Pub Quiz Questions — 15 Free Sample Questions & Answers

Quick Answer Pub quiz questions cover general knowledge, history, sports, pop culture, and more. Below you'll find 15 free pub quiz questions with answers — a great sample for your next quiz night or to test your general knowledge.
1. What country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles?
Reveal Answer

Brazil — with 5 World Cup wins (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002).

2. Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?
Reveal Answer

Saturn — with 146 confirmed moons as of 2023, edging out Jupiter.

3. What is the capital city of Australia?
Reveal Answer

Canberra — not Sydney or Melbourne, which is a common misconception.

4. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
Reveal Answer

1989 — it fell on November 9, 1989, marking the end of the Cold War era.

5. How many strings does a standard guitar have?
Reveal Answer

Six strings — tuned E-A-D-G-B-E from low to high.

6. What is the world's largest ocean?
Reveal Answer

The Pacific Ocean — covering about 165 million square kilometers.

7. Which Shakespeare play features the characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Reveal Answer

Hamlet — they are two of Hamlet's college friends turned royal spies.

8. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Reveal Answer

Au — from the Latin word 'Aurum.'

9. What year did the Titanic sink?
Reveal Answer

1912 — the RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912.

10. Which country invented the telephone?
Reveal Answer

Scotland — Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh and invented the telephone in 1876.

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11. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Reveal Answer

The skin — it covers approximately 20 square feet in an adult.

12. Who wrote the novel '1984'?
Reveal Answer

George Orwell — published in 1949.

13. What is the tallest mountain in the world?
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Mount Everest — at 8,849 meters (29,032 feet) above sea level.

14. In which year did World War II end?
Reveal Answer

1945 — with Germany surrendering in May and Japan in September.

15. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Reveal Answer

Diamond — a perfect 10 on the Mohs hardness scale.

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