately how many times larger in area than Scotland?
Answer
27-28 x
In which year did Major Charles Ingram appear on TV as a contestant on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
Answer
2001
How many years are there between The Sooty Show first airing on TV and Charlie Chaplin dying?
Answer
22 (Chaplin dies 1977- Sooty first on-air 1955)
How many full months between Spain hosting the Olympic opening ceremony to lifting the World Cup for the first time?
Answer
215
If you’re driving at 70 mph, what is the typical overall stopping distance according to the Highway Code (UK)?
Answer
96m
The governing body Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) currently recognises up to how many nations and territories?
Answer
74
The dog who holds the verified record for the oldest dog ever, was how old when it died?
Answer
29 years, 160 days
When was Samuel Ryder born (whom the Ryder Cup is named after)?
Answer
1858
When is the last year that a Scottish footballer won the Ballon d’Or?
Answer
1964 (Dennis Law)
Captain James T. Kirk was born on March 22nd of which year? (canonically)
Answer
2233
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